Architectural Geometry from Research to Practice: The Eiffel Tower Pavilions
In this paper we analyze, discuss, and propose how recent research findings in architectural geometry enable construction aware design, an integrated approach that takes into account construction and manufacturing already during the earliest stages of design without limiting the designer’s expressiveness. We show at hand of the Eiffel Tower Pavilions project, and in-depth comparisons to previous freeform projects, that the presented approach offers direct advantages for the design, detailing, and production, as well as for the performance, e.g. thermal properties, of non-facetted complex geometries in architecture.
BibTeX Entry:
@inproceedings{schiftner_12_ETP, author = "Alexander Schiftner and Nicolas Leduc and Phillipe Bompas and Niccolo Baldassini and Michael Eigensatz", title = "Architectural Geometry from Research to Practice: The Eiffel Tower Pavilions", booktitle = "Advances in Architectural Geometry", year = "2012", }
Publisher Page:
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012