
The Airshell Prototype
This paper by Alessandro Liuti, Sofia Colabella, and Alberto Pugnale, presents the construction of Airshell, a small timber gridshell prototype erected by employing a pneumatic formwork.
Digital architecture has been undergoing continuous changes through different technological innovations with possibilities far beyond the traditional use of architecture design software. Several design technologies have been introduced, which use algorithms and biological simulation as their core and key morphogenetic strategies.
This study by AMAL ELSHTWEİ examines changes in the architectural design process caused by the introduction of computational-based generative design, thus the development of new algorithmic software which enables the writing of scripts and codes in design process.
By computational design techniques, it becomes possible to design free- forms found in nature, then to generate architectural form, referring to biomimicry principles. Biomimicry is an applied science that derives inspiration for solutions to human problems through the study of natural designs, systems and processes.
This study is an attempt to link the two emerging sciences; Biomimicry and computational design, by exploring their potential in developing a more ideal architecture: “Morphogenesis.” This thesis analyses the experimental studies to understand the complex list of terms and unveils the computational theory behind morphogenetic structures by investigating the principles underlying natural morphogenesis.
This paper by Alessandro Liuti, Sofia Colabella, and Alberto Pugnale, presents the construction of Airshell, a small timber gridshell prototype erected by employing a pneumatic formwork.
In this paper by Gregory Charles Quinn, Chris J K Williams, and Christoph Gengnagel, a detailed comparison is carried out between established as well as novel erection methods for strained grid shells by means of FE simulations and a 3D-scanned scaled physical model in order to evaluate key performance criteria such as bending stresses during erection and the distance between shell nodes and their spatial target geometry.
In this paper by Frederic Tayeb, Olivier Baverel, Jean-François Caron, Lionel du Peloux, ductility aspects of a light-weight composite gridshell are developed.
In this paper by Julian Lienhard, Holger Alpermann, Christoph Gengnagel and Jan Knippers structures that actively use bending as a self forming process are reviewed.
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