Research Projects
Fabric Formed Shells
Bending Active Frame formed
(Structural)
Vault Shell
(non structural)
Cocoon - 'curtain wall' system
Cable formed
Freestanding
Curtain Wall
Materials used for the creation of shells
Justification of ice as material analogue
and construction experimentation for
shell construction
Past precedents / future opportunities
BA Gridshells
Reinforcing
Post-tensioned gridshell
1:1 assembly & test
Post-tensioned spline
Digital test
1:1 tests
1:10 tests
design
precedent
Construction methods
Evolution of method
Modular
Cocoon (modular)
Vault Shell (scaffold)
Ice Bloom (quartered)
On the Road (flat to raised)
Design
PSL
History of PSL in structural design in
natural and human made structures
Diagrid
Advantages/disadvantages
advantages for the creation of structural shells
Tests to run on 1:5 physical Model
Cables vs. non-cabled
Quadrangle vs. PSL
Rigid Shell (plaster)
Bending Active Frame
Ice Bloom model
Vault model
BA FF System
Conclusion
Discoveries found
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Projected opportunities
Challenges of system
Benefits of system
PROJECTS
1:5 Model
Load Test
Vault Test
Load Teset
post-tensioned cable system
Model scale tests
Full scale tests
Ice Bloom
rebuild and load test
failure - lessons learned
Constdruction
Exploration of PSL
Design process
Fabrigami
Form generation (folding vs. gravity formed origami)
Force Flow through panel assembly
Cables
Cocoon
elastic member strain guage testing
strategies for strengthening
application of ice testing
Erection sequence
deisgn process
Research Subjects
Construction Methods
Importance of physical modeling at a range of scales, each with specific purpose
translation from digital to physical (pre-assembly)
Erection sequences
Introduction of building tolerances
planning for failure / adjustments / mistakes
working with forces through material behaviour in real-time (usefulness of working with expressive materials)
Digital modeling
Techniques
PSL generation
accuracy and challenges
Form finding for BA frames
Principal Stress Lines
Performance of undulating shells vs. smooth shells
If PSL is proposed to be better than quadrangle grids then needs to be proven (with plaster shells loaded?)
Literature review proving this point (S. Adrianssens, 2.5 D MIT, etc...)
Current research and opportunties
Use in construction in past
Brief history of subject
Ice
Bending Active Frames
topologies used
Fabric Formwork
recent research and opportunities
construction methods used
Mechanical properties and usefulness in this reesarch
Use in shell construction
Brief history of use in construction
