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Vertical Modulations (2019-10)

10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.596

 Anton Ana-Maria,  Yoo Angela,  Bedarf Patrick,  Reiter Lex,  Wangler Timothy,  Dillenburger Benjamin
Contribution - Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, pp. 596-605

Abstract

The context of digital fabrication allows architects to reinvestigate material, process and the design decisions they entail to explore novel expression in architecture. This demands a new approach to design thinking, as well as the relevant tools to couple the form of artefacts with the process in which they are made. This paper presents a customised computational design tool developed for exploring the novel design space of Concrete Extrusion 3D Printing (CE3DP), enabling a reinterpretation of the concrete column building typology. This tool allows the designer to access generative engines such as trigonometric functions and mesh subdivision through an intuitive graphical user interface. Balancing process efficiency as understood by our industry with a strong design focus, we aim to articulate the unique architectural qualities inherent to CE3DP, energising much needed innovation in concrete technology.

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BibTeX 
@inproceedings{anto_yoo_beda_reit.2019.VM,
  author            = "Ana-Maria Anton and Angela Yoo and Patrick Bedarf and Lex Reiter and Timothy Paul Wangler and Benjamin Dillenburger",
  title             = "Vertical Modulations",
  doi               = "10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.596",
  year              = "2019",
  pages             = "596--605",
  booktitle         = "Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Ubiquity and Autonomy",
  editor            = "Kory Bieg and Danelle Briscoe and Clay Odom",
}
Formatted Citation

A.-M. Anton, A. Yoo, P. Bedarf, L. Reiter, T. P. Wangler and B. Dillenburger, “Vertical Modulations”, in Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Ubiquity and Autonomy, 2019, pp. 596–605. doi: 10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.596.

Anton, Ana-Maria, Angela Yoo, Patrick Bedarf, Lex Reiter, Timothy Paul Wangler, and Benjamin Dillenburger. “Vertical Modulations”. In Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: Ubiquity and Autonomy, edited by Kory Bieg, Danelle Briscoe, and Clay Odom, 596–605, 2019. https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.596.