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_id ecaade2013r_010
id ecaade2013r_010
authors Pinto, Guilherme; Vieira, Andrea P.; Neto, Pedro L.
year 2013
title Parametric urbanism as digital methodology. An urban plan in Beijing
source FUTURE TRADITIONS [1st eCAADe Regional International Workshop Proceedings / ISBN 978-989-8527-03-5], University of Porto, Faculty of Architecture (Portugal), 4-5 April 2013, pp. 121-132
summary Evolution and innovation in architecture are intensely related to the rise and developments of technology. Within this context, it is possible to recognize how in recent decades this milieu has fostered the development of new methodologies for urban design and architectural practice, as is, for example, the Parameterization. This paper is focused on the subject of Parametric Urbanism: discussing / questioning the emergence of this new architectural methodology; addressing the factors that contributed to its appearance; and seeking to understand whether the parametric approach has benefits and whether it may or may not be a solution or of assistance to urban planning. The paper provides a brief literature review focused on parametric urbanism and then it presents a practical case study of parametric urbanism: an Urban Plan in Beijing, developed in an academic context, at the University École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2012. Having as base diverse examples of parametric urbanism, it is tried to identify/justify decisions defining principles and application guidance for this project. The conclusion presents the final considerations based on opposing the case study with the theoretical approach, seeking to clarify whether this new kind of urban design methodology, Parametric Urbanism, is or not viable.
keywords Parametric Urbanism; urban design; urban design methods; sustainability urbanism; Parametric digital tools
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_id sigradi2016_672
id sigradi2016_672
authors Bianchi, Alejandra S.; Tripaldi, Gustavo A.; Pintos, Gladis E.; Iturriaga, José R.; Vargas, Sergio D.
year 2016
title Impacto del mundo digital sobre las representaciones gráficas del dise?o arquitectónico. La experiencia en el Taller Virtual de Arquitectura IV-UPC-UNNE [Digital world impact over the graphics representations of the architectural design. The experience in the virtual workshop of architecture IV-UPC-UNNE]
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.123-128
summary The present work explains the preliminary results of the Research project that the authors are working on to know the way in which the architecture students of the UNNE represent the architectural object with analogues and digital methods. It wants to express the impact of the digital world over the representations through cross sections in five moments of their formation (beginner’s level, first, second, fourth and sixth years) in the school calendars 2013 to 2016. This qualitative research, descriptive and explanatory, expands in the virtual workshop, an innovative and unique experience of a collaborative workshop between the subjects of Architecture IV of different Universities.
keywords Graphic Representation, Architectural Design, Virtual Workshop
series SIGRADI
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last changed 2021/03/28 19:58

_id ecaade2013r_006
id ecaade2013r_006
authors Neto, Pedro L.; Vieira, Andrea P.; Moreira, Bruno; Ribeiro, Lígia
year 2013
title A blended-learning approach in CAAD. Enhancing an architectural design studio experience by using collaborative web applications.
source FUTURE TRADITIONS [1st eCAADe Regional International Workshop Proceedings / ISBN 978-989-8527-03-5], University of Porto, Faculty of Architecture (Portugal), 4-5 April 2013, pp. 83-94
summary This paper is the result of a research project started in 2007 in our architecture school which aimed to adopt a Blended-Learning approach in teaching CAAD to 3rd year architecture students, while integrating the knowledge produced by our R&D Unit on architectural representation and communication techniques and web applications. We present our main conclusions regarding this strategy’s results and the web applications involved to understand if they acted like catalysts for engaging students with their learning process and for promoting a better communication between them and their teachers. The article shows how this strategy created new forms of interaction making communication between teachers and students easier and giving the latter an active role in the learning process. We start with an introduction to CAAD’s pedagogical strategy; we then describe the strategy and model applied to several case studies and the materials and learning tools used. Finally, we’ll discuss the most significant results and draw the main conclusions. The results highlight how the learning process coming from the Blended-Learning strategy and the use of complementary web applications strengthens the student’s and teacher’s capacity to work in a close relationship while maintaining the student’s active role in the learning process.
keywords Blended-learning; education in architecture; communication and representation; collaborative teaching and learning; design studio environment
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last changed 2013/10/07 19:08

