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_id	ecaade2016_094
id	ecaade2016_094
authors	Kontovourkis, Odysseas and Konatzii, Panagiota
year	2016
title	Optimization Process Towards Robotic Manufacturing in Actual Scale - The Implementation of Genetic Algorithms in the Robotic Construction of Modular Formwork Systems
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.169
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 169-178
summary	The application of optimization processes in architectural design has gained significant attention among architects and recently has become a driving force towards more robust, reliable as well as flexible design investigations. Such application, require handling of multiple parameters, aiming at finding the range of possible solutions in morphological or topological problems of optimization, mostly during the design decision-making process and under the influence of functional, environmental, structural, or other design criteria. This ongoing research investigation puts forward the hypothesis that optimization processes might be equally applied during the construction decision-making process where architectural systems are examined in terms of their ability to be statically efficient and easily manufactured through the use of robotic machines. This is important to exist within a bidirectional platform of communication where the design decision-making will inform decision taken during pre-construction stage and vise versa. In order to test our hypothesis, two case studies are developed that implements genetic algorithms to examine the geometric and static behavior as well as the construction ability of proposed flexible three-dimensional modular formworks and overall systems for concrete casting, aiming to be robotically manufactured in actual scale.
wos	WOS:000402063700019
keywords	Optimization process; genetic algorithms; robotic manufacturing; modular formwork system.
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2016_013
id	caadria2016_013
authors	Aschwanden, Gideon D.P.A.
year	2016
title	Neighbourhood detection with analytical tools
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2016.013
source	Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2016) / Melbourne 30 March–2 April 2016, pp. 13-22
summary	The increasing population size of cities makes the urban fabric ever more complex and more disintegrated into smaller areas, called neighbourhoods. This project applies methods from geoscience and software engineering to the process of identification of those neighbourhoods. Neighbourhoods, by nature, are defined by connec- tivity, centrality and similarity. Transport and geospatial datasets are used to detect the characteristics of places. An unsupervised learning algorithm is then applied to sort places according to their characteris- tics and detect areas with similar make up: the neighbourhood. The at- tributes can be static like land use or space syntax attributes as well as dynamic like transportation patterns over the course of a day. An un- supervised learning algorithm called Self Organizing Map is applied to project this high dimensional space constituting of places and their attributes to a two dimensional space where proximity is similarity and patterns can be detected – the neighbourhoods. To summarize, the proposed approach yields interesting insights into the structure of the urban fabric generated by human movement, interactions and the built environment. The approach represents a quantitative approach to ur- ban analysis. It reveals that the city is not a polychotomy of neigh- bourhoods but that neighbourhoods overlap and don’t have a sharp edge.
keywords	Data analytics; urban; learning algorithms; neighbourhood delineation
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ascaad2016_023
id	ascaad2016_023
authors	Ayoub, Mohammed
year	2016
title	Associative Parametric Urbanism - A computational approach to parameterization of conceptual design phase
source	Parametricism Vs. Materialism: Evolution of Digital Technologies for Development [8th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-0-9955691-0-2] London (United Kingdom) 7-8 November 2016, pp. 207-216
summary	Urban planning projects usually comprise a complex set of objectives that needs to be addressed by developing a number of proposals. This requires a lot of repetitive steps resulting in fewer and slowly-developed design alternatives. To address the limitations of the existing system, this research introduces the merge of associative parametric design tools with the conceptual design phase of urban planning process to propose a Parameterized Conceptual Design Phase. The developed Associative Algorithm within the proposed phase represents a computational approach that translates a site’s settings into local attractors to define urban fabric, and provide the designer with variations for optimal solutions. The Informal Settlement of Ezbet El Matar, Alexandria, is selected as the case study of this approach.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	ecaade2016_077
id	ecaade2016_077
authors	Aºut, Serdar and Meijer, Winfried
year	2016
title	FlexiMold: Teaching Numeric Control through a Hybrid Device
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.321
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 321-328
summary	This proceeding presents the process and outputs of a collaborative workshop which was held between Yaºar University in Turkey and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The aim of the workshop was to observe the educational potentials of a custom-made formwork device towards teaching CAD/CAM to architecture students. This flexible formwork, which we call FlexiMold, is a hybrid device that is used manually by following computerized numeric information. The students designed an architectural object which has a complex shape and used this formwork to fabricate it in actual scale. We present the workshop objectives, process and outcomes in this proceeding.
