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_id ecaade2014_155
id ecaade2014_155
authors Martina Decker and Andrzej Zarzycki
year 2014
title Designing Resilient Buildings with Emergent Materials
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.2.179
source Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 179-184
wos WOS:000361385100019
summary This paper looks at two distinct approaches to kinetic façades and smart building assemblies reminiscent of designs for the Institut du Monde Arabe and for Hoberman's Simon Center. The first approach uses Arduino microcontroller-guided kinetic components with a distinct assemblage of elements, each performing a dedicated function such as sensor, actuator, or logical processing unit. The second approach incorporates custom-designed smart materials-shape memory alloys (SMAs)-that not only complement or replace the need for electrically operated sensors or actuators, but also eliminate a microcontroller, since in this arrangement the material itself performs computational functions. The paper will discuss case studies that use physical computing and smart-material models as vehicles to discuss the value of each approach to adaptive design in architecture. Building on these observations, the paper looks into conceptual aspects of an integrated hybrid system that combines both computation approaches and unique opportunities inherent to these hybrid designs.
keywords Adaptable designs; arduino microcontrollers; shape memory alloys (smas); smart materials; programmable matter
series eCAADe
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_id ascaad2014_003
id ascaad2014_003
authors Parlac, Vera
year 2014
title Surface Dynamics: From dynamic surface to agile spaces
source Digital Crafting [7th International Conference Proceedings of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2014 / ISBN 978-603-90142-5-6], Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), 31 March - 3 April 2014, pp. 39-48
summary Behavior, adaptation and responsiveness are characteristics of live organisms; architecture on the other hand is structurally, materially and functionally constructed. With the shift from ‘mechanical’ towards ‘organic’ paradigm (Mae-Wan Ho, 1997) attitude towards architectural adaptation, behavior and performance is shifting as well. This change is altering a system of reference and conceptual basis for architecture by suggesting the integration of dynamics – dynamics that don’t address kinetic movement only but include flows of energies, material and information. This paper presents an ongoing research into kinetic material system with the focus on non-mechanical actuation (shape memory alloy) and the structural and material behavior. It proposes an adaptive surface capable of altering its shape and forming small occupiable spaces that respond to external and internal influences and flows of information. The adaptive structure is developed as a physical and digital prototype. Its behavior is examined at a physical level and the findings are used to digitally simulate the behavior of the larger system. The design approach is driven by an interest in adaptive systems in nature and material variability (structural and functional) of naturally constructed materials. The broader goal of the research is to test the scale at which shape memory alloy can be employed as an actuator of dynamic architectural surfaces and to speculate on and explore the capacity of active and responsive systems to produce adaptable surfaces that can form occupiable spaces and with that, added functionalities in architectural and urban environments.
series ASCAAD
email
last changed 2016/02/15 13:09

_id acadia14projects_251
id acadia14projects_251
authors Farahi, Behnaz
year 2014
title Breathing Wall
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.251
source ACADIA 14: Design Agency [Projects of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 9789126724478]Los Angeles 23-25 October, 2014), pp. 251-262
summary This installation is aiming to imagine a space that can develop an understanding of its users through their hand/bodily movements and respond accordingly?
keywords Interactive architecture, Kinetic Installation, Human- Building Interaction, Projection mapping, Leap Motion, User participation in design.
series ACADIA
type Student's Research Projects
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id acadia14_417
id acadia14_417
authors Fox, Michael
year 2014
title Peristalsis: A Real-World Lesson in Adaptable Space
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.417
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.417-426
summary This paper outlines the design, prototyping and construction process of a dynamically morphing, spatially adaptable wedding hall / event space.
keywords Kinetic Design, Interactive Architecture, Arduino Prototyping, Adaptive Design, Adaptable Space, Performance in Design
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:51

_id acadia14_691
id acadia14_691
authors Sharaidin, Kamil
year 2014
title Using Physical Models in Design to Evaluate the Acclimatisation of Kinetic Facades for Daylight and Thermal Performance
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.691
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. 691-698
summary The paper discusses the exploration of physical testing to understand the kinetic facades performance in response to daylight and thermal heat conditions. This exploration can be alternative tools for the designers to explore the performance of kinetic facades in response to daylighting and thermal heat condition in the early design stage
keywords Interactive Architecture, Design Decision Making, Performance in Design
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id acadia14_435
id acadia14_435
authors Velikov, Kathy; Thun, Geoffrey; O'Malley, Mary
year 2014
title PneuSystems: cellular pneumatic envelope assemblies
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.435
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. 435-444
summary This paper describes the authors’ research into multi-cellular pneu assemblies for lightweight, adaptive architectural skins. The work focuses on pneu topologies, kinetic pneu geometries, manufacturing logics and adaptive control, developed through feedbacks between computational models and physical prototyping.