_id acadia14_473
id acadia14_473
authors Cutellic, Pierre
year 2014
title Le Cube d'Après, Integrated Cognition for Iterative and generative Designs.
source ACADIA 14: Design Agency [Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 9781926724478]Los Angeles 23-25 October, 2014), pp. 473-478
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.473
summary This paper describes the work in progress of a research on Neurodesign and a previously described process entitled Augmented Iterations [Cutellic and Lotte, 2013]. Within this broader field of research and design explorations, we will focus on describing and comment results obtained in the neuroselection of shapes among a continuously varying flow of visual stimuli. Eventually, these results will lead to the identification of a non-linear and non-convergent potential for the human-based computation of iterative and generative designs.
keywords Human Computer Interaction, Augmented Iteration, Neurodesign, Generative Design, Integrated Cognition, Evolutionary Computation, Design Computing and Cognition
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
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_id cf2013_096
id cf2013_096
authors D´avila Delgado, Juan Manuel and Herm Hofmeyer
year 2013
title Research Engine: A Tool to Simulate and Study Spatial-Structural Design Processes
source Global Design and Local Materialization[Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 978-3-642-38973-3] Shanghai, China, July 3-5, 2013, pp. 96-108.
summary The project’s objective is to study spatial-structural design processes and to support the involved actors; to that end a computational tool so-called Research Engine (RE) has been developed. The RE seeks to fulfill four aims: (1) to study the influence of transformations methods on design instances; (2) to study the influence of transformations methods on the behavior of other transformations methods; (3) to aid in finding “best compromised” or interesting spatial and structural design instances; and (4) to serve as design support tool, providing useful information in early stages of the design process. The paper describes the RE framework and its implementation. Case-studies are presented which showcase the RE’s capabilities and demonstrate that it does fulfill the previously stated aims.
keywords design process research, design process simulation, spatial design, structural design
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2014/03/24 07:08

_id sigradi2013_177
id sigradi2013_177
authors Dávila Cordido, Mariolly
year 2013
title Estudio para la Valoración y Recuperación del Patrimonio Arquitectónico Religioso Venezolano a través de Técnicas Digitales: Iglesia De San Jacinto, Caso De Estudio [Study for Assessment and Recovery of Venezuelan Religious Architectural Heritage Through Digital Techniques: Church of San Jacinto, Case Study]
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 177 - 181
summary The purpose of this paper is to implement a methodology for the recovery of religious architectural heritage of Venezuela, exemplified in a case study: the virtual reconstruction of the church of San Jacinto, located in Caracas. The methodology consists of four stages: two investigative, graphic and informative stage using QR codes. As hypothesis is proposed that, given the limited existing documentation, should supplement the study and lifting Venezuelan Canarian churches with altarpieces and, based on that, characterize and play virtually Venezuelan colonial church model.
keywords Colonial architecture; Religious heritage; Virtual reconstruction; Visual simulation; QR
series SIGRADI
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last changed 2016/03/10 09:50

