Material Strategies in Digital Fabrication

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2015 - Lightweight Conical Components for Rotational Parabolic Domes: Geometric Definition, Structural Behaviour, Optimisation and Digital Fabrication

“…From the possibilities of materialising these ellipses, the one chosen is based on the construction of conical surfaces by extruding all the ellipses to a common apex. This is a principle that was already used by other authors in applications to spherical surfaces, such as the Packed Pavilion (Leidi et al 2010) (Beorkrem 2013). However, further to the discretisation method and the fact of working with parabolic surfaces, there exists another circumstance which differentiates this research from the Packed Pavilion: the way in which the resultant elliptical cones are rigidified to provide global stability to the structure.…”

ProjecTables: Augmented CNC tools for sustainable creative practices

“…This is reasonable considering that architectural designers working with digital tools of fabrication struggle for clearer control over the parametric relationships that make up the design process. 4 Balancing control between a user and system is a core concern for the design of user interfaces-there is an increasing focus on negotiation of control and intelligent systems that can adapt depending on the context and changing needs of the user. 18 ProjecTables augments the CAD model directly on the sheet materials by use of a projector, which differs from using a screen-based interface.…”

“…The "whatever it takes" attitude frees the designer in some ways; however, in most craft professions such as woodworking, weaving, metalworking, the conservation of expensive material is ingrained into the learning process. There is an increasing demand in the design fields to support sustainable practices 4 through the development and customization of digital fabrication tools. Including designers and architects in the design process of digital fabrication tools offers the benefit of developing sustainable solutions that fit appropriately into the existing practices and potentially reveal unmet needs.…”

Joint Descriptive Modeling (JDM) for Assembly-Aware Timber Structure Design

“…With the rapid advances in computer-assisted design tools and parametric modeling in architecture; designing and manufacturing, and assembling buildings with complex geometry is becoming more accessible, especially within the timber construction field. Simultaneously, digital fabrication machines' proliferation is pushing toward an uninterrupted chain from the design-to-fabrication process (Beorkrem 2017). Complex structures can then be described with an exhaustive parametric model that breaks down the complexity into several separated relatively simple elements and becomes more manageable.…”