TY - GEN
T1 - V-INCA Designing a smart geometric configuration for dry masonry wall
AU - Yenice, Yagmur
AU - Park, Daekwon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Soil is still used as a building material in many parts of the world, especially in rural areas. Approximately 30% of the world's population is still living in shelters made by soil (Berge 2009). One of the techniques is using soil in mudbrick form, which is sun dried instead of being fired in kilns. However, mud bricks have low compressive and tensile strength. Instead of enhancing the mix formula, we focus on designing the geometry of the brick itself to improve walls' overall compressive and tensile strength. The goal of the research is to explore an innovative way to build masonry walls through geometrical examination together with computer aided design. Unlike traditional horizontal laying of the rectangular brick elements, 3D designed blocks take advantage of gravity and foster an accelerated assembly without mortar. They create a balance point in the middle of the wall during the construction. The geometry of V-INCA blocks allows dry construction which will reduce the amount of time spent on the site. Load distribution and the friction between two surfaces are sufficient to have a dry construction. Thus, a wall built with V-INCA is stronger intrinsically due to its geometry.
AB - Soil is still used as a building material in many parts of the world, especially in rural areas. Approximately 30% of the world's population is still living in shelters made by soil (Berge 2009). One of the techniques is using soil in mudbrick form, which is sun dried instead of being fired in kilns. However, mud bricks have low compressive and tensile strength. Instead of enhancing the mix formula, we focus on designing the geometry of the brick itself to improve walls' overall compressive and tensile strength. The goal of the research is to explore an innovative way to build masonry walls through geometrical examination together with computer aided design. Unlike traditional horizontal laying of the rectangular brick elements, 3D designed blocks take advantage of gravity and foster an accelerated assembly without mortar. They create a balance point in the middle of the wall during the construction. The geometry of V-INCA blocks allows dry construction which will reduce the amount of time spent on the site. Load distribution and the friction between two surfaces are sufficient to have a dry construction. Thus, a wall built with V-INCA is stronger intrinsically due to its geometry.
KW - Dry masonry construction
KW - Inca masonry
KW - compressed earth blocks
KW - on-site material
KW - smart geometrical design
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U2 - 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_508
DO - 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_508
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85129455159
SN - 9789491207181
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 515
EP - 520
BT - Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio
A2 - Sousa, José Pedro
A2 - Henriques, Gonçalo Castro
A2 - Xavier, João Pedro
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 37th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe and 23rd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society Digital Graphics, eCAADe SIGraDi 2019
Y2 - 11 September 2019 through 13 September 2019
ER -