TY - GEN
T1 - A notation to aid column and beam layout design for reinforced concrete construction in China
AU - Herr, Christiane M.
AU - Fischer, Thomas
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In this paper we report on the ongoing development of a toolkit to support the design of column and beam layouts for reinforced concrete structures in China. We present a visual, human-and machine-readable notation for architects and structural engineers to rapidly model column and beam layouts, as well as our underlying considerations. In conjunction with the toolkit, which consists of a CAD package, an editor, a parser, and an interpreter, the notation addresses aspects of local construction practice and supports design considerations including appearance, structural viability, constructability, and cost.
AB - In this paper we report on the ongoing development of a toolkit to support the design of column and beam layouts for reinforced concrete structures in China. We present a visual, human-and machine-readable notation for architects and structural engineers to rapidly model column and beam layouts, as well as our underlying considerations. In conjunction with the toolkit, which consists of a CAD package, an editor, a parser, and an interpreter, the notation addresses aspects of local construction practice and supports design considerations including appearance, structural viability, constructability, and cost.
KW - China
KW - Concrete
KW - Cost evaluation
KW - Generative design
KW - Local materialisation
KW - Structural design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904694641&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84904694641
SN - 9789881902658
T3 - Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2014
SP - 399
EP - 408
BT - Rethinking Comprehensive Design
PB - The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
T2 - 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture, CAADRIA 2014
Y2 - 14 May 2014 through 17 May 2014
ER -