Institute of Architectural Algorithms & Applications 建筑运算与应用研究所 School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing
Digital Fabrication
“Linpan” Landscape Installation
“Linpan” Landscape Installation The name “Linpan” derives from the unique residential environment form of Western Sichuan plain, which was an organic integration of farmyard and surrounding trees, bamboos, rivers and cultivated land. “Linpan” is a landscape installation designed for the Nan-an-mei village. The flow of shape and the pattern of scattered light and shadow indicate the unique rural scenery— scattered […]
Landscape Gallery
Tangshan Mine Park Landscape Gallery This project is a landscape corridor connecting the city and the natural landscape, which is the main pedestrian entrance of the scenic area. The design pursues precise and meticulous Linear modeling, exploring the design method based on digital technology, strives for the precise combination of architectural design and structural design […]
Tree House
Tree House in Lian Huadang Location: Dingshu town, Yixing city Floor area: 104.64 square meters The Voronoi diagram is used in the skin design of this project to simulate the shape of branch growth. On the one hand, the position of each point in the point set of Voronoi diagram in the field will affect […]
Robotic Fabrication 2018
The robotic fabrication workshop (4th-year, undergraduate) explores the materialization processes as active participants in pavilion design based on computation and automation technologies. The two teams studied different material and developed bespoke fabrication processes. One team explored the Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) and the other developed a robotic prefabricated plywood system. Tutors: Hao Hua, Biao Li, Peng Tang Critics: Benjamin Dillenburger […]
Summer School
Computational Design & Fabrication Workshop School of Architecture Southeast University, Nanjing. Tutor: H. Hua, L.Li, B. Li, P. Tang, and B. Dillenburger Presented to: CC. Chen, B.Li and J. Xu Snowflake Schema Stole 3D Lamp 3D.ranches Concrete Cast Walk in the sky
Upsilon – Robotic Timber Construction
The Upsilon Pavilion presented the robotic technology of Southeast University at the 7th China International Robot Show (CIROS 2018), 4-7 July, 2018. The 5.8×5.8×3.7m Pavilion consists of 145 timber bars fabricated by a robotic milling system and 87 metal connectors cut by a laser cutter. Each connector joins three bars. The structure uses 0.56 cubic meter […]
mero – Robotic Timber Construction
The ‘mero’ pine sphere in ZDICP Nanjing is the first constructed instance among the mero class. Each member of the mero class is parameterized, furthermore, all components of any mero installation are geometrically unique. Thus, the mero pavilion is similar to natural organism within which the form is differentiated anywhere. Contrast to industrial uniform products, […]
Robotic Fabrication 2017
The undergraduate design studio is to build a pavilion at the cross of two pedestrian roads in the campus. To formalize design ideas, the students developed computational models that do not only encapsulate the design logics, but also incorporate the procedure for their digital fabrication. The twelve students, in four groups, created forms with Processing, […]
Taihu Stone Imagination
Taihu Stone Imagination The installation is built on the side of Taihu Lake at Yixing. The team developed a computer program to simulate the complex geometry of Taihu stones, which has been widely recognized as an essential symbol of Chinese traditional aesthetics. This design combines the Gyroid minimal surface and the meatball algorithm to create […]
Robotic Timber Construction
The Neuron project built a novel thin-shell structure with advanced methods of computational design & robotic fabrication. The wood pavilion, located in the campus at Nanjing University, spans about seven meters. The entire installation is made of 61 pieces of irregular plywood panels connected by their own “fingers”, without any nails or glue. The team […]
Digital Fabrication 2016
The 2016 workshop of Digital Fabrication consists of 11 students of fourth grade. They gain a new architectural perspective by exploring the potential of machine-induced design and materialization processes. The works are exhibited in the AAA (Architectural Algorithms & Applications) conference in Southeast University (2016.11.24 – 12.05). The course is very intensive since the students learn […]
CDDF 2015
运算化设计与数控建造 Computational Design & Digital Fabrication 指导教师：华好，李飚 助教：季云竹，郭梓峰 The 2015 workshop of Computational Design and Digital Fabrication (CDDF 2015) at the School of Architecture is directed by Hao Hua and Prof. Li Biao. The workshop consists of 12 students of fourth grade. They gain a new architectural perspective by exploring the potential of machine-induced […]
2.5D Print
Process: 1. Generate geometric data (Eclipse, Java). 2. Convert geometric data into G-code (Eclipse, Java). 3. Print with G-code. printer: FDM, delta robot. material: PLA. elapsed time: 1 hour per piece. print head run: 120m-150m per piece. height: 0.15m. topology: single closed curve per layer. by Hao Hua, Guo Zifeng November 2015 . .
