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SUMMARY:Exploring the Topology of Patterns. - Robin Oval\, Engineering Dep
 University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Dr Maria Marques de Carvalho
DESCRIPTION:Shell-like structures allow to elegantly and efficiently span 
 large areas. Quad meshes are natural objects to represent their surface\, 
 which can also serve for mapping other patterns. Patterns for these shells
 \, vaults\, gridshells or nets can represent the materialised structure\, 
 the force equilibrium or the surface map. The topology of these patterns c
 onstrains their qualitative and quantitative modelling freedom for geometr
 ical exploration. Unless topological exploration is enabled.\n\nParametric
  design supporting exploration and optimisation of the geometry of structu
 res is spreading across our community of designers and builders. Unfortuna
 tely\, topological design is lagging\, despite some optimisation-oriented 
 strategies for specific design objectives.\n\nStrategies\, algorithms and 
 tools for topological exploration are necessary to tackle the multiple obj
 ectives in architecture\, engineering and construction for the design of s
 tructures at the architectural scale. The task of structural design is ric
 h and complex\, calling for interactive algorithms oriented towards co-des
 ign between the human and the machine. Such an approach should be compleme
 ntary and empowered with existing methods for geometrical exploration and 
 topology optimisation.\n\nThe present work introduces topology finding for
  efficient search across the topological design space. This research build
 s on three encoding strategies for topology finding of singularities in qu
 ad-mesh patterns: an intuitive geometry encoding\, a direct graph encoding
  and a generic string encoding.\n\nThis doctoral research is a collaborati
 on between the Laboratorie Navier at l'École des Ponts ParisTech and the 
 Block Research Group at ETH Zurich.
LOCATION:Conference Room\, Civil Engineering Building\, JJ Thomson Avenue 
 7a.
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