Mass Customisation and Personalisation in Architecture and Construction

Abstract

Analysis of queues is used in a variety of domains including call centers, web servers, internet routers, manufacturing and production, telecommunications, transportation, hospitals and clinics, restaurants, and theme parks. Combining elements of classical queueing theory with some of the recent advances in studying stochastic networks, this book covers a broad range of applications. It contains numerous real-world examples and industrial applications in all chapters. The text is suitable for graduate courses, as well as researchers, consultants and analysts that work on performance modeling or use queueing models as analysis tools.

Generative model and fixing guidelines for modular volumetric architecture

“…The gap between architectural idealization and industrialized contemporaneous building productions (Vibaek, 2011) can be resolved by employing mass customization, which is the ability to design and produce various products in a fast and economically competitive way (Mullens, 2011;Piroozfar & Piller, 2013).…”

“…Among the strategies to employ mass customization, the ability to design and produce different products in a fast and economically competitive way (Mullens, 2011;Piroozfar & Piller, 2013), the most commonly used in PMVA is the addition of elements to the module such as balconies, shading elements, and roofs, as well as the variation in coatings, colors, openings and closings. These solutions, though, focus on the epidermis of the building and do not guarantee compositional alternatives with blocks which can have relatively inflexible sizes and shapes.…”

Prototipos cerámicos – diseño, computación y fabricación digital

“…Earlier work by researchers at Harvard's MaP+S group developed an integrated workflow for ceramic 3D printing on the basis of a micro-extrusion technology developed by the group 1 . The underlying assumption was that exterior shading lamella often needed to be customized to adapt to overall façade geometries, satisfy desired shading parameters as well as match aesthetic preferences (Figure 1).…”

“…But the rise of computational tools, and the ease with which computational models can translate into instructions for CNC machines and robotic manipulators has provided the conditions for now revisiting the old question of individualization. Current architectural design paradigms rely on customized components (1). This trend has been facilitated and enforced by the designer's global exposure to highly differentiated design expressions.…”

La personalización generalizada en la arquitectura mediante fabricación digital : bases para el desarrollo de un protocolo de conexión entre diseño e industria

“…En la industria de la construcción, la automatización se introdujo tímidamente a finales del siglo XX, como transferencia desde otras industrias, sobretodo la industria automovilística. El ejemplo más literal es la fábrica de viviendas prefabricadas Toyota homes, creada en 1975 como filial de la automovilística Toyota, donde se introdujeron los mismos métodos de fabricación utilizados en las fábricas de automóviles (Piroozfar & Piller, 2013).…”