wos	WOS:000402063700036
keywords	CAAD Education; Human-Numeric Control; Flexible Formwork; Double-Curved Surfaces
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_055
id	ecaade2016_055
authors	Baranovskaya, Yuliya, Prado, Marshall, Dörstelmann, Moritz and Menges, Achim
year	2016
title	Knitflatable Architecture - Pneumatically Activated Preprogrammed Knitted Textiles
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.571
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 571-580
summary	Textiles are widely used in architecture for tensile structures, as they are lightweight and can easily span large distances. These structures typically require an external framework for a support. Inflatable structures are self-supporting but are limited to relatively simple forms or require complex and predetermined cut patterns. The development of an adaptive and programmable textile system with an integrative method for pneumatic activation would create a novel self-supporting structure with high degree of design and architectural potential. This creates a highly integrative hybrid system where the generic pneumatic membranes are constrained by the differentiated knitted textile skin that is stretched in several directions under air pressure. This allows for an innovative, lightweight, easily transportable design, where the preprogrammed knitting pattern defines the structure, geometry and formation, activated under pneumatic pressure.
wos	WOS:000402063700062
keywords	programming textiles; binary textiles; analogue computing; air inflation; grading textile properties
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_151
id	ecaade2016_151
authors	Blonder, Arielle and Grobman, Yasha Jacob
year	2016
title	Natural Complexity - Embedded Fabric Materiality in Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Fabrication
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.581
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 581-589
summary	Fibre composites are synthetic in their composition, but structured similarly to biological materials, as fibre and matrix. While the fibre constituent in Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) is mostly used under the form of fabrics, its standard fabrication processes do not rely on its inherent textile attributes. Embedding the fabric qualities in the fabrication of architectural FRP can potentially introduce concepts and properties of biological materials into engineered fibre composites; it can promote and enable the generation of an architectural complexity of a biological nature. The paper presents Fabric Materiality as a framework for a new design and fabrication process and demonstrates through a case study its integration in the fabrication of architectural FRP elements to achieve a complex structure with bio-inspired properties.
wos	WOS:000402063700063
keywords	Textile; Materiality; Self-organisation; Resilience; Composites; FRP
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_027
id	ecaade2016_027
authors	Carl, Timo and Stepper, Frank
year	2016
title	"Free Skin" Collaboration - Negotiating complex design criteria across different scales with an interdisciplinary student team
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.591
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 591-600
summary	The complex nature of architecture requires often planning teams with specialists from multiple disciplines. Architectural education however, addresses this interdisciplinary modus operandi rarely. This paper presents the design and production process of a real world solar façade installation realized at the University of Kassel to illustrating the potentials of such an approach. Interdisciplinary teamwork allowed students not only to solve complex problems, but also to produce knowledge and to advance into design research. Student exploration resulted in a unique fabrication technique, combining tensile fabric and resin to facilitate the fabrication of multifunctional, monocoque shells; combining all necessary technical components in a single building element. This paper discusses the success of student collaboration and teaching strategies for key parts of the design process at different scales. Moreover, it highlights the importance of physical form-finding models and an analogue - digital workflow for collaborative communication. The Free Skin project offers both insight into applied use of interdisciplinary teamwork, and a proposal for incorporating such collaboration into architectural education.
