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_id caadria2018_301
id caadria2018_301
authors Fereos, Pavlos, Tsiliakos, Marios and Jaschke, Clara
year 2018
title Spaceship Architecture - A Sci-Fi Pedagogical Approach to Design Computation
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.081
source T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (eds.), Learning, Adapting and Prototyping - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018, pp. 81-90
summary The analysis of make-belief drawings and models of Sci-Fi spaceships and architecture, leaves architects usually in absence of interior, material or program information. The spatial depth of sci-fi digital or physical models is virtually non-existent and unresolved. This discrepancy within sci-fi scenarios inspired the development of an integrated teaching methodology within design studios, with the academic objective to utilize computational methods for analysis, reproduction and eventually composition, while assessing its capacity to achieve a successful assimilation of design computation in the curriculum. The Spaceship Architecture Design Studio at University of Innsbruck's Institute for Experimental Architecture.hochbau follows a procedural approach in which the design objective is not predefined. Yet, it aims to be 'outside of this world' as a sci-fi architectural quality-enriched result of our reality, via a design oriented course with immersive computational strategies.
keywords pedagogy; computation; sci-fi; academia; teaching
series CAADRIA
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_id sigradi2018_1619
id sigradi2018_1619
authors Agirbas, Asli
year 2018
title Creating Non-standard Spaces via 3D Modeling and Simulation: A Case Study
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 1051-1058
summary Especially in the film industry, architectural spaces away from Euclidean geometry are brought to foreground. The best environment in which such spaces can be designed, is undoubtedly the 3D modeling environment. In this study, an experimental study was carried out on the creation of alternative spaces with undergraduate architectural students. Via using 3D modeling and various simulation techniques in the Maya software, students created spaces, which were away from the traditional architectural spaces. Thus, in addition to learning the 3D modeling software, architectural students learned to use animation and simulation as a part of design, not just as a presentation tool, and opening up new horizons for non-standard spaces was provided.
keywords 3D Modeling; Simulation; Animation; CAAD; Maya; Non-standard spaces
series SIGRADI
email
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_id sigradi2018_1628
id sigradi2018_1628
authors Agirbas, Asli
year 2018
title The Use of Multi-Software in Undergraduate Architectural Design Studio Education: A Case Study
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 1059-1064
summary In the architectural design process, instead of using the computer programs effectively, the ability of choosing the most suitable program for the purpose takes place. However, different programs used in the design process serve different purposes. Therefore, the use of more than one program throughout the project design process arises. Every day the number of programs used increases rapidly. Hence, the designers find difficult to adapt this speed. The same applies to the students of architectural design studio course. Therefore, in this study with undergraduate architecture students, a pilot study focusing on the use of multi-software was conducted within the scope of architectural design studio. The process and outputs were evaluated.
keywords Use of multi-software; Contextual design; Architectural design education; CAAD
series SIGRADI
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_id ijac201816103
id ijac201816103
authors Alani, Mostafa W.
year 2018
title Algorithmic investigation of the actual and virtual design space of historic hexagonal-based Islamic patterns
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 16 - no. 1, 34-57
summary This research challenges the long-standing paradigm that considers compositional analysis to be the key to researching historical Islamic geometric patterns. Adopting a mathematical description shows that the historical focus on existing forms has left the relevant structural similarities between historical Islamic geometric patterns understudied. The research focused on the hexagonal-based Islamic geometric patterns and found that historical designs correlate to each other beyond just the formal dimension and that deep, morphological connections exist in the structures of historical singularities. Using historical evidence, this article identifies these connections and presents a categorization system that groups designs together based on their “morphogenetic” characteristics.
keywords Islamic geometric patterns, morphology, computations, digital design, algorithmic thinking
series journal
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_id sigradi2018_1277
id sigradi2018_1277
authors Alani, Mostafa
year 2018
title Heritage at Stake: Computational Design Processes for Rescuing Mosul’s Architectural Identity
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 165-169
summary A generative algorithm for exploring the virtual design space of historic houses in the city of Mosul is presented. The method aims to progressively engage the spatial organization of traditional houses through investigating existing examples.
keywords Traditional Mosul houses; Generative design; Shape grammar; Computation
series SIGRADI
email
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_id caadria2018_304
id caadria2018_304
authors Amtsberg, Felix and Raspall, Felix
year 2018
title Bamboo?
