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2022 , Vol. 11 >Issue 3: 574 - 589

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2022.01.001

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Equilibrium as the common ground: Introducing embodied perception into structural design with graphic statics

  • Shuaizhong Wang , 1 ,
  • Toni Kotnik 2 ,
  • Joseph Schwartz 1 ,
  • Ting Cao 3
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  • 1. Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
  • 2. Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Espoo, 02150, Finland
  • 3. Department of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China

Received date: 07 Nov 2021

Revised date: 19 Dec 2021

Accepted date: 03 Jan 2022

Published date: 15 Jun 2022

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2022 2022 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Abstract

The analogy between the human body and architectural structures dates all the way back to ancient times and has significantly shaped the design of buildings and structures. The article examines the body’s historical influence on how structures are perceived and designed, demonstrating how the body shapes the “technical truth” dimension of structural design while oblivious to the importance of an “artistic truth” or perceptual dimension. This article aims to connect recent neuroscience findings and their implications for structural design through graphic statics and its design methods. Finally, this article proposes an equilibrium-based structural design approach for designing embodied structures based on graphic statics.

Key words： Structural design; Body; Equilibrium; Perception; Graphic statics; Neuroscience

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Shuaizhong Wang , Toni Kotnik , Joseph Schwartz , Ting Cao . Equilibrium as the common ground: Introducing embodied perception into structural design with graphic statics[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2022 , 11(3) : 574 -589 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2022.01.001

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