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With an interest in the dynamics of structure and decay, this experiment challenges prevalent logics of building preservation by developing a hybrid strategy between digital geometrical data and physical manipulation. It informs an intervention to an exemplary construction, with the intention of adding structural redundancy and thereby converging model and building. In this regard, the chapter discusses the results of several on-site workshops with partners from business and industry, conducted at and on a derelict brick barn in Brandenburg, Germany. It merges 3D scanning data with industry practices for foundation injections and an external tensile structure, exemplifying an extension of prevalent strategies on building and the built, of what is finished and what may be persistent. Overlaying the obtained point cloud with an ideal model construed upon evidence from observed detailing and constructional history, it approaches the multiplicity of forces that over time have acted upon the brickwork. A translation of this deviation, traditionally conceived of as material and structural failure on a path towards collapse, functions as a qualitative representation of global deflection and allows for quantitative assessments of prospective strategies for intervention.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Department of Digital and Experimental Design, the Department of Design and Building Construction and the Department of History and Theory of Architecture at Berlin University of the Arts. Also all efforts of our collaborating partners from business and industry, namely the firms and all involved staff from Uretek, Plan 3D Berlin, NowLab at BigRep and Carl Stahl for their material and personnel support to the project are greatly appreciated. Working towards publication was in part made possible through the support of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material« funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2025 – 390648296. Special gratitude goes to the facilitating owner of the historical brick barn, without whose support the project could not have been realized.
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Bauer, F., Skafte, L.S. (2022). Persistent Modeling of the Built A Collective Experiment Merging Structural Preservation and Digital Design Between Academia and Industry. In: Bruyns, G., Kousoulas, S. (eds) Design Commons. Design Research Foundations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95057-6_6
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