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_id sigradi2013_205
id sigradi2013_205
authors Chiarella, Mauro; Luis Felipe González Böhme; Cristian Calvo Barentin
year 2013
title Robots: Automatización en Diseño y Construcción para la Enseñanza de Arquitectura [Robots: Automation in Design and Manufacturing for Teaching Architecture]
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 439 - 443
summary Industrial robots controlled by parametric design software and visual programming environments are gaining popularity in the research and use of non-conventional construction processes in architecture. Process automation which can be personalized through variable components promises to become an industry standard with similar cost structures to current pre-fabrication industrial processes. In order to incorporate competencies from non-serial variable architectural modular design, an initial teaching initiative (Advanced Architectural Design Studio – USM) was developed in Latin América. The strategy employed is based on incorporating concepts and instruments of Construction & Design Automation for CAD/CAM processes with a Six Axis Robotic Arm (KUKA KR125/2).
keywords Robotic fabrication; Parametric modeling, Teaching architecture
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:48

_id ecaade2013_082
id ecaade2013_082
authors Okuda, Shinya and Bhagra, Saurabh
year 2013
title Cloud Arch
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 625-632
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.625
wos WOS:000340635300065
summary Expanded Polystyrene foam (EPS) is a chemically inert and 100% recyclable material that is lightweight and has a good compression strength per weight ratio; however, its current construction use is mostly limited to insulation or landfill. The key concept of this paper is to develop an EPS composite to create an ultra-lightweight long-span sustainable roofing structure by integrating the minimum necessary structural tension layer with a certified fire protection system. The authors present this concept in the following four steps, 1) EPS composite structural specimen test, 2) structural optimisation of the reversed displacement model, 3) discretisation with developable surfaces and 4) CNC hotwire rapid prototyping and assembly in scaled prototypes. The Cloud Arch is an economical, material-efficient, thermally insulated, quickly assembled ultra-lightweight construction that eliminates the need for formworks for long-span structures. It can be applied to many types of column-free spaces, such as in factories, gymnasiums, markets and cafeterias.
keywords Lightweight; prototyping; composite; digital fabrication; performance.
series eCAADe
email
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_id cf2013_149
id cf2013_149
authors McMeel, Dermott and Robert Amor
year 2013
title Fabricate It, Paint It – And Don’t Wait up: Separating Fact from Fiction in Digitally Sponsored Fabrication
source Global Design and Local Materialization[Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 978-3-642-38973-3] Shanghai, China, July 3-5, 2013, pp. 149-158.
summary This paper offers perspectives on emerging trends in materiality and digital fabrication. It explores effects on communication practices and investigates how this changing materiality of data impacts collaboration and interoperability within design and making. Computer numerical controlled (CNC) routing and laser-cutting services are available in most major cities. Affordable kits for 3D printers, CNC routers and DIY KUKA robots are available across the Internet. A considerable part of the attraction of these tools is the ability to fabricate physical goods without detailed fabrication knowledge. We look at this phenomenon through two sets of examples, making furniture with a CNC router and making robots and tangibles with a 3D printer. In our examples it appears materiality remains an important factor throughout the process. We unpick these examples to shed light on how the technology impacts knowledge practices and ways of thinking during design and making.
keywords Design, digital media, fabrication, 3D printing, CNC routing, materiality
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2014/03/24 07:08

_id acadia13_281
id acadia13_281
authors Ahlquist, Sean; Menges, Achim
year 2013
title Frameworks for Computational Design of Textile Micro-Architectures and Material Behavior in Forming Complex Force-Active Structures
source ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 281-292
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.281
summary Material behavior can be defined as the confluence of associative rules, contextual pressures and constraints of materialization. In more general terms, it can be parameterized as topologies, forces and materiality. Forming behavior means resolving the intricate matrix of deterministic and indeterministic factors that comprise and interrelate each subset of these material- nherent conditions. This requires a concise design framework which accumulates the confluent behavior through successive and cyclical exchange of multiple design modes, rather than through a single design environment or set of prescribed procedures. This paper unfolds a sequencing of individual methods as part of a larger design framework, described through the development of a series of complex hybrid- structure material morphologies. The “hybrid” nature reflects the integration of multiple force-active structural concepts within a single continuous material system, devising both self-organized yet highly articulated spatial conditions. This leads primarily to the development of what is termed a “textile hybrid” system: an equilibrium state of tensile surfaces and bending-active meshes. The research described in this paper looks to expose the structure of the textile as an indeterministic design parameter, where its architecture can be manipulated as means for exploring and differentiating behavior. This is done through experimentation with weft-knitting technologies, in which the variability of individual knit logics is instrumentalized for simultaneously articulating and structuring form. Such relationships are shown through an installation constructed at the ggggallery in Copenhagen, Denmark.
keywords Material Behavior, Spring-based Simulation, CNC Knitting, Form- and Bending-Active, Textile Hybrid Structures.
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id sigradi2013_286
id sigradi2013_286
authors Howe, Nathan
year 2013
title FluidScape: Research in Parametric Concrete Formwork
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 405 - 409
summary Given the piecemeal nature of concrete formwork, the phenomenon of the monolithic result relies on elegant detailing, material choice, and formal continuity. Creating complex form out of concrete poses an intriguing problem, where these disparate constructive elements must be dynamic and flexible. This paper describes the design process from conception to prototyping for a public spray park competition project. The challenges inherent in the proposed forms included subtle reveals and ledges for water to flow down. Achieving the desired finish for the concrete requires a precise, digitally-generated form, particular materials and fabrication sequence. The project design and fabrication gives parametric control to Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) fabrication tools for an output of fluid form.
keywords Parametric; Digital fabrication; Scripting; Concrete; Formwork
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:53

