Bio-Inspired Approach to Early Stage Structural Form Finding

Bio-Inspired Approach to Early Stage Structural Form Finding

Avdić, Ivan (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Design Informatics; TU Delft Structural Design & Mechanics)

Nourian, Pirouz (mentor)
Langelaar, Matthijs (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences

2019-10-30

The construction industry is responsible for large environmental impacts, one of which is the consumption and depletion of natural resources. In contrast, structures found in nature present holistic approaches to environmental conditions by using only the energy and materials which are required, achieved through ingenuity in form. This research takes inspiration from bones and the mechanisms of their growth and formation, as perfect models of the axiom of uniform stress which led to these constructs being lightweight and durable, yet using minimal amount of material. The thesis focuses on developing a computational method in the form of a grasshopper script which would be used by architects at early stages of design, and help them achieve designs of natural quality with respect to material savings and durability, yet with new expressive formal qualities.

Bio-inspired
Topology Optimisation
Structural design

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Student theses

master thesis

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