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

doi:10.3218/3778-4

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016
Editors	Sigrid Adriaenssens, Fabio Gramazio, Matthias Kohler, Achim Menges, Mark Pauly
Number of pages	22
Publisher	vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich
Publication date	6 Sept 2016
Pages	306-327
ISBN (Print)	978-3-7281-3777-7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-7281-3778-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3218/3778-4
Publication status	Published - 6 Sept 2016
Event	Advances in architectural geometry 2016 - Zurich, Switzerland Duration: 9 Sept 2016 → 13 Sept 2016 http://www.aag2016.ch/

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Conference	Advances in architectural geometry 2016
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zurich
Period	09/09/2016 → 13/09/2016
Internet address	http://www.aag2016.ch/

Keywords

robotic fabrication
hot blade
digital design
EPS-moulds
cost-efficiency
concrete structures

Artistic research

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Brander, D., Bærentzen, J. A., Clausen, K., Fisker, A.-S., Graversen, J., Lund, M. N., Nørbjerg, T. B., Steenstrup, K. H., & Søndergaard, A. (2016). Designing for Hot-Blade Cutting: Geometric Approaches for High-Speed Manufacturing of Doubly-Curved Architectural Surfaces. In S. Adriaenssens, F. Gramazio, M. Kohler, A. Menges, & M. Pauly (Eds.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 (pp. 306-327). vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich. https://doi.org/10.3218/3778-4

Brander, David ; Bærentzen, Jakob Andreas ; Clausen, Kenn et al. / Designing for Hot-Blade Cutting : Geometric Approaches for High-Speed Manufacturing of Doubly-Curved Architectural Surfaces. Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 . editor / Sigrid Adriaenssens ; Fabio Gramazio ; Matthias Kohler ; Achim Menges ; Mark Pauly. vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich, 2016. pp. 306-327

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Designing for Hot-Blade Cutting: Geometric Approaches for High-Speed Manufacturing of Doubly-Curved Architectural Surfaces. / Brander, David; Bærentzen, Jakob Andreas; Clausen, Kenn et al.
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2016 . ed. / Sigrid Adriaenssens; Fabio Gramazio; Matthias Kohler; Achim Menges; Mark Pauly. vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich, 2016. p. 306-327.

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