_id ecaade2013_278
id ecaade2013_278
authors Oxman, Neri; Laucks, Jared; Kayser, Markus; Gonzalez Uribe, Carlos David and Duro-Royo, Jorge
year 2013
title Biological Computation for Digital Design and Fabrication
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 585-594
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.585
wos WOS:000340635300061
summary The formation of non-woven fibre structures generated by the Bombyx mori silkworm is explored as a computational approach for shape and material optimization. Biological case studies are presented and a design approach for the use of silkworms as entities that can “compute” fibrous material organization is given in the context of an architectural design installation. We demonstrate that in the absence of vertical axes the silkworm can spin flat silk patches of variable shape and density. We present experiments suggesting sufficient correlation between topographical surface features, spinning geometry and fibre density. The research represents a scalable approach for optimization-driven fibre-based structural design and suggests a biology-driven strategy for material computation.   
keywords Biologically computed digital fabrication; robotic fabrication; finite element analysis; optimization; CNC weaving.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 08:00

_id acadia13_445
id acadia13_445
authors Silver, Mike
year 2013
title Off-Road City
source ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 445-446
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.445
summary Our work explores the potential impact of situationally aware, bipedal robots on architecture and town planning. Rather than developing new forms of decoration with mobile CNC machines this project looks at how new technologies could be used to create greener ways of life.
keywords Robots, Machine Vision, Sustainable Design, Nomadic Urbanism, Modular Housing
series ACADIA
type Research Poster
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ecaade2013_260
id ecaade2013_260
authors Stoutjesdijk, Pieter
year 2013
title An Open-Source Building System with Digitally Fabricated Components
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 719-722
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.719
wos WOS:000340635300075
summary With digital fabrication, our hardware is starting to bear greater resemblance to software. This paper explores the potential of processes used in the development of open-source software for the field of Architecture. The developed design process is connected to a building system that provides new insights on constructing with CNC-cut 2D elements and friction fit connections. Underlying the design process and the building system is Master’s thesis research work conducted at Delft University of Technology.
keywords Open-source; building system; digital fabrication; CNC; friction fit.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id acadia13_269
id acadia13_269
authors Swackhamer, Marc; Satterfield, Blair
year 2013
title Breaking the Mold: Variable Vacuum Forming
source ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 269-278
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.269
summary Our research explores the growth of surface complexity through careful attention to program and performance criteria. As this complexity emerges, however, we are repeatedly confronted with the realization that its cost compromises any of its performance gains. While the aggregation of repeatable units with variation from one unit to the next is achievable at a low cost through subtractive fabrication technologies (CNC milling, laser cutting, waterjet cutting), it is more difficult to achieve through casting or forming technologies (concrete casting, injection molding, vacuum forming). This is because formwork is not adaptable. Once you produce a mold, typically at a high cost, that mold makes one component only. If you want variation, a new mold must be produced for each new component. With the projects Hexwall and VarVac Wall we put forward a simple question: can an intelligent, adaptable vacuum-forming mold be developed that allows for difference from one component to another without the necessity for multiple molds? The research positions our design efforts strategically at the front end of the fabrication process. Our goal is to develop a malleable tool that allows for endless variation in a fabrication process where variation is typically impractical.
keywords tools and interfaces; vacuum forming, variable, plastic, fabrication, surface, custom tools
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id sigradi2013_275
id sigradi2013_275
authors Valdés, Francisco; Andres Cavieres; Russell Gentry
year 2013
title A Process-Centric Approach for Teaching Digital Fabrication
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 400 - 404
summary New generation of fabrication machines, such as 3-D printers, do not use “real” materials nor processes generally used in building construction, and so further exacerbate the disconnect between laboratory-based prototyping and full-scale building construction techniques. This research critically reviews the results of a graduate fabrication course from a process-centric standpoint. Students in the course create specification for fabrication and assembly activities through a diagrammatic language that integrates several types of construction knowledge such as design, material properties, machine constraints, and assembly guidelines. This document presents the foundations of the methodology, and discussed the results based on two criteria: Process Modeling and CAD/CAM workflow.
keywords Process model; CNC, Fabrication, Parametric modeling, CAM
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 10:02

