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Research

How to Make Things Lighter

Location Nanjing University, China
Status Student Workshop, Summer 2015

In the 10 day workshop from Alberto Pugnale and Sofia Colabella at the Nanjing University, karamba was implemented as a tool to develop the form and optimise the geometry of gridshells.

Material, structure and form are integrated in nature, because in her inventions, as Leonardo explains, nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. Birds’ eggs are an example of this kind. They are continuous thin shells, in which all the forces are transferred along the surface because of their specific form. They represent an efficient structural form. They are sustainable by nature. Steel or timber gridshells are the same thing, but transparent. Membrane action is preserved through a clear grid of beams, and the amount of material implied for construction is reduced. Contemporary gridshells are sustainable by design.

In both cases, double-curvature is the key. ‘Form-finding’ is the process to get it. This is the theoretical framework of “How to make things lighter”, a 10-day design studio upon parametric design, form-finding, optimisation, technology and fabrication of shells and gridshells, which will be delivered as a series of 1-day long workshops.

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karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group1_4  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group1_5

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group1_formfinding  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group1_bracingtech

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group1_structuralanalysis

Xu Wentao, Liu Chen, Tian Jinhua, Zheng Wei

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group2_3  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group2_2

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group2_4

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group2_technicalanalysis  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group2_formfinding

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group2_structuralanalysis

Chen Lingjie, Sun Yaxian, TanJian, Xu Yan

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group3_1  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group3_2

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group3_formfinding  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group3

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group3_structuralanalysis

Chen Xiuyuan, Xu Siheng, Wu Shengyi, Zhang Mingjie

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group4_formfinding  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group4_structuralanalysis

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group4_2  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group4_1

Wu Tingting, Peng Ruihan, Jiao Hongbin, Luo guojian, Han Shuyuan

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group5  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group5_2

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group5_formfinding  karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group5_technology

karamba3d-How-to-make-things-lighter-group5_structuralanalysis

Lian Yinghao, Zhang Cong, Yao Chenyang, Zhang Jin

 


 

Instructors: Dr. Alberto Pugnale & Dr Sofia Colabella, coordinated by Prof Tong Ziyu, and supported by the Dean Prof Ding Wowo

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