Rapid design and manufacture tools in architecture

Ryder, G.; Ion, William; Green, Graham; Harrison, David; Wood, Bruce

doi:10.1016/s0926-5805(00)00111-4

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“…Likewise, the demands of architectural design on rapid prototyping have been little explored [Ryder 1999]. An examination of the role of models in design is an appropriate starting point for a discussion of the role of rapid prototyping as a model making technique.…”

Section: Architectural Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rapid prototyping for architectural models

Gibson

Kvan

Ming

2002

Rapid Prototyping Journal

110

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Rapid prototyping (RP) technology has developed as a result of the requirements of manufacturing industry. There are a number of other application areas where RP has been used to good effect and one of these is architectural modelling. However, such application areas often have different requirements from what is offered by the current technology. This paper describes work carried out by the authors to investigate potential applications for architectural modelling, as well as an attempt to explore the limits of the technology. It will go on to discuss how the technology may be developed to better serve the requirements of architects. ARCHITECTURAL NEEDSMuch has been written about the role of drawing in architectural design [Robbins 1994, Schön 1992 but the role of the model as a design tool has not been extensively reviewed. Likewise, the demands of architectural design on rapid prototyping have been little explored [Ryder 1999]. An examination of the role of models in design is an appropriate starting point for a discussion of the role of rapid prototyping as a model making technique. This review does not pretend to be an exhaustive review of models in design but presents a survey of the current situation and identifies areas in which developments need to take place.

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Section: Architectural Needsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rapid prototyping for architectural models

Gibson

Kvan

Ming

2002

Rapid Prototyping Journal

110

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“…The concept of manufacturing architectural ideas in early stages of design was described in [213], as a method to generate physical descriptions of design ideas. Additionally, Simondetti described additive manufacturing and CAD-CAM technologies of manufacture for small-scale 3D-printed objects to full-scale design representation.…”

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A review on experimental research using scale models for buildings: Application and methodologies

Lirola

Castañeda

Lauret

et al. 2017

Energy and Buildings

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a b s t r a c tA complete review on scale model testing for buildings, considering a wide range of methodologies and new manufacturing techniques, in areas such as statics and dynamics, acoustics, lighting, aerodynamics and thermodynamics for energy efficiency is presented. On the one hand, scale model testing for buildings require different considerations and techniques and are usually focused on one specific physical field contributing to the information scattering. On the other hand, they are sometimes too general, theoretical or unpractical. Although commercial computer simulations are first option among professionals, they necessarily simplify complex phenomena and ignore, among other aspects, size effects and latest findings in fractals. The potential of complementary experiments using new manufactured scale models for buildings is raising, however, it is still missing a practical overview through different physical fields specifically for buildings with these considerations. This review gives a wide perspective and unified scope on uses and possibilities of scale model testing for buildings, from the traditional configurations of Leon Battiste Alberti to new possibilities applying complex physics and new techniques of 3D-modelling.

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“…Este proceso es problemático para las empresas de arquitectura y construcción, que tienen que enfrentarse normalmente a plazos muy estrictos para presentar el proyecto en público a sus clientes (Giannatsis, 2002). Como es sabido, los proyectos de arquitectura y construcción involucran gran cantidad de recursos, que deben ser administrados correctamente para obtener al final unos resultados satisfactorios (Ryder, 2002;González, 2010).…”

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