Abstract
The research project Lamella Flock questions how tectonic systems are usually formed and proposes self-organization as a means for future design. Lamella Flock investigates the possibility of designing as well as physically producing free-form interlinked structures based on multiple and circular dependencies.
The research takes its point of departure in the intersection between traditional wood craft, computer science, and a digital non-standardized production. Through computation and methods of self-organization the project investigates the structural abilities of the wooden Zollinger system; a structural lamella system distributed as a woven pattern of interconnected beams. By introducing an understanding of these beam elements as autonomous entities with sensory-motor behaviour the geometrically rigid Zollinger system is transformed into structures describing free-form surfaces.
By implementing dynamic processes, Finite Element Calculation, material and production constraints, and real-time interactive modelling in a hybrid environment Lamella Flock explores how to design and build with such a system. Hereby the agent system negotiates between design intent, tectonic needs, and production while creating a direct link between the speculative and its materialization.
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Tamke, M., Riiber, J., Jungjohann, H., Thomsen, M.R. (2010). Lamella Flock. In: Ceccato, C., Hesselgren, L., Pauly, M., Pottmann, H., Wallner, J. (eds) Advances in Architectural Geometry 2010. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0309-8_3
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