Download or read book Design to Manufacture of Complex Building Envelopes written by Alamir Mohsen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses a new method for the design and engineering of complex façades. Based on the file-to-factory concept, the method combines parametric design approaches and additive manufacturing. Parametric design and additive manufacturing are both growing trends that open up new possibilities. Parametric design approaches change how planners / designers perceive building details. Further, new engineering concepts are needed to cope with the increasing complexity of architectural geometries due to the rapid developments in areas such as façade systems, modeling software and digital manufacturing techniques.