Structural adaptation through stiffness tuning

Structural adaptation through stiffness tuning

Hidding, A.J. (TU Delft Architectural Engineering)
Bier, H.H. (TU Delft Architectural Engineering)
Wang, Qinyu (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Teuffel, Patrick (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Senatore, Gennaro (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

2019

Adaptive design strategies have been employed to improve structural performances in terms of load-bearing efficiency and energetic impact as well as to achieve multi-functionality. In this work, we investigate a passive adaptation strategy that employs variable stiffness in robotically printed materials. This paper focuses on the design and robotic fabrication of a chaise longue that can change shape to function as both recliner and chair depending on user requirements. The approach is unique in the way computational design is linked with robotic production. In this context, the design of the chaise longue is not limited to a formal process, but extends to the synthesis of the material distribution layout in order to achieve the intended functional behaviour.

Adaptive design strategies
Robotic printing
Structural adaptation

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:588da2f8-7c8c-45ea-a777-6e14bc825ea7

https://doi.org/10.7480/spool.2019.1.3892

2215-0897

Spool. Journal of Architecture and the Built Environment, 6 (1 #2), 43-48

Cyber-physical Architecture #2: Apparatisation in & of Architecture ISBN 978-94-6366-200-0

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© 2019 A.J. Hidding, H.H. Bier, Qinyu Wang, Patrick Teuffel, Gennaro Senatore