Advances in Architectural Geometry 2015 - Tree Fork Truss: geometric Strategies for Exploiting Inherent Material Form

Mollica, Zachary; Self, Martin

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“…Recently, approaches for using non-uniform materials have been explored. For instance, at the Architectural Association's Hooke Park campus (Mollica and Self, 2016) and Taubman College at the University of Michigan, it has been demonstrated how natural tree bifurcations can be utilised in construction using digital technology (Devadass et al, 2016;Torghabehi et al, 2018).…”

Section: Integration Of Non-standard Timbermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It reflects principles seen in vernacular techniques like wattle and daub construction, where willow stems are used in their natural state. Leveraging digital design and fabrication's flexibility and adaptability can further enhance this approach, managing imperfections and inherent variations in the material (Devadass et al, 2016;Mollica and Self, 2016;Allner et al, 2020), potentially aided by artificial intelligence.…”

Section: Bespoke Fabrication Solutions For Natural Materials Complexitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Thomsen,

Sheil

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ARETI MARKOPOULOU ACADEMIC DIRECTOR, IAAC-INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE OF CATALONIAwe perceive resources and materialise buildings, but also encourages risk-taking in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry, promoting growth, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation.We have many friends and colleagues to acknowledge and wish to start with our warmest thanks to our returning partners Blumer Lehman and ARUP, both of whom support FABRICATE through content, sponsorship, expertise, and exchange. To the Realdania Foundation, Cowifonden Foundation, Statens Kunstfond Foundation, and the Carlsberg Foundation, we express our sincere appreciation for their generous and transformational financial support. Denmark is privileged to have such a robust and extensive landscape of foundations to support research, practice, and dissemination across industry and the arts.In equal measure we thank the FABRICATE community for its continued passion and engagement with the subject matter and this event in particular. From this community we received more than 250 submissions from 45 countries; we would like to thank everyone who responded to the call for the extraordinary breadth, depth, and quality of work submitted, which made the process of review, selection, and curatorship extremely challenging. We are grateful to all authors and collaborators on each of the projects selected, and to all those who generously agreed to present their work.We are deeply appreciative of our wonderful 2024 and 2020 keynote presenters in turn, not only for your provocative orations, but also for your generosity in sharing the insights and perspectives published as the Dialogues in this book. We are indebted to kindred communities for their willingness to promote FABRICATE; this includes the ACADIA, LINA, CAFx and Rhino communities. Our thanks extend to our media partners ArchDaily, Dezeen and Actar/urbanNext.Our sincere gratitude is extended to The Royal Danish Academy for supporting this great enterprise. We thank publishers of the FABRICATE series as the widely acclaimed open access publication it has become; and to Srijana Gurung of the Bartlett communications team for her help with further disseminating the hardback copies in the UK. We are grateful to Riverside Architectural Press for their important role of distributing the publication in North America.Our thanks to those responsible for the tactile experience that you, as reader, are enjoying now: to Albe de Coker printers, we salute your passion for craft and detail, and deeply appreciate your kindness and tolerance -qualities that are vital in the making of well-made things.Finally, we would like to thank all our fellow peer reviewers for their invaluable contribution and generosity in ensuring the highest research standards across the FABRICATE 2024 selection process:

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Section: Integration Of Non-standard Timbermentioning

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Section: Bespoke Fabrication Solutions For Natural Materials Complexitymentioning

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“…Altering the source geometry and shaping it into a desired form also perpetuate a fabrication process based on standardization and a linear economy. Conversely, accepting the initial geometry as is or altering it only partially to assemble it in new structures is a fabrication strategy with excellent development opportunities, following the examples using crooked logs [12], timber forks [13], and irregular boulders [14].…”

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confidence: 99%

From concrete waste to walls: An investigation of reclamation and digital technologies for new load-bearing structures

Grangeot,

Fivet,

Parascho

2023

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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The research presented in this paper highlights current practices for the end-of-life of concrete and explores opportunities in using unaltered concrete rubbles from demolition for the digital construction of structural walls. Through research by iterative making performed by the authors, relevant upcycling processes and design strategies are identified and explored to shape new tectonics specific to reclaimed concrete rubbles with non-standard variable geometries. This iterative research proposes accessible and scalable digital processes to overcome the challenges inherent to this untapped construction material. Results from small-scale prototypes provide valuable insights for full-scale processes to advance the digitization of construction and alleviate its environmental impact.

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“…Recent projects such as the Wood Chip Barn (Self et al 2016), Limb (Von Buelow et al 2018), Branch Formations (Alner et al 2021, and torinosu (Eri Sumitomo Architects 2020) explore the potential of repurposing irregular tree geometries for structural applications in architecture. Wood Chip Barn at Hooke Park was revelatory in its workflow between scanning trees, selecting trees, and indexing 'Y' shaped members to design a truss with selected members, structurally evaluating these members, and finally to fabricating a Tree Fork Truss (Mollica and Self 2016). Limb continued the exploration of the tree bifurcations as it relates to shell structures, (Von Buelow et al 2018), while Branch Formations also studies similar tree bifurcations, this time with regard to structures derived from a tetrahedral based recursive aggregation algorithm (Allner et al 2019).…”

Section: State Of the Art Digital Log Constructionsmentioning

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Timber De-Standardized

Lok,

Samaniego,

Spencer

2021

ACADIA Proceedings

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Timber De-Standardized is a framework that salvages irregular and regular shaped tree logs by utilizing a mixed reality (MR) interface for the design, fabrication, and assembly of a structurally viable tree log assembly. The process engages users through a direct, hands-on design approach to iteratively modify and design irregular geometry at full scale within an immersive MR environment without altering the original material. A digital archive of 3D scanned logs are the building elements from which users, designing in the MR environment, can digitally harvest (though slicing) and place the elements into a digitally constructed whole. The constructed whole is structurally analyzed and optimized through recursive feedback loops to preserve the users' predetermined design. This iterative toggling between the physical and virtual emancipates the use of irregular tree log structures while informing and prioritizing users' design intent. To test this approach, a scaled prototype was developed and fabricated in MR.By creating a framework that links a holographic digital design to a physical catalog of material, the interactive workfl ow provides greater design agency to users as co-creators in processing material parts. This participation enables users to have a direct impact on the design of discretized tree logs that would otherwise have been discarded in standardized manufacturing. This paper presents an approach in which complex tree log structures can be made without the use of robotic fabrication tools. This workfl ow opens new opportunities for design in which users can freely confi gure structures with non-standardized elements within an intuitive MR environment.

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Advances in Architectural Geometry 2015 - Tree Fork Truss: geometric Strategies for Exploiting Inherent Material Form

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