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The Free Form Design (FFD) in steel structural architecture – aesthetic values and reliability
Author(s) -
Majowiecki Massimo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
steel construction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1867-0539
pISSN - 1867-0520
DOI - 10.1002/stco.200890003
Subject(s) - architecture , reliability (semiconductor) , originality , imitation , computer science , function (biology) , architectural engineering , value (mathematics) , sustainability , process (computing) , systems engineering , construction engineering , engineering , reliability engineering , engineering drawing , creativity , machine learning , art , social psychology , psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , political science , law , visual arts , biology , operating system , ecology
Today, the influence of powerful surface and solid geometrical modelling algorithms allows an unprecedented morphology freedom (FFD) that hardly anybody could have imagined in the world of architectural conceptual design. The FFD's fast dissemination and the associated applications: the Free Form Buildings (FFB), some of them representative of a new trend in the current history of architecture, has brought an “innovation concern” into the traditional design methodology of structural engineering, generating process uncertainties in reliability assessment in general and structural safety warnings in particular. On the other hand, imitation and originality at any cost, achievable thanks to FFD's user‐friendly facilities, lead to ethical problems of sustainability in the technical, cultural and economics fields. FAST (Function Analysis System Technique) may help to obtain the best value index design solution.