Discrete Optimization in Architecture Building Envelope /

• Main Author: Zawidzki, Machi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer-aided engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Mathematical optimization.; Structural mechanics.; Structural materials.; Building Construction and Design.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Discrete Optimization.; Structural Mechanics.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Structural Materials.
• Physical Description: XIV, 121 p. 118 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811013911
• ISSN: 2199-580X

This book explores the extremely modular systems that meet two criteria: they allow the creation of structurally sound free-form structures, and they are comprised of as few types of modules as possible. Divided into two parts, it presents Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ) systems. PZ is more fundamental and forms spatial mathematical knots by assembling one type of unit (PZM). The shape of PZ is controlled by relative twists of a sequence of congruent PZMs. TZ is a skeletal system for creating free-form pedestrian ramps and ramp networks among any number of terminals in space. TZ structures are composed of four variations of a single basic unit subjected to affine transformations (mirror reflection, rotation and combination of both). .