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.245
source T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (eds.), Learning, Adapting and Prototyping - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018, pp. 245-254
summary The presented paper discusses the combination of cutting edge technology (i.e. 3D-pinting) and raw natural grown resources (i.e. bamboo) to develop resource efficient load carrying truss structures in architectural scale. Via visual sensing the individual material properties of various bamboo poles are analyzed and directly used to inform the digital model. Comparing load carrying capacity of the bamboo pole and structural requirements of the design, the poles are placed and the connections designed. Conventional 3D-pinters produce the nodes and connectors and enable to merge natural and "digital" materiality.
keywords visual sensing; digital fabrication; material individuality; 3d-printing; bamboo
series CAADRIA
email
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_id acadia18_312
id acadia18_312
authors Ariza, Inés; Mirjan, Ammar; Gandia, Augusto; Casas, Gonzalo; Cros, Samuel; Gramazio, Fabio; Kohler, Matthias.
year 2018
title In Place Detailing. Combining 3D printing and robotic assembly
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.312
source ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 312-321
summary This research presents a novel construction method that links robotic assembly and in place 3D printing. Rather than producing custom joints in a separate prefabrication process, our approach enables creating highly customized connection details that are 3D printed directly onto off-the-shelf building members during their assembly process. Challenging the current fashion of highly predetermined joints in digital construction, detailing in place offers an adaptive fabrication method, enabling the expressive tailoring of connection details addressing its specific architectural conditions. In the present research, the in place detailing strategy is explored through robotic wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), a metal 3D printing technique based on MIG welding. The robotic WAAM process coupled with localization and path-planning strategies allows a local control of the detail geometry enabling the fabrication of customized welded connections that can compensate material and construction tolerances. The paper outlines the potential of 3D printing in place details, describes methods and techniques to realize them and shows experimental results that validate the approach.
keywords work in progress, fabrication & robotics, robotic production, materials/adaptive systems, architectural detailing
series ACADIA
type paper
email
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_id ecaade2018_124
id ecaade2018_124
authors Asanowicz, Aleksander
year 2018
title Digital Architectural Composition in Virtual Space
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.703
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 703-710
summary The paper is divided into two main parts. The first part refers to the history of attempts to use VR technology in the process of architectural space creation in a dynamic way. The second part presents the experiment carried out at our Faculty, in which we implemented VR in the Digital Architectural Composition course. This experiment was divided into two parts. In the both parts Google Blocks software was used. In the first part we have used the first exercises which was completed by students during the first semester in a traditional way (a cardboard mock-up) and then in the third semester as a digital model in Cinema 4D. It was a Solid form with. In the second part of this experiment we asked students to create a sketch of walk through space and they can created their own shapes in their design. The analysis of the results allows to formulate the thesis that there is a qualitative revolution in the area of human-computer interface. The main conclusion is that Virtual Reality eliminates the boundaries between the spectator and the space and that the idea - Designing Become a Place" is still actual.
keywords Architectural composition; virtual reality; direct design
series eCAADe
email
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_id ecaade2018_261
id ecaade2018_261
authors Austern, Guy, Capeluto, Isaac Guedi and Grobman, Yasha Jacob
year 2018
title Rationalization and Optimization of Concrete Façade Panels
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.727
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 727-734
summary The presented research develops methods for introducing fabrication constraints into architectural design, a process often referred to as design rationalization. In the first stage of the research, a computational method for evaluating the fabrication potential of geometries was developed. The method predicts the feasibility, material use and machining time of a geometry in relation to different fabrication techniques. It uses geometric properties to mathematically estimate these parameters without simulating the actual machining. The second stage of the research describes processes for adapting architectural designs to their fabrication technique. The evaluation method previously developed is used as a fitness criterion for a computational optimization algorithm aimed at adapting concrete façade elements to the fabrication constraints of their molds. A case study demonstrates how the optimization process succeeded in improving the feasibility of different geometries within a time-frame suitable to the architectural design process, and without significant changes to the initial design.
