Eduardo Costa's Outputs (9)

Physical structural assessment of a segmented concrete shell building floor prototype (2025)
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To reduce the significant environmental impact of the construction industry, building floors designed as concrete shells that work mainly in compression and that are segmented for prefabrication and disassembly offer a promising alternative to reinfo... Read More about Physical structural assessment of a segmented concrete shell building floor prototype.

SQUIRREL: Balancing design automation and user interaction in a computational tool for designing segmented concrete shells (2025)
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The Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN) project explored digital workflows from the design to the construction of reinforced concrete building floor elements, reducing carbon emissions and increasing efficiency of building processes. The resulti... Read More about SQUIRREL: Balancing design automation and user interaction in a computational tool for designing segmented concrete shells.

Computational design exploration of a segmented concrete shell building floor system (2023)
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The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK's carbon dioxide emissions and the use of an extremely large volume of concrete - the world's most widely used man-made material - accounts for more than 7% of global carbon dioxide e... Read More about Computational design exploration of a segmented concrete shell building floor system.

A prototype low-carbon segmented concrete shell building floor system (2023)
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Concrete shell structures offer a mechanically efficient solution as a building floor system to reduce the environmental impact of our buildings. Although the curved geometry of shells can be an obstacle to their fabrication and implementation, digit... Read More about A prototype low-carbon segmented concrete shell building floor system.

Enabling parametric design space exploration by non-designers (2020)
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In mass customization, software configurators enable novice end-users to design customized products and services according to their needs and preferences. However, traditional configurators hardly provide an engaging experience while avoiding the bur... Read More about Enabling parametric design space exploration by non-designers.

Comparing digital tools for implementing a generative system for the design of customized tableware (2019)
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In typical mass customization design processes, designers encode design processes into configurators that are subsequently used by end-users to customize products. Using the case study of ceramic tableware, we explore how to extend the role of design... Read More about Comparing digital tools for implementing a generative system for the design of customized tableware.

A review of additive manufacturing for ceramic production (2017)
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Purpose - In this paper, the authors aim to address the potential of mass personalization for ceramic tableware objects. They argue that additive manufacturing (AM) is the most adequate approach to the production of such objects. Design/methodology/a... Read More about A review of additive manufacturing for ceramic production.

Computational modelling and digital materialization of Alberti’s column system: a reflection on results obtained (2014)
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We hereby focus the study of the Albertian column system, as part of the Digital Alberti project, a research initiative that aims to shed some light on the influence of Alberti on Portuguese architecture. Starting from Alberti’s treatise on architect... Read More about Computational modelling and digital materialization of Alberti’s column system: a reflection on results obtained.

Generative modelling of an Albertian capital (2012)
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The main objective of the ongoing investigation described in this paper is to produce a Corinthian capital through generative modelling and digital prototyping, and according to Leon Battista Alberti's treatise on architecture, De re aedificatoria. T... Read More about Generative modelling of an Albertian capital.