| id |
ecaade2024_308 |
| authors |
Tryfonos, George; Phocas, Marios C.; Christoforou, Eftychios G.; Matheou, Maria |
| year |
2024 |
| title |
Generative Design and Fabrication in the Development of an Adaptive Canopy System with Thin-Film Photovoltaics |
| source |
Kontovourkis, O, Phocas, MC and Wurzer, G (eds.), Data-Driven Intelligence - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2024), Nicosia, 11-13 September 2024, Volume 1, pp. 439–446 |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.1.439
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| summary |
The development of energy efficient and sustainable open public spaces may be achieved through use of urban elements that encompass the function of renewable energy production and shading. Presently, the use of photovoltaic systems in open public spaces remains essentially unexploited, given the fact that they are typically installed on the ground due to the relatively heavy weight structure of the silicon-based photovoltaic modules. In achieving increased implementation potential and energy production performance, an adaptive lightweight canopy structure with integrated thin-film photovoltaic modules is currently developed. The structure’s configuration and the photovoltaic modules orientation adapt to the sun movement, in improving energy production. A lightweight structural unit of a cable net spanning an aluminum frame supports a secondary system of struts and continuous cables in two directions, responsible for the support of the photovoltaic modules and actuation of the system. Minimization of material use, construction time, energy consumption and operation costs are aimed at through parametric design, automated fabrication, structural and technical simplicity and minimum number of actuation components. Thus, the concept development is based on geometrical parameters controlled in Grasshoper plug-in for Rhinoceros software, which defines the geometrical characteristics and verifies the associated kinematics. Furthermore, the digital algorithm archives the system components design through automated fabrication of the system joints in small scale, and enables numerical investigation of the load-deformation behavior of the system in externally linked Finite-Element Analysis software CSI SAP2000. The prototype concept development serves as case example of an interdisciplinary design process followed with digital parametric design tools. |
| keywords |
Adaptive structures, photovoltaics integration, kinematics, parametric associative design, automated fabrication |
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eCAADe |
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