Modelling Alberti’s Column System Generative modelling and digital fabrication of classical architectural elements

Eduardo Castro E Costa, Filipe Coutinho, José Pinto Duarte, Mário Krüger

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Abstract

The research presented further is part of the Digital Alberti research project, which aims to assess the influence of Leon Batista Alberti’s theory on Portuguese architecture, through the use of digital technologies. One of the project tasks implied computational and physical modelling of Alberti’s column system. Development of the computational model implied decoding Alberti’s treatise on architecture De re aedificatoria into a consistent set of parameters and relationships, and then implementing these into generative parametric computer programs through visual programming language Grasshopper. This computational model is able to automatically generate physical models of classical columns according to Alberti’s canons. These digital models were then materialized through production of physical models, through rapid prototyping and digital fabrication technologies. Special attention is given to the CNC stone milling of a Corinthian capital.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDigital Physicality
EditorsHenri Achten, Jirí Pavlicek, Jaroslav Hulín, Dana Matejovská
PublisherEducation and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Pages469-477
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9789491207037
StatePublished - 2012
Event30th International Conference on Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2012 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: Sep 12 2012Sep 14 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
Volume2
ISSN (Print)2684-1843

Conference

Conference30th International Conference on Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2012
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period9/12/129/14/12

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Education
  • Architecture

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