Manufacturing technology in terms of digital fabrication of contemporary biomimetic structures

Abstract

Trends in contemporary architecture are constantly changing the quality of engineering solutions through broadly understood optimization thanks to software advancing and fabrication methods. The possibility of adjusting the material and manufacturing technology to desired aesthetic outcomes, by not only the material usage but also the self-organization of the structure’s optimization, improves designers’ research Domaine. The development of modern computational software and the ability to model structural forms in non-Euclidean geometry while using algorithms lead designers to new designing and construction fields. Parameterization of the fabrication environment enables the implementation of ideas as forms follow energy and forms follow forces. Digital techniques of manufacturing building elements strongly support the development of building technologies. A vital element of new technology development is the search for new materials and the improvement of manufacturing methods at the same time. The article presents selected examples of how new tools and methods of assembling the optimization of the structural elements engaged in the early stage of designing improve the end-result quality.

Keywords:

• Architectural design optimization
• digital fabrication
• morphology
• robot fabrication

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.