wos	WOS:000402063700064
keywords	interdisciplinary collaboration; design-build; form-finding; reactive design; shell structures
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_114
id	ecaade2016_114
authors	Erdine, Elif and Kallegias, Alexandros
year	2016
title	Calculated Matter - Algorithmic Form-Finding and Robotic Mold-Making
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.163
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 163-168
summary	The paper addresses a specific method for the production of custom-made, differentiated moulds for the realization of a complex, doubly-curved wall element during an international three-week architectural programme, Architectural Association (AA) Summer DLAB. The research objectives focus on linking geometry, structure, and robotic fabrication within the material agency of concrete. Computational workflow comprises the integration of structural analysis tools and real-time form-finding methods in order to inform global geometry and structural performance simultaneously. The ability to exchange information between various simulation, modelling, analysis, and fabrication software in a seamless fashion is one of the key areas where the creation of complex form meets with the simplicity of exchanging information throughout various platforms. The paper links the notions of complexity and simplicity throughout the design and fabrication processes. The aim to create a complex geometrical configuration within the simplicity of a single material system, concrete, presents itself as an opportunity for further discussion and development.
wos	WOS:000402063700018
keywords	robotic fabrication; custom form-work; generative design; structural analysis; concrete
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia16_124
id	acadia16_124
authors	Ferrarello, Laura
year	2016
title	The Tectonic of the Hybrid Real: Data Manipulation, Oxymoron Materiality, and Human-Machine Creative Collaboration
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2016.124
source	ACADIA // 2016: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines [Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-77095-5] Ann Arbor 27-29 October, 2016, pp. 124-129
summary	This paper describes the latest progress of the design platform Digital Impressionism (DI), created by staff and students in the Information Experience Design programme at the Royal College of Art in London. DI aims to bridge human creative thinking with machine computation, under the theoretical method/concept of oxymoron tectonic. Oxymoron tectonic describes the process under which hybrid materiality, that is the materiality created between the digital and the physical, takes form in human-machine creative interactions. The methodology intends to employ multimaterial 3D printers in combination with data manipulation (a process that gives data physical substance), pointclouds, and the influence of intangible environmental data (like sound and wind) to model physical forms by interfacing digital and physical making. In DI, modeling is a hybrid set of actions that take place at the boundary of the physical and digital. Through this interactive platform, design is experienced as a complex, hybrid process, which we call a digital tectonic; forms are constructed via a creative feedback loop of human engagement with nonhuman agents to form a creative network of sustainable and interactive design and fabrication. By developing a mutual understanding of design, machines and humans work together in the process of design and making.
keywords	human-computer interaction and design, craft in design computation
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	ascaad2016_044
id	ascaad2016_044
authors	Garagnani, Simone; James Arteaga and Luisa Bravo
year	2016
title	Understanding Intangible Cultural Landscapes - Digital tools as a medium to explore the complexity of the urban space
source	Parametricism Vs. Materialism: Evolution of Digital Technologies for Development [8th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-0-9955691-0-2] London (United Kingdom) 7-8 November 2016, pp. 431-436
summary	The cultural heritage landscape (CHL) of the urban space in cities is the result of multiple layers of complexity, encompassing both the tangible built environment and intangible cultural values that together influence the living heritage that forms the spirit of place. This paper explores the gap in the intangible and living heritage documentation of CHLs by using a section of public space in the medieval historic centre of Bologna, Italy. Digital technology is used to propose a new paradigm in the study of the complex link between the tangible, intangible and living cultural heritage, co-existing in public spaces of a city’s cultural heritage landscape.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2017/05/25 13:33

_id	ascaad2016_004
id	ascaad2016_004
authors	Peteinarelis, Alexandros; Socrates Yiannoudes
year	2016
title	Algorithmic Thinking in Design and Construction - Working with parametric models
source	Parametricism Vs. Materialism: Evolution of Digital Technologies for Development [8th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-0-9955691-0-2] London (United Kingdom) 7-8 November 2016, pp. 19-28
