Computational Design

Research being undertaken by RCD group.

2013/04/22 By rcd

RCD talk at Building Envelopes Asia

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Duncan Horswill and Mark Pniewski represented Ramboll Computational Design at the 4th Annual Building Envelopes Asia conference in Singapore on the 17th and 18th April. The conference is in its fourth year and brings together 25 world class speakers to discuss cost efficient design as well as engineering and material technologies for high performance building

2013/02/27 By rcd

Searching for Innovation and Elegance in Complex Forms paper presented at Prototyping Architecture 2013

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Harri Lewis and Stephen Melville of the Ramboll Computational Design team presented their paper ‘ TRADA Pavilion – Searching for Innovation and Elegance in Complex Forms Supported by Physical and Software Prototyping’ (authors Harri Lewis, Stephen Melville and John Harding) at the the Prototyping Architecture conference at the Building Centre, London. An e-book of the conference

2012/07/04 By rcd

EngD Research – Optimising the design process

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Title: Optimising design process through an integrated approach to parametric modelling and computational methods. Paper here      

2012/07/04 By rcd

Paper – Associative spatial networks in architectural design

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Harding, J. and Derix, C., 2011. Associative spatial networks in architectural design: Artificial cognition of space using neural networks with spectral graph theory. In: Design Computing and Cognition ’10. New York: Springer Science and Business Media, pp. 305-323. Paper here:    

2012/07/04 By rcd

Paper – Structural form finding using zero-length springs with dynamic mass

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Paper here:

2012/07/04 By rcd

Real time engineering feedback during conceptual design

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With input from several Architectural practices in Denmark we are currently working on an application which models and evaluates alternative commercial tower typologies in real-time, giving instant performance feedback during the early design stages where the most important decisions are made but also when the least amount of time is available. Evaluation criteria include solar