Set over the Bow River in the mountain setting of Banff is a slender 113m long timber bridge both... more Set over the Bow River in the mountain setting of Banff is a slender 113m long timber bridge both serving pedestrian traffic and providing a sensitive sanitary crossing replacement. Its minimal form was designed to blend into the natural beauty of Canada's first national park.
Lucas Epp, born 1985, received his civil engineering degree from the Univ. of British Columbia. H... more Lucas Epp, born 1985, received his civil engineering degree from the Univ. of British Columbia. He worked for StructureCraft Builders prior to joining a prominent engineering consultancy in London.
In this paper we present a parametrically enabled design tool which provides a unified approach t... more In this paper we present a parametrically enabled design tool which provides a unified approach to the structural scheme design of floor plates. The tool created allows the evaluation of a design's performance in real time as different design parameters are varied, both increasing process efficiency and enabling a much more robust exploration of design space in the early stages of a project. An optimising process takes a given topology defined parametrically, and starting from a default beam size progressively iterates in near real-time towards a structure which satisfies both serviceability, dynamic, and ultimate limit state considerations. Significantly, real-time dynamic analysis enabled the evaluation of acceleration criteria at each iteration step and thus an accurate and transparent appraisal of the dynamic performance of the structure.
Set over the Bow River in the mountain setting of Banff is a slender 113m long timber bridge both... more Set over the Bow River in the mountain setting of Banff is a slender 113m long timber bridge both serving pedestrian traffic and providing a sensitive sanitary crossing replacement. Its minimal form was designed to blend into the natural beauty of Canada's first national park.
Lucas Epp, born 1985, received his civil engineering degree from the Univ. of British Columbia. H... more Lucas Epp, born 1985, received his civil engineering degree from the Univ. of British Columbia. He worked for StructureCraft Builders prior to joining a prominent engineering consultancy in London.
In this paper we present a parametrically enabled design tool which provides a unified approach t... more In this paper we present a parametrically enabled design tool which provides a unified approach to the structural scheme design of floor plates. The tool created allows the evaluation of a design's performance in real time as different design parameters are varied, both increasing process efficiency and enabling a much more robust exploration of design space in the early stages of a project. An optimising process takes a given topology defined parametrically, and starting from a default beam size progressively iterates in near real-time towards a structure which satisfies both serviceability, dynamic, and ultimate limit state considerations. Significantly, real-time dynamic analysis enabled the evaluation of acceleration criteria at each iteration step and thus an accurate and transparent appraisal of the dynamic performance of the structure.
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