summary	This paper examines the parametric model in algorithmic design processes, using the outcome of an educational digital design and fabrication course as a case study. In its long history, algorithmic design as a form-finding method, allowed designers to manage complex non-standard associative geometries, suggesting a shift from the digital representation of form, to its systematic representation into a parametric model through code. Rather than a style or a tool, the parametric model is best defined in mathematical terms; in practice it incorporates the organizational logic of the form and the topological associations of its parts, so that a change in its constitutive parameters will invoke a concerted update of the entire model, and, iteratively, formal and structural variations. In a series of design experiments that took place at the School of Architecture of the Technical University of Crete in the spring of 2015, we used parametric models represented into visual code, from the initial conceptual stage to fabrication. From the experience and outcome of this course, we deduced that, compared to other digital formation methods, parametric models allow the designer to constantly interact with the model through the code, producing discreet variations without losing control of the design intentions, by “searching” into a wide range (albeit finite) of virtual results. This suggested a shift in culturally embedded patterns of modernist design thinking.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2017/05/25 13:13

_id	acadia16_254
id	acadia16_254
authors	Sharmin, Shahida; Ahlquist, Sean
year	2016
title	Knit Architecture: Exploration of Hybrid Textile Composites Through the Activation of Integrated Material Behavior
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2016.254
source	ACADIA // 2016: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines [Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-77095-5] Ann Arbor 27-29 October, 2016, pp. 254-259
summary	The hybrid system in textile composites refers to the structural logic defined by Heino Engel, which describes a system that integrates multiple structural behaviors to achieve an equilibrium state (Engel 2007). This research explores a material system that can demonstrate a hybrid material behavior defined by the differentiated tensile and bending-active forces in a single, seamless knitted composite material. These behaviors were installed during the materialization phase and activated during the composite formation process. Here, the material formation involves two interdependent processes: 1) development of the knitted textile with integrated tensile and reinforced materials and 2) development of the composite by applying pre-stress and vacuuming the localized area with reinforcements in a consistent resin-based matrix. The flat bed industrial weft knitting machine has been utilized to develop the knitted textile component of the system with a controlled knit structure. This enables us to control the material types, densities, and cross sections with integrated multiple layers/ribs and thus, the performance of the textile at the scale of fiber structure. Both of these aspects were researched in parallel, using physical and computational methods informed and shaped by the potentials and constraints of each other. A series of studies has been utilized to develop small-scale prototypes that depict the potential of the hybrid textile composite as the generator of complex form and bending active structures. Ultimately, it indicates the possibilities of hybrid textile composite materials as self-structuring lightweight components that can perform as highly articulated and differentiated seamless architectural elements that are capable of transforming the perception of light, space, and touch.
keywords	form-finding, programmable materials, composite forming processes, embedded responsiveness
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	acadia16_280
id	acadia16_280
authors	Thomsen, Mette Ramsgaard; Tamke, Martin; Karmon, Ayelet; Underwood, Jenny; Gengnagel, Christoph; Stranghoner, Natalie; Uhlemann, Jorg
year	2016
title	Knit as bespoke material practice for architecture
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2016.280
source	ACADIA // 2016: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines [Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-77095-5] Ann Arbor 27-29 October, 2016, pp. 280-289
summary	This paper presents an inquiry into how to inform material systems that allow for a high degree of variation and gradation of their material composition. Presenting knit as a particular system of material fabrication, we discuss how new practices that integrate material design into the architectural design chain present new opportunities and challenges for how we understand and create cycles of design, analysis, specification and fabrication. By tracing current interdisciplinary efforts to establish simulation methods for knitted textiles, our aim is to question how these efforts can be understood and extended in the context of knitted architectural textiles. The paper draws on a number of projects that prototype methods for using simulation and sensing as grounds for informing the design of complex, heterogeneous and performative materials. It asks how these methods can allow feedback in the design chain and be interfaced with highly craft-based methods of fabrication.
