koy bock
an integrated algorithm design study for a wooden tower
Mission:
research/thesis work
Institution:
Tampere University of Technology (FI)
Location:
Vaasa (FI)
Date:
2018
research/thesis work
Institution:
Tampere University of Technology (FI)
Location:
Vaasa (FI)
Date:
2018
The Koy Bock’s wooden tower of innovation is a research project intending to demonstrate the various possible levels of integration of computation in the design process of a building.
Following the idea competition to design a wooden tower for the Koy Bock’s corner in Vaasa, Finland, the research project is developped by deviding the design process in its key steps and by implementing automation in every one of them.
From early design and optimisation, to documentation and production phases, rule based tools have been specifically conceived to help the designer work faster and further, such as:
By doing so, the end object is a mixed product of the architect and the algorithms, allowing for more complexity and flexibility throughout the entire design process.
Following the idea competition to design a wooden tower for the Koy Bock’s corner in Vaasa, Finland, the research project is developped by deviding the design process in its key steps and by implementing automation in every one of them.
From early design and optimisation, to documentation and production phases, rule based tools have been specifically conceived to help the designer work faster and further, such as:
- generation and evaluation of various mass volumetries
- formfinding process making complex geometries easy to manipulate
- real-time stress analysis and pre-dimensionning (FEM)
- automatic modelling of numerous construction nodes and details
- automatic production of detail drawings/CAD objects to be manufactured
By doing so, the end object is a mixed product of the architect and the algorithms, allowing for more complexity and flexibility throughout the entire design process.
