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Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork
Abstract
The utilization of fabrics as formwork can facilitate a certain degree of flexibility in design, particularly when combined with deployable structures. Regarding this statement, the aim of this study is to explore the potential of a fabric formwork with deployable structure principles to prevent rigidity in the casting process. The deployable approach combined with fabric contributes to the study by allowing various configurations and reusability. A design-led methodology is adapted during this exploration based upon five phases: (1) crease pattern selection, (2) digital pattern creation, (3) deployable fabric formwork construction, (4) casting the concrete, and (5) comparing the physical model to computational model. Various models and mediums are used to examine the form behaviors along with the material relationship to highlight the collaboration between tools and craft to achieve a common goal. Therefore, the utilization of digital mediums is expected to improve the understanding of such a complex system as a dynamic mold fed by interdependent parameters. The results comparing the digital simulations and the several attempts to create the casting products displayed similar, if not identical, attributes. The differences between these models depend on the properties of the selected materials for both the deployable skeleton and the fabric.
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Supporting Institution
Istanbul Technical University
Thanks
This project is conducted as a part of the Digital Architectural Design & Modelling course in Istanbul Technical University. I would like to express my gratitude to the course instructors Leman Figen Gül and Ayşegül Akçay Kavakoğlu, as well as the course assistants Fatih Uzun and İnanç Şencan for their contribution to the project.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Architectural Science and Technology
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
March 28, 2025
Publication Date
March 31, 2025
Submission Date
July 8, 2024
Acceptance Date
November 13, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 6 Number: 1
APA
Uzyıldırım, B., Akçay Kavakoğlu, A., & Gül, L. F. (2025). Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork. Journal of Computational Design, 6(1), 89-120. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1512805
AMA
1.Uzyıldırım B, Akçay Kavakoğlu A, Gül LF. Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork. JCoDe. 2025;6(1):89-120. doi:10.53710/jcode.1512805
Chicago
Uzyıldırım, Barış, Ayşegül Akçay Kavakoğlu, and Leman Figen Gül. 2025. “Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork”. Journal of Computational Design 6 (1): 89-120. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1512805.
EndNote
Uzyıldırım B, Akçay Kavakoğlu A, Gül LF (March 1, 2025) Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork. Journal of Computational Design 6 1 89–120.
IEEE
[1]B. Uzyıldırım, A. Akçay Kavakoğlu, and L. F. Gül, “Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork”, JCoDe, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 89–120, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.53710/jcode.1512805.
ISNAD
Uzyıldırım, Barış - Akçay Kavakoğlu, Ayşegül - Gül, Leman Figen. “Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork”. Journal of Computational Design 6/1 (March 1, 2025): 89-120. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1512805.
JAMA
1.Uzyıldırım B, Akçay Kavakoğlu A, Gül LF. Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork. JCoDe. 2025;6:89–120.
MLA
Uzyıldırım, Barış, et al. “Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork”. Journal of Computational Design, vol. 6, no. 1, Mar. 2025, pp. 89-120, doi:10.53710/jcode.1512805.
Vancouver
1.Barış Uzyıldırım, Ayşegül Akçay Kavakoğlu, Leman Figen Gül. Dynamic Casting: Using Deployable Fabric Formwork. JCoDe. 2025 Mar. 1;6(1):89-120. doi:10.53710/jcode.1512805