_id ecaade2013_056
id ecaade2013_056
authors Fioravanti, Antonio; Avincola, Eolo and Novembri, Gabriele
year 2013
title Even ‘Clouds’ Can Burn
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 29-37
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.029
wos WOS:000340643600002
summary Architecture, nowadays, is an even more demanding activity in which complexity is the keyword: complex forms, complex functions and complex structures require sophisticated facilities and components, for example, ‘The Cloud’ of D. and M. Fuksas in Rome. These complexities can give rise to numerous risks, among which fire is frequently a central problem. The fire safety norms do not involve an approach integrated with other instruments or building model (BIM), but provide a list of information and constraints. These codes are now shifting away from a prescriptive-based towards a performance-based method due to recent progress in fire safety engineering. Following this approach, a case study simulation of a multi-purpose centre was carried out in Tivoli, near Rome. This simulation allowed greater freedom in architectural composition, a lower risk to people, a larger number of material and building components used and higher safety standards to be achieved. The model is based on the FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) language, a simulation code for low-speed flows, focused on smoke, particle and heat transport by fire.
keywords Architectural design; computational fluid-dynamics; fire propagation; fire safety; smoke propagation.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id sigradi2013_62
id sigradi2013_62
authors Garcia Alvarado, Rodrigo; Flavio Celis D’Amico; Ernesto Echeverria Valiente; Maureen Trebilcock Kelly; Muriel Diaz; Gerth Wandersleben
year 2013
title Diseño Integrado para Viviendas de Alto Desempeño (Casa+) [Integrated Design for High Performance Housing (Casa+) ]
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 629 - 633
summary The growing environmental constraints encourage new strategies for housing projects. This work exposes the application of energy simulations and integrated design to develop an innovative prefabricated housing system called “Casa +” (House Plus), carried out by an international research team with industrial collaboration. The proposal achieves high density, flexible growth, environmental comfort and minimum fuel consumption, for demonstrate the use of new analysis technologies and design methods to substantially improve residential quality.
keywords Integrated design, High-performance buildings, Prefabricated construction; Housing; energy simulations
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:52

_id sigradi2013_42
id sigradi2013_42
authors Kotsopoulos, Sotirios D.; François Guermeur; Federico Casalegno
year 2013
title Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Assess Natural Airflow in a Prototype House-Interior
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 373 - 377
summary This paper presents an airflow study with Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) software that was used to model the natural ventilation attributes at the interior of a prototype house. This study informed the design development phase of the house and guided the design of a dynamic curtain wall involving a matrix of 3 x 9 openable windows for its south façade. Alternative ways of modeling the building geometry were employed and different possible states of the house were examined to determine how change in the orientation and the basic dimensions of the envelope, and modifications in the number, distribution and angle of the open windows affect natural ventilation.
keywords Performance-based design; Airflow; Computational fluid dynamics; Simulation
series SIGRADI
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last changed 2016/03/10 09:54

_id ijac201310203
id ijac201310203
authors Kotsopoulos, Sotirios D.; Wesley Graybill, Federico Casalegno
year 2013
title Designing A Connected Sustainable Living Environment
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 11 - no. 2, 183-204
summary This paper presents the design and development of a prototype, connected to a sustainable home project, which is at its final stage of implementation in Trento, N. Italy. The paper specifically focuses on the design ends and the technological means deployed in the process of implementing the prototype. Design ends outline the technical premises underpinning the development of the house systems. Technological means refer to the methods and technologies that had been deployed to satisfy the premises. Emphasis is given to the properties of the reconfigurable façade and the autonomous control system of the house, where variable transmittance materials, AI methods for building control and digital simulation are used in combination.
series journal
last changed 2019/05/24 09:55

