Application of parametric design tools for the roof of the C3 technology demonstration house - CUBE

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Abstract

The C3 project (Carbon Concrete Composite) is currently one of the largest research projects in the German construction industry. A significant number of results of this project are brought together in the C3 technology demonstration house “CUBE” which is assumed to be constructed of steel and both glass and carbon reinforced concrete members. This paper introduces the design and development of the house's roof shell. For that, the software solutions Rhinoceros 3D + Grasshopper 3D were used as the main algorithmic environment. Methods and specially developed tools that were used to model and compare multiple structural solutions of the load-bearing shell as the main part of the roof are presented. The paper additionally describes an overview of the important aspects that are of particular interest within the CUBE project which are part of the key works, such as the design workflows and manufacturing strategies of the appropriate shape of the formwork, as well as of the insulation and biaxially oriented carbon reinforcing grids.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
EditorsCarlos Lazaro, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Eugenio Onate
PublisherInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Pages1096-1103
Number of pages8
ISBN (electronic)9788412110104
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

Series9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
ISSN1028-365X

Conference

TitleIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures
Abbreviated titleFORM and FORCE 2019
Duration7 - 10 October 2019
Degree of recognitionNational event
LocationCrowne Plaza Hotel
CityBarcelona
CountrySpain

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-4807-8387/work/142242749
ORCID /0000-0002-1596-7164/work/142255701

Keywords

Keywords

  • 3D model, Building, Carbon reinforced concrete (CRC), Grasshopper, Parametric design, Rhinoceros, Shell, Textile reinforced concrete (TRC)