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Discrete Voss surfaces: Designing geodesic gridshells with planar cladding panels

Montagne, Nicolas Robin  
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Douthe, Cyril
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Tellier, Xavier
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May 30, 2022
Automation in Construction

The design and construction of doubly-curved structures often reveals to be challenging and can result in complex manufacturing and assembly. A recent strategy to tackle this difficulty consists in exploiting the connection between discrete differential geometry and constructive properties to identify curve networks with good fabrication or mechanical properties. Following this approach, a family of surfaces, called Voss surfaces, is here presented. Among other features, they can be built from flat panels, initially flat straight strips, and hinged connections. These properties arise from the existence of a conjugate network of geodesic curves. Two generation methods are presented to shape discrete Voss surfaces: the first allows their exploration through linear spaces; the second provides a unique solution by means of a direct computation. Applications of the generated shapes to architecture are presented. They illustrate the potential of discrete Voss surfaces for the design of doubly curved structures.

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DOI
10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104200
Author(s)
Montagne, Nicolas Robin  
Douthe, Cyril
Tellier, Xavier
Fivet, Corentin  
Baverel, Olivier
Date Issued

2022-05-30

Published in
Automation in Construction
Volume

140

Article Number

104200

Subjects

Voss surface

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Geodesic gridshell

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Architectural geometry

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Space exploration

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Chebyshev net

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REVIEWED

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