Simplifying Complex Problems: Use of Parametric Tools to Design and Build Complex Wood Structures
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Konstantinos Voulpiotis
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Lucas Epp (Abstract) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering the Future, Vancouver, Canada, 21-23 September 2017 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Vancouver 2017 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 2330-2337 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2017 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/vancouver.2017.2330 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper presents the design, fabrication and construction techniques used to build an off-site fabricated, modular, free-form wooden ceiling soffit for a building in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This architectural feature ceiling used wood in an unconventional way, calling for innovation at all stages of the Project: modelling, structural analysis, fabrication, transportation and installation. Dynamic relaxation was used to define the architectural surface, Grasshopper for the generation of a fully customisable 3D model, real time Finite Element Analysis for structural checks, and CNC machining for fabrication. The panels were shipped in containers and chain-hoisted into place. |
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| Keywords: |
parametric design timber prefabrication CNC freeform complex geometry modular Grasshopper Rhino
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