Photo © Ramboll
Ramboll Computational Design have recently used Karamba3d during the structural design of The Ongreening Pavilion, a demountable shell first assembled at Ecobuild 2014 in London. The structural approach involved form-finding 6mm straight timber laths into bending-active ‘elastica’ curves, laced with additional elements formed along surface geodesics.
Structural Analysis and Displacements © Ramboll
Photo / Structural Analysis and Displacements © Ramboll
Following an initial placement of the laths, manual adjustments were made based on feedback from Karamba3d. By using real-time analysis within Grasshopper, the team could improve the overall efficiency of the structure before committing to a final geometry. As well as the final design, Karamba3d helped establish the assembly order of the laths in order to minimise any temporary supports required during construction.
Plan © Ramboll
The project was presented at the 2014 Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) conference in London, September 18-19th.
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