As a result, they develop a computational framework and fabrication method for fabric formwork that will allow new architectural forms in precast panels. The authors propose a hybrid design technique for precast panels that incorporates soft-material formwork, computational form-finding, and the Truchet tiling concept. In ‘Application of Fabric Formwork based on a Truchet Tiling Pattern for Planar Surfaces’, Felicia Wagiri, Shen‑Guan Shih, Kevin Harsono and Jia‑Yang Lin investigate how flexible membranes, such as polyester, can create natural tension shapes that rigid molds cannot achieve. They propose a novel design and manufacturing approach for porous structure fabrication that uses a hot knife tool with an industrial robot to cut expanded polystyrene materials.Īs with the previous, the following two papers investigate the relationship between geometrical patterns and fabrication methods. In the next paper investigating robotics in architecture, entitled ‘Fabricating Porous Structures Using Robotic Hotwire Cutting’ Marko Vučić, Marko Jovanović and Mirko Raković examine the concept of porosity and fabrication challenges arising from the complex topology of porous structures. The fabricated structure demonstrates that Park’s and Sejung’s approach complements the potential impacts of the design process, practice, and aesthetics. In this paper Jin‑Ho Park and Sejung Jung experiment with form-finding and robotic fabrication to explore innovative design possibilities for shell structures while evaluating and maintaining fabrication constraints and the constructability of the designed form. The issue opens with ‘Form‑Finding to Fabrication: A Parametric Shell Structure Fabricated Using an Industrial Robotic Arm with a Hot‑Wire End‑Effector’. This issue starts with two papers that investigate the relationship between geometry, the design process and robotic fabrication. From fabrication experiments with industrial robots and investigations of geometry and material constraints to the development of the theoretical framework of shape rules and making grammars, the contributions in this issue present the research potential that translates architectural geometry into physical objects in architecture. 25(4) of the Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics presents various approaches to the influence of geometry on the process of making and vice versa. The objective of this special issue is to examine different relationships between geometry and fabrication in architecture. These approaches signify a heightened focus on establishing new relationships between geometry and fabrication within the field. The main intention of these emerging design approaches is to explore and develop innovative ways to align geometric principles with the intricacies of the fabrication process, thereby pushing the boundaries of architectural design. Novel design methods, such as fabrication-aware design, structurally informed design, and material-based design, reflect an increased interest in creating new relationships between geometry and fabrication in architecture. Recent developments in computational design tools enable easier creation of complex shapes that might be challenging for manufacturing and hence further emphasizes the importance of the relationship between geometry and fabrication in the design process.ĭigital technology has influenced the development of a new way of design thinking that seamlessly integrates construction, fabrication, and material constraints into the language of shapes and architectural geometry. From the first vaults to the later stereotomic shells and now to digitally fabricated architecture, understanding the logic of geometry in the process of construction and fabrication has been crucial. The geometry of complex shapes has always played an important role in architectural design and the process of building construction.
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