TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating the Buildability of Architectural Geometries
T2 - 6th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering, ACE 2018
AU - Austern, Guy
AU - Capeluto, Isaac Guedi
AU - Grobman, Jacob
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © GSTF 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - As digital fabrication processes become more common in the building industry, architects are challenged to design for the capacities of the new fabrication machinery. This paper describes computational methods for evaluating the buildability of architectural elements, in relation to the machine chosen to produce them. We focus on developing methods for the evaluation of molds for concrete elements with a complex geometry. The developed methods are tailored to specific digital fabrication processes, common in the building industry: bent sheet material molds and molds in solid material. The evaluation algorithm uses differential curvature properties of surfaces together with mesh-based operations to evaluate the feasibility of a geometry and the machine time necessary to fabricate it. The innovation of this method is that the feasibility and machine time are calculated rather than simulated, which leads to obtaining results in a fraction of the traditional time. The suggested method was developed into a tool which can be seamlessly integrated into the architectural design process. The speed and accuracy of the suggested method and tool were validated in a design experiment. The real-time buildability information it provides can help designers embed fabrication knowledge into their designs, changing the design where necessary to adapt it to the fabrication process.
AB - As digital fabrication processes become more common in the building industry, architects are challenged to design for the capacities of the new fabrication machinery. This paper describes computational methods for evaluating the buildability of architectural elements, in relation to the machine chosen to produce them. We focus on developing methods for the evaluation of molds for concrete elements with a complex geometry. The developed methods are tailored to specific digital fabrication processes, common in the building industry: bent sheet material molds and molds in solid material. The evaluation algorithm uses differential curvature properties of surfaces together with mesh-based operations to evaluate the feasibility of a geometry and the machine time necessary to fabricate it. The innovation of this method is that the feasibility and machine time are calculated rather than simulated, which leads to obtaining results in a fraction of the traditional time. The suggested method was developed into a tool which can be seamlessly integrated into the architectural design process. The speed and accuracy of the suggested method and tool were validated in a design experiment. The real-time buildability information it provides can help designers embed fabrication knowledge into their designs, changing the design where necessary to adapt it to the fabrication process.
KW - Buildability
KW - Computational evaluation tools
KW - Digital fabrication
KW - Rationalization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85051724457&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE18.38
DO - 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE18.38
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AN - SCOPUS:85051724457
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering
BT - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering
Y2 - 14 May 2018 through 15 May 2018
ER -