Adaptable and Programmable Formwork for Doubly Curved Concrete Surfaces

Adaptable and Programmable Formwork for Doubly Curved Concrete Surfaces

Kieffer, Lynn Hyun; Nicholas, Paul

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This paper lays out a fabrication and simulation method for an adaptable andreusable moulding system for the production of fibre reinforced concrete elements.This research leverages soft robots and their computational controllability asmeans of a composite material and as such the base of a controlled and adaptablemoulding system. This paper describes the development of this programmablematerial towards a functioning system for casting processes with fibre glassreinforced concrete. The controllable material allows to deploy target shapes andto eliminate supplementary falsework and the customized production of mouldsfor doubly-curved concrete elements. It also lays out a feedback method, whichserves as adjustment tool of the simulation to the physical behaviour of thematerial as well as simulation method for target based geometries.

This paper lays out a fabrication and simulation method for an adaptable andreusable moulding system for the production of fibre reinforced concrete elements.This research leverages soft robots and their computational controllability asmeans of a composite material and as such the base of a controlled and adaptablemoulding system. This paper describes the development of this programmablematerial towards a functioning system for casting processes with fibre glassreinforced concrete. The controllable material allows to deploy target shapes andto eliminate supplementary falsework and the customized production of mouldsfor doubly-curved concrete elements. It also lays out a feedback method, whichserves as adjustment tool of the simulation to the physical behaviour of thematerial as well as simulation method for target based geometries.

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DOI: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_300

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Kieffer, Lynn Hyun; Nicholas, Paul; "Adaptable and Programmable Formwork for Doubly Curved Concrete Surfaces", p-217-226. In: Proceedings of 37 eCAADe and XXIII SIGraDi Joint Conference, “Architecture in the Age of the 4Th Industrial Revolution”, Porto 2019, Sousa, José Pedro; Henriques, Gonçalo Castro; Xavier, João Pedro (eds.). São Paulo: Blucher, 2019.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_300