Design approach for the integration of services in buildings
Farid Fouchal
Tarek Hassan
Dennis Loveday
2134/15241
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Design_approach_for_the_integration_of_services_in_buildings/9443714
This paper describes a novel methodology to group building services (BSs) into a single trunking
system at minimal proximal distances between them. The study focused on solving the geometrical
complexity encountered in conventional arrangements of BSs, while taking into account thermophysical
and electromagnetic interactions between services together with building regulations. The
potential solution for delivery and distribution of BSs in any number of directions is an ‟onion
layers„ type of design, using novel mathematical manipulations based on manifolds of spherical and
cylindrical geometries joined using Bezier surfaces. Computer Aided Design iterations were
undertaken for channelling six BSs into a single unit including water, air, electricity and data. It
consists of concentric cylindrical-spherical shells superimposed at few millimetres gaps (channels)
for which physical prototypes were produced.
2014-07-18 09:19:56
Building services
Computer-aided design
Additive layer manufacturing
Manifolds
Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified