Abstract

Meshes/Discrete geometry representations, which are predominant in computer graphics and animation industries, have recently found increased application in architectural design problems. The paper presents the authors’ current research in developable spatial structures and highlights the benefits of using mesh representations in the generation of the so called architectural geometry and integration with the contemporary digital fabrication pipelines. The main contributions of the paper are: 1. extension to the geometrical procedure presented in [37] for modeling user guided developable spatial structures; 2. creation of a mesh based computational design to manufacture toolchain which are amenable to various materialisation and modes of fabrication; 3. demonstration and documentation of the fabrication detailing and assembly to produce a prototype utilising mouldless wood bending of modular interlocking developable strips coupled with seam winding. The paper also describes the current status of the authors’ efforts in the development of a custom software add-in to the Mesh Modeling Environment (MME) of Autodesk©R Maya to demonstrate the said benefits.

Citation

Bhooshan, V., Louth, H., Bieling, L. and Bhooshan, S., 2019. Spatial developable meshes. Impact: Design With All Senses. DMSB.