Combinatorial Methods: Redundancy in Design and Digital Fabrication

This paper outlines combinatorial methods in design which empower architects with systematic approaches for producing novel spatial and formal aggregations that allow for sustainable and practical approaches to fabrication and construction. Combinatorial design methodologies differ from parametric approaches in that they explore part to whole relationships, through additive repetition of discrete parts designed to share tectonic relationships in three-dimensional space. This paper outlines two case study projects that appropriate this methodology and describes the formal, material, and manufacturing possibilities of the approach.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AM.110.17

Volume Editors
Robert Gonzalez, Milton Curry & Monica Ponce de Leon

ISBN
978-1-944214-40-1