keywords Optimization; Digital Fabrication; Rationalization; Computational Design Process
series eCAADe
email
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_id acadia18_136
id acadia18_136
authors Austern, Guy; Capeluto, Isaac Guedi; Grobman, Yasha Jacob
year 2018
title Fabrication-Aware Design of Concrete Façade Panels. A Computational Method For Evaluating the Fabrication of Large- Scale Molds in Complex Geometries
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.136
source ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 136-145
summary This paper presents a design methodology for concrete façade panels that takes into consideration constraints related to digital fabrication machinery. A computational method for the real-time evaluation of industrial mold-making techniques, such as milling and hot wire cutting, was developed. The method rapidly evaluates the feasibility, material use, and machining time of complex geometry molds for architectural façade elements. Calculation speed is achieved by mathematically approximating CAM-machining operations. As results are obtained in nearly real time, the method can be easily incorporated into the architectural design process during its initial stages, when changes to the design are more effective.

In the paper, we describe the algorithms of the computational evaluation method. We also show how it can be used to introduce fabrication considerations into the design process by using it to rationalize several types of panels. Additionally, we demonstrate how the method can be used in complex, large-scale architectural projects to save machining time and materials by evaluating and altering the paneling subdivision.

keywords full paper, fabrication & robotics, digital fabrication, performance + simulation, geometry
series ACADIA
type paper
email
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_id acadia18_36
id acadia18_36
authors Austin, Matthew; Matthews, Linda
year 2018
title Drawing Imprecision. The digital drawing as bits and pixels
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.036
source ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 36-45
summary This paper explores the consequences of digitizing the architectural drawing. It argues that the fundamental unit of drawing has shifted from “the line” to an interactive partnership between bits and pixels. It also reveals how the developmental focus of imaging technology has been to synthesize and imitate the line using bits and pixels, rather than to explore their innate productive value and aesthetic potential.

Referring to variations of the architectural drawing from a domestic typology, the paper uses high-precision digital tools tailored to quantitative image analysis and digital tools that sit outside the remit of architectural production, such as word processing, to present a new range of drawing techniques. By applying a series of traditional analytical procedures to the image, it reveals how these maneuvers can interrogate and dislocate any predetermined formal normalization.

The paper reveals that the interdisciplinary repurposing of precise digital toolsets therefore has explicit disciplinary consequences. These arise as a direct result of the recalibration of scale, the liberation of the bit’s representational capacity, and the pixel’s properties of color and brightness. It concludes by proposing that deliberate instances of translational imprecision are highly productive, because by liberating the fundamental qualitative properties of the fundamental digital units, these techniques shift the disciplinary agency of the architectural drawing

keywords full paper, imprecision, representation, recalibration, theory, glitch aesthetics, algorithmic design, process
series ACADIA
type paper
email
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_id ecaade2018_237
id ecaade2018_237
authors Beir?o, José, Mateus, Nuno and Siopa Alves, Jo?o
year 2018
title Modular, Flexible, Customizable Housing and 3D Printed - An experiment in architectural education
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.381
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 381-390
summary Technological developments in construction always bring new expectations in terms of design possibilities. The use of digital tools both in design exploration and applied to explore new forms of computer controlled manufacture provide opportunities for the emergence of new tectonics. Because these transformations change our construction reality fast and with impacts never seen before, it is important that architectural education follows such change and prepares students for what will be their future really, making them capable to accept and incorporate the tectonic implications of digital tools and construction methods in the way they design. This paper shows a tutored approach to mass customized housing resorting to 3D printed parametric modular construction.Please write your abstract here by clicking this paragraph.
keywords caad education; mass customization; 3D printed housing
series eCAADe
email
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_id acadia18_276
id acadia18_276
authors Bilotti, Jeremy; Norman, Bennett; Rosenwasser, David; Leo Liu, Jingyang; Sabin, Jenny
year 2018
title Robosense 2.0. Robotic sensing and architectural ceramic fabrication
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.276
source ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 276-285
summary Robosense 2.0: Robotic Sensing and Architectural Ceramic Fabrication demonstrates a generative design process based on collaboration between designers, robotic tools, advanced software, and nuanced material behavior. The project employs fabrication tools which are typically used in highly precise and predetermined applications, but uniquely thematizes the unpredictable aspects of these processes as applied to architectural component design. By integrating responsive sensing systems, this paper demonstrates real-time feedback loops which consider the spontaneous agency and intuition of the architect (or craftsperson) rather than the execution of static or predetermined designs. This paper includes new developments in robotics software for architectural design applications, ceramic-deposition 3D printing, sensing systems, materially-driven pattern design, and techniques with roots in the arts and crafts. Considering the increasing accessibility and advancement of 3D printing and robotic technologies, this project seeks to challenge the erasure of materiality: when mistakes or accidents caused by inconsistencies in natural material are avoided or intentionally hidden. Instead, the incorporation of material and user-input data yields designs which are imbued with more nuanced traces of making. This paper suggests the potential for architects and craftspeople to maintain a more direct and active relationship with the production of their designs.
