Living Weaves: Steps Towards the Persistent Modelling of Bio-Hybrid Architectural Systems

Phil Ayres; Emil Fabritius Buchwald; Sebastian Gatz; Soraya Bornaz

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_35

Living Weaves: Steps Towards the Persistent Modelling of Bio-Hybrid Architectural Systems

Phil Ayres, Emil Fabritius Buchwald, Sebastian Gatz, Soraya Bornaz

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a novel, speculative design approach for a bio-hybrid architectural system. The Living Weaves system seeks to harness the material accumulation capacity of climbing plants and steer this growth into an interlaced configuration with a diagrid scaffold to produce a structural Kagome weave. The concept is described through a speculative design proposal, and its feasibility is investigated in two ways; the development of an autonomous steering system to achieve interlacing of living plants with a diagrid scaffold, and an analytical design method for determining structurally advantageous plant growth routes in target geometries. Together, these two investigations represent steps towards a persistent modelling approach, which, we argue, is essential for exploiting the novel characteristics of living bio-hybrid architectures.

Original language	English
Publication date	20 Sept 2019
Number of pages	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29829-6_35
Publication status	Published - 20 Sept 2019
Event	Design modeling symposium Berlin 2019: Impact: design with all senses - University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany Duration: 23 Sept 2023 → 25 Sept 2023 https://design-modelling-symposium.de/about/archive/ https://design-modelling-symposium.de/

Conference

Conference	Design modeling symposium Berlin 2019
Location	University of the Arts
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	23/09/2023 → 25/09/2023
Internet address	https://design-modelling-symposium.de/about/archive/ https://design-modelling-symposium.de/

Keywords

Bio-hybrid Architecture
Living Architecture
Persistent Modelling
Kagome Weave
Design informed autonomous steering
Living Weaves

Artistic research

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Living Weaves: Steps Towards the Persistent Modelling of Bio-Hybrid Architectural Systems

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