TY - GEN
T1 - Timber Joint Connections, Generative Design Method
T2 - 43rd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2025
AU - Yau, Ho Man
AU - Lombardi, Davide
AU - Dounas, Theodoros
AU - Song, Yang
AU - Agkathidis, Asterios
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025, Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. All rights reserved.
PY - 2025/9
Y1 - 2025/9
N2 - Timber joint connections have been applied as a primary building construction, using concave and convex shapes to connect two or more elements. This research investigated the possibility of using graph-based theory knowledge to analyse timber joint connections. A topological extraction system was developed using Topologic and Karamba3D in Grasshopper. A collection of timber joints was analysed, and the topological relationships, load distribution, and shared face of connections were extracted. The proposed system generates an early-stage knowledge graph integrated with external simulation results. Moreover, in this study, a rule-based generative design approach has also been explored in generating complex timber structures. In this paper, a topological extraction system with external software implementation was developed, and generative design was explored to maximise the potential of the timber frame structure.
AB - Timber joint connections have been applied as a primary building construction, using concave and convex shapes to connect two or more elements. This research investigated the possibility of using graph-based theory knowledge to analyse timber joint connections. A topological extraction system was developed using Topologic and Karamba3D in Grasshopper. A collection of timber joints was analysed, and the topological relationships, load distribution, and shared face of connections were extracted. The proposed system generates an early-stage knowledge graph integrated with external simulation results. Moreover, in this study, a rule-based generative design approach has also been explored in generating complex timber structures. In this paper, a topological extraction system with external software implementation was developed, and generative design was explored to maximise the potential of the timber frame structure.
KW - Generative Design
KW - Graph-Based Theory
KW - Knowledge Graph
KW - Rule-Based Production System
KW - Timber Joints
KW - Timber Structures
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105029297338
U2 - 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2025.2.275
DO - 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2025.2.275
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:105029297338
SN - 9789491207402
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 275
EP - 284
BT - Proceedings of the 43rd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2025
A2 - Sorguç, Arzu Gönenç
A2 - Yemişcioğlu, Müge Kruşa
A2 - Erol, Serda Buket
A2 - Bük, Mustafa Eren
A2 - Güney, Dilara
A2 - Sulayıcı, Betül Aktaş
A2 - Akol, Mert
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Y2 - 1 September 2025 through 5 September 2025
ER -