keywords full paper, fabrication & robotics, robotic production, digital fabrication, digital craft
series ACADIA
type paper
email
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_id sigradi2018_1869
id sigradi2018_1869
authors Borda Almeida da Silva, Adriane; dos Santos Nunes, Cristiane; Curth Goulart, Stefani; Harter Silva, Bethina
year 2018
title Impressions of a touristic route: between the null-dimensional and the three-dimensional
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 638-643
summary This paper reports the experience of a public university digital manufacturing laboratory in producing tactile models to support a tourist route in a historic center. The report includes the reflection on the social and formative, cultural and professional meaning attributed to this production. For this, it uses the theory of the climbing of abstraction, by Vilém Flusser, problematizing the dimensional logic of the media used. This is the representation of the architectural set of the surroundings of a square. Architecture students were involved in the production of the models which were validated by visually impaired individuals.
keywords Tactile models; Universal design; Digital manufacturing; Architectural heritage; Tourist route
series SIGRADI
email
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_id sigradi2018_1629
id sigradi2018_1629
authors Braida, Frederico; Chagas, Icaro; Ruback Cascardo de Almeida, Isabela; Mendes de Castro, Janaina
year 2018
title The Maker Culture and the Open Source Model in the Architecture, Urbanism and Design Context: The Fabrication and Sharing of a Game for Design Teaching
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 1298-1304
summary This article aims to present a discussion about the maker culture and an experience of fabricating and sharing a set of building blocks designed as a didactic tool for teaching architectural design within the premises of do-it-yourself culture and an open source model. Methodologically, the article is the result of both a bibliographical research and an empirical research, from which, in contemporary times, is evidenced the strengthening of flexible, collaborative, creative and innovative processes, prevailing premises in the maker movement.
keywords Maker culture; Open source; Teaching; Democratization; Digital culture
series SIGRADI
email
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_id acadia18_424
id acadia18_424
authors Bucklin, Oliver; Drexler, Hans; Krieg, Oliver David; Menges, Achim
year 2018
title Integrated Solid Timber. A multi-requisite system for the computational design,fabrication, and construction of versatile building envelopes
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.424
source ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 424-433
summary The paper presents the development of a building system made from solid timber that fulfils the requirements of modern building skins while expanding the design possibilities through innovation in computational design and digital fabrication. Multiple strategies are employed to develop a versatile construction system that generates structure, enclosure and insulation while enabling a broad design space for contemporary architectural expression. The basic construction unit augments the comparatively high insulation values of solid timber by cutting longitudinal slits into beams, generating air chambers that further inhibit thermal conductivity. These units are further enhanced through a joinery system that uses advanced parametric modeling and computerized control to augment traditional joinery techniques. Prototypes of the system are tested at a building component level with digital models and physical laboratory tests. It is further evaluated in a demonstrator building to test development and further refine design, fabrication and assembly methods. Results are integrated into proposals for new methods of implementation. The results of the research thus far demonstrate the validity of the strategy, and continuing research will improve its viability as a building system.
