Tectonic Aggregations // Fall 2020

TECTONIC AGGREGATIONS FOR DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY

A GLOBAL CRISIS, A NOVEL SOLUTION According to the World Economic Forum, about 90% of cities around the world do not provide affordable housing of adequate quality to their citizens. Do emerging fabrication technologies offer a solution to this global crisis?

Research for “Tectonic Aggregation” began by looking into housing solutions proposed by some of the 20th centuries most visionary architects. Architects whose proposals were described by many as “utopian,” perhaps a polite word for unrealistic.

Perhaps today’s emerging fabrication techniques, discreet design methods, and efficient modes of production may facilitate novel housing solutions that were once regarded as impossible.

INITIAL RESEARCH PROCESS

GROWTH SYSTEMS

METABOLIST MOVEMENT

VITTORIO GIORGINI HYDROPOLIS

KISHO KURAKAWA TAKARA PAVILION

KENZO TANGE TOKYO BAY MASTERPLAN

YONA FRIEDMAN MOBILE ARCHITECTURE

KIYONORI KIKUTAKE MARINE CITY

ARATA ISOZAKI CITY IN THE AIR

THEORY CONSIDERATIONS

KENNETH FRAMPTON CRITICAL-REGIONALISM

KENGO KUMA VARIOUS DETAILS

TECTONIC CONNECTIONS WOODEN JOINERY

NATURAL MORPHOLOGIES

EXCITABLE MEDIA

BEE HIVE GROWTH

CELLULAR AUTOMATA

CRYSTAL GROWTH

AGGREGATIONS

L-SYSTEMS

SHAPE GRAMMARS

GILLES RETSIN DISCREET DESIGN

GENERATIVE DESIGN

PLANT GROWTH

SPACE-FILLING POLYHEDRA

KISHO KUROKAWA TAKARA PAVILION The Takara Pavilion was designed by Kisho Kurokawa for the 1970 World’s Fair in Osaka, Japan. At this time, Kurokawa focused the majority of his work on Japan’s “invisible” traditions, including the impermanence of structures in the country due to destruction by weather and war.

The four-floor framework of the upper structure is composed of prefabricated steel-pipe modules. It forms a tree structure stretching out in all directions. The structure has the metabolist potential to extend, or replicate horizontally and vertically depending on necessity.

CASE STUDY AGGREGATION

PHASE 1 CODING PROCESS AGGREGATION PROCESS PART CREATION

STARTING PART

CONNECTION POINTS PART GEOMETRY

CONNECTION ORIENTATIONS

CHECK IF PART CAN CONNECT AT SPECIFIED POINT WITHOUT INTERSECTION

IF YES: CHECK IF PART SPECIFIED PART LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED

IF YES:

AGGREGATION SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFY TOTAL PART LIMIT

SPECIFY START PART

PLACE PART AND CONTINUE AGREGATION

SPECIFY IF PART SELF CONNECTION TRUE/FALSE

IF NO: END AGGREGATION

IF NO: END AGGREGATION

PHASE 1 WOODEN TECTONIC EXPLORATIONS

SYSTEM 3

SYSTEM 2

SYSTEM 1

PRECEDENT

PIECES

CONNECTION

AGGREGATION

WITH UNITS

PHASE 1 WOODEN TECTONIC EXPLORATIONS

SYSTEM 1-A

SYSTEM 1-B

SYSTEM 2

SYSTEM 3

PHASE 1 WOODEN TECTONIC EXPLORATIONS

FLOOR PLANS

AGGREGATION

IN CONTEXT

PHASE 2 ANALYTIC EXPLORATIONS

BENEFITS OF DFMA Design for Manufacturing and Assembly is an approach to construction that emphasizes offsite-construction whenever possible. According to Autodesk’s Az Jasat, the approach has gained popularity in recent years in response to the global skills shortage. DFMA is accomplished through: Optimizing how parts will be put together in the field Maximizing the repetition of parts used and optimizing connection methods Prioritizing the usage of ‘ready-made’ parts

BENEFITS OF CLT CONSTRUCTION CLT construction remains the most logical material for projects utilizing a DFMA approach for several reasons: Because panels are prefabricated, erection time is greatly reduced, which improves efficiency and results in lower capital costs and faster occupancy.

CLT panels are manufactured for specific enduse applications, which results in little to no job site waste.

It is relatively easy to increase the thickness of a CLT panel to allow for longer spans requiring fewer interior support elements.

PHASE 2 FINAL AGGREGATED TECTONIC SYSTEM FABRICATION

CLT PANELS + MEMBERS

ASSEMBLY 40’ 10’

HUNDEGGAR SAW

18’

“SHARP” END

WEINMANN BEAM PROCESSOR

“FLAT” END

PHASE 2 FINAL AGGREGATED TECTONIC SYSTEM

CONNECTION 2

CONNECTION 1

PIECES

CONNECTION

ASSEMBLY

PHASE 2 FINAL AGGREGATED TECTONIC SYSTEM

PHASE 2 FINAL AGGREGATED TECTONIC SYSTEM

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED TOWER

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED TOWER

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED TOWER

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED TOWER

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED CAMPUS

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED CAMPUS

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED CAMPUS

PHASE 2 AGGREGATED CAMPUS

PHASE 1 WOODEN TECTONIC EXPLORATIONS

SYSTEM 2

SYSTEM 1

PIECES

CONNECTION RULES

AGGREGATION

PHASE 1 WOODEN TECTONIC EXPLORATIONS

SYSTEM 1

PIECES

CONNECTION RULES

AGGREGATION

SYSTEM 3 AGGREGATION + VOLUMETRIC UNITS

SYSTEM 2 AGGREGATION

SYSTEM 1-B AGGREGATION

SYSTEM 1-A AGGREGATION + VOLUMETRIC UNITS

PHASE 2 CODING PROCESS FIELD CREATION

AGGREGATION PROCESS

PART CREATION STARTING PART

CHECK IF PART CAN CONNECT AT SPECIFIED POINT WITHOUT INTERSECTION

CHECK IF PART CAN CONNECT AT POINT WITHIN BOUNDARY

IF YES: CONNECTION ORIENTATIONS

CONNECTION POINTS PART GEOMETRY

AGGREGATION SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFY TOTAL PART LIMIT

SPECIFY START PART

SPECIFY IF PART SELF CONNECTION TRUE/FALSE

PLACE PART AND CONTINUE AGREGATION

IF NO: END AGGREGATION

IF NO: END AGGREGATION