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_id cf2013_109
id cf2013_109
authors Brell-Cokcan, Sigrid and Johannes Braumann
year 2013
title Industrial Robots for Design Education: Robots as Open Interfaces beyond 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. 109-117.
summary For a long time, robotic arms have been a common sight in many industries. Now, robots are rapidly entering architectural education. Within the past few years, more than 20 architectural faculties throughout the world have set up experimental labs with one or more robotic arms. This paper will discuss the use of robots in education beyond the scope of CNC fabrication, as open interfaces that confront students with problem-solving, geometry, and programming.
keywords Design education, teaching robotics, robots in architecture, open interfaces, computer aided architectural design
series CAAD Futures
email
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_id sigradi2013_201
id sigradi2013_201
authors Bustamante Oleart, Carlos; Paulo K. Ogino Altamirano; Ester Higueras García
year 2013
title Estrategia Metodológica para la Visualización Digital de Patrones Aerodinámicos Presentes en la Morfología Urbana y su Incidencia en el Uso Estancial de los Espacios Públicos [Methodological Strategy for the Visualization of Aerodynamic Patterns in the Urban Morphology and their Impact on the Use of Public Spaces ]
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. 108 - 111
summary In relation to cities, wind is one of the less studied meteorological parameter. Constant vertical rate variations from meso scale to micro scale, altogether with strenght, direction, velocity of the urban canyon, makes the wind a complex subject of study. To achieve this, a methodological strategy that addresses the wind's multi dimensionality was raised. It was aplied to Punta Arenas, the southernmost city in the world, where most of the time winds come 90% from the same direction with speeds reaching 128 km/h. Wind's constant directional behavior allows the recognition of areodynamic phenomena produced, in the first instance, for the wind profiles influenced by the urban rugosity and then, at morphologycal level, the aerodynamic behavior of the layered fluids over the building bodies, generating a regular pattern between solids and fluids. The strong winds in cities with cold climate influence the use of public spaces, which, not being designed under this conditions, do not develop proper levels of thermal comfort.
keywords Aerodynamics; Urban morphology; Public space; Information visualization
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:47

_id ecaade2013_137
id ecaade2013_137
authors Camporeale, Patricia
year 2013
title Genetic Algorithms Applied to Urban Growth Optimization
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.227
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. 227-236
summary This work is a research on the application of genetic algorithms (GA) to urban growth taking into account the optimization of solar envelope and sunlight in open spaces.It was considered a typical block of a Spanish grid, which is the most common subdivision of the urban land in towns situated in Argentina. Two models are compared, one in which the growth has no more limitations than building codes. The other one, in which the growth incorporates the solar radiation as a desirable parameter.This way of parameterizing configures a bottom-up method of urban growth. No top-down decisions intervenes in the growth process.This tool proves to be useful at early stages of urban planning when decisions—which will influence along the development of the city for a long time—are taken.
wos WOS:000340643600022
keywords Genetic algorithms; solar envelope.
series eCAADe
email
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_id caadria2013_202
id caadria2013_202
authors Dai, Qun and Marc Aurel Schnabel
year 2013
title Pedestrian Thermal Comfort in Relation to Street Zones with Different Orientations – A Pilot-Study of Rotterdam
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2013.219
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. 219-228
summary This paper presents the impacts of different street orientations and street zones of a typical Dutch residential area on micro-scale human thermal comfort. The spatial and temporal variation of mean radiant temperature (T mrt ) of a typical summer day in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is simulated by using an established long- and short-wave 3D radiation fluxes model (SOLWEIG). This model calculates human radiation load and expresses this as a T mrt . Hereby we simulate and analyse the T mrt variations for three zones of a street consisting of a centre area for cars and the adjacent pedestrian zones for pedestrians and bicycles. The streets are azimuth rotated. The simulation and analysis results show various T mrt patterns of the three zones in the different orientations at different periods during daytime. We show that the spatial distribution of T mrt at street level strongly depends on street orientation and street zone. This is crucial since optimizing street configuration will directly influence the human thermal comfort in relation to street orientation and street zone. Finally we present a time adjusted framework of thermal comfort and classify the various T mrt for each zone and orientation.  
