?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=From+Generic+to+Specific%3A+Prototyping+a+Computational+Growth+Mode&rft.creator=Jonas%2C+K&rft.creator=Kobayashi%2C+P&rft.creator=Shepherd%2C+P&rft.description=This+paperpresentsa+design+methodology+that+allows+non-orthogonal+surfaces+to+be+designed+using+a+constrained+library+of+discrete%2C+tessellating+parts.+The+methodenables+the+designer+both+to+produce+%E2%80%98approximations%E2%80%99+of+freeform+designs+in+a+top-down+manner+or+to+generate+%E2%80%98candidate%E2%80%99+designs+in+a+bottom-up+process.+It+addresses+the+challenge+in+the+field+of+design+engineering+to+generate+architectural+surfaces+which+are+complex%2C+yet+simple+and+economical+to+construct.+The+method+is+introduced+and+the+application+to+aspecific+material%2C+concrete%2Cand+the+material+product+BubbleDeck%2Cis+described+through+a+prospective+case+study%2C+a+roof+structure+in+the+outskirts+of+Mexico+City.+This+paper+records+the+first+steps+in+which+the+design+methodology+was+verified+through+real+world+prototyping.&rft.publisher=Universit%C3%A4t+der+K%C3%BCnste+Berlin&rft.contributor=Gengnagel%2C+C&rft.contributor=Kilian%2C+A&rft.contributor=Nembrini%2C+J&rft.contributor=Scheurer%2C+F&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=4th+Design+Modelling+Symposium+Berlin+%E2%80%9CRethinking+Prototyping%E2%80%9D&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Gengnagel%2C+C+and+Kilian%2C+A+and+Nembrini%2C+J+and+Scheurer%2C+F%2C+(eds.)+Rethinking+Prototyping%3A+Proceedings+of+the+4th+Design+Modelling+Symposium+Berlin.++++Universit%C3%A4t+der+K%C3%BCnste+Berlin%3A+Berlin%2C+Germany.+(2013)+++++&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1471332%2F