ARC member firms have submitted the following project proposals for academic year 2024-2025. The ARC program will be matching students who have been nominated for an ARC Fellowship in Spring 2024. Questions can be directed to ARC Program Manager Teri Thomson Randall, terir@uw.edu.
Parametrically Designed Complex Formwork
Continuing Turner’s success with semi-standardized digitally fabricated formwork, this ARC topic will explore parametric workflows for designing complex concrete formwork parts. This project aims to further the results from the 2023-2024 ARC research, along with Turner’s Virtual Design and Construction Departments (VDC) modeling and fabrication experience on concrete formwork for the Seattle Aquarium’s Ocean Pavilion. The current modeling workflow uses semi-parametric scripts to design the formwork, but these scripts were tailored to unique concrete shapes.
Our future ARC research will build upon the existing workflow, with the goal of automating the process using parametric scripting applicable to any complex concrete shape. This will allow for the generation of formwork assemblies without the need to rework the scripting parameters. Currently the workflow uses Rhino 3d and Grasshopper software applications.
A potential additional scope of the research may be the integration of structural analysis to validate the structural integrity of the design.
The formwork design will be produced using CNC fabrication and physical structural testing may also be applied to validate strength assumptions within Turner’s digital fabrication shop and warehouse space.
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