_id ecaade2014_159
id ecaade2014_159
authors Leyla Yunis, Ond_ej Kyjánek, Moritz Dörstelmann, Marshall Prado, Tobias Schwinn and Achim Menges
year 2014
title Bio-inspired and fabrication-informed design strategies for modular fibrous structures in architecture
source Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 423-432
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.1.423
wos WOS:000361384700042
summary Research pavilions can serve as architectural scale demonstrations for the materialization of experimental forms and structures. Pavilions seek to prove and change methods of design and construction mechanisms in order to achieve desires such as material efficiency, novel spatial qualities and performative needs. The case of the ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2013-14 highlights the use of fiber composites in order to achieve a core-less filament winding modular system from bio-inspired lightweight structures through robotic fabrication. This paper describes the multi-disciplinary design and construction process of this pavilion that created a structure of out 36 unique components.
keywords Bio-inspired; fiber composites; multi-disciplinary design; robotic fabrication; modular system construction
series eCAADe
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_id ecaade2013_114
id ecaade2013_114
authors Lin, Shih-Hsin Eve and Gerber, David
year 2013
title Evolutionary Energy Performance Feedback for Design (EEPFD)
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 175-184
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.175
wos WOS:000340643600017
summary In order to understand the applicability of multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) to the building design process, a MDO framework, titled Evolutionary Energy Performance Feedback for Design (EEPFD), along with the prototype tool, H.D.S. Beagle, were developed to support designers with the incorporation of partially automated performance feedback during the early stages of design. This paper presents 2 experimental case studies, one from the design profession and the other from a design studio, that evaluate the applicability and impact of EEPFD on the early stage design process. Through these two case studies two different interaction and automation approaches for applying EEPFD are explored as part of the framework validation. Observed benefits, challenges and suggestions of EEPFD’s implementation are then presented and discussed.
keywords Conceptual energy performance feedback; design decision support; performance-based design; multidisciplinary design optimization; genetic algorithm.
series eCAADe
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last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id cf2013_149
id cf2013_149
authors McMeel, Dermott and Robert Amor
year 2013
title Fabricate It, Paint It – And Don’t Wait up: Separating Fact from Fiction in Digitally Sponsored Fabrication
source Global Design and Local Materialization[Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 978-3-642-38973-3] Shanghai, China, July 3-5, 2013, pp. 149-158.
summary This paper offers perspectives on emerging trends in materiality and digital fabrication. It explores effects on communication practices and investigates how this changing materiality of data impacts collaboration and interoperability within design and making. Computer numerical controlled (CNC) routing and laser-cutting services are available in most major cities. Affordable kits for 3D printers, CNC routers and DIY KUKA robots are available across the Internet. A considerable part of the attraction of these tools is the ability to fabricate physical goods without detailed fabrication knowledge. We look at this phenomenon through two sets of examples, making furniture with a CNC router and making robots and tangibles with a 3D printer. In our examples it appears materiality remains an important factor throughout the process. We unpick these examples to shed light on how the technology impacts knowledge practices and ways of thinking during design and making.
keywords Design, digital media, fabrication, 3D printing, CNC routing, materiality
series CAAD Futures
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last changed 2014/03/24 07:08

_id ecaade2023_227
id ecaade2023_227
authors Moorhouse, Jon and Freeman, Tim
year 2023
title Towards a Genome for Zero Carbon Retrofit of UK Housing
source Dokonal, W, Hirschberg, U and Wurzer, G (eds.), Digital Design Reconsidered - Proceedings of the 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2023) - Volume 2, Graz, 20-22 September 2023, pp. 197–206
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.197
summary The United Kingdom has some of the worst insulated housing stock in Northern Europe. This is in part due to the age of housing in the UK, with over 90% being built before 1990 [McCrone 2017, Piddington 2020]. Moreover, 85% of current UK housing will still be in use in 2050 by which stage their Government are targeting Net Carbon Zero [Eyre 2019]. Domestic energy use accounts for around 25% of UK carbon emissions. The UK will need to retrofit 20 million dwellings in order to meet this target. If this delivery were evenly spread, it would equate to over 2,000 retrofit completions each day. Government-funded initiatives are stimulating the market, with upwards of 60,000 social housing retrofits planned for 2023, but it is clear that a system must be developed to enable the design and implementation of housing-stock improvement at a large scale.This paper charts the 20-year development of a digital approach to the design for low-carbon domestic retrofit by architects Constructive Thinking Studio Limited and thence documents the emergence of a collaborative approach to retrofit patterns on a National scale. The author has led the Research and Development stream of this practice, developing a Building Information Modelling methodology and integrated Energy Modelling techniques to optimise design for housing retrofit [Georgiadou 2019, Ben 2020], and then inform a growing palette of details and a database of validated solutions [Moorhouse 2013] that can grow and be used to predict options for future projects [D’Angelo 2022]. The data is augmented by monitoring energy and environmental performance, enabling a growing body of knowledge that can be aligned with existing big data to simulate the benefits of nationwide stock improvement. The paper outlines incremental case studies and collaborative methods pivotal in developing this work The proposed outcome of the work is a Retrofit Genome that is available at a national level.
keywords Retrofit, Housing, Zero-Carbon, BIM, Big Data, Design Genome
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2023/12/10 10:49