keywords Intelligent Environments, Material Agency, Biomimicry and Biological Models in Design, Material Logics and Tectonics, Performance in Design, Computational design analysis
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id ecaade2014_036
id ecaade2014_036
authors Afonso Maria de Castro Fernandes Abreu Gonçalves
year 2014
title A Grammar for Shelters - An exploration of rule-based designs in prefabricated and modular shelters.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.2.327
source Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 327-336
wos WOS:000361385100034
summary This work explores the possible use of the shape grammar formalism in generating small/medium sized dwellings or shelters as a possible and effective solution for shelter shortages that usually follows in the wake of a natural disaster. The shelters are generated using a set of pre-fabricated elements that add up to form a coherent and functional dwelling. The grammar exemplified here, being a shape grammar, deals specially with generating the underlying functional diagram and the floor plan of one possible solution based on a set of typologies design a priori.
keywords Shape grammars; modular architecture; emergency architecture
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ecaade2014_055
id ecaade2014_055
authors Ahmet Emre Dincer, Gülen Cagdas and Hakan Tong
year 2014
title A Digital Tool for Customized Mass Housing Design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.1.201
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. 201-211
wos WOS:000361384700020
summary Innovative design approaches are needed for mass housing implementations. Especially increasing interaction between user and designer is major important in the design decisions of these buildings. For this, it is seriously necessary to benefit from technological advances in computational designs, because digital tools like shape grammar, cellular automata, genetic algorithm, l-systems and agent-based models in this field provide not only to save time and to manage the relationships but also to generate many different alternatives. Accordingly, a digital support tool for designers has been developed by using cellular automata approach and scripts of 3Ds Max software. It produces samples of housing design plans which is generated by cellular automata approach according to the data of users' preferences. In this paper the interface and contributions of the developed model are introduced and discussed.
keywords Computational design; mass customization; innovative housing design; plugin
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ecaade2014_188
id ecaade2014_188
authors Anette Kreutzberg
year 2014
title New Virtual Reality for Architectural Investigations
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.2.253
source Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 253-260
wos WOS:000361385100027
summary Visually decoding and evaluating digital 3D models in proper scale on screen from within 3D modelling software can be quite difficult due to random zoom-factors, Field of View (FOV) and eye height. Motion and interactive bodily grounded examinations are helpful factors that can be enhanced with the use of Virtual Reality (VR). The purpose of this phenomenological study is to address these difficulties of perception of scale by introducing a Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display (HMD) as an exploration tool and outlining possible ways of utilising this tool in architectural teaching. To achieve the purpose findings of perception of scale and distance; level of abstraction; navigation; and simulator sickness will be discussed in relation to architectural investigation in VR. This will be based on the experiences and findings during two workshops with architecture students qualifying their conceptual designs with the VR HMD.
keywords Virtual reality; level of abstraction; oculus rift hmd; perception of scale; simulator sickness
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id sigradi2014_339
id sigradi2014_339
authors Arenas Bahamondes, Felipe Ignacio; Claudio Andrés Fredes Osses
year 2014
title Principios de diseño de juegos ubicuos: Modelo para la implementación de juegos de infraestructura multimedial en espacios aumentados [Design principles of ubiquitous games: A model for implementing games of multimedia infrastructure in augmented spaces]
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. 450-454
summary This research aims to build a method for making ubiquitous games using urban screens. It explores the boundaries between the fields of architecture, new media art and design, describing a theoretical framework that illustrates the potentials of designing game systems in the public space as well as the benefits that include the use of public screens to construct social interaction. Through the analysis and interpretation of several case studies we were able to determine the key aspects that designers should consider developing this kind of projects.
