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ecaade2022_238 |
| authors |
Tommasi, Ilaria and Erioli, Alessio |
| year |
2022 |
| title |
Branch Making Shells - A multi-agent systems application for the formation of shell branched structures |
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Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 2, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 123–132 |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.123
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| summary |
This research explores an application of multi-agent systems to the generation of single- layer branched shell structures for architectural application. The study is prompted by the structure and pattern-making capacity of climbing plants’ growth behaviours, in which growth history (affected by internal local processes and environmental conditions), generates a multi-performant outcome. The digital system merges parts of the Space Colonization Algorithm (SCA) with agent-based logic, leveraging iterative local interactions to coherently embed environmental conditions and static requirements in the production of a coherent structural network on a boundary surface, which is translated in a beams-and-nodes glued laminated timber structure. The paper exposes the method and its applications to the case study of a pavilion, discussing geometric constructability’s challenges and limits. |
| keywords |
Multi-Agent System, Space Colonization Algorithm, Branching Structures, Structural Shells, Glued Laminated Timber |
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eCAADe |
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