Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Foreword 6
3. Contents 8
4. 1. The Master-Builder-Geometer 9
5. 2. Interpreting Physical Sketches As Architectural Models 15
6. 3. Lamella Flock 37
7. 4. Case Studies in Cost-Optimized Paneling of Architectural Freeform Surfaces 49
8. 5. Tiling Freeform Shapes With Straight Panels: Algorithmic Methods 73
9. 6. Freeform Rigid-Foldable Structure Using Bidirectionally Flat-Foldable Planar Quadrilateral Mesh 87
10. 7. The Sphere Project – Negotiate Geometrical Representations From Design to Production 103
11. 8. Towards Teaching Generative Design in Architecture 113
12. 9. Architectural Acoustics for Practioners 129
13. 10. Wiggled Brick Bond 137
14. 11. Geometric Methods and Computational Mechanics for the design of Stone Domes Based on Abeille’s Bond 149
15. 12. Louvre Abu Dhabi 1/33 – Fabrication of a Large-Scale Physical Light-Test Model 163
16. 13. Ortho-Pictures: 3D Objects From Independent 2D Data Sets 175
17. 14. Geometry of Structural Form 193
18. 15. Realizing Formal and Funcional Complexity for Structurally Dynamic Systems in Rapid Computational Means 205
19. 16. Statics-Sensitive Layout of Planar Quadrilateral Meshes 221
20. List of Contributors 237