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EARTHY: Computational Generative Design for Earth and Masonry Architecture
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This article explains the motivation and the theoretical underpinnings of a master's level course on generative design for earth and masonry architecture.
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... In this paper, a topological design methodology is proposed that utilizes a space-filling interlocking grid as the basis for designing the voussoir geometry of a stock of stackable components. The methodology comprises a four-step process (discretization, form-finding, topological approximation [4][5], refinement), inspired by Selina Bitting's work on reconfigurable domes [6], is implemented in COMPAS [7] -an open-source framework that provides geometry processing independent of commercial CAD software and is coupled with structural verification processes based on both Finite Element Modelling (FEM) [8] and Discrete Element Modelling (DEM) [9] simulations. First, Section 2 elaborates on how several 3D tessellations consisting of modular interlocking base blocks are designed within a space-filling volumetric grid at a low level of detail, then necessary structural verification workflows are proposed as an auxiliary tool to test the feasibility of the designed grids to choose the most promising one as a basis for the algorithm design. ...
With the advent of Computer-Aided Design, the design and fabrication of complex free-form shells have become easier to achieve. However, this results in extensive usage of custom-made formworks for the production of shell components and falseworks which provide support for the shell during the construction process. Therefore, a modular design method is proposed for generating form-active spatial structures out of stackable blocks of a few types, having in mind its potential applications such as housing. Instead of shells, spatial masonry structures are thus the main consideration in the design process considering building on top of a vaulted ceiling. By designing a 3D interlocking grid and introducing a four-step topological design that is coupled with structural verification processes based on finite element modelling and discrete element modelling simulations, the geometry of interlocking stackable modular blocks can be automatically generated for constructing such spatial masonry structures. The proposed method ensures that the designed vaults are modular, reconfigurable, and self-supporting during construction, thus increasing the efficiency of mass production while allowing for combinatorial mass customization in designs.
... Generative Design in a broad architectural sense is an umbrella term referring to the science of understanding and converting the problem of architectural design to sequences of decision problems, and devising Generative Systems for solving these problems through (q.v. [19] and [20]): ...
A position paper on generative design in architecture. This is the author version of a paper with the same title and content published in the BouT Rumoer: periodical for the Building Technologist; No. 76:Generative Design pp.7-16. https://issuu.com/rumoer/docs/issue_number_76_digital_edition
In 1675, English scientist Robert Hooke discovered “the true... ...manner of arches for building,” which he summarized with
a single phrase: “As hangs the flexible line, so but inverted will stand the rigid arch.” In the centuries that followed,
Hooke’s simple idea has been used to understand and design numerous important works. Recent research at MIT on the interactive
analysis of structural forces provides new graphical tools for the understanding of arch behavior, which are useful for relating
the forces and geometry of masonry structures. The key mathematical principle is the use of graphical analysis to determine
possible equilibrium states.
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