Open source engineering and sustainability tools for the built environment

Conference paper (2013)

Authors

J.L. Coenders

Department

Structural Engineering () (TU Delft)

Sustainability Optimisation Finite element method Engineering Form finding Design tools BIM Digital design Open source software Parametric software

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Published Date

23-09-2013

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Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2013 BEYOND THE LIMITS OF MAN”, Wroclaw, Poland, 23-27 September 2013

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Department

Structural Engineering

Abstract

This paper presents two novel open source software developments for design and engineering in the built environment. The first development, called “sustainability-open” [1], aims on providing open source design, analysis and assessment software source code for (environmental) performance of buildings, structures and infrastructure. The aim of this project is to take away barriers that might exist to design and engineer buildings, structures and infrastructure in a sustainable manner and based on quantitative measures or metrics of (environmental) performance for a variety of design aspects. The second development, called “engineering-open” [2], aims on providing open source software source code for design, calculation, form finding, analysis and optimisation of structures. Both developments aim to take away restrictions that might exist for science and practice caused by the unavailability of open and insightful software source code to inspire further research, development and innovation in the architecture, engineering and construction industry for new software approaches and tools.

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