TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic simulation of textile as concrete reinforcement and formwork
AU - Lu, Xiao
AU - Dounas, Theodoros
AU - Spaeth, Achim Benjamin
AU - Bissoonauth, Chitraj
AU - Galobardes, Isaac
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - New possibilities of concrete constructions in architecture, the traditional formwork can be gradually replaced by the use of flexible textile. At the same time textile reinforcement combined with fabric formwork, introduces an innovative integrated solution in the fabrication of concrete. Based on a simple understanding of the textile weaving and knitting techniques, this project concentrates on the architectural production and the structural optimization of the textile as both concrete reinforcement and formwork. Furthermore, we present a robotic simulation of the process that develops using a series of computational experiments to research the sequence of weaving and/or knitting. Through the computational process and the design simulations, the research is firmly rooted in analog and digital exploration of material and its implementation in architecture, with particular emphasis on the convergence of robotics and computation. Note that the paper deals mainly with the software and weaving simulation as part of a larger research project, without dealing with the production of physical artefacts.
AB - New possibilities of concrete constructions in architecture, the traditional formwork can be gradually replaced by the use of flexible textile. At the same time textile reinforcement combined with fabric formwork, introduces an innovative integrated solution in the fabrication of concrete. Based on a simple understanding of the textile weaving and knitting techniques, this project concentrates on the architectural production and the structural optimization of the textile as both concrete reinforcement and formwork. Furthermore, we present a robotic simulation of the process that develops using a series of computational experiments to research the sequence of weaving and/or knitting. Through the computational process and the design simulations, the research is firmly rooted in analog and digital exploration of material and its implementation in architecture, with particular emphasis on the convergence of robotics and computation. Note that the paper deals mainly with the software and weaving simulation as part of a larger research project, without dealing with the production of physical artefacts.
KW - Lightweight structure
KW - Parametric design
KW - Robotic weaving
KW - Textile-reinforced concrete
KW - Textile-reinforcement
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M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85021697538
T3 - CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches
SP - 863
EP - 872
BT - CAADRIA 2017 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
A2 - Schnabel, Marc Aurel
A2 - Raonic, Aleksandra
A2 - Janssen, Patrick
A2 - Loh, Paul
PB - The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, CAADRIA 2017
Y2 - 5 April 2017 through 8 April 2017
ER -