IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/spr/sprchp/978-3-319-11418-7_8.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Biomimetic Lightweight Timber Plate Shells: Computational Integration of Robotic Fabrication, Architectural Geometry and Structural Design

In: Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014

Author

Listed:
  • Oliver David Krieg

    (University of Stuttgart, Institute for Computational Design)

  • Tobias Schwinn

    (University of Stuttgart, Institute for Computational Design)

  • Achim Menges

    (University of Stuttgart, Institute for Computational Design)

  • Jian-Min Li

    (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design)

  • Jan Knippers

    (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design)

  • Annette Schmitt

    (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering Geodesy)

  • Volker Schwieger

    (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Engineering Geodesy)

Abstract

The research presented in this paper pursues the development and construction of a robotically fabricated, lightweight timber plate system through a biologically informed, integrative computational design method. In the first part of the paper, the authors give an overview of their approach starting with the description of the biological role model and its technical abstraction, moving on to discuss the computational modelling approach that integrates relevant aspects of biomimetics, robotic fabrication and structural design. As part of the validation of the research, a full-scale, fully enclosed, insulated and waterproof building prototype has been developed and realized: The first building featuring a robotically fabricated primary structure made of beech plywood. Subsequently, the methods and results of a geodetic evaluation of the fabrication process are presented. Finally, as the close collaboration between architects, structural and geodetic engineers, and timber fabricators is integral to the process, the architectural and structural potentials of such integrative design processes are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Oliver David Krieg & Tobias Schwinn & Achim Menges & Jian-Min Li & Jan Knippers & Annette Schmitt & Volker Schwieger, 2015. "Biomimetic Lightweight Timber Plate Shells: Computational Integration of Robotic Fabrication, Architectural Geometry and Structural Design," Springer Books, in: Philippe Block & Jan Knippers & Niloy J. Mitra & Wenping Wang (ed.), Advances in Architectural Geometry 2014, edition 127, pages 109-125, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-11418-7_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11418-7_8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a
    for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-11418-7_8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.