Parametric design + historic building preservation

Hello,

Does anybody know any examples of practical use of parametric design in historic building preservation ? Any projects involving historic building where parametric design programs were used in any way ? Or maybe somebody has some suggestions how parametric design could be implemented in design related to historic buildings.

Regards,

Maciek

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Permalink Reply by nicholas ames on July 24, 2013 at 6:14pm

maciek,

i just found your post while investigating the same thing myself. i'm not sure if you've found anything on the topic, but i'd love to find out if you have.

nicholas

Permalink Reply by Sylvain Usai on July 24, 2013 at 6:25pm

Undrawable Architecture, Heritage Buildings and Digital Tectonic by Stylianos Dristas & Kang Shua Yeo in Architectural Design n° 222, march/april 2013 : Computation Works, the building of an algorithmic thought, Wiley Press.

Keywords:

Yueh Hai Chiung Temple, Heritage Buildings and Digital Tectonic research project, Singapore, University of Technology and Design (SUTD);

3-D production;
Jorge Luis Borges;
Ise Shrine in Japan;
Temple of Heaven in Beijing;
artisan craftwork;
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre;
precision measurement (3-D scanning);
digital restoration (3-D modelling);
reconstruction (3-D printing);
computer-aided design (CAD) applications;
Digital Michelangelo Project;
parametric design;
Sagrada Família cathedral;
Mark Burry;
Antoni Gaudí;
point cloud and mesh geometry information;
laser detection and ranging (LIDAR);
structured-light 3-D scanning technology.

Abstract
Traditionally architecture in Asia was not graphically represented or formalised, and relied on received knowledge being passed down from generation to generation. Stylianos Dritsas and Kang Shua Yeo describe the Heritage Buildings and Digital Tectonic research project they have been undertaking at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) , exploring the potential of a start-to-end digital design process for historical building conservation.

http://www.architectural-design-magazine.com/details/issue/4476261/...

The article is more about the influence of 3D scanning and printing on Asian historical building conservation (and difference of approach and status of historical building in western an eastern culture).

And of course, lots of Mark Burry's work on the Sagrada Familia !

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