Computing Diagrid Structural Systems in Free-Form High-Rise Designs
Abstract
Recent years have seen the use of diagrid structural systems becoming widespread in architecture. Diagrids are advantageous mostly for cutting down on the number of structural elements used. However, the use of diagrid structural systems is still not common in free-form high-rise designs. Most high-rise designs are symmetrical and orthogonal structures whereas free-form as a type of building geometry form implies asymmetric configurations, without a fixed order or a central rotation axis. Among the difficulties observed in free-form high-rise designs is efficiency in the analysis and synthesis of structural solutions and in the physical realization of the structural elements. Overcoming these difficulties requires computational support. However, most of the existing software up to the task are protected by copyright and expensive, hence inaccessible to many small firms and individual designers. Addressing the problems of affordability and accessibility, the study presents a computational support system for preliminary design proposals of diagrid structures in free-form high-rise designs. This support takes place in an algorithmic design interface, and the biggest advantage is that designers can integrate the design and analysis phases in a single interface. The model has three main phases. These phases are the creation of a free-form high-rise geometry, structural analysis of this geometry when modelled as a diagrid structural system, and the numbering and sequencing of the most important structural element that is node connector so that it is suitable for the prefabrication. Based on the structural assessment of the model, the study also discusses the alternatives of diagrid structural systems to see whether the potential structural element may be added to the diagrid structural system.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Software Testing, Verification and Validation, Architecture
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Çağlan Çelebi
This is me
Türkiye
Publication Date
September 30, 2019
Submission Date
August 16, 2019
Acceptance Date
August 30, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 1 Number: 1
