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_id	cf2011_p035
id	cf2011_p035
authors	Langenhan, Christoph; Weber Markus, Petzold Frank, Liwicki Marcus, Dengel Andreas
year	2011
title	Sketch-based Methods for Researching Building Layouts through the Semantic Fingerprint of Architecture
source	Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2011 [Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 9782874561429] Liege (Belgium) 4-8 July 2011, pp. 85-102.
summary	The paper focuses on the early stages of the design process where the architect needs assistance in finding reference projects and describes different aspects of a concept for retrieving previous design solutions with similar layout characteristics. Such references are typically used to see how others have solved a similar architectural problem or simply for inspiration. Current electronic search methods use textual information rather than graphical information. The configuration of space and the relations between rooms are hard to represent using keywords, in fact transforming these spatial configurations into verbally expressed typologies tends to result in unclear and often imprecise descriptions of architecture. Nowadays, modern IT-technologies lead to fundamental changes during the process of designing buildings. Digital representations of architecture require suitable approaches to the storage, indexing and management of information as well as adequate retrieval methods. Traditionally planning information is represented in the form of floor plans, elevations, sections and textual descriptions. State of the art digital representations include renderings, computer aided design (CAD) and semantic information like Building Information Modelling (BIM) including 2D and 3D file formats such as Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) (IAI, 2010). In the paper, we examine the development of IT-technologies in the area of case-based reasoning (Richter et al., 2007) to provide a sketch-based submission and retrieval system for publishing and researching building layouts including their manipulation and subsequent use. The user interface focuses on specifying space and their relations by drawing them. This query style supports the spatial thinking approach that architects use, who often have a visual representation in mind without being able to provide an accurate description of the spatial configuration. The semantic fingerprint proposed by (Langenhan, 2008) is a description and query language for creating an index of floor plans to store meta-data about architecture, which can be used as signature for retrieving reference projects. The functional spaces, such as living room or kitchen and the relation among on another, are used to create a fingerprint. Furthermore, we propose a visual sketch-based interface (Weber et al., 2010) based on the Touch&Write paradigm (Liwicki et al., 2010) for the submission and the retrieval phase. During the submission process the architect is sketching the space-boundaries, space relations and functional coherence's. Using state of the art document analysis techniques, the architects are supported offering an automatic detection of room boundaries and their physical relations. During the retrieval the application will interpret the sketches of the architect and find reference projects based on a similarity based search utilizing the semantic fingerprint. By recommending reference projects, architects will be able to reuse collective experience which match the current requirements. The way of performing a search using a sketch as a query is a new way of thinking and working. The retrieval of 3D models based on a sketched shape are already realized in several domains. We already propose a step further, using the semantics of a spatial configuration. Observing the design process of buildings reveals that the initial design phase serves as the foundation for the quality of the later outcome. The sketch-based approach to access valuable information using the semantic fingerprint enables the user to digitally capture knowledge about architecture, to recover and reuse it in common-sense. Furthermore, automatically analysed fingerprints can put forward both commonly used as well as best practice projects. It will be possible to rate architecture according to the fingerprint of a building.
keywords	new media, case-based reasoning, ontology, semantic building design, sketch-based, knowledge management
series	CAAD Futures
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_id	acadia10_125
id	acadia10_125
authors	Andersen, Paul; Salomon, David
year	2010
title	The Pattern That Connects
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2010.125
source	ACADIA 10: LIFE in:formation, On Responsive Information and Variations in Architecture [Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-4507-3471-4] New York 21-24 October, 2010), pp. 125-132
summary	While patterns have a spotty history in architecture, their definitions and uses in other fields offer new possibilities for design. This paper examines those definitions and uses—including theories put forward by architectural theorist, Christopher Alexander; art educator, Gyorgy Kepes; chemist, Ilya Prigogine; and anthropologist, Gregory Bateson. Of particular interest is the shift from eternal, essential, universal, and fundamental patterns to fleeting, superficial, specific, and incidental versions. While endemic to many contemporary architectural practices, this multifaceted view of patterns was anticipated by Bateson, who saw them as agents of evolution and learning. His desire to combine redundancy and noise offers architects new ways to understand patterns and use them to link form and information, matter and thought.
