Design system

Design system

Customizing Mass Housing: Toward a Formalized Approach

Published in Branko Kolarevic, José Pinto Duarte, Mass Customization and Design Democratization, 2018

The design system is composed of four subsystems (figure 11.3): (a1) a formulation subsystem that can read and interpret the design context (the user profile and the surrounding physical and social context) and generate design specifications, which means mapping features of the context to features of the design; (a2) a generative subsystem that can yield design solutions (shape configurations and material characteristics) according to a predefined system of rules that define a space of design solutions; (a3) an evaluation subsystem that can compare the performance and adequacy of different design alternatives; and (a4) a search subsystem that can browse the space of design solutions and find the best solutions, that is, the ones that most closely satisfy the client’s requirements and have better performance.

Material and structural design based on biological information using optimized stress distribution

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Published in Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 2018

Tetsuo Oya, Satsuki Tsunenari, Hayahide Nagase

On the other hand, recent engineering materials or structures exploit heterogeneity, anisotropy and hierarchy that are features creatures originally possess. Analyzing these features in biological solids may give us some useful knowledge for engineering design. Therefore, in this study, a material design system based on mechanical characteristics in biological solids is constructed, and some designing demonstrations are conducted to validate usability of the system.

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