Discrete Optimization in Architecture [electronic resource] : Building Envelope / by Machi Zawidzki.
By: Zawidzki, Machi [author.].
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Material type: BookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology: Publisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017Edition: 1st ed. 2017.Description: XIV, 121 p. 118 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789811013911.Subject(s): Buildings—Design and construction | Computer-aided engineering | Mathematical optimization | Mechanics, Applied | Solids | Human geography | Building materials | Building Construction and Design | Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design | Discrete Optimization | Solid Mechanics | Human Geography | Structural MaterialsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 690 Online resources: Click here to access onlineThe skin of a building -- Cellular Automaton-based Shading System (CASS) -- Polarized Film Shading System in regular grids -- Prototypes -- Static solar shading of a free-form building with Shade-Z.
This book explores the extremely modular systems that meet two criteria: they allow the creation of structurally sound free-form structures, and they are comprised of as few types of modules as possible. Divided into two parts, it presents Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ) systems. PZ is more fundamental and forms spatial mathematical knots by assembling one type of unit (PZM). The shape of PZ is controlled by relative twists of a sequence of congruent PZMs. TZ is a skeletal system for creating free-form pedestrian ramps and ramp networks among any number of terminals in space. TZ structures are composed of four variations of a single basic unit subjected to affine transformations (mirror reflection, rotation and combination of both). .
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