keywords Ubiquitous games; Augmented spaces; Urban screens; Public space; Active citizenship
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:47

_id ecaade2014_187
id ecaade2014_187
authors Asli Cekmis
year 2014
title Fuzzy computing for layout design in ill-defined, uncertain spaces
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.1.277
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. 277-286
wos WOS:000361384700027
summary Layout design has been supported by some computational tools, where fuzzy systems have been approved as an appropriate method to handle uncertainty in the early design stage. In this paper, a new mathematical model depending on the fuzzy logic and sets theory is proposed to assist in layout design. The model distinctly deals with spatial uncertainty in open planned designs, where there is no clear layout configuration or definite patterns of usage. The model calculates the possibility of occupancy according to space, function and user related parameters and logical rules. It also visualises the architectural plan as being comprised of sub-spaces formed by the distribution of those possibilities. Sub-spaces are characterised as “Fuzzy Architectural Spatial Objects” (FASOs). As a result, layouts are represented as an accumulation of FASOs showing a certain inhabitation pattern. Various layouts can be generated within the identity of FASOs. Architects can evaluate the layouts and propose new ones by organising the FASOs on the plan and considering their relations. After describing the model the paper demonstrates an application which aims to design a proper layout for a major exhibition hall in Istanbul.
keywords Spatial uncertainty; open-plans; inhabitation patterns; layout design; fuzzy architectural spatial objects (fasos)
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ascaad2014_036
id ascaad2014_036
authors Assassi, Abdelhalim; Belal Taher and Samai Rachida
year 2014
title Intelligent Digital Craft to Recognize Spatial Installations for Residential Designs: Approach to Understand the Design of Housing Barbaric in Algeria using the Majali Composition Software
source Digital Crafting [7th International Conference Proceedings of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2014 / ISBN 978-603-90142-5-6], Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), 31 March - 3 April 2014, pp. 195-196; 443-456
summary Architecture took an evolutionary context over time, where designers were interested in finding pragmatic spontaneous appropriate solutions and met the needs of people in urban and architectural spaces. Whereas, in modern architecture an intense and varied competition happens between architects through various currents of thoughts , schools and movements, however, that creativity was the ultimate goal , and a the same time we find that every architect distinguishes himself individually or collectively through tools of architectural expression and design representation adopting a school of thought, using , for example, the leaves of various sizes and diverse technical drawing tools to accurately show that he can be read by professionals or craftsmen outside the geographical scope to which it belongs .With the rapid technological development which accompanied the digital craft in the contemporary world , The digital craft summed up time, distance and tools , so they gave the concept more appropriate accuracy , as virtualization has become the most effective tool for Architecture To reach the ideal and typical results at the practical level, or pure research. At the level of residential design and on the grounds that housing plays an important role in the government policies and given that housing is a basic unit common to all urban communities on earth , the use of different programs to show its typicality in two dimensions or in the third dimension - for example, using software "AutoCAD " " 3D Max " , " ArchiCAD " ... etc. - gave virtualisation smart, creative and beautiful forms which lead to better understand the used /or to be used residential spaces, and thus the conclusion that the life system of dwelling under design or under study , as can specifically recognize spatial structure in housing design - using digital software applying "Space Syntax" for example - in the shadow of slowly growing digital and creative development with the help of high-speed computers . the morphological structure of the dwelling is considered to be the most important contemporary residential designs Investigation through which the researcher in this area aims to understand the various behavioral relations and social structures within the projected residential area, using Space Syntax techniques. Through the structural morphology of dwellings can be inferred quality networks, levels of connectivity and depth and places of openness or closure within the dwelling under study, or under design. How, then, have intelligently contributed this digital craft to the perception of those spatial fixtures ? The aim of this research is to apply an appropriate program in the field of vernacular residential design and notably Space syntax which relate to the understanding and analysis of spatial structures, and also demonstrate its role at the morphological and spatial structure aspects, and prove how effective it helps to understand the social logic of domestic space through social individual/collective relationships and behaviors projected on the spatial configurations of dwellings. The answer to the issue raised above and at the methodological aspect, the study discussed the application of space syntax techniques on the subject. The findings tend to prove the efficiency by comparing samples of Berber vernacular domestic spaces from the Mzab, the Aures and Kabilya in Algeria, and has also led to ascertain the intelligibility of space syntax techniques in reading the differences between the behaviors in domestic spaces in different areas of the sample through long periods of time .
