Our Automated Future: A Discrete Framework for the Production of Housing

Claypool, Mollie

doi:10.1002/ad.2411

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“…Through the research of Carpo [104], Retsin [105], and Claypool [106], CD is performed in OSC design through discrete architecture. ''Discreteness'' in architecture refers to building components that are singular and distinct [107].…”

Section: Digital Manufacturing Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Robotic Manufacturing Technological Interoperability in Construction – A Cyclic Systematic Literature Review

Anane

Iordanova

Ouellet-Plamondon

2023

Digital Manufacturing Technology

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The architectural engineering and construction (AEC) industry is undergoing a digital transformation that progressively improves its performance, productivity, and competitiveness. This digital shift is accelerated through building information modeling (BIM) which facilitates technological integrations. BIM has significantly contributed to digitizing design and management activities. However, it has not yet sufficiently demonstrated its interoperability with digital manufacturing processes, such as robotic manufacturing (RM). It is from this perspective that this work will review the current literature’s stance on the technological interoperability of BIM and RM tools through the systematic literature review (SLR) method. This literature review aims to identify research avenues to operationalize RM through BIM tools in construction. The study conducted in this research is progressive; it builds on the identified research gaps and investigates potential research avenues to be undertaken. The results revealed that computational design (CD) could serve as a bridge between BIM and RM. They also revealed that RM is operationalizable in off-site construction (OSC) through BIM and CD.

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Section: Digital Manufacturing Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Robotic Manufacturing Technological Interoperability in Construction – A Cyclic Systematic Literature Review

Anane

Iordanova

Ouellet-Plamondon

2023

Digital Manufacturing Technology

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“…The ‘discrete’ offers a different type of systemic approach, which envisions large scale adoption of compatible systems produced through an economy of scale and collective ownership, to liberate end-users from the limited choices in the housing market. 18 In order to envision such a radically new ecosystem of elements, fabricators, construction companies and organisational protocols, it is important to understand the economic and structural limitations and opportunities of the current state of the art of the construction industry and its prevailing typologies.…”

Section: The ‘Digital Material’ Conceptmentioning

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Adaptable modular construction systems and multi-objective optimisation strategies for mass-customised housing: A new user-driven paradigm for high-rise living in Hong Kong

Ameijde

2022

International Journal of Architectural Computing

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There has been a recent increase in the exploration of ‘the discrete’ in architecture, speculating on how an integrated approach to design, fabrication, assembly and inhabitation can disrupt the traditional investment- and decision-making models in the housing industry. Strategically designed part-to-whole systems allow for differentiation and reconfiguration, and the incorporation of different end-user’ requirements. This potential of ‘democratising’ housing production requires further research into how the negotiation between multiple stakeholders’ preferences can be guided through digital methods. This paper presents a research-by-design project that applies a digital and discrete material system to high-rise housing in Hong Kong, a typology which often features high degrees of standardisation. Through the development of an adaptable modular construction system and a multi-objective optimisation workflow, a system is explored that addresses the challenges of high-rise construction, and of customising high-density housing. The case study project demonstrates the ability of the workflow’s evolutionary algorithm to balance complex requirements including maximising views, daylight access and internal connectivity according to diverse user requirements.

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“…The discrete depends on more than academic knowledge and designerly ways of knowing. It demands participation to redefine established positions and the development of practical skill sets to access digital modes of production (Claypool 2019). House Block has offered…”

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House Block

McAndrew,

Jaschke,

Retsin

et al. 2021

ACADIA Proceedings

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House Block was a temporary housing prototype in East London, UK from April to May 2021. The project constituted the most recent in a series of experiments developing Automated Architecture (AUAR) Labs' discrete framework for housing production, one which repositions the architect as curator of a system and enables participants to engage with active agency. Recognizing that there is a knowledge gap to be addressed for this reconfi guration of practices to take form, this project centred on making automation and its potential for local communities tangible. This sits within broader calls advocating for a more material alignment of inclusive design with makers and 21st Century making in practice (see, for example, Luck 2018).

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Our Automated Future: A Discrete Framework for the Production of Housing

Cited by 6 publications

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Robotic Manufacturing Technological Interoperability in Construction – A Cyclic Systematic Literature Review

Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Robotic Manufacturing Technological Interoperability in Construction – A Cyclic Systematic Literature Review

Adaptable modular construction systems and multi-objective optimisation strategies for mass-customised housing: A new user-driven paradigm for high-rise living in Hong Kong

House Block

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