Differentiating parametric design: Digital workflows in contemporary architecture and construction

Wortmann, Thomas; Tunçer, Bige

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2017.05.004

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“…Beirão proposes a specific implementation of UIP generation, CIty Maker, and concludes that CIty Maker is best split across GIS, CAD, and VPI [5,7]. This cross-platform technique, called 'dis-integrative,' is well attested as a superior approach to computational design [6,8]. The advantages to a dis-integrative over an integrated work environment are less scripting and more artistic control, while the disadvantage is more careful data management.…”

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confidence: 99%

Lightweight Semiautomatic City Engine Systems: A Speciﬁc Case of Urban Induction Theory

Ward

2019

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Generative urban design is an emerging ﬁeld which seeks to apply a procedural algorithm to grow urban forms parametrically. These tools are mainly used for cityscapes in the entertainment industry. Currently, there is active research to repurpose them as semantically meaningful tools for urban design. This paper reviews the two primary approaches to generative urban design: CityEngine and Urban Induction(UI).AfterconsiderationUIwaschosenasthepreferredapproach.Thispaper is a commentary on and assumes a background knowledge of UI. A novel synthesis of UI and Form-Based Codes is proposed as a lightweight method of generation. This method is then tested on a 3,040 acre site in San Francisco. Results indicate while the method works conceptually in simple cases it should be expanded into a comprehensive toolset before it can be considered an open-source replacement for CityEngine.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Lightweight Semiautomatic City Engine Systems: A Speciﬁc Case of Urban Induction Theory

Ward

2019

KSS

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“…However, parametric models admit multiple alternatives, each achieved by editing parameters in the digital model, which results in a wider variety of solutions. In this context, parametric design "supports complexity" [15].…”

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“…Design tools have been developed that calibrated the digital form with reality on the construction site. Parallel to this, digital fabrication tools have been added to the design process and designing has got a new quality, which has resulted from so called "parametric design thinking" [14][15][16][17][18]. However, "parametric design thinking" entails ability to understand, read, and construct complex and parametrized operations which make a projected object respond and evolve.…”

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Pre-Rationalized Parametric Designing of Roof Shells Formed by Repetitive Modules of Catalan Surfaces

Dzwierzynska

Prokopska

2018

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The aim of the study is to develop an original, methodical, and practical approach to the early stages of parametric design of roof shells formed by repetitive modules of Catalan surfaces. It is presented on the example of designing the roof shells compound of four concrete elements. The designing process proposed by us consists in linking geometric shaping of roofs' models with their structural analysis and optimization. Contrary to other methods, which use optimization process in order to find free roof forms, we apply it in order to explore and improve design alternatives. It is realized with the application of designing tools working in Rhinoceros 3D software. The flexible scripts elaborated by us, in order to achieve roofs' models of regular and symmetrical shapes, are converted into simulation models to perform structural analysis. It is mainly focused on how the roof shells perform dependently on their geometric characteristics. The simulation enables one to evaluate various roof shells' shapes, as well as to select an optimal design solution. The proposed approach to the conceptual design process may drive the designing to achieve geometric and structural forms which not only follow the design intentions but also target better results.

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“…It is defined as a structure composed of a network of straight members, creating a single layer, which forms a shell surface. It is a type of structural discrete system in which the axes of bars form a specific spatial geometric grid [12]. Covering panels, if applied, act only as a load.…”

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Shaping curved steel rod structures

Dzwierzynska

2018

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The paper addresses the problem of the efficient shaping of curved steel rod structures conducted based on the enneper surface. The proposed parametric design process consists in linking the geometric shaping of grid models with their structural analysis and optimization, which is realized through the application of design tools working in the rhinoceros 3D software. The mechanical performance of lattices covered with glass panels is evaluated and the structures are pre-dimensioned. The presented aesthetic grid shells with good structural characteristics may constitute original coverings. however, the analysis, which targets an early stage of the design, aims at providing design guidelines to facilitate communication between architects and civil engineers.

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Differentiating parametric design: Digital workflows in contemporary architecture and construction

Cited by 83 publications

References 9 publications

Lightweight Semiautomatic City Engine Systems: A Speciﬁc Case of Urban Induction Theory

Lightweight Semiautomatic City Engine Systems: A Speciﬁc Case of Urban Induction Theory

Pre-Rationalized Parametric Designing of Roof Shells Formed by Repetitive Modules of Catalan Surfaces

Shaping curved steel rod structures

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