The Use of Simulation for Creating Folding Structures - A Teaching Model

Ağırbaş, Aslı

doi:10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.1.325

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“…Parametric simulation tools that can be utilised to support sustainable design include Digital Project, Rhino and Grasshopper (notably, some Grasshopper add-ons such as Honeybee and Ladybug are specifically for sustainable design). Parametric design, by applying algorithms and parameters, can effectively address environmental concerns in architectural design considerations, in terms of space, form and structure, therefore providing improved opportunities for integrating sustainable design into the design process [32][33][34].…”

Section: Digital Design Environments In Supporting Sustainable Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Architects’ Perceptions about Sustainable Design Practice and the Support Provided for This by Digital Tools: A Study in Australia

Ostwald

2022

Sustainability

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The fundamental goal of sustainable design for the built environment is to optimise the performance of buildings to minimise their impact on the environment. To achieve this goal, contemporary architects use a range of digital design environments, such as Computer-aided Design (CAD) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools. These allow architects to implement sustainable design principles and make optimal decisions about the ecological and energy properties of the building or environment being designed. Past research about architects’ uses of these tools for sustainable design have been focused on their capacity for optimising building performance and meeting architects’ design needs. In parallel, other studies have identified technological barriers and readiness factors for implementing sustainable design in several countries, including Australia. Researchers have suggested that presently, most architects are unlikely to perceive Building Performance Analysis (BPA) as their responsibility. It has also been found that the digital design tools need to more effectively support sustainable design. However, despite this body of past research, to date there is a lack of a more holistic understanding regarding architects’ perceptions about the alignment between sustainability practices and the capacity of digital design environments for supporting these, particularly in Australia. This paper addresses this knowledge gap, by presenting findings derived from semi-structured interviews with 18 professional architects in Australia, each with experiences in sustainable design and the use of digital design tools. The results are used to establish a conceptual model, which illustrates the relationships between a variety of factors affecting architects’ sustainable design practices. The findings suggest that in Australia, architects have more negative than positive experiences regarding their sustainable design practices, due to factors ranging from those related to the practice itself, to the digital design technologies and budget available for supporting their goals. This study also identifies an urgent need to enhance and better align the capabilities of digital design technologies with sustainable outcomes and associated organisational objectives, which the new model can assist in understanding and facilitating.

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Section: Digital Design Environments In Supporting Sustainable Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Architects’ Perceptions about Sustainable Design Practice and the Support Provided for This by Digital Tools: A Study in Australia

Ostwald

2022

Sustainability

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“…Its geometric approach enables users to generate a T-hedron interactively and to visualize its rigid-foldability in real-time (by use of a slider) with a high accuracy. Other transformation simulator plugins (e.g., Kangaroo as used in [Agirbas, 2017]) have an accuracy/ speed trade-off due to their numerical nature, and even for an order of hundred points, they already show delays. Note that there are also further computational design tools available; e.g., [Tachi, 2010;Dang, et al, 2022;Montagne, et al, The usability and design-related potential of Scutes were tested in the architectural seminar "Structure and Geometry" at the i.sd of the Uni-versity of Innsbruck in collaboration with Rupert Maleczek during the winter semester of 2021.…”

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Transformable Luminaire Design: From digital sketch to fabrication through computation and simulation

Ferschin,

Suter,

Palma

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eC

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Advanced computational design tools can help architectural and product designers to create novel and innovative designs. In this paper, we describe how advanced tools from research projects may be used together to design, simulate, and fabricate transformable luminaires. These tools support rapid design and simulation iterations to converge towards a realizable, usable and aesthetically design, which negotiates real-world constraints such as production costs, manufacturing time and material properties. We report on our experiences with integrated design and production workflows from teaching a digital design and production class, asking students to design and produce a luminaire based on a given production infrastructure. The design process starts with a conceptual part, where design intentions and basic ideas are explored with a 3D sketching tool. Students then develop parametric models by determining independent and dependent design parameters. As a required feature, the luminaire should have a transformable screen designed by a generator for flexible quad-surfaces. Real-time rendering tools allow for a fast, visual evaluation of these designs. After selecting the most suitable design regarding the design intention, students evaluate production feasibility and iteratively update their design until all production constraints are fulfilled. We describe the didactic and technical concepts and conclude with a discussion of open issues.

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Parametric modeling simulation for an origami shaped canopy

Lucarelli

Carlo

2020

Frontiers of Architectural Research

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The Use of Simulation for Creating Folding Structures - A Teaching Model

Cited by 6 publications

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Architects’ Perceptions about Sustainable Design Practice and the Support Provided for This by Digital Tools: A Study in Australia

Architects’ Perceptions about Sustainable Design Practice and the Support Provided for This by Digital Tools: A Study in Australia

Transformable Luminaire Design: From digital sketch to fabrication through computation and simulation

Parametric modeling simulation for an origami shaped canopy

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