Form Finding of Nexorades Using the Translations Method

Tristan Gobin; Romain Mesnil; Cyril Douthe; Pierre Margerit; Nicolas Ducoulombier; Leo Demont; Hocine Delmi; Jean Franfois Caron

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_18

Form Finding of Nexorades Using the Translations Method

Tristan Gobin
, Romain Mesnil
, Cyril Douthe
, Pierre Margerit
, Nicolas Ducoulombier
, Leo Demont
, Hocine Delmi
, Jean Franfois Caron

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the dialectic form-finding of a complex timber structure based on an innovative structural system: shell-nexorade hybrids. Nexorades, also known as reciprocal frames are elegant structures that suffer from a relatively poor structural behavior due to in-plane shear and bending of the members. Introducing plates as bracing elements significantly improves their performance, but increases the manufacturing complexity and sets high tolerance constraints. We present the fabrication and assembly of a 50 m2 timber pavilion with 6-axis robotized milling. The use of a mobile robot and fixed machining stations is explored to allow for maximal flexibility of iterations between design and fabrication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018
Subtitle of host publication	Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	233-242
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319922942
ISBN (Print)	9783319922935
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_18
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Complex timber structure
Free-form architecture
Nexorade
Non-standard structure Reciprocal frame
Robotic construction

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Gobin, T., Mesnil, R., Douthe, C., Margerit, P., Ducoulombier, N., Demont, L., Delmi, H., & Caron, J. F. (2018). Form Finding of Nexorades Using the Translations Method. In Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture (pp. 233-242). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_18

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Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018: Foreword by Sigrid Brell-Çokcan and Johannes Braumann, Association for Robots in Architecture. Springer International Publishing, 2018. p. 233-242.

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