wos WOS:000351496100022
keywords Thermal comfort, Street orientation, Street zone, Mean radiant temperature (T mrt ), Solweig  
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ecaade2015_120
id ecaade2015_120
authors Daoud, Bassam and Voordouw, Johan
year 2015
title Making Machines that Make Buildings - Constructing a Mobile 3D Printer for Concrete Elements
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.355
source Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 355-359
summary This paper is both a fundamental and applied study of the multi-faceted design and fabrication issues related to the construction of a mobile 3D printer. The paper signifies the halfway point in a project initiated at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University starting in 2013. The printer, entitled 3DB, intends to print concrete elements for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry. The printer frame was designed to fit within the bed of a typical half-ton pick up truck or contract trailer. The paper describes the design, simulation and construction of the steel frame, gantry and extruder and makes speculation on future research including improved design of the extruder and nozzle mechanism.
wos WOS:000372316000041
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id cf2013_001
id cf2013_001
authors Hanna, Raid
year 2013
title Tools as Design Instruments: Computers and Cognition?
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. 1-12.
summary This inquiry researches the impact of digital tools on the design process and empirically tests the association between computer aided design tools and each of cognition and creativity in architectural practice. The paper analyses the ‘design-tool’ relationship and reviews research in the field of computers as an instrument for creativity, examines their deductions and conducts a case study. Statistical analysis of the case study suggests that three measures of creativity correlated significantly with the length of time a subject spends using the computer in design: rho=0.487, P<0.05 for elaboration of design ideas; rho=0.605, P<0.05, for volume of ideas; rho=0.687, P<0.05, for ideation variety. Also, the length of designer-computer interaction seems to scaffold various forms of design reasoning and help cognition: rho=0.591, P<0.05. The study found little evidence to support the notion that computers prevent other forms of knowing.
keywords cognition, computers, tools, creativity
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2014/03/24 07:08

_id caadria2013_061
id caadria2013_061
authors Lyu Junchao, Sun Chengyu and Zhao Qi
year 2013
title Does the Debate on Stress Effect Lead Evacuation Simulation Models to Different Performances?
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2013.179
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. 179-187
summary There exists a long time debate over the rational state of the evacuees in the evacuation simulation. Sime et al. insisted that the evacuees behave rationally in most cases. Following this argument Arthur and Passini concluded that if a setting works well under normal conditions, it will have a better chance of working well in emergency conditions. Such an argument for rational decision-making makes statistical models, such as Utility Maximizing Model (UMM), acting as proper framework for choice modelling in evacuation. However, on the other side, some people pointed out that there exists panic in the evacuation and bounded rationality theory, represented by pruned Decision Tree Model (DTM), should be adapted in choice modelling instead. Such a debate over stress effect causes hesitations and uncertainties when researchers try to select a proper model framework for their practical simulation. This study compared the performances (prediction accuracies) of the UMM and DTM with the same set of choice data collected in a virtual evacuation experiment. With a similar level of performance on both sides, it is suggested that the on-going debate does NOT bring any difference to the choice modelling in practical evacuation simulation. It is time to improve the performance rather than to continue the debate.  
wos WOS:000351496100018
keywords vacuation, Architectural cue, Machine learning, Bounded rationality 
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id ecaade2013_258
id ecaade2013_258
authors Makris, Michael; Gerber, David; Carlson, Anders and Noble, Doug
year 2013
title Informing Design through Parametric Integrated Structural Simulation
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.069
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 69-77
summary The paper describes the development, testing, and initial findings of a design tool that generates parametrically defined, semi-automatically analyzed, and visualized structural performance of specific truss designs. The prototypical design tool provides structural truss solutions for spans of uniform to non-uniform surface curvatures. Real-time visual structural performance feedback enables the designer to more rapidly develop viable and potentially more efficient designs under user defined load conditions. The research methodology is an example of reinforcing structural learning and intuition within the design process. The research presents findings of the impact of iterative and interactive structural feedback through the development of a parametrically integrated structural truss analysis tool for aiding in design decision support.
