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Computational design logics for bio-based design.

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen¹

¹CITA Centre for IT and Architecture, Royal Danish Academy, Architecture, Design and Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|October 3, 2022

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Computational design advances sustainability by enabling architects to engage with renewable, regenerative, and restorative bio-based materials. This approach bridges digital fabrication and living material systems for a sustainable future.

Area of Science:

Architecture and Material Science
Computational Design and Sustainability

Background:

The field of computational design offers key advancements for sustainable architecture.
There is a growing need to integrate renewable, regenerative, and restorative material systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore how computational design contributions can facilitate engagement with sustainable material systems.
To investigate the transferability of computational design methodologies to bio-based material paradigms.
To identify new instrumentation methods for bio-based materials.

Main Methods:

Conceptualizing an extended digital chain for material-scale fabrication in architecture.
Analyzing central contributions of computational design: advanced information modeling, functional grading, and integrated sensing.

Keywords:

Adaptive fabrication Architectural intelligence Bio design Computational design Functional grading Integrated sensing

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Extending these contributions to address the characteristics of bio-based materials.

Main Results:

Computational design provides steppingstones towards an age of sustainability.
Methodological innovations can be transferred from digital fabrication to bio-based material systems.
Advanced information modeling, functional grading, and integrated sensing offer new instrumentation for heterogeneous, behaving, and living bio-based materials.

Conclusions:

Computational design is pivotal for advancing sustainable architecture and material systems.
The integration of digital tools with bio-based materials opens new avenues for innovation.
Future architectural practices can leverage computational design for regenerative and restorative material applications.