Ceramic Additive Manufacturing in Architecture Computational Methodology for Defining a Column System

Ceramic Additive Manufacturing in Architecture Computational Methodology for Defining a Column System

Moreira, João; Figueiredo, Bruno; Cruz, Paulo

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The present paper describes a research that explores the design and production ofcustomised architectural ceramic components defined through parametricrelations of biomorphic inspiration and to be built through additivemanufacturing. In this sense, is presented a case study that develops a system ofboth architectural and structural components - a column system. The definitionprocess of the system is mediated by computational design, implementing not onlystructural analysis and optimization strategies, but also mimetic formalcharacteristics of nature to an initial grid, creating a model that adapts its formalattributes, depending on its assumptions and the material constraints. Thisprocess resulted in the definition of a set of solutions that better answer to aspecific design problem.

The present paper describes a research that explores the design and production ofcustomised architectural ceramic components defined through parametricrelations of biomorphic inspiration and to be built through additivemanufacturing. In this sense, is presented a case study that develops a system ofboth architectural and structural components - a column system. The definitionprocess of the system is mediated by computational design, implementing not onlystructural analysis and optimization strategies, but also mimetic formalcharacteristics of nature to an initial grid, creating a model that adapts its formalattributes, depending on its assumptions and the material constraints. Thisprocess resulted in the definition of a set of solutions that better answer to aspecific design problem.

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DOI: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_455

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Moreira, João; Figueiredo, Bruno; Cruz, Paulo; "Ceramic Additive Manufacturing in Architecture Computational Methodology for Defining a Column System", p-471-476. 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_455