Ctbuh 2011 presentation_vollers - morphology 10def

The graphic interface of the

Cad-Tool morphology system 3.0

for non-orthogonal buildings.

Dr. Karel Vollers,

S. Thorat, MSc AE

The Netherlands

Context of websites providing building information

Development of the Free-D website

The CAD-tool morphology system and

the data-base on curved façade materialising

Pinbed Wizard - a sustainable mould

Near future developments

Context of websites providing building information

many such websites exist

the major ones rapidly expand their data-bases

many sites focus on language-based regions

companies only supply info on own products/projects

websites usually either focus (high-rise, steel)

or are generic (interiors / architecture / art)

publishers, educational institutions and designer’s

branche organisations, all focus wide

a commercial site can be user-maintained –

when generic and not promoting 1 firm / brand name

website owners vary: from individuals to publishers

Problems:

Tracing buildings by their shape, now is impossible.

Info is scattered over many media:

books, journals, websites, films (YouTube), etc.

Books are costly – each covers only a few projects.

Designers and students think in pictures and want

easy access to info on projects / materialising.

So we designed the Free-D.nl website:

a digital platform that informs on curved buildings

1 Create a data-base on buildings, schematising by

the CAD-tool morphology system.

Designed to be user-maintained.

2 Create a data-base on curved façade materialising.

3 Abstract the details, and organise them by

applied construction principles.

the website

Dr. Karel Vollers CTBUH, The Netherlands

© Free-D Geometries

the graphical icons

the graphical interface: primitives

tra

ns

form

ers


© Free-D Geometries transformers: field controlled volumes

when hoovering over icons

selecting by icons: twisted extruders

a project page



project info

free shapes

free shapes: categories

free form buildings

digital cities

digital citiesparametric buildings

special features: Voxelated buildings

project overview: Voxelated buildings



Voxelated buildings: a project page







special features: Slicers

Slicers: project overview

special features: Green façades

Green buildings: project overview


© Free-D Geometries façades: Skins

geometries


© Free-D Geometries skins: double curved facades


© Free-D Geometries skins: double curved - metal

structures


© Free-D Geometries structures: project overview - Grid shells

special features: category Media façades

project overview: Media façades


© Free-D Geometries special features: category Kinetic façades



project overview: Kinetic facades


© Free-D Geometries example project: steel grid shell - metal façade







link to Architecture section

a sustainable mould technology

Pinbed Wizard



optimised building shape: sustainability improved by

better floor / façade ratio, reduced wind drag

Motivation



optimised production of panels

Necessity

pinbed connects to present production facilities and

technologies: minimising investments / risks

Step-by-step. First the universally applicable Pinbed,

next the surface, specific for various materials.

the pins (actuators) are computer adjusted;

their simultaneous moving, enables new processing







Near future developments

Educational and industrial institutions must combine

to supervise a user maintained website facilitating

students, designers and engineers.

Websites will merge; a few major ones survive.

The owners….?

Digital models and (detail) drawings get standardized

and easier to copy.

Copyright will be hard to protect.



Conclusions

The graphic interface is an effective medium

to retrieve data on non-orthogonal buildings

Websites will play a major role in education

and engineering support



acknowledgements

Active IDs (NL)…...web design

Studio Hooikoorts (NL)……graphic styling

Thank you for your

attention !

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