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Degree

MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of), 2010.

Abstract

Due to advances in large-scale rapid-prototyping technology, the terms standard and non-standard are increasingly being challenged in the lexicon of modern construction. Driven by the ever-expanding versatility of digital software, architects find themselves in a position of greater design freedom and less constraint from modular building materials, thus allowing for a paradigmatic shift towards an architecture focused on performative characteristics. The following investigation will engage these contemporary technologies to mimic basic processes and morphologies found in our natural environment that account for its inherent abilities of material conservation and systems integration. Software scripting techniques and research into the fields of biological morphology and behavior, digital design, and rapid-manufacture direct the creation of a morphogenetic generative process that decreases material usage within architectural structures and allows for informed speculation into the future of systems integration and the construction automation.

Subject Headings

Architecture

Keywords

biology; biomimicry; Chicago; scripting

Committee / Advisors

Nnamdi Elleh, PhD (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Williamson, PhD (Committee Chair)

Pages

98p.

Document number: ucin1280778265
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