_id ecaade2013_273
id ecaade2013_273
authors Weston, Mark and Greenberg, Dan
year 2013
title Passive Energy Devices in Ceramics
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 147-151
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.147
wos WOS:000340643600014
summary Buildings with scales, buildings that sweat: this paper proposes two strategies for a materially grounded, performance-based architecture which leverages the strengths of computation and CNC fabrication against the basic properties of traditional ceramics.
keywords Building performance, CNC tooling, computer aided manufacture, ceramics, passive energy design
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id acadia13_455
id acadia13_455
authors Weston, Mark
year 2013
title CNC Sponge-Forming and Parametric Slip Casting: Experiments in the hybridization of computation and traditional craft for architectural ceramics.
source ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 455-456
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.455
summary This project seeks to integrate ceramics, a traditional manufacturing technique, with parametric three-dimensional modeling, a digital technique, to produce a hybridized system of manufacture which bridges the gap between the handcrafted object and industrial processes for the creation of highly material architectural devices. Outlined are a series of empirical queries, through built prototypes, for the design and implementation of complex ceramic devices for architecture.
keywords Tools and Interfaces, Ceramics, Process, Computation, CNC tooling, Computer Aided Manufacture, Parametric Modeling
series ACADIA
type Research Poster
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:57

_id sigradi2013_268
id sigradi2013_268
authors Weston, Mark
year 2013
title Prime Negatives: Parametric Sponge-Forming and Slip Casting for Ceramics
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 396 - 399
summary Traditional methods for slip casting require the creation of prototype “patterns” for the making of molds. Computer modeling, however, can be understood to produce virtual positives, thereby suggesting a CNC production focused on the creation of negatives, or molds, without the need for a physical pattern. Three experiments in slip casting for ceramics are examined as a means of producing production parts without first making prototype patterns in the positive. Two techniques leverage computer modeling and CNC tools to directly produce formwork for casting positives, while the third technique uses a lost positive formwork for production of the final part.
keywords Ceramics; Digital fabrication; CNC; Computer aided manufacture; Parametric modeling
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 10:03

_id ecaade2013_073
id ecaade2013_073
authors Both, Katherine; Heitor, Teresa and Medeiros, Valério
year 2013
title Assessing Academic Library Design: A Performance-Based Approach
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 337-346
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.337
wos WOS:000340635300035
summary Academic Libraries (ALs) design concept has been under a changing process, precipitated by both internal needs and external pressures including changes in the societal context of education, the information services and documentation storage requirements. This paper is focused on a model of form and function to assess AL’ in use, in order to explore ways for better understanding their performance. The proposed model was developed within the scope of a wider research project and makes both use of Post-Occupancy Evaluation and of Space Syntax procedures in order to explore how the spatial configuration influences the performance and use of ALs space. It considers ALs building typology as spatial, physical and social systems, by: 1) measuring users satisfaction about how well the space supports their requirements; and 2) providing information on how architecture and spatial design support - enable and generate - flows of information, communication and knowledge.The analysis provides evidence suggesting that ALs’ spatial system influences study performance, patterns of use and co-presence of its users. The results of data inputs point out prospective strategies about space intervention.
keywords Academic libraries; functionality; users; evaluation; performance.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id cf2013_176
id cf2013_176
authors Burry, Jane; Nicholas Williams, John Cherrey, and Brady Peters
year 2013
title Fabpod: Universal Digital Work_ow, Local Prototype Materialization
source Global Design and Local Materialization[Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 978-3-642-38973-3] Shanghai, China, July 3-5, 2013, pp. 176-186.
summary This paper reports on a research project with the dual aims of 1) linking acoustic simulation to complex custom surface design and 2) realizing a full-scale prototype meeting room within an open knowledge work environment at a very high level of craft, engineering and material specification and differentiation. Here we report on the outcomes of the novel design and materialization processes.
keywords digital workflow, digital fabrication, acoustic performance, sound diffusion, material assemblies
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2014/03/24 07:08

