Designing for Hot-Blade Cutting: Geometric Approaches for High-Speed Manufacturing of Doubly-Curved Architectural Surfaces

David Brander, Jakob Andreas Bærentzen, Kenn Clausen, Ann-Sofie Fisker, Jens Graversen, Morten Norman Lund, Toke Bjerge Nørbjerg, Kasper Hornbak Steenstrup, Asbjørn Søndergaard

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Abstract

In this paper we present a novel method for the generation of doubly-curved,
architectural design surfaces using swept Euler elastica and cubic splines. The
method enables a direct design to production workflow with robotic hot-blade
cutting, a novel robotic fabrication method under development by authors of the
paper, which facilitates high-speed production of doubly-curved foam moulds.
Complementary to design rationalisation, in which arbitrary surfaces are translated
to hot-blade-cuttable geometries, the presented method enables architects
and designers to design directly with the non-trivial constraints of blade-cutting
in a bottom-up fashion, enabling an exploration of the unique architectural potential
of this fabrication approach. The method is implemented as prototype design
tools in MatLAB, C++, GhPython, and Python and demonstrated through cutting
of expanded polystyrene foam design examples.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Titel Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016
RedaktørerSigrid Adriaenssens, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, Achim Menges, Mark Pauly
Antal sider22
Forlagvdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich
Publikationsdato6 sep. 2016
Sider306-327
ISBN (Trykt) 978-3-7281-3777-7
ISBN (Elektronisk) 978-3-7281-3778-4
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 6 sep. 2016
BegivenhedAdvances in architectural geometry 2016 - Zurich, Schweiz
Varighed: 9 sep. 201613 sep. 2016
http://www.aag2016.ch/

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KonferenceAdvances in architectural geometry 2016
Land/OmrådeSchweiz
ByZurich
Periode09/09/201613/09/2016
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