series ASCAAD
type normal paper
email
last changed 2021/07/16 10:39

_id ijac201412307
id ijac201412307
authors Baerlecken, Daniel; Katherine Blair Wright
year 2014
title Nominalized Matter: Agency of Material
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 12 - no. 3, 339-356
summary This paper investigates making as a process that brings together diverse materials and combines their flow in anticipation of what might emerge. Ingold calls this approach the textility of making, which gives priority to the formation of materials as a process, in which form is generated through interventions within fields of forces and currents of materials - not through a predefined notion of an ideal outcome. The approach opposes the Aristotelian hylomorphic approach, which focuses on final products. This paper investigates textiles techniques and their potential for simultaneously creating ornamental and structural systems. This work is conducted through a sequence of architecture design studios, producing the case studies found in this paper. Within the paper different examples of textile systems are introduced ranging from a Semperian approach (wall as dress) to form finding experiments with active textile materials - demonstrating the potential for methods utilizing material agency to inform architectural design
series journal
last changed 2019/05/24 09:55

_id caadria2014_207
id caadria2014_207
authors Beorkrem, Christopher and Charles Davis II
year 2014
title A Primitive Parametric
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2014.893
source Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2014) / Kyoto 14-16 May 2014, pp. 893–902
summary This paper describes the products of an exhibition organized by the authors that speculatively reconstructed the ‘long history’ of Architectural Biology to recover the cultural potential of biological metaphors in contemporary architecture. The extended historical timeline of the show spanned from the second half of the nineteenth century to the present. However, in contrast to previous shows that have isolated modern architects’ interests in the formalist principles of biology, this show examined the formal and cultural prerogatives of modern architects in tandem with one another. This historical framework encouraged the speculative analysis of the social and political relevance of contemporary claims, which inherently challenges the ahistorical bias of the postcritical debates that emerged in the new millennium. Widening our gaze to examine the ‘long history’ of biological metaphors in architecture enabled us to recuperate the cultural significance that biological references have accrued within the discipline of architecture. This disciplinary history promises to repair the historical amnesia that has beset contemporary architects who limit their analysis of biology to formalist principles of design. A key component of the exhibit was the conceptual pairing of the ‘primitive’ (cultural) concerns of nineteenth-century figures with the ‘parametric’ (formal) concerns of postwar and contemporary architects. Using Gottfried Semper as a representative figure for the former position, we reinterpreted the inherent cultural meaning of postwar and contemporary architectural works, including those completed by Frei Otto, Achim Menges, Lars Spuybroek, SHoP, and Evan Douglis. The material potential of this approach was expressed in the making of analytical maps, digital models, and conceptual drawings that explored the latent ‘primitive’ themes of contemporary ‘parametric’ designs.
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id sigradi2014_144
id sigradi2014_144
authors Böhme, Luis Felipe González; Cristián Calvo Barentin
year 2014
title Desarrollo de competencias avanzadas en computación en la formación de los arquitectos latinoamericanos del siglo XXI [Advanced Computing Competence Development in 21st-century Latin American Architects’ Education]
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. 217-221
summary Automation and robotics are increasingly penetrating all types of industries in developed countries including architecture, i.e., products and services related to architectural practice. Therefore, more than ever, architects, designers and artists are interested in developing computational thinking skills to be able to integrate more functionality into their creations and take direct control of their fabrication. But what can a small school of architecture in Latin America do to prevent the deskilling of its graduates and, instead, create new labor opportunities for them abroad. Third-year students integrate physical computing with visual programming in an active learning environment to develop free proposals.