_id acadia14_219
id acadia14_219
authors Moritz Dörstelmann, Moritz; Prado, Marshall; Parascho, Stefana; Knippers, Jan; Menges, Achim
year 2014
title Integrative computational design methodologies for modular architectural fiber composite morphologies
source ACADIA 14: Design Agency [Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 9781926724478]Los Angeles 23-25 October, 2014), pp. 219-228
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.219
summary This paper describes how computational design methodologies can serve as an integrative tool within a multidisciplinary design project. The topic is discussed based on the design and fabrication process for modular architectural fiber composite morphologies applied and developed in the ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion 2013-14.
keywords integrative computational design, digital fabrication and construction, robotic fabrication reinforced fiber composite structures, biomimicry and biological models in design, light-weight construction, multidisciplinary design
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
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_id sigradi2013_289
id sigradi2013_289
authors Neto de Faria, José; Karine Itao Palos; Katia Akemi Omine
year 2013
title Projeto Design Condensado: O Design da Experiência Histórica, Produção de Ensaios d Simulações das Relações entre ‘Fatos Históricos’ d ‘Metodologias de Pesquisa dm História’, dom Sistemas de Visualização Dinâmica de Dados [Condensed Design Project: The Design of Historical Experience, Essay Production and Simulation of Relations between ‘Historical Facts’ and ‘Research Methodologies in History’, with a Dynamic Data Visualization System]
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 148 - 152
summary The ‘Condensed Design Project’ aims to discuss and reflect on how the historical experience can be produced, by analyzing and interpreting essays and simulations of the relations between ‘historical events’ and ‘research methodologies in history’, with a dynamic data visualization system. The goal is to understand how the visualization systems can be prepared to support researchers, professor and students to live the historical experience, in order to promote knowledge building processes in design history. It emphasizes history’s concern about bringing back, using the ‘historical sources’ approach, the necessary ‘historical facts’ to describe a certain ‘historical event’.
keywords Data visualization; Design history; Research methodology; Experience; Knowledge
series SIGRADI
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last changed 2016/03/10 09:56

_id caadria2013_033
id caadria2013_033
authors Nguyen, Danny D. and M. Hank Haeusler
year 2013
title Assimilating Interactive Technology into Architectural Design – A Quest for developing an ‘Architectural Drawing’ for Urban Interaction Design as a Communication Platform Through Combining Physical Sensing Devices with Simulation Software
source Open Systems: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2013) / Singapore 15-18 May 2013, pp. 365-373
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2013.365
wos WOS:000351496100036
summary Assimilating Interactive Technology into Architectural Design – A Quest for developing an ‘Architectural Drawing’ for Urban Interaction Design as a Communication Platform Through Combining Physical Sensing Devices with Simulation Software The research presented in this paper investigates the need for an equivalent of architectural drawings for urban interaction design in an architectural scale in order to communicate interaction design intentions to design participants and clients through using state of the art computer, gaming and sensor technologies. The paper discusses two projects (a) Blur Building, as a large scale interaction design project executed through an experienced team and (b) presents as student design project coordinated by the researchers as a reference project. Both projects in this paper are discussed and evaluated from an Urban Interaction Design point of view. This   paper   emphasizes   the   significance   for   establishing ‘drawing’ equivalents for urban interaction design, discussing representation of ideas in architectural design; followed by outlining existing methods of interactive design representation, such as storyboards to then introduce current advancements in gaming environments. The following paper introduces a framework for future research projects that will design, deploy and evaluate of prototypes as a communication platform combining physical sensing devices in combination with gaming engines to enable a digital / physical hybrid. This would allow designers and clients to test, evaluate and improve urban interactions in a design phase prior to completing the project. 
keywords Spatial design, Human-computing interfacing, Interactive architecture, Smart environments, Sensor technology 
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id ecaade2016_154
id ecaade2016_154
authors Ozer, Derya Gulec and Nagakura, Takehiko
year 2016
title Simplifying Architectural Heritage Visualization - AUGMENTEDparion
source Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 521-528
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.521
wos WOS:000402064400052
summary Among other historical artifacts, architectural heritage is the most difficult to present in museums. There is a need for a high-tech visualization of cultural heritage since it is important to visualize, share and analyze data for stakeholders such as historians, archaeologists, architects and tourists. This study aims to represent architectural heritage in terms of photogrammetry and AR methods for the Parion Theater, Biga, Turkey, dates back to 1st-2nd century A.D. and has been under excavation since 2005. The study uses MULTIRAMA, a method previously developed by ARC Team (MIT) in 2013, which aims to represent the "unseen" to such users by visualising and documenting via an app. The method supports architectural heritage representation via the processes of, i) documentation, ii) data process and modeling, and iii) presentation. This holistic and low cost approach will focus on the problem of visualizing the digital architectural heritage, and led light to future projects of a historical visualization database throughout Turkey.
keywords Augmented Reality (AR); Cultural Heritage; Photogrammetry; Parion
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 08:00

