Topology optimization and digital assembly of advanced space-frame structures

Asbjørn Søndergaard, Oded Amir, Knauss Michael

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Abstract

this paper presents a novel method for integrated design, optimization and fabrication of optimized space-frame structures in an autonomous, digital process. Comparative numerical studies are presented, demonstrating achievable mass reduction by application of the method by comparison to equivalent to normative space truss designs and dimensions. As such, a principal digital fabrication and assembly scheme is developed, where an architectural design methodology relative to the described process is established, and the proposed process demonstrated through scaled digital fabrication experiments.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationACADIA 2013 : Adaptive Architecture
EditorsPhillip Beesley, Omar Khan, Michael Stacy
Number of pages14
Place of Publicationwaterloo
PublisherRiverside Architectural Press
Publication date23 Jan 2014
ChapterStructures
ISBN (Print)1926724224
ISBN (Electronic)978-1926724225
Publication statusPublished - 23 Jan 2014

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