New workflows for digital timber
Book chapter, 2019
his chapter describes a research thread at CITA which explores how computation and a challenging of traditional material practice can impact the use of timber in architectural design and fabrication. Several past research projects at CITA have demonstrated the potential for streamlining the design-to-production process using computational tools, and the value of working in concert with the inherent properties of wood. Current research continues this thread through a participation in the Innochain research network (http://innochain.net/ ) and collaboration with industrial partners White Arkitekter AB and Blumer-Lehmann AG. Through the embedding of digital tools within established timber design a fabrication processes, new workflows are proposed which could lead to more intelligent design decisions, optimized building components, and new timber morphologies.
Parametric design and fabrication strategies
Optimization of wood architectures
Complex timber structures
Digital wood workflows
Wood design
Author
Tom Svilans
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
Martin Tamke
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
Jonas Runberger
White Architects
Kai Strehlke
Blumer Lehmann
Martin Antemann
designtoproduction
Digital wood design: Innovative techniques of representation in architectural design
93-134
978-3-030-03675-1 (ISBN)
Subject Categories
Civil Engineering
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-03676-8_3