wos WOS:000340635300006
keywords Design decision support; structural analysis; parametric design; design optimization; structural design.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id ecaade2013_112
id ecaade2013_112
authors Orbey, Betül
year 2013
title A Catalyst for Digital Design Media
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.167
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 167-174
summary This study aims to understand whether time restriction along with a ‘situational influence on creativity’ can act as a catalyst to speed up unique design alternative genera- tion when digital media is being used compared to sketching. In order to achieve this, an experiment with undergraduate architectural design students is conducted. The results are measured with the flexibility and fluidity measures of creativity proposed by the Torrance Test.
wos WOS:000340635300016
keywords Digital design media; sketching; design productivity.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 08:00

_id sigradi2014_252
id sigradi2014_252
authors Pina Calafi, Alfredo; Benoit Bossavit, Isabel Sanchez Gil, Aitziber Urtasun, Benoit Bossavit
year 2014
title Oteiza en movimiento: una herramienta tecnológica para el aprendizaje participativo en el Museo Oteiza [Oteiza in motion a tool for a collaborative learning at the Oteiza museum]
source SIGraDi 2014 [Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-9974-99-655-7] Uruguay - Montevideo 12 - 14 November 2014, pp. 255-258
summary This paper presents an interdisciplinary work done at the Museum Oteiza near Pamplona, Spain during 2012 and 2013. The main goal is the use of low cost devices that allows natural interaction, Virtual and Augmented Realities to get the general public closer to the works and concepts of Oteiza through interactive serious games. The most difficult Oteiza’s concepts to understand are those related with the empty space or with time & space. We propose three different activities, shaped as serious game, that use the whole body to interact and play with these concepts. The result is a facility that has been installed at the entrance of the Museum and that can be used for free, before or after a visit to the museum. These activities were presented to 4 experts in Oteiza and the results are discussed. In addition, we gathered more comments after several groups of children tried the application in the museum.
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:57

_id ecaade2015_286
id ecaade2015_286
authors Safarova, Bara; Ledesma, Edna, Luhan, Gregory, Caffey, Stephen and Giusti, Cecilia
year 2015
title Learning from Collaborative Integration:The Hackathon as Design Charrette
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.233
source Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 233-240
summary This paper examines the application of innovative and interdisciplinary collaboration methods that emerged from the rapidly developing field of information technology and its intersection within the realm of design and architecture. These events, also referred to as hackathons, have risen in popularity in recent years (Artiles & Wallace, 2013) and stem from a design response for the increasing demand for accelerated design decisions within the field of architecture. This paper examines the potential of hackathons as a platform for rapid development of design ideas into prototypes within a time constraint of 24 hours. The paper explores the hackathon as a robust foundational element for pedagogical approaches rooted in interdisciplinary collaboration. Using a case-study research methodology, this paper probes the framework of the event, the outcomes, and the lessons learned. As this paper demonstrates, the hackathon required participants to identify and explore shifting territories through interdisciplinary teamwork to arrive at innovative solutions. In this setting, the format of the hackathon serves as a vibrant territory that enables a concrete theoretical contribution to design pedagogy, CAAD education, and collaborative professional practice.
wos WOS:000372316000028
series eCAADe
email
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_id sigradi2013_95
id sigradi2013_95
authors Santos de Andrade, Ludmila; Neander Furtado Silva; Ecilamar Maciel de Lima; Igor Monteiro
year 2013
title Os Sistemas BIM e a Redução de Inexatidões e Tempo nas Obras Públicas Brasileiras [BIM Systems and Reducing Inaccuracies and Time in the Brazilian Public Infrastructure]
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. 284 - 287
summary The creation of an algorithm that will allow the quantitative accuracy of inputs, related to the Brazilian reality, inside the BIM platform will cause a decrease of the public costs of work. However, in this article only focus on how you can modify internally the BIM system platform for achieving the quantitative goals in planning materials. The new tool of construction planning and scheduling when using BIM systems's contribution, through the external database, will provide the construction control based on composition of inputs along the time that will allow a more economical execution to ensure the efficiency of public buildings.