keywords Architectural education; Physical computing; Visual programming; Computational thinking; Active learning
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:47

_id sigradi2014_273
id sigradi2014_273
authors Chiarella, Mauro; Analía Raffin, Silvina Lopaczek, Sebastian Martini, Nicolas Góngora, Francisco Bressan
year 2014
title Pieles Arquitectónicas Dinámicas. Prototipos a escala mediante prototipado rápido, microcontroladores y patrones plegados [Dynamic architectural skins. Scale prototypes using rapid prototyping, microcontrollers and folding patterns]
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. 96-100
summary Contemporary architecture replaces the concept facade by skin: outer layer mediating between the building and its surroundings; active, informed, connected and communicative membrane. Our training and practice in architecture, still working for the rigor and stability of modular geomerías on determinants of a unique spatial and morphological situation passive. In the teaching of architecture in Latin America there are no exercises that incorporate a learning design to create flexible dynamic geometries as possible structures for sensitive skin. The research aims to explore the possibilities and systematize the dynamic folding of planar surfaces using geometric simulation programs (freeform origami, Grasshopper); building scale prototypes (rapid prototyping and arduino microcontroller) and subsequent verification of energy analysis program.
keywords Architectural skin; folded patterns; arduino; rapid prototyping
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:48

_id acadia14_473
id acadia14_473
authors Cutellic, Pierre
year 2014
title Le Cube d'Après, Integrated Cognition for Iterative and generative Designs.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.473
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
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
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ecaadesigradi2019_645
id ecaadesigradi2019_645
authors Diniz, Nancy, Melendez, Frank, Boonyapanachoti, Woraya and Morales, Sebastian
year 2019
title Body Architectures - Real time data visualization and responsive immersive environments
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.2.739
source Sousa, JP, Xavier, JP and Castro Henriques, G (eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Volume 2, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 739-746
summary This project sets up a design framework that promotes augmenting the human body's interactions exploring methods for merging and blending the users of physical and virtual environments, through the design of wearable devices that are embedded with sensors and actuators. This allows for haptic and visual feedback through the use of data that reflects changes in the surrounding physical environment, and visualized in the immersive Virtual Reality (VR) environment. We consider the Body Architectures project to serve as mechanisms for augmenting the body in relation to the virtual architecture. These wearable devices serve to bring a hyper-awareness to our senses, as closed-loop cybernetic systems that utilize 'digitized' biometric and environmental data through the use of 3D scanning technologies and cloud point models, virtual reality visualization, sensing technologies, and actuation. The design of Body Architectures relies on hybrid design, transdisciplinary collaborations, to explore new possibilities for wearable body architectures that evolve human-machine-environment interactions, and create hyper awareness of the temporal, atmospheric qualities that make up our experience of space, as 'sensorial envelopes' (Lally 2014).
keywords Virtual Reality; Wearable Design; Physical Computing; Data Visualization; Immersive Environments; Responsive Architecture
series eCAADeSIGraDi
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id acadia14_619
id acadia14_619
authors Erhan, Halil; Wang, Ivy; Shireen, Naghmi
year 2014
title Interacting with Thousands: A Parametric-Space Exploration Method in Generative Design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2014.619
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. 619-626
summary Although generative and parametric design methods open possibilities for working with a large number of solutions, there is almost no computational support for designers to directly manage, sort, filter, and select the generated designs. In this study, we propose an approach that presents a similarity-based design exploration relying on similarity indices that aims to reduce and collapse design space into manageable scales.
keywords parametric design, generative methods, design space reduction, similarity metrics and indices, similarity matrix; BIG DATA
series ACADIA
type Normal Paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id ecaade2014_104
id ecaade2014_104
authors Estefania Tapias and Shubham Soni
year 2014
title Building-up urban open spaces from shadow range analyses
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.1.129
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. 129-135
wos WOS:000361384700012
summary This paper explores an alternative approach for the creation of new built forms based on solar access analysis. Consolidated on urban areas under development, the denominated 'inverted' approach is focused on the generation of recreational open spaces based on shadow conditions caused by existing built forms, and as a starting point for the construction of new urban envelopes as possible development areas. Unlike the existing method of the 'solar envelope', the 'inverted' approach shows an alternative procedure for the construction of built forms, based on pedestrian comfort caused by solar access in urban spaces rather than on indoor performance affected by the penetration of sunlight into buildings. As a method for the creation of urban envelopes, this approach attempts to enhance pedestrian comfort according to the study of solar access in urban areas. The 'inverted' approach is based on sun path data and is developed as a generative procedure, where the results of shadow range analyses and the different urban objectives work as input parameters for the generation of urban envelopes. Based on this methodology, two Grasshopper® custom components are developed.
keywords Urban open spaces; solar access; shadow range simulation; generative modelling
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:52

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