All Outputs (6)

Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Heinrich, M. K., Zahadat, P., Harding, J., & Brandt, M. N. (2018, June). Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction. Paper presented at Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) 2018, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands

Self-organizing construction is an emerging subdomain for on-site construction robots. This not only presents new challenges for robotics, but due to the stochasticity involved in such systems, impacts the modeling and prediction of resulting built s... Read More about Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction.

The UWE research pavilion 2016 (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Harding, J., Hills, S., Brandt-Olsen, C., & Melville, S. (2017, September). The UWE research pavilion 2016. Paper presented at The IASS Annual Symposium 2017 “Interfaces: architecture.engineering.science”, Hamburg, Germany

This paper describes the design, fabrication and assembly of an elastic gridshell by staff and students at The University of The West of England (UWE) in collaboration with Format Engineers. Whilst timber lath gridshells are traditionally formed from... Read More about The UWE research pavilion 2016.

Evolving parametric models using genetic programming with artificial selection (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Harding, J. (2016, August). Evolving parametric models using genetic programming with artificial selection. Paper presented at 34th eCAADe Conference, 2016, Oulu, Finland

Evolutionary methods with artificial selection have been shown to be a useful computer-human technique for exploring wide design spaces with unknown goals. This paper investigates a similar approach in the evolution of visual programs currently used... Read More about Evolving parametric models using genetic programming with artificial selection.

Engineering Archilace (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Harding, J., Nielsen, K., Pearson, W., & Gmachl, M. (2015, August). Engineering Archilace. Paper presented at The International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Archilace is the name of a new construction technique for generating spatial structures originally developed by the artists Loop.pH. This paper introduces the original method and subsequent collaborative work between Loop.pH and Ramboll Computational... Read More about Engineering Archilace.

Calibrated modelling of form-active structures
Presentation / Conference
Melville, S., Brandt-Olsen, C., & Harding, J. Calibrated modelling of form-active structures. Paper presented at IABSE Conference, Bath 2017: Creativity and Collaboration - Report

The design and analysis of a bending active, thin timber shell structure using a self-written physics based structural analysis solver, K2Engineering.

Structural form finding using zero-length springs with dynamic mass
Presentation / Conference
Harding, J., & Shepherd, P. Structural form finding using zero-length springs with dynamic mass. Paper presented at 2011 IASS Annual Symposium: IABSE-IASS 2011: Taller, Longer, Lighter

This paper describes a new method for the form-finding of funicular structures in two or three dimensions using a zero-length spring system with dynamic nodal masses. The resulting found geometry consists of purely axial forces under self-weight, wit... Read More about Structural form finding using zero-length springs with dynamic mass.