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Freeform shapes and structures with a high geometric complexity play an increasingly important role in contemporary architecture. While digital models are easily created, the actual fabrication and construction remains a challenge. This is the source of numerous research problems many of which fall into the area of Geometric Computing and form part of a recently emerging research area, called “Architectural Geometry”. The present paper provides a short survey of research in Architectural Geometry and shows how this field moves towards a new direction in Geometric Modeling which aims at combining shape design with important aspects of function and fabrication.
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Pottmann, H. Architectural Geometry and Fabrication-Aware Design. Nexus Netw J 15, 195–208 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-013-0149-5
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