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