Embodied Optimisation Tool for low-rise office buildings in steel

Embodied Optimisation Tool for low-rise office buildings in steel

Koonath Surendran, S.

Rots, J.G. (mentor)
Coenders, J.L. (mentor)
Welleman, J.W. (mentor)
Den Hollander, J.P. (mentor)
Bonnema, B.H. (mentor)
Rolvink, A. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Structural Engineering

Structural Design

2014-08-29

This thesis investigates the development and application of a computational tool that optimises the conceptual stage design of a building to have minimum embodied energy and some aspects of the operating energy, depending on the adaptability required. For this purpose, a parametric computational framework for sustainable building design was developed and implemented by the tool. The working prototype of the tool focuses on low-rise rectangular grid office buildings in steel. The various competing objectives are optimised by applying multi-objective optimisation techniques. The Embodied Optimisation Tool has been developed as a plugin within Grasshopper, for 3D modeling tool Rhinoceros, in collaboration with Arup, Bouwen Met Staal and Tata Steel.

multi-objective optimisation
embodied energy
operating energy
adaptability
sustainability
parametric design
computational tool
conceptual stage

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Student theses

master thesis

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