Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction

Mary Kathrine Heinrich; Payam Zahadat; John Harding; Mads Nikolaj Brandt; Emil Fabritius Buchwald; Leonardo Castaman; Kit Wai Chan; Malte  Harrig; Stian Vestly Holte; Lynn Kieffer; Jonas  Jørgensen; Chao-Yuan Liang; Erik Lima Skjæveland; Sofie Lund Michaelsen; Viktoria  Millentrup; Søren Mørk Petersen; Martin Petrov; Enrico Pontello; Fabian Puller; Gabriella Rossi; Johanne Marie Skalle; Sofia  Stylianou; Alma Bangsgaard Svendsen; James Walker; Paul Nicholas; Phil Ayres

Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction

Mary Kathrine Heinrich
, Payam Zahadat
, John Harding
, Mads Nikolaj Brandt
, Emil Fabritius Buchwald
, Leonardo Castaman
, Kit Wai Chan
, Malte Harrig
, Stian Vestly Holte
, Lynn Kieffer
, Jonas Jørgensen
, Chao-Yuan Liang
, Erik Lima Skjæveland
, Sofie Lund Michaelsen
, Viktoria Millentrup
, Søren Mørk Petersen
, Martin Petrov
, Enrico Pontello
, Fabian Puller
, Gabriella Rossi

Johanne Marie Skalle, Sofia Stylianou, Alma Bangsgaard Svendsen, James Walker, Paul Nicholas, Phil Ayres

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Abstract

Self-organizing construction is an emerging subdomain for on-site construction robots. This not only presents new challenges for robotics, but due to the stochasticity involved in such systems, impacts the modeling and prediction of resulting built structures. Self-organizing models have been explored by architects for generative design and for optimization, but so far have infrequently been studied in the context of construction. Here we present a strategy for architects to design with non-deterministic self-organizing behaviors, using interactive evolution to incorporate user judgment. We introduce our “Integrated Growth Projection” method, having implemented it into a software pipeline for early phase design. We test the software with an initial user group of architects, to see whether the method and pipeline helps them design a non-deterministic self-organizing behavior. The user group creates several hybrid controllers that reliably solve their chosen design tasks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
Number of pages	8
Place of Publication	San Diego, CA, USA
Publisher	Society for Computer Simulation International
Publication date	2018
Pages	158 - 165
Article number	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510863156
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	Simulation for Architecture & Urban Design - TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands Duration: 5 Jun 2018 → 7 Jun 2018 Conference number: 6 https://www.simaud.org/2018/

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Conference	Simulation for Architecture & Urban Design
Number	6
Location	TU Delft
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Delft
Period	05/06/2018 → 07/06/2018
Internet address	https://www.simaud.org/2018/

Keywords

Swarm construction
Self-organisation
Interactive evolution
Artificial Selection
Artificial Growth

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Heinrich, M. K., Zahadat, P., Harding, J., Brandt, M. N., Buchwald, E. F., Castaman, L., Chan, K. W., Harrig, M., Holte, S. V., Kieffer, L., Jørgensen, J., Liang, C.-Y., Skjæveland, E. L., Michaelsen, S. L., Millentrup, V., Petersen, S. M., Petrov, M., Pontello, E., Puller, F., ... Ayres, P. (2018). Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (pp. 158 - 165). Article 21 Society for Computer Simulation International.

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Heinrich, MK, Zahadat, P, Harding, J, Brandt, MN, Buchwald, EF, Castaman, L, Chan, KW, Harrig, M, Holte, SV, Kieffer, L, Jørgensen, J, Liang, C-Y, Skjæveland, EL, Michaelsen, SL, Millentrup, V, Petersen, SM, Petrov, M, Pontello, E, Puller, F, Rossi, G, Skalle, JM, Stylianou, S, Svendsen, AB, Walker, J, Nicholas, P & Ayres, P 2018, Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction. in Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design., 21, Society for Computer Simulation International, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 158 - 165, Simulation for Architecture & Urban Design, Delft, Netherlands, 05/06/2018.

Using interactive evolution to design behaviors for non-deterministic self-organized construction. / Heinrich, Mary Kathrine; Zahadat, Payam; Harding, John et al.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design. San Diego, CA, USA: Society for Computer Simulation International, 2018. p. 158 - 165 21.

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