keywords	pattern, Bateson, evolution, noise, redundancy, feedback
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	sigradi2010_47
id	sigradi2010_47
authors	Angulo, Antonieta; Mounayar Michel
year	2010
title	Virtual Sets: A Mixed Reality Application for an Old Practice
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 47-50
summary	This paper chronicles the implementation of state - of - the - art virtual set technology through the teaching of an independent study course at Ball State University. The paper describes the use of independent study formats as a means to initiate teaching of emergent media that does not fit neatly into specific academic silos. In addition to its learning potential this technology offers a new practice area for architects and designers that have an understanding of communication studies and space design at the crossroads of imagination. The creative realm for new emergent media and markets requires new teaching formats, opportunities and challenges for future implementation.
keywords	virtual sets, design communications, 3D modeling, design, mixed reality
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2010_169
id	sigradi2010_169
authors	Fragoso, Maria Luiza
year	2010
title	Arte, Design e Tecnologia_instalações multimídia interativas [Art, Design and Technology: interactive multimedia installations]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 169-172
summary	With the advent of digital technology, several transformations occurred in contemporary art, such as the refusal of established structures to pragmatically use colors, forms, perspective and/or materials, as well as causing renewed references to local, regional, or singular cultures. In this context, design and artistic research migrates to new experimentation with the sensitive, intelligent, perceptive elements found within technological realms. In our research, artistic multimedia interactive installations conceal contemporary concepts and explore computer technology. We believe that this field of research is a powerful resource to develop dialogues between different cultures and promote social and technological inclusiveness.
keywords	art; design; technology; multimedia interactive installations; culture
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2010_407
id	sigradi2010_407
authors	Franco, Lizarazo Fernando Enrique; Aguirre Ramos Javier Adolfo
year	2010
title	Distancias: instalación interactiva en el espacio público basada en el uso de dispositivos móviles [Distances: interactive installation in public space, using mobile devices]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 407-410
summary	The purpose of this paper is to present the results of research conducted at the ICESI University in Colombia, which was aimed at designing a method of collaborative interaction between individuals in public spaces using mobile devices to express themselves, encounter others, and reflect on public spaces. The result is the design of a prototype—an interactive installation that projects the information sent from cell phones via Bluetooth and text messaging. This content can be transformed by users through a distance sensor.
keywords	interactive; public space; collaborative; mobile devices; art
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2012_167
id	sigradi2012_167
authors	Gutiérrez, Nicolás Sáez
year	2012
title	Ejercicio de arte fotográfico. Reconstrucción de una vivencia espacial a través de una percepción inmersiva de la imagen (Fotografía) - escena (Arquitectura) [A photographic art exercise. Reconstruction of a spatial experience through an immersive perception of image (photography) - scene (architecture)]
source	SIGraDi 2012 [Proceedings of the 16th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Brasil - Fortaleza 13-16 November 2012, pp. 373-377
summary	This work constitutes one of the main lines of visual exploration derived from the photographic work done by the author. As an architect that makes and investigates photography, his exercises of art study the translations from visual perception of architectonic space to its photographic simulation, work that so far has only been done and exhibited in large format. The work here presented is based on projects undertaken from 2007 to 2010 and mainly elaborates on a recent project to be soon exhibited in Concepción between January and March 2013.
keywords	Fotografía de autor; percepción visual; inmersión virtual; espacio de exhibición; realidad aumentada
series	SIGRADI
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_id	ascaad2010_249
id	ascaad2010_249
authors	Hawker, Ronald; Dina Elkady and Thomas Tucker.
