HygroSkin: A climate-responsive prototype project based on the elastic and hygroscopic properties of wood (2013)
article⁄HygroSkin: A climate-responsive prototype project based on the elastic and hygroscopic properties of wood (2013)
abstract⁄The paper presents current research into architectural potentials of robotic fabrication in wood construction based on elastically bent timber sheets with robotically fabricated finger joints. Current developments in computational design and digital fabrication propose an integrative design approach contrary to classical, hierarchical architectural design processes. Architecture related fields, such as material science, engineering and fabrication have been seen as separate disciplines in a linear design process since the Industrialization era. However, current research in computational design reveals the potentials of their integration and interconnection for the development of materialoriented and performancebased architectural design.In the first part, the paper discusses the potentials of robotic fabrication based on its extended design space. The robot’s high degree of kinematic freedom opens up the possibility of developing complex and highly performative monomaterial connections for wood plate structures. In the second part, the integration of material behavior is presented. Through the development of robotically fabricated, curved finger joints, that interlock elastically bent plywood sheets, a bendingactive construction system is being developed Figure 1,Figure 2. In the third part, the system’s architectural application and related constructional performance is discussed.
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| Year |
2013 |
| Authors |
Krieg, Oliver David; Menges, Achim. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture |
| Pages |
23-260 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
hygroskin-climate-responsive-prototype-project-based |
