Workshop #8 – COMPAS – A framework for computational research in architecture and structures

Workshop #8 – COMPAS – A framework for computational research in architecture and structures

Digital Fabrication in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry, requires the combination of various toolchains and software platforms, across the boundaries of multiple scientific (, socio-economic) and technological domains, into efficient pipelines for integrated computational development and project delivery. Over the past 6 years, the NCCR Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich has greatly invested in the development of COMPAS, a comprehensive open-source computational framework written in Python, that aims at streamlining these multi-disciplinary workflows and the integration of state-of-the-art tooling to simplify their adoption by architects, designers and researchers from within parametric design environments.

In this 1-day workshop, Tom Van Mele and Lotte (Aldinger) Scheder-Bieschin of Block Research Group and Gonzalo Casas of Gramazio Kohler Research will introduce participants to COMPAS by providing an overview of the functionality of the core framework, the extension packages, the UI system, and its relation to CAD software. Together with the participants they will then step-by-step explore an example application focused on the modelling, equilibrium analysis, and robotic fabrication of a discrete assembly.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Use the geometry kernel and core data structures of COMPAS.
  • Exchange data between different processes, plugins and tools.
  • Design a simple discrete element model, identify the interfaces between the blocks, and manage block interactions with a specialised data structure.
  • Calculate the required conditions for equilibrium.
  • Analyse and explain the kinematic structure of a robot model (Links, Joints, Joint Types, URDF description format).
  • Describe and discuss building blocks of robotics (forward and inverse kinematics, cartesian and kinematic planning, planning scene).
  • Apply building blocks of robotics to plan stereotypical assembly processes (e.g. brick laying) in a simulation context.

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Workshops overview Return

11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
University of Stuttgart, Campus City Centre
Social Sciences

Discussion of use cases for robust automation in manufacturing and AEC, comparison of different approaches to their empirical investigation, case comparison and deepening of conceptual understandings.

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11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
LCRL Waiblingen
Robotics

Extend the knowledge and introduce novel approaches of human-robot collaboration and workflow management with several humans and machines in the prefabrication environment.

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11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
LCRL Waiblingen
Interface architecture / informatics

Creation of 3D printed ceramic objects designed via manipulation of 3D pointclouds encoded as 2D images.

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11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
tba
Concrete design

Design of lightweight RC structures using material-biased optimization techniques and their practical implementation

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11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
tba
Carbon concrete structures

The workshop’s objective is to give an overview of an interdisciplinary process of inspiration for novel concrete structures reinforced with carbon (textiles).

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11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
LCRL Waiblingen
Manufacturing

In this workshop we aim to experimentally explore whether the deployment of mobile robots on building sites could be utilized for retrofitting, customized renovation, or repair by applying in situ extrusion 3D printing technology.

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11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
University of Stuttgart, Campus City Centre
CRC 1244 results about adaptive skins and structures.

The Conference „Adaptive Skins and Structures for the Built Environment of Tomorrow“ provides insights into the works of the Collaborative Research Centre 1244 with a focus on the world’s first adaptive high-rise building!

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11.10.2022 – 9:00 am to 06:00 pm,
University of Stuttgart, Campus City Centre
Machine Learning

The workshop’s objective is to find matching points between participants’ ongoing research, to explore ML methods that can solve integrative computational design and construction challenges, and to increase the synergy between students from different disciplines.

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