year	2010
title	Not Just Another Pretty Face
source	CAAD - Cities - Sustainability [5th International Conference Proceedings of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2010 / ISBN 978-1-907349-02-7], Fez (Morocco), 19-21 October 2010, pp. 249-260
summary	Digital Heritage has gained popularity recently as means of dynamically representing and reconstructing historic buildings and cityscapes. Simultaneously this new medium of visualization affords another approach to examine human-virtual environment interaction and offers possibilities of exploiting virtual environments as educational tools. At Zayed University, a federal university primarily for women citizens of the United Arab Emirates, we have integrated student-faculty research and documented and reconstructed a number of historical buildings within the curriculum of the Department of Art and Design. We have further collaborated with the animation program at Winston Salem State University in North Carolina, utilizing the motion capture laboratory at the Center of Design Innovation to literally breathe life into these reconstructions. The primary idea is to contribute to the ongoing documentation of the country’s heritage through creating “responsive virtual heritage environments” where the spectator is actively engaged in exploring the digital space and gain certain degrees of control over the course and scheme of the dynamic experience. The process begins by introducing students to utilize the diverse capabilities of CAD and three dimensional computer applications and intertwine the technical skills they acquire to construct virtual computer models of indigenous built environments. The workflow between the different applications is crucial to stimulate students’ problem solving abilities and tame the application tools, specifically when constructing complex objects and structural details. In addition the spatial and temporal specificity different computer applications afford has proven useful in highlighting and analyzing the buildings’ function within the extreme climate of the country and their role in the political-economy, particularly in visualizing the ephemeral qualities of the architecture as they relate to passive cooling and the inter-relationships between built and natural environments. Light and time settings clarify shadow casting and explain the placement and orientation of buildings. Particle simulations demonstrate the harnessing of wind and rain both urban and rural settings. The quantitative data accumulated and charted through CAD and VR programs and geo-browsers can be integrated with qualitative data to create a more holistic analytical framework for understanding the complex nature of past settlement patterns. In addition, the dynamic nature of this integration creates a powerful educational tool. This paper reviews this ongoing research project with examples of reconstructions completed across the country, demonstrating analytical and educational possibilities through the integration of CAD programs with a range of other statistical, geographic, and visualization software.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2011/03/01 07:36

_id	acadia11_372
id	acadia11_372
authors	James, Anne; Nagasaka, Dai
year	2011
title	Integrative Design Strategies for Multimedia in Architecture
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2011.372
source	ACADIA 11: Integration through Computation [Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)] [ISBN 978-1-6136-4595-6] Banff (Alberta) 13-16 October, 2011, pp. 372-379
summary	Multidisciplinary efforts that have shaped the current integration of multimedia into architectural spaces have primarily been conducted by collaborative efforts among art, engineering, interaction design, informatics and software programming. These collaborations have focused on the complexities of designing for applications of multimedia in specific real world contexts. Outside a small but growing number of researchers and practitioners, architects have been largely absent from these efforts. This has resulted in projects that deal primarily with developing technologies augmenting existing architectural environments. (Greenfield and Shepard 2007)This paper examines the potential of multimedia and architecture integration to create new possibilities for architectural space. Established practices of constructing architecture suggest creating space by conventional architectural means. On the other hand, multimedia influences and their effect on the tectonics, topos and typos (Frampton 2001) of an architectural space (‘multimedia effects matrix’) suggest new modes of shaping space. It is proposed that correlations exist between those two that could inform unified design strategies. Case study analyses were conducted examining five works of interactive spaces and multimedia installation artworks, selected from an initial larger study of 25 works. Each case study investigated the means of shaping space employed, according to both conventional architectural practices and the principles of multimedia influence (in reference to the ‘multimedia effects matrix’) (James and Nagasaka 2010, 278-285). Findings from the case studies suggest strong correlations between the two approaches to spatial construction. To indicate these correlations, this paper presents five speculative integrative design strategies derived from the case studies, intended to inform future architectural design practice.
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	sigradi2010_366
id	sigradi2010_366
authors	Payssé, Álvarez Marcelo; Latorre Andrés Pedro M; Serón Arbeloa Francisco
year	2010
title	Reconstrucción virtual de la Calera de las Huérfanas [Virtual reconstruction of La Calera de las Huérfanas]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 366-369
summary	The composition of multiple layers of digital information into a real - world scene in real time (known as augmented reality or AR) opens the door to an immense range of possibilities in almost every field of human activity from medicine to art, engineering to education. Our project aims to present the general public with the history and details of an archaeological site: The Estancia Jesuítica de Belén, also known as the Calera de las Huérfanas in Colonia, Uruguay, as it was around the year 1790.
keywords	virtual reconstruction; digital heritage; immersive environments
series	SIGRADI
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_id	lasg_sibyl_2012_fulltext
id	lasg_sibyl_2012_fulltext
authors	Philip Beesley
year	2012
title	Sibyl; Projects 2010 - 2012
source	Sibyl; Projects 2010 - 2012 [ISBN 978-1-926724-17-1] Riverside Architectural Press: Toronto, Canada 2012.
summary	This book is published to accompany the Hylozoic Series: Sibyl installation at the 18th Biennale of Sydney, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia, 2012.
