Encoding bamboo’s nature for freeform structure design

Wang, Tsung-Hsien, Trujillo, Olivia Espinosa, Chang, Wen-Shao and Deng, Bailin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0158-7670 2017. Encoding bamboo’s nature for freeform structure design. International Journal of Architectural Computing 15 (2) , pp. 169-182. 10.1177/1478077117714943

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Abstract

Bamboo is a construction material that is renewable, environmentally friendly and widely available. It has long been used in various projects, ranging from temporary, easily assembled, and rectilinear structures to complex freeform pavilions. Design with bamboo has never been easy to architects and engineers due to its nature of shape irregularity and round section. This prompts the need to develop a new design process that can accommodate these properties which hinder bamboo to be used by designers. In this paper we take a close look at freeform structure design, and specifically demonstrate how systematically and algorithmically parametric modelling can be used to tackle bamboo material irregularities and bamboo-jointing challenges. A two-stage optimization process is proposed to support a fabricable freeform structure design through encoding material properties and freeform shape optimization. The approach approximates the given freeform shape using a finite set of unique bamboo elements while maintaining the aesthetical design intention. By limiting the number of bamboo elements, it will provide insight to both designers and engineers on the efficiency and cost benefits of producing required structure elements for the final assembly.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1478-0771
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 July 2017
Date of Acceptance:	19 May 2017
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2024 13:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/102214

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