Abstract
The paper presents the framework and the design and construction process of a freeform reciprocal pavilion realized during a one-week long workshop with the students of the 1st semester of the Master of Science in Architecture and Design, fall 2014, at Aalborg University.
The workshop didactic framework is the Performance Aided/Assisted Design (PAD) approach, which focuses on the increasing range of available performance analysis, optimization strategies, interfaces, tools, methodologies, and their ability to foster creativity by increasing designers' understanding of the complex network of relations between design parameters and a wide array of measurable performances.
Due to the reciprocal structures geometric complexity, the shape generation process is handled using the Reciprocalizer, a software tool developed by the author that embeds in a computational environment the constructional logic of reciprocal structures.
It enables to engage in real time in iterative processes that allows unfolding the geometric complexity and turn it into a source of inspiration for expanding the design space and triggering the development of unique, adapted and integrated design solutions. Reciprocal structures and the workshop experience becomes almost paradigmatic for exemplifying the PAD framework, towards a “poetic of performance”, a design approach that aims at including rather than excluding the complexity intrinsic in the design process, and at using the complexity as source of inspiration for creative
work in architectural design .
The workshop didactic framework is the Performance Aided/Assisted Design (PAD) approach, which focuses on the increasing range of available performance analysis, optimization strategies, interfaces, tools, methodologies, and their ability to foster creativity by increasing designers' understanding of the complex network of relations between design parameters and a wide array of measurable performances.
Due to the reciprocal structures geometric complexity, the shape generation process is handled using the Reciprocalizer, a software tool developed by the author that embeds in a computational environment the constructional logic of reciprocal structures.
It enables to engage in real time in iterative processes that allows unfolding the geometric complexity and turn it into a source of inspiration for expanding the design space and triggering the development of unique, adapted and integrated design solutions. Reciprocal structures and the workshop experience becomes almost paradigmatic for exemplifying the PAD framework, towards a “poetic of performance”, a design approach that aims at including rather than excluding the complexity intrinsic in the design process, and at using the complexity as source of inspiration for creative
work in architectural design .
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2015, Amsterdam : Future Visions |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS ) |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | Future Visions: IASS 2015 annual International Symposium on Future Visions - AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Duration: 17 Aug 2015 → 20 Aug 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | Future Visions |
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| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | AMSTERDAM |
| Period | 17/08/2015 → 20/08/2015 |
Keywords
- Roof
- Reciprocal Roof
- Free-Form
- Design
- Fabrication