keywords	hylozoism, hylozoic veil, sargasso, cloud brocade, protocell field, embedded intelligence, artificial intelligence, the leonardo, nuit blanche, Biennale of Sydney, Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Philip Beesley, Living Architecture Systems Group
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_id	sigradi2010_181
id	sigradi2010_181
authors	Ribeiro, Cardoso Daniel; Gadelha Maia Hortênsia; Quezado Costa Lima Mariana; Maciel Miranda
year	2010
title	Pensar dispositivo: a emergência de novas formas na arquitetura [Thinking device: the emergence of new forms in architecture]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 181-184
summary	The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the emergence of new forms, on the possibility of the new. We propose a reflection on the poetics of disruption, like creating strategies to break from the predictable, and we analyze devices adopted in art, media art and architecture. We understand a device as the set of practices that trace imbalanced processes that may create the new. Thus, by broaching the creative process, one must realize that thinking devices already represent a notable strategy of the arts, and that such devices, engendered by new media, are gradually incorporated by contemporary architects.
keywords	device; art; architecture; new media; crisis
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2010_150
id	sigradi2010_150
authors	Ribeiro, Clarissa; La Rocca Renata; Lautenschlaeger Graziele
year	2010
title	Instants of Metamorphosis: An Interactive Video Installation
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 150-152
summary	Instants of Metamorphosis 01 is an interactive video installation that is the first emergence of a process - based collective work by the Double Collective. Using a methodology - based on systemic measures of complexity and organization, the work is being documented and analyzed by focusing on the connections, the dialogue between the elements, and the emergences. The methodological parameters contribute to the conceiving and designing of the installation in a performative and process - based collective way, focusing the role of the audience in mixing the virtual and the material dimensions as part of a delicate network dialogue that happens between, through and beyond this dimension, allowing the subject to became a trans – actor.
keywords	complex adaptive systems, interactive digital art installations, storied spaces, mnemonic
series	SIGRADI
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_id	lasg_hylozoicground_2010_112
id	lasg_hylozoicground_2010_112
authors	Rob Gorbet
year	2010
title	Revealing the Hylozoic Ground Interaction Layer
source	Hylozoic Ground; Liminal Responsive Architecture [ISBN 978-1-926724-02-7] Riverside Architectural Press: Toronto, Canada 2010. pp. 112 - 123
summary	Introductory summary of developing Hylozoic Series, a collection of life-like architectural structures
keywords	Hylozoism, Hylozoic series, new media, interactive art, arduino, computing, interactive engineering, sensors
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_id	sigradi2010_116
id	sigradi2010_116
authors	Rubiano, Mejía Alejandro
year	2010
title	Los kinesiogramas o las imágenes lenticulares: su desarrollo y aplicaciones [Kinesiograms or lenticular images: development and applications]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 116-120
summary	Kinesiograms represent a new method of animation, and are defined according to grammatical rules. Inspired by Seder and Ord, they offer relevant pedagogic opportunities. Our paper describes the history of how the vision of the world has changed from animated images to optical toys, and explains systemic aspects of each model. It also shows a synthesis of how kinesiograms are used in several different media. The scope of this research includes education, advertising, signals, art, etc. Although globally there is an increased impact of this technology, in our country it is not yet widely available.
keywords	animation, optical illusions, cinetic art, interactivity
series	SIGRADI
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_id	ecaade2010_149
id	ecaade2010_149
authors	Salim, Flora Dilys; Burry, Jane; Taniar, David; Lee, Vincent Cheong; Burrow, Andrew
year	2010
title	The Digital Emerging and Converging Bits of Urbanism: Crowddesigning a live knowledge network for sustainable urban living
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2010.883
source	FUTURE CITIES [28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-9-6] ETH Zurich (Switzerland) 15-18 September 2010, pp.883-891
summary	Data is ubiquitous in our cities. However, designing a knowledge network about our cities is an arduous task, given that data sensed cannot be used directly, human significance must be added. Adding human significance can be achieved via an automated “expert system (ES)” in which domain expert knowledge are stored in a knowledge-based repository. The domain expert knowledge is matched with the corresponding data to derive specific inference which can aid decision making for urban stakeholders.This requires amalgamation of various interdisciplinary techniques. This paper presents a survey of existing technologies in order to investigate the emerging issues surrounding the design of a live knowledge network for sustainable urban living. The maps and models of the existing infrastructure of our cities that include a wealth of information such as topography, layout, zoning, land use, transportation networks, public facilities, and resource network grids need to be integrated with real-time spatiotemporal information about the city. Public data in forms of archives and data streams as well as online data from the social network and the Web can be analyzed using data mining techniques. The domain experts need to interpret the results of data mining into knowledge that will augment the existing knowledge base and models of our cities. In addition to the analysis of archived and streamed data sources from the built environment, the emerging state-of-the-art Web 2.0 and mobile technologies are presented as the potential techniques to crowddesign a live urban knowledge network. Data modeling, data mining, crowdsourcing, and social intervention techniques are reviewed in this paper with examples from the related work and our own experiments.
