eprintid: 10199440 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/94/40 datestamp: 2024-11-04 11:37:34 lastmod: 2024-11-04 11:39:19 status_changed: 2024-11-04 11:37:34 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Mao, Mengdi creators_name: Colletti, Marjan creators_name: Lee, Guan title: Towards New Materiality and Structures: Generating 3D topological interlocking assemblies from 2D Penrose tiling using interactive geometric software ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F36 keywords: Masonry Architecture, Topological Interlocking Assembly, Penrose Tiling, Mortarless Structure, Aperiodic Tiling, Double-curved Surface. note: This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: The term Topological Interlocking Assembly (TIA), proposed by A.V. Dyskin et al., refers to an assembly system whose internal elements are both translationally and rotationally locked. Such systems allow masonry construction to form stable assemblies more sustainably, relying not on mortar or special connectors but by the geometric arrangement of bespoke blocks. Prior studies in TIA focused mainly on platonic geometries, and a few have considered curved structures, derived primarily from regular 2D tessellations. In contrast to existing methods, this paper explored nonplatonic mortarless vaults with TIA generated from aperiodic Penrose tiling for both structural function and aperiodic aesthetic in architecture. The patterns formed by Penrose tiles, invented by Sir Roger Penrose in the 1970s, are aperiodic, i.e. they do not repeat regularly. This research used Rhino Grasshopper to enable real-time control and visualization of design parameters and variations in 2D tiles and 3D aggregation methods. Using geometric software as an interface enables architectural form-finding through material behavior and structural principles. The TIA approach considered is shown to offer ample design space for nonplatonic geometries and breaks masonry architecture’s dependence on conventional construction methods. This computer-aided design outcome allows us to formulate new understandings of materiality and structures. date: 2024-09-11 date_type: published publisher: eCAADe official_url: https://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/Show?ecaade2024_331 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2332356 lyricists_name: Mao, Mengdi lyricists_id: MMAOX57 actors_name: Mao, Mengdi actors_id: MMAOX57 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pres_type: paper series: Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe publication: Data-Driven Intelligence: Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe volume: 1 place_of_pub: Nicosia, Cyprus pagerange: 255-264 event_title: eCAADe 2024 event_location: University of Cyprus (Cyprus) event_dates: 11 Sep 2024 - 13 Sep 2024 book_title: Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe editors_name: Kontovourkis, Odysseas editors_name: Phocas, Marios C editors_name: Wurzer, Gabriel citation: Mao, Mengdi; Colletti, Marjan; Lee, Guan; (2024) Towards New Materiality and Structures: Generating 3D topological interlocking assemblies from 2D Penrose tiling using interactive geometric software. In: Kontovourkis, Odysseas and Phocas, Marios C and Wurzer, Gabriel, (eds.) Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. (pp. pp. 255-264). eCAADe: Nicosia, Cyprus. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199440/1/ecaade2024_331.pdf