MSTS_BSERT_submitted_Design Approach for the Integration of Services in Buildings _Hassan.pdf (445.32 kB)
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posted on 2014-07-18, 09:19 authored by Farid Fouchal, Tarek HassanTarek Hassan, Dennis LovedayDennis LovedayThis 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.
Funding
The corresponding project (I3CON – Industrialised, integrated, intelligent construction) has been partially funded by the European Commission (EC) under its Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).
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