Generative Design
Title | Generative Design PDF eBook |
Author | Asterios Agkathidis |
Publisher | Laurence King Publishing |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2016-02-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1780679882 |
Generating form is one of the most fundamental aspects of architectural education and practice. While new computational tools are enabling ever more unpredictable forms, critics argue that this leads to a disconnection between architectural output and its context. This attractive, pocket-sized book uses 11 different architectural projects to explore how generative design processes can integrate digital as well as physical design tools and techniques to produce innovative forms that cohere with structural and material principles, performance and context. Illustrated with drawings, computer images and models, this stimulating, accessible handbook of ideas provides a guide for students as well as an inspiration for practising architects.
Shell Structures for Architecture
Title | Shell Structures for Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Sigrid Adriaenssens |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2014-03-21 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1317909380 |
*** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban *** Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational techniques to develop complex curved structural surfaces, in the form of mathematics, computer algorithms, and design case studies. • Part I introduces the topic of shells, tracing the ancient relationship between structural form and forces, the basics of shell behaviour, and the evolution of form-finding and structural optimization techniques. • Part II familiarizes the reader with form-finding techniques to explore expressive structural geometries, covering the force density method, thrust network analysis, dynamic relaxation and particle-spring systems. • Part III focuses on shell shape and topology optimization, and provides a deeper understanding of gradient-based methods and meta-heuristic techniques. • Part IV contains precedent studies of realised shells and gridshells describing their innovative design and construction methods.
Architecture Without Architects
Title | Architecture Without Architects PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Rudofsky |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Fabric Formwork
Title | Fabric Formwork PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Chandler |
Publisher | |
Pages | 87 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Concrete sculpture |
ISBN | 9781859462843 |
Fabric-cast concrete involves casting concrete in forms made with flexible formwork. This provides the potential to produce forms that are both structurally efficient and architecturally exciting in a relatively inexpensive and practical manner. By careful shaping of the fabric it is possible to produce complex shapes that would otherwise be difficult and expensive to produce using conventional formwork systems. This book contains six essays that describe the collaboration between the Universities of Edinburgh and East London, together with the Centre for Architectural and Structural Technology (CAST) at the University of Manitoba, in their detailed and practical research into concrete casting and formwork. Richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams and containing new and innovative research this book offers the architect, engineer and student inspiration and technical guidance in this re-emerging material.
Proceedings of the 2019 DigitalFUTURES
Title | Proceedings of the 2019 DigitalFUTURES PDF eBook |
Author | Philip F. Yuan |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 2019-07-04 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9811381534 |
The “2019 DigitalFUTURES — The 1st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2019)” provides an international platform for advanced scientific research papers on the digital technology of architectural design and construction. The themes of the papers include, but are not limited to, architectural theories, tools, methods and procedures in material intelligence, data intelligence; computational intelligence, and robotic intelligence.
Membrane Structures
Title | Membrane Structures PDF eBook |
Author | Raham Zarfam |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2014-08-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780986324710 |
n this book, readers will be introduced to the fascinating world of Membrane Structures. The readers will find this book to be a practical guide and reference providing them a clear view and understanding of the Membrane Structures. The book explores the principles, basic shapes, form finding, surface materials, support structures, drawing details and installation of the tensile structures.This book should be used as an introduction and reference on how to Design Tensile Structures using the method of Form Finding.This book was written in collaboration with Raham Zarfam - PhD in Structural Engineering, Carlos Talavera - Architect, Thomas Van Dessel - M. Eng. and Caglar Ozturk - Architect.
Tensegrity Systems
Title | Tensegrity Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. Skelton |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2009-06-04 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0387742425 |
This book discusses analytical tools for designing energy efficient and lightweight structures that embody the concept of tensegrity. The book provides both static and dynamic analysis of special tensegrity structural concepts, which are motivated by biological material architecture. This is the first book written to attempt to integrate structure and control design.