_id ecaade2013_262
id ecaade2013_262
authors Rolando, Andrea and D’Uva, Domenico
year 2013
title Hyperdomes
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 315-324
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.315
wos WOS:000340643600032
summary The development of new shapes in architecture has deeply influenced the current perception of the built environment. The analysis of the processes behind this evolution is, therefore, of great interest. At least two well known factors, influencing this development, may be pointed out: the great improvement of digital tools and the tendency toward building distinctiveness.In particular, the innovation of digital tools such as parametric modeling is resulting in an overall diffusion of complex shapes, and the phenomenon is also evident in a clear expressionistic search for architectural singularity, that some might consider as a negative effect of globalization trends.Though, if we can consider as a positive result the fact that parameterization allows a deeper control over design factors in terms of reference to cultural, historical and physical context, at the same time such control possibilities are sometimes so stark to be even auto-referential, stepping over site-specific parameterization, to create unusual shapes just for the sake of complexity.The ever-growing diffusion of generative design processes is in fact going to transform niche procedures, frequently limited to temporary decontextualized structures, into an architectural complexification as an end in itself.The hypothesis of this paper is to demonstrate that site-specific parametrization can be considered as a tool able to translate intentions into shape; it is necessary, for this aim, the widening of the meaning of the word singularity.
keywords Urban environment; distinctiveness; non-standard roofing structures.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id sigradi2013_44
id sigradi2013_44
authors Silvano Costa, Márcia; Evangelos D. Christakou; Lenildo S. Da Silva; Antônio A. Nepomuceno
year 2013
title Identificação de Danos em Fachadas de Edificações: Geração de Mosaicos Fotográficos Obtidos por Plataforma Robótica [Identification of damage on facades of buildings: Generating Mosaics Photographic obtained by Robotics Platform]
source SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 161 - 165
summary Damage in façades rendering is a problem that has been much discussed currently since such damage is important to the degradation process of building. There are many techniques to verify damages in façades and in other external parts of buildings; however, some techniques have restrictions regarding their practical applications. This work deals with the application of the remote sensing (RM) technique. Such technique derives from the need to identify, locate and scale, quickly, accurately and without human risk, the existing damage or potential damages that may appear in the façades of buildings. Moreover, the RM technique may help to detect damages not visible at long distance or in location of difficult access. This technique is performed by corrected high-resolution panoramic images generated from a mosaic of pictures taken with a standard digital camera coupled in a robotic platform. The Itamaraty Palace, a government building, located in Brasília - DF (Brazil), is the object of the present study. The correction of the Itamaraty Palace panoramic image was carried out so that the identification, quantification and mapping of the Palace façade damages were performed using specific softwares such as GigaPan Stitch, AutoCAD and ArcGIS.
keywords Pathologies of Buildings; Panoramic Mosaics; Robotics Platform; Photos rectified and ArcGis
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 10:00

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