Information modeling: the EXPRESS way
Information modeling: the EXPRESS way
Concurrent computer-integrated building design
Concurrent computer-integrated building design
A level set method for structural topology optimization and its applications
Advances in Engineering Software
Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis
Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis
Constructing design representations using a sortal approach
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Combinatorial synthesis approach employing graph networks
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Spatial to kinematically determined structural transformations
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Determining the structural layout of orthogonal framed buildings
Computers and Structures
Component-oriented decomposition for multidisciplinary design optimization in building design
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Topological analysis of 3D building models using a spatial query language
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Optimum design of stayed columns with split-up cross arm
Advances in Engineering Software - Special issue on design optimization
Evolutionary computation and structural design: A survey of the state-of-the-art
Computers and Structures
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Shape: Talking about Seeing and Doing
Shape: Talking about Seeing and Doing
A practical generative design method
Computer-Aided Design
Advanced Engineering Informatics
General system architecture for BIM: An integrated approach for design and analysis
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Floor plan design using block algebra and constraint satisfaction
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Design Scenarios: Enabling transparent parametric design spaces
Advanced Engineering Informatics
An automated stabilisation method for spatial to structural design transformations
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Editorial: Advanced computing for the built environment
Advanced Engineering Informatics
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This paper presents the development of a virtual toolbox for the study of spatial-structural design processes. It will be able to transform a spatial design into a structural design. After structural optimisation, the structural design is interpreted as a spatial design. This spatial design is then modified to comply with the initial design requirements after which a new cycle starts. The transformation and optimisation processes within the toolbox can be altered, allowing automated design studies to be carried out. In this article, two processes for the structural optimisation are investigated to determine which is most suitable for specific conditions. These two processes are: (a) Topology Optimisation applied to complete structural systems for buildings; (b) Evolutionary Structural Optimisation for which only the first step is used. It can be concluded that: (a) although Topology Optimisation is formally more correct, One-Step Evolutionary Structural Optimisation will yield almost the same qualitative results, (b) quantitatively the methods cannot be compared exactly, however, it is likely that Topology Optimisation results in more efficient structures and (c) Topology Optimisation always leads to stable structures, whereas One-Step Evolutionary Structural Optimisation may yield a singular stiffness matrix, although this has no influence on the spatial design derived from the optimised structural design. It is intended to utilise the optimisation techniques in the virtual toolbox leading to design studies and to transcend additional transformation and optimisation processes in the virtual tool box via formal description. Fields of application are the academic study of spatial-structural design processes (i.e. design theory), the optimisation of all possible structural design types (i.e. design optimisation), and the generation of design instances (i.e. generative design).