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Robotic Fabrication Workflows for Environmentally Driven Facades

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dc.contributor.authorCabrera, Pablo Marceloen
dc.contributor.committeechairDunay, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, James R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKing, Jonathan Leeen
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-26T08:00:25Zen
dc.date.available2019-07-26T08:00:25Zen
dc.date.issued2019-07-25en
dc.description.abstractEven though computer simulation of environmental factors and manufacturing technologies have experienced a fast development, architectural workflows that can take advantage of the possibilities created by these developments have been left behind and architectural design processes have not evolved at the same rate. This research presents design to fabrication workflows that explore data driven design to improve performance of facades, implementing for this purpose computational tools to handle environmental data complexity and proposes robotic fabrication technologies to facilitate façade components fabrication. During this research three design experiments were conducted that tested variations on the design to fabrication workflow, approaching the flow of information in top-down and bottom-up processes. Independent variables such as material, environmental conditions and structural behavior, are the framework in which workflow instances are generated based on dependent variables such as geometry, orientation and assembly logic. This research demonstrates the feasibility of a robotic based fabrication method informed by a multi-variable computational framework plus a simulation evaluator integrated into a design to fabrication workflow and put forward the discussion of a fully automated scenario.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:21435en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/92001en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDesign computationen
dc.subjectDesign simulationen
dc.subjectDesign fabricationen
dc.titleRobotic Fabrication Workflows for Environmentally Driven Facadesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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