wos	WOS:000340629400094
keywords	Crowdsourcing; Knowledge discovery; Mobile and ubiquitous computing; Urban modeling; Spatial interaction; Social networking; Web 2.0
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2010_100
id	ecaade2010_100
authors	Stavric, Milena; Hirschberg, Urs; Wiltsche, Albert
year	2010
title	Spatializing Planar Ornaments: Towards esthetic control in segmenting and building curved surfaces
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2010.437
source	FUTURE CITIES [28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-9-6] ETH Zurich (Switzerland) 15-18 September 2010, pp.437-443
summary	This paper gives insight into an ongoing funded research project dealing with architectural geometry and nonstandard fabrication methods. The innovative aspect of the project lies in the way it uses geometric ornamentation as a method to control the construction of double curved free-form surfaces out of planar building elements. After a short outline of the state of the art the paper gives an overview of the project’s novel constructive and esthetic approach to the planarization of curved forms, discusses the implications of the approach and presents some preliminary results.
wos	WOS:000340629400047
keywords	Architectural geometry; Nonstandard structures; Ornament; Mass customization
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2016_592
id	sigradi2016_592
authors	Vasconselos, Tássia Borges de; Sperling, David Moreno
year	2016
title	Entre representaç?es, parâmetros e algoritmos: um panorama do ensino de projeto de arquitetura em ambiente digital na América Latina [Among representations, parameters and algorithms: a panorama of digital architectural design teaching in Latin America]
source	SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.94-100
summary	This study focuses in the context of the recognition and appropriation of graphic representation technologies and digital design on Architectural teaching in Latin America. From categories proposed by Oxman (2006) and Kotnik (2010) and through a systematic review in Cumincad database (Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design), this study presents a panorama of the state-of-art of the digital design teaching in Architecture, between 2010 and 2016. The results suggest a context of coexistence and transition from representational interaction for parametric interaction
keywords	Computer Aided Architectural Design; Design methodology Teaching; Digital Architectural Design
series	SIGRADI
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_id	acadia10_327
id	acadia10_327
authors	Vassigh, Shahin; Herrera, Silvana
year	2010
title	Interactive Teaching through Simulation Environments
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2010.327
source	ACADIA 10: LIFE in:formation, On Responsive Information and Variations in Architecture [Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-4507-3471-4] New York 21-24 October, 2010), pp. 327-332
summary	Spurring new and innovative building design will be critical to the urban energy and economic future of the nation. The operation of completed buildings account for 48% of the nation’s annual greenhouse gas emissions, and 76% of all electricity generated by U.S. power plants goes to supply the building sector. Therefore developing and applying new and innovative sustainable building design will have a measurable impact on the environment. Recent studies show sustainable building design is closely linked to system integration, where various components of a building work in confluence to produce synergetic benefits. As a result, a critical component of sustainable design involves a clear understanding of building systems operation, interaction, and the selection parameters. A consideration of suitable building systems, gauging their interaction, and proposing well integrated systems can lead to producing efficient models of sustainable buildings with minimal impact on the environment. The following paper outlines the progress on a project entitled “Building Literacy: the Integration of Building Technology and Design in Architectural Education.” The project develops a digital tool for teaching/learning architectural technology from an integrated systems perspective. The project attempts to immerse students in a simulated environment that is based on the real life practice of architecture. The project accomplishes this by harnessing the capabilities of simulation and dynamic modeling programs, as well as the state of art graphic media, to create compelling and rewarding reasons for students’ engagement in the lear ning process. The project involves a multidisciplinary team of faculty from Florida International University, University at Buffalo the State University of New York, and Iowa State University and is funded by the US Department of Education for the period of 2007-2011.
