15: Integrative Design Methods for Spatial Winding - Duque Estrada et al

Authors
R. Duque Estrada, F. Kannenberg, H.J. Wagner, M. Yablonina, A. Menges

Abstract
A cooperative multi-robot system was developed to leverage the fibre’s potential to act as formwork and allows to create wound filament connections which reduce the necessary formwork to a bare minimum. The developed process results in a novel typology of lightweight fibrous space frame structures. This paper contextualizes the presented work and introduces design methods for the developed spatial filament winding process. Syntax logics and rules were informed by geometric dependencies and fabrication-driven constraints. Computational design tools were developed to simulate the interdependent material behaviour and structurally inform the created artefacts. The proposed strategies and fabrication system expand the design possibilities of lightweight fibre structures and demonstrate the potentials of tailoring the fibres in space.