Granular Construction: Designed Particles for Macro‐Scale Architectural Structures. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dierichs, Karola; Menges, Achim
• Other Names: Tibbits Skylar guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 87:Number 4(2017)
• Page Start: 88
• Page End: 93
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Karola Dierichs -- ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2015 -- Institute for Computational Design (ICD) -- University of Stuttgart -- 3D‐printed particle series -- injection‐moulding tools -- discrete element modelling (DEM) simulations -- Itasca Education Partnership (IEP) -- Ondřej Kyjánek -- Leyla Yunis -- Regenerative Matter -- Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH) master's thesis project -- Gergana Rusenova -- Emergent Space -- Matthias Helmreich -- David Correa -- Hygroscopic Particle -- Hygrogates -- Domaine de Boisbuchet in Lessac -- France -- Alexander Wolkow -- Mixed Linear Particles; 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.2200
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

Abstract : Designing the individual particles of granular materials defines novel material characteristics of the overall granular system. This opens up a range of possibilities for architectural applications that are fully reconfigurable as the particles are not bound to each other. Karola Dierichs and Achim Menges of the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart provide an overview of recent research conducted at the Institute in this field. Autonomous construction is integrated into these systems through using either extrinsic autonomous machines or intrinsic autonomous particles.