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Topological (Bio)Timber: An Algorithm and Data Approach to 3d Printing a Bioplastic and Wood Architecture

Macias, Diego
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491305462260965

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2017, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Topological (bio)Timber is a material research driven process for the advancement of wood as a building material using new technologies and social implications. The driving concept for the research will be the mixture of bioplastics with wood and its application towards a built structure. Topological optimization will be the process used for developing a structural form composed and optimized with the mixtures of the bioplastic and wood, (bio)Timber. Two case studies are considered for the application of topological (bio)timber. A children’s stool is tested for the practical application of the topological (bio)timber. An early childhood center shows how the theory of topological optimization and an environmentally friendly material can be used to enrich a space for children to learn and grow in. The practical application of Topological (bio)Timber was successful in the production of samples but difficulties arose in attempts to extrude for 3D printing and combine mixtures according to topological optimization data. The early childhood center’s design is fractured into elements and dealing with analysis on a point/voxel basis proves to be labor intensive and limiting to the designer. The use of data and algorithms is an emergent process in architecture and through material and digital research a construction material such as topological (bio)Timber is possible.
Christoph Klemmt, A.A. Dipl. (Committee Chair)
Elizabeth Riorden, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
67 p.
Architecture
Wood; Bioplastic; 3D Printing; Topological Optimization; Early Childhood; Structure

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  • Macias, D. (2017). Topological (Bio)Timber: An Algorithm and Data Approach to 3d Printing a Bioplastic and Wood Architecture [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491305462260965

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Macias, Diego. Topological (Bio)Timber: An Algorithm and Data Approach to 3d Printing a Bioplastic and Wood Architecture. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491305462260965.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Macias, Diego. "Topological (Bio)Timber: An Algorithm and Data Approach to 3d Printing a Bioplastic and Wood Architecture." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491305462260965

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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