Computational Architecture: Digital Designing Tools and Manufacturing Techniques

by Asterios Agkathidis

Overview

Computational Architecture offers an overview of digital tools and techniques, such as twisting, lofting, triangulating, drilling, knotting, and framing, that were used systematically to explore spatial, structural, and geometrical conditions, leading to the emergence of abstract prototypes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789063692872
Publisher:	Laurence King Publishing
Publication date:	08/21/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	4.30(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Current: Senior Lecturer at Raffles Education Corporation China Principal at a3lab Co-Editor at www.greekarchitects.gr

Past: Visiting Assistant Professor at Lebanese American University Lecturer at Darmstadt University of Technology Project Architect at VMX architects

Education: Staedelschule, State University of Fine Arts, Frankfurt Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Table of Contents

004 introduction
007 Designing with Digital Tools

Twisting:
008 intertwisted blocks
018 tubular twist

Skeptically Speaking

Lofting:
028 stripped shell
040 porous shell
048 parametric vaults
056 molded landscape

Triangulating:
Adeline Seidel
064 folded prism
070 foldware
078 views and angles

Drilling:
Georg Mahnke
064 tensional surface
074 porosity

Knotting:
078 interweaved stries

Framing:
DesSindy Menassa / David Külby
086 grid and attractions
094 light and shadow

134 credits