A stunning Catalan free-form vault has been designed and build by students during a one week workshop organised by Prof. Deplazes and Prof. Block from ETH Zurich. RhinoVAULT has been used for the design of the complex compression-only shape. For details, visit the homepage of the BLOCK Research Group.
Submitted by symscape on September 17, 2012 – 14:04 Symscape, Computational Fluid Dynamics for All has been working with our team to find a optimum workflow for wind fluid flow on tensile surfaces. After months of work we have made available a connection between ixForten 4000 and Caedium Professional platform. ixForten 4000 models can be … Continue reading “Flow Over a Double-Sided Membrane”
To simulate an incompressible, steady-state, turbulent flow over a double-sided membrane. View velocity vectors, velocity magnitude color maps, monitor lift and drag forces, and export results for ixForten 4000. Caedium Membrane CFD Simulation Goals In this tutorial, you will learn how to: Specify fluid conditions on a single volume for an incompressible, steady-state, turbulent flow simulation Specify … Continue reading “Tutorial for flow over a doubly curved surface”
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned Contemporary Art gallery in Oslo in Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993. The collection’s main focus is the American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but it is currently developing towards the international contemporary art scene, with artists like Jeff … Continue reading “The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art – Oslo”
Membrane Displacement Calculated by ixForten 4000 Model: courtesy of SobreSaliente Ltda, Cp data source: Caedium Professional By the time this is out, the next version of Caedium will be able to perform a CFD simulation of a tensile membrane structure and then export surface pressure coefficient (Cp) data for structural analysis in ixForten 4000. This exciting … Continue reading “Caedium v4 Sneak Peek: Tensile Membrane Structure Analysis”
Structures have always been designed for an exact maximum stress; this type of stress, however, generally only occurs very rarely and then only for a short period. As a result a large part of the building materials used today therefore serves these extremely seldom peak loads and is effectively seldom used. The aim of ultra … Continue reading “Adaptive Construction: A timber tensile roof that adapts to loads”
The book “Bamboo: From Green Design to Sustainable Design” by Rebecca Reubens is now on the market and available on Amazon, Flipkart and at stores in India and overseas. The introduction for her book was written by Prof. Ranjan, which i am including below. The book focuses on the links between design, craft and sustainability, … Continue reading “Bamboo: From Green Design to Sustainable Design”
Architects: Gonçalo Castro Henriques, X-REF Architectural Research & DevelopmentLocation: Ponte de Lima, PortugalClient: Municipality of Ponte de LimaPartners: X-REF, BÖ01 project management, Dagol LdaCollaboration: Paulo Teodósio, Pedro Torres e Pedro Negrão (MergeLab), Helder CarvalhoProject Area: 280 sqmProject Completion: 2012 Honey Scape is a dreamy temporary pavilion made of interlocking hexagonal sheets (or combs) of alveolar … Continue reading “‘Honey Scape’ Landscape Pavilion”
This shape-shifting helix bridge is a flexible tensile structure, by applying more tension to different points, a technological dynamic deformation can be achieved in response to the people crossing the bridge. It becomes a living element that responds to its use. Not surprisingly, this design won the first prize at the Building to Building Pedestrian Bridge International … Continue reading “DSSH Bridge Powered by the Sun, Purifying the Air”
Architects: MaxthreadsLocation: Tainan, TaiwanProject Team: Max Yang, David Millar, Samya KakoCompetition Organizers: Bureau of Development Tainan City Government, Taiwan (R.O.C.) & INTA (International Urban Development Association)Prize: Second Prize The second prize winning vision for the Urban Redevelopment Project at Tainan Main Station Area responds to the extending aim of positioning Taiwan in general, and … Continue reading “Urban Redevelopment Project at Tainan Main Station Area”