Interaction of spatial and structural design, an automated approach

FULL 3D STRUCTURAL ZONING OF SPACE: Using a Geometrically Related Reducer and Matrix Coupling

“…Now that this has been accomplished, the algorithms will be used to generate structural designs that are subsequently subject to a finite element procedure to optimize the structural design. As such, a cyclic design procedure can be developed as presented by Hofmeyer et al (2005).…”

“…There are two fundamental approaches for zoning. One approach is that the zoning is applied with the aid of a computer design tool (Mora et al, 2004), figure 1, whereas another approach is that zoning is a part of a more or less autonomous design solution cycle (Hofmeyer et al, 2005), figure 2. The last mentioned approach can be compared with the approach of shape grammars that generate design solutions (Kotsopoulos, 2005), often used for space related problems but here applied to structural design problems.…”

Cyclic application of transformations using scales for spatially or structurally determined design

“…Zoning requires the development of geometrical forms in the spatial design by pattern recognition which can be used for structural design. The zoning can be done manually [10], automated 2D [14] or fully 3D [15]. The technique that will be used here is 3D automated zoning.…”

“…The research can roughly be categorized into three groups: space-allocation [1][2][3], structural optimization and grammars [4][5][6], and the support of multi-disciplinary design processes [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. In the first two groups, it is often assumed that a strong directional activity from spatial to structural design exists (Fig.…”

“…Studies have also been carried out that recognise the cyclic relation between spatial and structural design. Data models and other techniques have been developed to support this type of design process [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”