Digital Chain
Digital tools innovate design methods. The undergraduate workshop ‘Digital Chain’ led by Prof. Li Biao and Hao Hua made the techniques of computer programming, computational geometry, and CNC fabrication accessible to the students. The workshop pursues a seamless digital chain covering form-finding, material research, tectonic design, and NC production. The essential course of design lies […]
High Resolution Fabrication
Southeast University Team: Li Ce（李策）, Yao Sheng（姚升）, Wu Mingxuan（伍铭萱）, Qiao Jiongchen（乔炯辰） ，Zhang Xinyi（张幸怡），Wang Junemay（王君美），Li Pingyuan（李平原） Tutor: Michael Hansmeyer Coordinator: Li Biao(李飚), Hua Hao(华好) Assistant:Wu Longjie (吴龙杰)，Wang Jusen（王居森）, Ji Yunzhu（季云竹） Time: Nov 2014-Jan 2015 The 8-week design studio explored the conception and design of architectural objects based on generative computational processes. It […]
Robotic Machining
Multiple axis robots have brought a lot of inspirations to free-form surface fabrication. One strategy assembles materials to construct complex structures, for instance, robotic 3D printing and robotic masonry. The other chooses material-removal process. For example, the TRI_V project of Lab.AAA cut polystyrene boards with hot wire to produce shell components. While the ‘Generative Surface Machining’ project […]
Tooling
The digital fabrication studio ‘Tooling’ seeks synergy between codes, design, materials and fabrication. The Processing IDE is employed as a tool for transforming inputs, developing designs and producing CNC data. We emphasize a digital chain from early-stage design to final production. Digital tooling does not only pursue precision and productivity but also motivates methodological innovations in […]
国际风情街 南京2014青奥工程
The real estate building will work for YOG (Nanjing 2014). Lab. AAA designed the facade of the building. Employed the principle of sucking datum from image pixels, all the detail of 5000 drawings (*.dwg files) may be generated within a short time. Year: 2014 国际风情街 南京青奥 Designer: Li Biao(李飚), Guo Zifeng(郭梓峰) [Cooperated with Jiangsu Generative Architectural Design Office CO., LTD] […]
Angle_X
The pavilion named “Angle_X” was one of the earliest works for Lab. AAA. It was generated by pure java program. Simple Genetic Algorithm was employed and more than 10 rules were set for optimizing the structure of the pavilion. Course: Generative Design and Digital Fabrication, School of Architecture, Southeast University Team Member: Xu Wen, […]
“Tri_V” – KUKA Architectural Fabrication
In this experiment, in designing and fabricating this “Tri_V”(Triangulated Vault) construction, we tested the way of architectural generative design and the process of the digital chain. The physique data was generated by program(Processing – Java), and then transformed to manufactural data according to rules, thus the machine code was acquired to run the KUKA robot […]
“Tri_C” – CNC Design & Construction
In this project, we need to design and build a piece of furniture based on the dimension of human figure. Our group intended to build a sofa and teapoy for students in our department. As we found that students tend to have different postures in their chairs at different levels of tiredness, we proposed to […]
Musical Column
“Musical Column” is an computational design exercise in the course “Generative Art and Digital Fabrication”, made up by multiple layers(1200 layers in total), completely generated in the computer and fabricated by the CNC machine. This column is generated from the datum which are sucked from a song. The datum from the song are analysed and […]
Surface Wall – 南京理工大学校庆雕塑墙
This surface wall was built for the 60th Anniversary of Nanjing University of Science and Technology in July 2013. It was designed completed in computer using Java. The principle of generating this wall is the superposition of waves. Multiple waves effect a surface which is made up by point array at the same time, then the superposition will get […]