keywords Algorithm; Accuracy of inputs; BIM; Database; Planning; Scheduling; Public buildings
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:59

_id ecaade2013_105
id ecaade2013_105
authors Schaffranek, Richard
year 2013
title Inventing Circulation Patterns using Available Metaheuristic Solvers
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.347
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 347-355
summary The way people navigate through spaces has been studied for quite a while. Different models have been described and validated through empirical studies.This paper explores the use of such models in an ‘inverse design’ (Faucher and Nivet, 2000) process, applying available metaheuristic-solvers. More detailed, it showcases the description of an ambiguous fitness function as base to invent a new circulation pattern. As such technics are time consuming compared to the use of readily available patterns, an attempt is made to analyse and understand the invented circulation patterns, in order to come up with a procedural algorithm that would generate circulation pattern with the same characteristics.
wos WOS:000340635300036
keywords Procedural; circulation; inverse; metaheuristic; prototypical.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:57

_id ascaad2022_099
id ascaad2022_099
authors Sencan, Inanc
year 2022
title Progeny: A Grasshopper Plug-in that Augments Cellular Automata Algorithms for 3D Form Explorations
source Hybrid Spaces of the Metaverse - Architecture in the Age of the Metaverse: Opportunities and Potentials [10th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings] Debbieh (Lebanon) [Virtual Conference] 12-13 October 2022, pp. 377-391
summary Cellular automata (CA) is a well-known computation method introduced by John von Neumann and Stanislaw Ulam in the 1940s. Since then, it has been studied in various fields such as computer science, biology, physics, chemistry, and art. The Classic CA algorithm is a calculation of a grid of cells' binary states based on neighboring cells and a set of rules. With the variation of these parameters, the CA algorithm has evolved into alternative versions such as 3D CA, Multiple neighborhood CA, Multiple rules CA, and Stochastic CA (Url-1). As a rule-based generative algorithm, CA has been used as a bottom-up design approach in the architectural design process in the search for form (Frazer,1995; Dinçer et al., 2014), in simulating the displacement of individuals in space, and in revealing complex relations at the urban scale (Güzelci, 2013). There are implementations of CA tools in 3D design software for designers as additional scripts or plug-ins. However, these often have limited ability to create customized CA algorithms by the designer. This study aims to create a customizable framework for 3D CA algorithms to be used in 3D form explorations by designers. Grasshopper3D, which is a visual scripting environment in Rhinoceros 3D, is used to implement the framework. The main difference between this work and the current Grasshopper3D plug-ins for CA simulation is the customizability and the real-time control of the framework. The parameters that allow the CA algorithm to be customized are; the initial state of the 3D grid, neighborhood conditions, cell states and rules. CA algorithms are created for each customizable parameter using the framework. Those algorithms are evaluated based on the ability to generate form. A voxel-based approach is used to generate geometry from the points created by the 3D cellular automata. In future, forms generated using this framework can be used as a form generating tool for digital environments.
series ASCAAD
email
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_id ecaade2013_255
id ecaade2013_255
authors Stavrakantonaki, Marina
year 2013
title Daylight Performance Simulations and 3D Modeling in BIM and non-BIM Tools
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.535
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. 535-542
summary The fusion between building assessment and design can lead to better informed design decisions. Performance oriented design is better supported through the use of interoperable file formats for data exchange between BIM and non-BIM tools. At the same time, the parameters that influence the calculation during a performative assessment are no longer a purely engineering problem, since 3D modeling is of primary importance in defining the numerical output. The role of the designer along with the selection of the tools becomes all more relevant in this direction. A framework is presented hereby, which can be used for the selection between different BIM tools for daylight assessment. An insight is also given on the major parameters that can affect the outcome and on the obstacles that were experienced in four case-studies in relation to data exchange and information flow.
