Graphical methods as the key to holistic design: bringing together structural design and solar control strategies
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Date
2022-09Type
- Conference Paper
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Abstract
Building design is a complex, open-ended task that involves diverse disciplines and professionals. Architects and engineers are challenged with solving a variety of often-conflicting issues related to various aspects, such as space making, structural performance, energy consumption, and user comfort. Holistic design approaches allow for addressing all these requirements jointly from the conceptual design stage. However, it is necessary to use appropriate tools to enable effective relationships between different disciplines. The objective of this research is to introduce a new holistic framework in which structural design and solar control strategies are addressed simultaneously thanks to the use of geometrybased graphical methods. Within the framework, graphic statics serves in solving structural design aspects, while graphical methods for solar control are used to tackle solar design aspects. The results obtained show how geometry-based graphical methods lead to a concise and intuitive formulation of the problem without curtailing the precision of the results. On the contrary, the use of such methods represents a crucial advantage for designers as it fosters a thorough understanding of the underlying design principles, thus enhancing the ability of the designer of controlling the design process as a whole. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000594609Publication status
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Proceedings of the IASS/APCS 2022 Beijing Symposium: Next Generation Parametric DesignJournal / series
Proceedings of IASS Annual SymposiaVolume
Publisher
International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS); Asian-Pacific Conference on Shell and Spatial Structures (APCS)Event
Subject
Graphical methods; structural design; solar design; graphic statics; Holistic designOrganisational unit
03800 - Schwartz, Joseph (emeritus) / Schwartz, Joseph (emeritus)
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