Structural Optimization for Materially Informed Design to Robotic Production Processes

Abstract

Hyperbody's materially informed Design-to-Robotic-Production (D2RP) processes for additive and subtractive manufacturing aim to achieve performative porosity in architecture at various scales. An extended series of D2RP experiments aiming to produce prototypes at 1:1 scale wherein design materiality has been approached from both digital and physical perspectives were recently implemented. At digital materiality level, a customized computational design framework for compression only structures has been developed, which was directly linked to the robotic production setup. This has enabled the systematic study of physical materiality, which cannot be fully simulated in the digital medium. The established feedback loop ensured not only the development of an understanding for material properties in relation to their simulated and real behaviours but also allowed to robotically additively deposit and/or subtractively remove material in order to create informed material architectures at 1:1 scale.

Kite-Powered Design-to-Robotic-Production for Affordable Building on Demand

“…2), which implied linking design to materialization by integrating all functionalities (from structural strength, to thermal insulation and climate control) in the design of building components. These experiments proved that D2RP processes enable production of free-formed, heterogeneous, optimized structures by additively and selectively depositing or manipulating materials [5] in order to achieve specific porosity-density, flexibility-rigidity, etc. requirements in accordance to formal, functional, structural, climatic, environmental, and economic needs.…”

“…2). The system allows linking the design to the production process (Bier, 2014;Bier and Mostafavi, 2015) and is highly customizable. By employing approaches involving multi-tools, -materials, and -robots the D2RP system establishes a platform for building on demand.…”

Machine Motion Equations Presented in a New General Format

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Design to Robotic Assembly: An Exploration in Stacking

“…Even though measures to improve productivity in architecture, engineering, and construction industry have been identified, implementation still lacks the in-depth integration between disciplines with latest digital and robotic technology. In this context, D2RP and Assembly (D2RP&A) processes introduce a trans-disciplinary approach that integrates computational design with robotic production and assembly, which are still seen as segregated fields of knowledge and expertise (Capro and Kohler, 2014;Bier and Mostafavi, 2015;Bier, 2017). This paper elaborates on the materialization of a fragment derived from a housing unit, conceptually developed during a D2RP&A design studio held at Dessau Institute of Architecture (DIA), as a D2RP&A case study focused on robotic staking.…”

“…Robotic assembly is the essential step toward the completion of robotically supported workflow from design to construction. Acquired experience indicates that in order to obtain a realistic design, one should consider not only design aspects but also materialization (Bier and Mostafavi, 2015). Completing the research domain by including assembly implies not to merely focus on combing separate components together but develop a holistic design to construction scheme.…”