wos WOS:000340643600054
keywords Performance simulations; parameters; interoperability; daylight.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id acadia13_227
id acadia13_227
authors von Buelow, Peter
year 2013
title Techniques for More Productive Genetic Design: Exploration With GAs Using Non-Destructive Dynamic Populations
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.227
source ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 227-234
summary The products of generative design are ever more commonly explored and refined through evolutionary search techniques. Genetic algorithms (GAs) belong to this class of stochastic procedures, and are particularly well-suited to the way designers investigate a problem. GAs search by mixing and matching different parts of a solution, represented as parametric variables, to find new solutions that outperform their predecessors. Generally the method proceeds through generations of populations in which the better solutions out-survive their less desirable siblings. Inherent to this approach, however, is the fact that all but the select solutions perish. This paper discusses a non-destructive GA that uses dynamic populations drawn from a bottomless pool of solutions to find the most productive breeding pairs. In a typical GA the survival or destruction of a solution depends on a well-defined fitness function. By not enforcing the destruction of less fit individuals, the possibility is held open to modify the fitness function at any time, and allow different parts of the solution space to be explored. This ability is ideal for more complex multi-objective problems that are not easily described by a single fitness function. Generally, design presents just such a problem.
keywords tools and interfaces, design exploration, genetic algorithm, multi-objective optimization
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id sigradi2013_343
id sigradi2013_343
authors Webb, Alexander
year 2013
title Simulacrum, Not Simulation: A Theoretical Approach to Simulation in Education
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. 369 - 372
summary As the practice of architecture grows increasingly more infatuated with verisimilitude, the technical skills required to enable a morphogenetic design process become increasingly specific and extensive. While this model is not as problematic within the realm of practice, in a pedagogical environment the time and expertise requisite for conducting and evaluating comprehensive simulation is an impediment to developing fundamental design skills and mastery of a morphogenetic process. This paper promotes an approach of simulacra; a procedural acknowledgement of an imperfect simulation that serves to advance design aptitude and critical thinking, rather than the pretention of perfection or accuracy.
keywords Simulation; Morphogenetic design; Computational design; Simulacrum; Performance
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 10:03

_id ecaade2013_056
id ecaade2013_056
authors Fioravanti, Antonio; Avincola, Eolo and Novembri, Gabriele
year 2013
title Even ‘Clouds’ Can Burn
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.029
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
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.
wos WOS:000340643600002
keywords Architectural design; computational fluid-dynamics; fire propagation; fire safety; smoke propagation.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id ecaade2013_028
id ecaade2013_028
authors Fricker, Pia; Girot, Christophe and Munkel, Georg
year 2013
title How to Teach ‘New Tools’ in Landscape Architecture in the Digital Overload
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.545
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. 545-553
summary The central theme of the paper is the introduction of hands-on tools showing the integration of information technology within a postgraduate study program (MAS LA) for landscape architects. What has already become a part of the discourse in the field of architecture – generic design – is now also finding more resonance in the context of large-scale landscape architectural design. If one studies the educational backgrounds of landscape architects, however, they often do not match the same standard as those of architects. A solid background in the area of innovative use of information technology, especially computer-assisted design and CAD/CAM construction is only at a preliminary state at most universities. The critical arguments in the choice of the selected medium and the building up of a continuous digital chain stand here in the forefront. The aim is not to improve the quality of the landscape design based on the variety of the applied tools, but rather through the sensible use of the said. Reflections as well as questions of method and theory stand at the forefront of our efforts. 
wos WOS:000340643600055
keywords Design tool development; computational design research and teaching; new design concepts and strategies; parametric and evolutionary design.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id ecaade2013_002
id ecaade2013_002
authors Hanzl, Ma_gorzata
year 2013
title Modelling of Public Spaces
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.319
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 319-327
summary The relationship between the material settings and situational belonging to a more general notion of the culture of a given community remains the subject of inquiry of at least two scientific disciplines: anthropology and urban morphology studies. In this study an assessment of the various modelling platforms is performed with the objective of finding the most efficient method which allows the description of the semiotic features of urbanscapes. The ideal system should link the parametric definition of urban geometry with the high flexibility of data input and easy manipulation. In order to enable culture related analyses of urbanscapes, analyses should be performed which refers to the semiotics of morphological structures in the detailed scale of urban enclosure, which are streets or squares. Some elements of the proposed method of index key analyses are explained as one possible solution for the problems posed.
wos WOS:000340635300033
keywords Urban design; urban morphology; anthropology; parametric modelling; outdoor space.
series eCAADe
email
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