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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
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.   
wos WOS:000340635300061
keywords Biologically computed digital fabrication; robotic fabrication; finite element analysis; optimization; CNC weaving.
series eCAADe
email neri@mit.edu
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