keywords full paper, materials and adaptive systems, digital fabrication, digital craft
series ACADIA
type paper
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_id ecaade2018_227
id ecaade2018_227
authors Chatzitsakyris, Panagiotis
year 2018
title EventMode - A new computational design tool for integrating human activity data within the architectural design workflow
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.649
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 649-656
summary Architectural designers are currently depending on a multitude of elaborate computational tools in order to explore, manipulate and visualize the geometric form of their building projects. However, if architecture can be perceived as the manipulation of geometric form in direct relation to human activities and events that take place inside it, then it is evident that such design parameters are not sufficiently represented in the currently available modeling software. Would it be possible to introduce the human activity element in the aforementioned computational tools in a way that informs the design process and improves the final building product? This paper attempts to answer this question by introducing a new experimental design tool that enables the creation of parametric human activity envelopes within three-dimensional digital models. The novel approach is that this tool enables the parametric interaction of these components with the actual building geometry and generates novel visual and data representations of the 3D model. The goal is to improve the decision-making process of architects as well as their clients by enabling them to evaluate and iterate their designs based not only on the building's form but also on the human spatial events that take place inside it. A prototype implementation demonstrates the tool's practical application through three design examples.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id acadia18_386
id acadia18_386
authors Chen, Canhui; Burry, Jane
year 2018
title (Re)calibrating Construction Simplicity and Design Complexity
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.386
source ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 386-393
summary Construction simplicity is crucial to cost control, however design complexity is often necessary in order to meet particular spatial performance criteria. This paper presents a case study of a semi-enclosed meeting pod that has a brief that must contend with the seemingly contradictory conditions of the necessary geometric complexities imperative to improved acoustic performance and cost control in construction. A series of deep oculi are introduced as architectural elements to link the pod interior to the outside environment. Their reveals also introduce sound reflection and scattering, which contribute to the main acoustic goal of improved speech privacy. Represented as a three-dimensional funnel like shape, the reveal to each opening is unique in size, depth and angle. Traditionally, the manufacturing of such bespoke architectural elements in many cases resulted in lengthy and costly manufacturing processes. This paper investigates how the complex oculi shape variations can be manufactured using one universal mold. A workflow using mathematical and computational operations, a standardized fabrication approach and customization through tooling results in a high precision digital process to create particular calculated geometries, recalibrated at each stage to account for the paradoxical inexactitudes and inevitable tolerances.
keywords work in progress,tolerance, developable surface, form finding, construction simplicity, material behavior
series ACADIA
type paper
email
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_id sigradi2018_1609
id sigradi2018_1609
authors Chia, Hsu Yi; Hsien, Hsu Pei
year 2018
title The fabrication and application of parametric inflatable structure
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 684-689
summary This study uses parametric design to optimize the process and application of the inflatable method. Inflatable design has advantages of light weight, integral forming, volume change, etc., but the manufacturing process often requires the development of molds, a large number of manual heat seals, etc. Inspired by the structure principle of amputated wing tube structure, coupled with the advantages of parameterization and digital tool heat sealing, The same material can be made at different tightness, because the tight design with different angles has more structural characteristics and bending properties, thereby generating more complex spatial structures. Different materials also have corresponding manufacturing methods, which also increase the opportunities for application in architectural design.
keywords Robotic arms fabrication; Inflatable Shape-change; pneumatic; bending mechanism; pavilion design;
series SIGRADI
email
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_id caadria2018_333
id caadria2018_333
authors Cupkova, Dana, Byrne, Daragh and Cascaval, Dan
year 2018
title Sentient Concrete - Developing Embedded Thermal and Thermochromic Interactions for Architecture and Built Environment
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.2.545
source T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (eds.), Learning, Adapting and Prototyping - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018, pp. 545-554
summary Historically, architectural design focused on adaptation of built environment to serve human needs. Recently embedded computation and digital fabrication have advanced means to actuate physical infrastructure in real-time. These 'reactive spaces' have typically explored movement and media as a means to achieve reactivity and physical deformation (Chatting et al. 2017). However, here we recontextualize 'reactive' as finding new mechanisms for permanent and non-deformable everyday materials and environments. In this paper, we describe our ongoing work to create a series of complex forms - modular concrete panels - using thermal, tactile and thermochromic responses controlled by embedded networked system. We create individualized pathways to thermally actuate these surfaces and explore expressive methods to respond to the conditions around these forms - the environment, the systems that support them, their interaction and relationships to human occupants. We outline the design processes to achieve thermally adaptive concrete panels, illustrate interactive scenarios that our system enables, and discuss opportunities for new forms of interactivity within the built environment.
keywords Responsive environments; Geometrically induced thermodynamics; Ambient devices; Internet of things; Modular electronic systems
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

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