Friction magazine: The upcycling of manufacture for structural design. Issue 4 (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Le Pavec, Alexandre; Zerhouni, Sonia; Leduc, Nicolas; Kuzmenko, Kateryna; Brocato, Maurizio
• Other Names: Fivet Corentin guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of space structures. Volume 36:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 281
• Page End: 293
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: Reuse/recycling/EoL -- geodesic curves -- form-finding -- stock based design -- friction; Space frame structures -- Periodicals; Space (Architecture) -- Periodicals; Space (Architecture); Space frame structures; Periodicals; 624.177
• DOI: 10.1177/09560599211064095
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-0599

Abstract

The growing need for new buildings and the soaring resources depletion call for a new way of considering the building material. As follows, the principle of recycling and reuse keep gaining in consideration as a pertinent strategy to address those issues, inciting the use of new materials and approaches for structural design. The present paper inscribes in this later framework and proposes a method for structural design and manufacturing out of old magazines using a broadly known physical phenomenon of friction in interleaved assemblies. The proposed method consist of a stock-based form-finding strategy for a net-like structure, based on the mechanical and fabrication-aware considerations with an integration of a geodesic constrain control for the rectilinear paper strips. In closing, a demonstration pavilion is built using the developed method and its further potential applications in construction sector are discussed.