keywords	cross disciplinary collaboration, knitting, light weight simulation, idesign integrated fe simulation, interfacing, sensing, bespoke material fabrication
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	ecaade2016_182
id	ecaade2016_182
authors	Varela, Pedro de Azambuja and Sousa, José Pedro
year	2016
title	Revising Stereotomy through Digital Technology
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.427
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 427-434
summary	Stereotomy is usually regarded as a classic discipline in the field of architecture which has lost its relevance to other construction methods. Recently we have witnessed approaches to the stereotomic way of building using modern digital technologies, bringing the discipline to the present. On the other hand, the complex shaped buildings being built in the present seem to lack some kind of structure visible in classic stone architectures. A shift in construction methods must be attended to, with its metallic beams and concrete massifs. For an understanding of what remains the same and what changes from the classic literature, this paper tries to create analogies between contemporary architecture surfaces and the discrete stone structures of the past. To achieve this, a concept of stereotomy semantics is introduced, creating a different posture towards the problem of division of surface in architecture.
wos	WOS:000402064400042
keywords	stereotomy; treatise; complex geometry; interpretation
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2016_544
id	sigradi2016_544
authors	Hernández, Silvia Patricia; Lanzone, Luciana; Landerberg, Raquel; Ruiz, José Manuel; Rezk, Alejandra; Viecens, Martin
year	2016
title	Consideración de la interacción de tipologías de microarquitectura inmótica con las preexistencias ambientales y con el espacio [Consideration of the interaction of inmotics microarchitecture tipologies with the environment preexisting conditions and with the space]
source	SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.776-781
summary	We work in the technics and design advantages that are happening in the world, and in Argentina, around microarchitecture, applying these in concrete useful design proposals for urban spaces called intersticiales. Starting from pre-existings conditions of the place, it relation between the landscape, the sounds, and the climate to answer to them with the design. The proposal will be articulated and organized according to the plans and rules from the city of Córdoba. These typologies are designs of inmotic microarchitecture, in this case a health station , just in the entry of the Sarmiento park, a big gym without ceiling.
keywords	Urban micro-architecture; Pre existing environmental; Sustainability
series	SIGRADI
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_id	ecaade2016_037
id	ecaade2016_037
authors	Khabazi, Zubin and Budig, Michael
year	2016
title	Adaptive Fabrication - Cellular Concrete Casting Using Digital Moulds
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.083
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 83-92
summary	Computational design and digital fabrication have expanded the use of digital manufacturing machineries for the realization of architecture, yet they have their own limitations of material use. These limitations caused some materials like cement, plaster and clay become marginal in this new digital context, despite their vast use in the building industry. In this context, this paper will present a research, focusing on the use of concrete through the development of a custom-designed device, which is an adjustable digital mould. This digital mould has been designed specifically for a project called Procrystalline Wall and has been 'adapted' to the conditions of its agenda in terms of size, shape, typology, and even technical matters. However, this adaptability means that the device is not aimed to work for any other project and remain exclusive to this particular design only. This paper will further discuss the validity and obstacles of the presented method in a more global context.
wos	WOS:000402063700010
keywords	Concrete Fabrication; Digital Casting; Digital Adjustable Mould; Cellular Concrete Casting; Cellular Solid Morphologies
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_084
id	ecaade2016_084
authors	Tessmann, Oliver, Rumpf, Moritz, Eisenbach, Philipp, Grohmann, Manfred and Äikäs, Topi
year	2016
title	Negotiate My Force Flow - Designing With Dynamic Concrete Formwork
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.093
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 93-102
summary	A composite system, made from layers of perforated plywood and latex film, together with ropes and rubber seals, performs as a flexible concrete formwork. In our research we investigated whether such a system could yield more than only one single repetitive concrete form. We sought to reduce the amount of material consumed by conventional formwork and we conceived formwork as part of the design process rather than a technical means during construction. We worked as a team of architects, structural engineers and artists and through the confluence of computational design, digital fabrication, material simulation and prototyping.
