%0 Conference Paper %1 Schwinn2016 %A Schwinn, Tobias %A Krieg, Oliver David %A Menges, Achim %B ACADIA 2016: Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines - Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture %C Ann Arbor %D 2016 %E Velikov, Kathy %E Ahlquist, Sean %E del Campo, Matias %E Thün, Geoffrey %K 2016 first icd myown ts %P 224--233 %T Robotic Sewing: A Textile Approach Towards the Computational Design and Fabrication of Lightweight Timber Shells %X Unlike any other building material, timber has seen numerous innovations in design, manufacturing, and assembly processes in recent years. Currently available technology not only allows architects to freely shape building elements but also to define their micro- or macroscopic material make-up and therefore the material itself. At the same time, timber shells have become a focus of research in wood architecture by rethinking both construction typologies and material application. Their main advantage, however, also poses a challenge to its construction: As the shell is both the load-bearing structure as well as enclosure, its segmentation and the individual segment's connections become increasingly important. Their complex and often differentiated geometries do not allow for standardized timber joints, and with decreasing material thickness, conventional connection techniques become less feasible. The research presented in this paper investigates textile strategies for the fabrication of ultra-lightweight timber shells in architecture. Specifically, a robotic sewing method is developed in conjunction with a computational design method for the development of a new construction system that was evaluated through a large-scale prototype building.

@inproceedings{Schwinn2016, abstract = {Unlike any other building material, timber has seen numerous innovations in design, manufacturing, and assembly processes in recent years. Currently available technology not only allows architects to freely shape building elements but also to define their micro- or macroscopic material make-up and therefore the material itself. At the same time, timber shells have become a focus of research in wood architecture by rethinking both construction typologies and material application. Their main advantage, however, also poses a challenge to its construction: As the shell is both the load-bearing structure as well as enclosure, its segmentation and the individual segment's connections become increasingly important. Their complex and often differentiated geometries do not allow for standardized timber joints, and with decreasing material thickness, conventional connection techniques become less feasible. The research presented in this paper investigates textile strategies for the fabrication of ultra-lightweight timber shells in architecture. Specifically, a robotic sewing method is developed in conjunction with a computational design method for the development of a new construction system that was evaluated through a large-scale prototype building.}, added-at = {2018-09-04T16:31:00.000+0200}, address = {Ann Arbor}, author = {Schwinn, Tobias and Krieg, Oliver David and Menges, Achim}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2c97049ea772d9e64f74a9b798c98be1c/tobiasschwinn}, booktitle = {ACADIA 2016: Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines - Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture}, editor = {Velikov, Kathy and Ahlquist, Sean and del Campo, Matias and Th{\"{u}}n, Geoffrey}, file = {:C$\backslash$:/Users/localicdtschw/Documents/Mendeley Desktop/Schwinn, Krieg, Menges/ACADIA 2016 Posthuman Frontiers Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines - Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for C./Schwinn, Krieg, Menges - 2016 - Rob.pdf:pdf}, interhash = {b34512d742fad32021482d75be7d7d32}, intrahash = {c97049ea772d9e64f74a9b798c98be1c}, keywords = {2016 first icd myown ts}, mendeley-groups = {Own work/RP16}, pages = {224--233}, timestamp = {2019-09-20T08:13:21.000+0200}, title = {{Robotic Sewing: A Textile Approach Towards the Computational Design and Fabrication of Lightweight Timber Shells}}, year = 2016 }