Defining Architectural Typologies Through Structural Topologies and Machine Learning

许多建筑物在功能方面不是由正式的，而是由组织和结构类型定义的。特别是结构设计，在很大程度上决定了建筑的外部形式和内部布局。拓扑结构模型定义更全面的建筑类型学的潜力及其对新建筑和设计过程的影响，这些过程在建筑物的尺度到房间或建筑元素和组件的尺度上都起作用，但很少有人研究。然而，为了进行这项研究，必须克服建筑师和结构工程师之间的持续分歧。因此，研究提出了以下问题：整合结构和建筑设计过程是否可以描绘出由结构拓扑定义的新建筑类型，这些类型是否为建筑行业的社会和经济需求提供了有用的设计响应？这些新的建筑/结构模型在设计适应日益变化的建筑生命周期和用户需求的建筑时是否更有效？定义这些类型和拓扑的性能参数是什么？

Many buildings are in functional terms not defined by formal, but organisational and structural typologies. Especially structural design significantly determines both the external form and internal layout of a building. The potential of topological structural models to define more holistic architectural typologies and their implications for new construction and design processes that work across the scales of the building to that of the room or building element and component has been little researched. In order to undertake this research, however, a continuing divide between architects and structural engineers has to be overcome. Thus, the research asks: Can integrating a structural and architectural design process delineate new architectural building typologies that are defined by structural topologies, and do these provide useful design responses to social and economic needs in the building industry? Are these new architectural/structural models more effective when designing adaptable buildings required by increasingly changing building lifecycles and user demands? And, what are the performance parameters that define these typologies and topologies?