wos	WOS:000402063700011
keywords	Dynamic formwork; concrete; flexible mould
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia16_290
id	acadia16_290
authors	Wang, Adam; Ahlquist, Sean
year	2016
title	Pneumatic Textile System
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2016.290
source	ACADIA // 2016: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines [Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-77095-5] Ann Arbor 27-29 October, 2016, pp. 290-297
summary	This paper attempts to demonstrate a seamless transformable material system through an interdependent designed assembly of two materials with different material properties (anisotropic knit textile and isotropic silicone) but similar behaviors (stretch). The transformable system is achieved by balancing the volumetric expansion through a silicone tube, under inflation, with the controlled resistance to stretch by a custom knit fabric. The use of a CNC knitting machine allows not only an opportunity to program the stretch behavior of a knit fabric, by controlling the amount of yarn material to be deposited, but also an ability to knit multiple layers of fabric simultaneously, in order to create a space capable of accommodating an external element seamlessly. The paper will showcase a series of experiments ranging from the initial search for compatible material combinations to the varied structures of the tube sleeve and its relationship with surrounding region. The final prototype attempts to utilize the various behavioral properties of the material system learned from the experiments to create a transformable three-dimensional structure.
keywords	fabric, knit, cnc knitting, pneumatic textile, embedded responsiveness
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	ascaad2016_009
id	ascaad2016_009
authors	Elbasdi, Gulay; Sema Alaçam
year	2016
title	An Investigation on Growth Behaviour of Mycelium in a Fabric Formwork
source	Parametricism Vs. Materialism: Evolution of Digital Technologies for Development [8th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-0-9955691-0-2] London (United Kingdom) 7-8 November 2016, pp. 65-74
summary	Most progress in designing mycelium-based material to date has been made by using petri dish and 3d printed geometries. In this study, reshaping capabilities of mycelium-based materials using fabric formwork is being discussed. This ongoing study is the result of a series of experiments about mycelium-based material that aims to investigate its potentials as free- form geometry. In this paper, we aim to make a comparison between initial and end shapes by implementing digital and analogue tools based on mycelium-based fabric formwork experiment. The physical experiment setup consists of different initial geometry alternatives and the deformation will be observed and measured numerically by time-based recording on top and section views. With the help of digital tools, experiments will be documented as a process of formation. We aim to discuss the potential of the usage of mycelium as a binding agent in free form geometry since mycelium acts as natural self-assembling glue. By doing so, structural potentials of the material, which is strengthened by mycelium hyphae, were examined. This study aims to contribute to the design research studies and scientific knowledge together to integrate living systems into the material design as encouraging collaborative interdisciplinary research, thereby positioning designer as a decision-maker from the very beginning of material design process.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	ecaade2016_ws-folding
id	ecaade2016_ws-folding
authors	Akleman, Ergun, Kalantar, Negar and Borhani, Alireza
year	2016
title	Folding The Unfoldable - A Method For Constructing Complex-Curved Geometry With Quad Edge Panels
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.069
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 69-72
summary	This paper explains a method will be used during a workshop for constructing complex-curved geometry with quad edge panels. In this workshop, we demonstrate that quad-edge mesh data structure can efficiently be used to construct complex large shapes. With hands-on experiments, we will show a vast variety of shapes can be constructed using square, rectangular, parallelogram and extruded-line shaped panels. In addition, using a system we have recently developed to unfold polygonal mesh, we will demonstrate how desired shapes can be constructed by using laser-cut quadrilateral panels. This approach is particularly suitable to construct complicated sculptural and architectural shapes from anisotropic materials that can only be bended in one direction.
wos	WOS:000402063700007
keywords	Shape Modeling; Physical Construction; Complex-Curved Geometry; Digital Fabrication
series	eCAADe
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