Material Behaviour: Embedding Physical Properties in Computational Design Processes

Fleischmann, Moritz; Knippers, Jan; Lienhard, Julian; Menges, Achim; Schleicher, Simon

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“…A more detailed investigation of morphogenetic design computation has been discussed in various other contexts, including [i] the transfer of morphogenetic and evolutionary concepts by process biomimetics (Menges 2012), [ii] its relation to parametric design (Menges 2005), [iii] the relation between computational form and material gestalt (Menges 2008), [iv] the integration of material behavior (Fleischmann et al 2012), [v] the integrative characteristics of the developed design processes (Menges 2006), [vi] the underlying conception of performativity (Hensel and Menges 2008), [vii] the related multidisciplinary design approach (Fleischmann and Menges 2011) and [viii] various specific research project examples (Menges 2010. This paper will present the research on transferring another methodology from the realm of biology to morphogenetic computational design with a particular focus on robotic manufacturing.…”

Section: Morphogenetic Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Morphospaces of Robotic Fabrication

Menges¹

2013

Rob | Arch 2012

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The research presented in this paper investigates the possible transfer of the concept of morphospaces from theoretical morphology in biology to the realm of robotic fabrication and design computation in architecture. This investigation is concerned with the search for suitable methods of differentiating between the geometrically possible and robotically fabricable in integrative computational design processes, a critical component for further developing a morphogenetic approach to design. In the first, second and third part of the paper, the relevant aspects of morphogenetic design in architecture, theoretical morphology in biology and the related distinction between empirical and theoretical morphospaces are introduced. In the fourth and fifth part, the transfer of the concept of theoretical morphospaces from biology to design computation and robotic fabrication is introduced and explained along with the research on constructing machinic morphospaces for robotic production for robotically fabricated plate structures with finger joint connections.Keywords: robotic fabrication, machinic morphospaces, computational design, digital morphogenesis, theoretical morphology Achim Menges Morphospaces of Robotic Fabrication

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Section: Morphogenetic Designmentioning

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Morphospaces of Robotic Fabrication

Menges¹

2013

Rob | Arch 2012

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“…The ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2010 pursued such an investigation through an intricate wood lamella system. 5 During assembly, these initially planar elements are connected at differential length intervals so that they form tensioned and elastically bent regions along one wooden strip that are locked into position by the adjacent strips. The distribution of the joint points between the strips oscillates along the torus shape, and this morphological irregularity results in both signi cant global stability and a distinctive articulation of the pavilion's envelope, which is at the same time skin and structure.…”

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Computational Material Culture

Menges¹

2016

Architectural Design

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Computation offers considerable possibilities for architecture, going well beyond the conventional sphere of design that focuses on the generation of complex geometries. Achim Menges, a regular contributor and guest‐editor to 2, and Founding Director of the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart, is renowned for his pioneering approach to computation and materials. He describes how computation is enabling a convergence of the processes of form generation and materialisation, hailing in new areas of architectural speculation and experimentation, as demonstrated by the ICD/ITKE pavilions illustrated here.

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“…Sufficiently thin component thickness thereby allows for small bending radii and thus results in low bending stresses. The application of bending-active members has been recently demonstrated with a pavilion prototype construction with birch plywood lamellas at the University of Stuttgart in 2010 [6] and kinetic shading elements for the Biomimetic Media Façade of the Thematic Pavilion at Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea [7].…”

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Post-reflecting on the process of integral design of an adaptive footbridge structure using bending-active principles

Phocas¹,

Kontovourkis²,

Alexandrou³

2017

Int. J. DNE

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Contemporary design approaches of adaptive structures enhanced to a great extent through digital technology, gradually acknowledge the fact that the area encompasses a number of disciplines, bringing together a number of distinct modes of investigation. Within this frame, the interactive development of a cable bending-active footbridge structure presented in the current paper aims at clarifying the process of integral design applied. The structural prototype consists of two parallel series of bendingactive PETG members with initial inverted curvatures forming continuous elastic curvilinear elements, which are horizontally interconnected through cables. In a preliminary design stage, the structure is conceptualized through cyclically iterated physical modelling and preliminary finite element analysis. The design development stage is based on digital simulation, whereas the load-bearing and adaptive behaviour of the structure is examined and visualized in real time according to the pretension of the cables and predefined pedestrian movement scenarios, respectively. Following the construction design and manufacturing of the structural members, the design evaluation stage addresses beyond verification issues of the design proposed, structural optimization aspects through investigation of suitable pretension values of the cables and geometric characteristics of the bending-active members. The integral design approach of the adaptive structure is exemplary for integrating different modes of operation and digital investigation tools in achieving effective load-bearing characteristics and adaptability of the structure.

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Material Behaviour: Embedding Physical Properties in Computational Design Processes

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Morphospaces of Robotic Fabrication

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Post-reflecting on the process of integral design of an adaptive footbridge structure using bending-active principles

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