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Digital Fabric: Generating Ceramic Catenary Networks (2007)

article⁄Digital Fabric: Generating Ceramic Catenary Networks (2007)
contributors⁄
Vollen, Jason
Clifford, Dale
Winn, Kelly
Gindlesparger, Matt
in issues⁄
Expanding Bodies: Art Cities Environment (2007)
abstract⁄Digital modeling in the design environment has prompted intuitive shaping of architectural form. The pliability of the imagination allows limitless possibilities of shape without a constrained methodology. This paper chronicles a design exploring catenary formfinding using parametric constraints in a dynamic modeling environment. Catenary structural networks are treated as digital cloth objects. Applying parametric edge and point constraints simulates various behavior patterns under gravity load. The integration of realtime Finite Element Method FEM and dynamic cloth simulation presents an intuitive method for the design and analysis of catenary structures. Constraints resist the limitless pliability of shape and hone the intuition using force to find form realized as a ceramic catenary network.
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Year 2007
Authors Vollen, Jason; Clifford, Dale; Winn, Kelly; Gindlesparger, Matt.
Issue Expanding Bodies: Art Cities Environment
Pages 48-55
Library link Brian Lilley & Philip Beesley, 2007. bib⁄Expanding Bodies: Art - Cities - Environment. Riverside Architectural Press and Tuns Press.
Entry filename digital-fabric