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Aleatory Construction Based on Jamming: Stability Through Self‐Confinement
Author(s) -
Murphy Kieran,
Roth Leah,
Peterman Dan,
Jaeger Heinrich
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2198
Subject(s) - rigidity (electromagnetism) , jamming , sustainability , architectural engineering , architectural design , computer science , sociology , engineering , architecture , physics , structural engineering , art , visual arts , ecology , biology , thermodynamics
The physical process of jamming could take architectural sustainability/recyclability to a whole new level. It involves achieving structural rigidity through the crowding of particles within a confined space, rather than by permanent bonding. Project Z‐Form, a collaboration between a team of physicists from the JaegerLab at the University of Chicago – including PhD students Kieran Murphy and Leah Roth and professor Heinrich Jaeger – and artist Dan Peterman , sets out to develop a pourable material that not only self‐supports but can also bear loads. Here they explain the project and the concepts behind it.