keywords	educational software, interactive learning, interactive teaching, simulation programs, building performance, building integrated systems,
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	cf2011_p135
id	cf2011_p135
authors	Chen Rui, Irene; Schnabel Marc Aurel
year	2011
title	Multi-touch - the future of design interaction
source	Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2011 [Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 9782874561429] Liege (Belgium) 4-8 July 2011, pp. 557-572.
summary	The next major revolution for design is to bring the natural user interaction into design activities. Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) brought a new approach that was more effective compared to their conventional predecessors. In recent years, Natural User Interfaces (NUI) have advanced user experiences and multi-touch and gesture technologies provide new opportunities for a variety of potential uses in design. Much attention has been paid to leverage in the design of interactive interfaces. The mouse input and desktop screen metaphors limit the information sharing for multiple users and also delayed the direct interaction for communication between each other. This paper proposes the innovative method by integrating game engine ‘Unity3D’ with multi-touch tangible interfaces. Unity3D provides a game development tool as part of its application package that has been designed to let users to focus on creating new games. However, it does not limit the usage of area to design additional game scenarios since the benefits of Unity3D is allowing users to build 3D environments with its customizable and easy to use editor, graphical pipelines to openGL (http://unity3d.com/, 2010 ). It creates Virtual Reality (VR) environments which can simulates places in the real world, as well as the virtual environments helping architects and designers to vividly represent their design concepts through 3D visualizations, and interactive media installations in a detailed multi-sensory experience. Stereoscopic displays advanced their spatial ability while solving issues to design e.g. urban spaces. The paper presents how a multi-touch tabletop can be used for these design collaboration and communication tasks. By using natural gestures, designers can now communicate and share their ideas by manipulating the same reference simultaneously using their own input simultaneously. Further studies showed that 3Dl forms are perceived and understood more readily through haptic and proprioceptive perception of tangible representations than through visual representation alone (Gillet et al, 2005). Based on the authors’ framework presented at the last CAADFutures, the benefits of integrating 3D visualization and tactile sensory can be illustrated in this platform (Chen and Wang, 2009), For instance, more than one designer can manipulate the 3D geometry objects on tabletop directly and can communicate successfully their ideas freely without having to waiting for the next person response. It made the work more effective which increases the overall efficiency. Designers can also collect the real-time data by any change they make instantly. The possibilities of Uniy3D make designing very flexible and fun, it is deeply engaging and expressive. Furthermore, the unity3D is revolutionizing the game development industry, its breakthrough development platform for creating highly interactive 3D content on the web (http://unity3d.com/ , 2010) or similar to the interface of modern multimedia devices such as the iPhone, therefore it allows the designers to work remotely in a collaborative way to integrate the design process by using the individual mobile devices while interacting design in a common platform. In design activities, people create an external representation of a domain, often of their own ideas and understanding. This platform helps learners to make their ideas concrete and explicit, and once externalized, subsequently they reflect upon their work how well it sits the real situation. The paper demonstrates how this tabletop innovatively replaces the typical desktop metaphor. In summary, the paper addresses two major issues through samples of collaborative design: firstly presenting aspects of learners’ interactions with physical objects, whereby tangible interfaces enables them constructing expressive representations passively (Marshall, 2007), while focussing on other tasks; and secondly showing how this novel design tool allows designers to actively create constructions that might not be possible with conventional media.
keywords	Multi-touch tabletop, Tangible User Interface
series	CAAD Futures
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_id	ecaade2010_078
id	ecaade2010_078
authors	Chiu, Yun-Ying
year	2010
title	How To Make The Soft Skin?: A preliminary framework for the parametric design of the bionic soft skin
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2010.237
source	FUTURE CITIES [28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-9-6] ETH Zurich (Switzerland) 15-18 September 2010, pp.237-242
summary	This paper is a presentation of the preliminary framework for the design and fabrication of the soft-skin. Today, the digital technology applied in the architecture field is everywhere. However, there are still lots of fantastic free form architecture uncompleted and remained on the paper architecture or only the digital visual simulated model. Until now, most of the finished free form cases are consisted of the skin and bones, or only the bones. The complete soft-skin cases without the bones are fewer and the process remains untold. Based on the parametric environments and biology, how might you design a free form without the bones? How could you make the soft skin stand up? The research starts a series of exploration of the design and fabrication for the soft skin, and seeks to propose the preliminary framework as a helpful reference for the designers who deal with the soft skin project.
wos	WOS:000340629400025
keywords	Soft skin; Bionic architecture; Parametric design; Grasshopper
series	eCAADe
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