_id acadia13_033
id acadia13_033
authors Correa, David; David Krieg, Oliver; Menges, Achim; Reichert, Steffen; Rinderspacher, Katja
year 2013
title HygroSkin: A prototype project for the development of a constructional and climate responsive architectural system based on the elastic and hygroscopic properties of wood
source ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 33-42
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.033
summary This paper focuses on the implementation of a computational design and robotic fabrication method that integrates the elastic and hygroscopic behavior of wood as active drivers in the design process, using the material’s differentiated characteristics as its main capacity. The project builds on previous work by the authors, furthering their research on the formal and performative transfer of such behaviors into informed architectural systems. Wood’s fibrous structure, relatively low stiffness and high structural capacity are instrumentalized into self-forming mechanisms through conical elastic deformation, while the same organic makeup and corresponding hygroscopic properties have also been programmed, formally articulated and integrated into a climate responsive architectural system. This research will be presented alongside a full-scale architectural project (Figure 1, Figure 2).
keywords computational design; robotic fabrication; wood construction; elastic bending; hygroscopic actuation
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ecaade2013_065
id ecaade2013_065
authors Davila Delgado, Juan Manuel and Hofmeyer, Herm
year 2013
title Automated Simulation and Study of Spatial-Structural Design Processes
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 155-164
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.155
wos WOS:000340643600015
summary A so-called “Design Process Investigation toolbox” (DPI toolbox), has been developed. It is a set of computational tools that simulate spatial-structural design processes. Its objectives are to study spatial-structural design processes and to support the involved actors. Two case-studies are presented which demonstrate how to: (1) study the influence of transformation methods on design instances and (2) study the influence of transformation methods on the behavior of other transformation methods. It was found that in design instances with the same type of structural elements the influence of a specifically varied transformation method is more explicit; while, when different types are present this influence is more undetermined. It was also found that the use of two specifically different structural modification methods have little influence on the sub-sequential spatial transformation method.
keywords Design process research; design process simulation; spatial design; structural design.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id sigradi2013_295
id sigradi2013_295
authors dos Santos Souto, Ivan C.; José Nieto Martínez; Matías Nieto Tolosa; José Wagner García
year 2013
title Aportaciones del Modelado Paramétrico a la Toma de Decisiones: Dos Estudios de Caso desde el Proyecto de Arquitectura [Contributions to Decision Making from Parametric Modeling: Two Case Studies from the Architectural Project]
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 249 - 252
summary Research progress about the contributions from parametric, generative design to the general decision-making process, specially to Design & Decision Support Systems, into the architecture project, by 2 specific case study on professional practice in Brazil. Proposed approach deal with some contributions that contemporary media of computer graphics could add to architectural practice in a context of progressive automation, simultaneity demands and a need for higher coordination among engineering offices, taking into consideration the adaptation of handmade, industrial traditional tasks through computer-automated design, participative interfaces and digital fabrication support.
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:50

_id cf2013_096
id cf2013_096
authors D´avila Delgado, Juan Manuel and Herm Hofmeyer
year 2013
title Research Engine: A Tool to Simulate and Study Spatial-Structural Design Processes
source Global Design and Local Materialization[Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 978-3-642-38973-3] Shanghai, China, July 3-5, 2013, pp. 96-108.
summary The project’s objective is to study spatial-structural design processes and to support the involved actors; to that end a computational tool so-called Research Engine (RE) has been developed. The RE seeks to fulfill four aims: (1) to study the influence of transformations methods on design instances; (2) to study the influence of transformations methods on the behavior of other transformations methods; (3) to aid in finding “best compromised” or interesting spatial and structural design instances; and (4) to serve as design support tool, providing useful information in early stages of the design process. The paper describes the RE framework and its implementation. Case-studies are presented which showcase the RE’s capabilities and demonstrate that it does fulfill the previously stated aims.
keywords design process research, design process simulation, spatial design, structural design
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2014/03/24 07:08

_id caadria2021_412
id caadria2021_412
authors Estrina, Tatiana, Hui, Vincent and Ma, Lena
year 2021
title The Digital Design Build - Modes of Experiential Learning in the Pandemic Era
source A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 41-50
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.2.041
summary In recent years, academia has deviated from the lecture-based model to a hybridized system of instruction and experiential learning. Experiential learning aids students in understanding collaborative processes in architectural praxis and exposes them to engaging learning opportunities, a critical component of architectural studio education (Nijholt et al. 2013). During the COVID-19 outbreak, students are barred from accessing on-campus facilities. This causes a redevelopment of curricular delivery and disrupts experiential learning which heavily relies on in-person interaction. It is imperative for instructors to retain experiential learning in the transition to virtual instruction. This paper explores experiential learning within virtual platforms for instruction. Through outlining the implementation of technologies, capitalizing on connectivity, and maximizing opportunity for digital problem solving, the authors posit a framework that other educators may adopt. The paper concludes with a case study of a virtual design-build project, and the various techniques implemented in retaining experiential learning during the pandemic.
keywords Pedagogy; Experiential learning; Social connectivity; Resilience; Disrupted education
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:52

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