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_id caadria2015_030
id caadria2015_030
authors Daas, Mahesh and Andrew Wit
year 2015
title Pedagogy of Architectural Robotics
source Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 3-12
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.003
summary As computation and robotics become more prevalent in all aspects of architecture, their impact on education assumes greater importance. The paper presents the outcomes of a collaborative undergraduate architectural design studio that investigates the realms of architectural robotics and computation by stepping into the fecund intersections between multiple disciplines. The pedagogical prototype, Unsolicited: An Inconvenient Studio, broadly focused on the topics of robotics and responsive architectures. The notion of robotics was interpreted to include a range of robotic technologies and their formal manifestations in the form of biomorphic, mechanomorphic, polymorphic, and amorphic robots, and interactive architecture. Taught using a recently developed framework that focuses on self-organizing systems and the creation of innovative technology-driven design entrepreneurs rather than merely on the creation of designed artefacts, students found themselves not only innovating with new digital technologies but also bridging architecture, urbanism and computer science. The paper describes the pedagogy, processes, and outcomes of the studio.
keywords Robotics; interactive architecture; pedagogy; innovation; studio.
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ecaade2015_284
id ecaade2015_284
authors Wit, Andrew and Daas, Mahesh
year 2015
title Memos from an Inconvenient Studio - Unsolicited Projects for Responsive Architectures
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. 177-184
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.177
wos WOS:000372316000022
summary Computation, robotics and intelligent building/fabrication systems are finding themselves ever more prevalent within both practice and education. The assimilation of these new tools and methodologies within the pedagogy of architectural education continues to gain greater importance as we perceive their rapid evolution and integration within surrounding emergent fields. Through the model of an Inconvenient Studio, this paper examines the intersection between interdisciplinary collaboration, architectural robotics and computation as a means of gaining a broader understanding of how the architectural learning environment can be transformed into a self-organizing system for emergent solutions. The pedagogical prototype for an Inconvenient Studio was broadly focused on the topics of architectural robotics and responsive architectures interpreted through a range of robotic technologies and their manifestations such as biomorphic, mechanomorphic, polymorphic and amorphic robotics. Through a set of three “Memos” (Self-Organization, Autonomy, Sentience), this paper will describe how students created innovative technology-driven think tanks that produced design entrepreneurs.
series eCAADe
email
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last changed 2022/06/07 07:57

_id caadria2015_102
id caadria2015_102
authors Loh, Paul
year 2015
title Articulated Timber Ground, Making Pavilion as Pedagogy
source Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 23-32
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.023
summary Designing and making a pavilion within a studio setting has been undertaken by various educators and researchers as a valuable pedagogy in the past 10 years. It aims to construct a collaborative environment that allows students to develop an integrated approach to learning; through association, teamwork and creative collaboration. Usually the tacit knowledge applied and acquired through making, and the knowledge of design strategy and analysis are separated in the way they are taught; it is often difficult to integrate these within the same coursework which often leads to students using digital software and fabrication tools as problem solving devices. This paper looks at an integrated approach to learning computational design and digital fabrication through the making of a pavilion by a Master level design studio. The paper discusses the pedagogy of making through creative collaboration and integrated workflow. It focuses on the use of digital and physical prototypes as devices to stimulate an oscillating dialogue between problem solving and puzzle making; a counterpoint for students to develop and search for new knowledge in order to create personalised learning experience. The paper concludes with an examination on the limits of digital prototype when interfaced with physical environment.
keywords Digital Fabrication; Collaborative Design; Design Workflow; Pedagogy, File to Production
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id sigradi2015_12.215
id sigradi2015_12.215
authors Riether, Gernot; Wit, Andrew John
year 2015
title Redefining the Parametric Pedagogy. Reflections on a digital design build studio
source SIGRADI 2015 [Proceedings of the 19th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - vol. 2 - ISBN: 978-85-8039-133-6] Florianópolis, SC, Brasil 23-27 November 2015, pp. 713-718.
summary During the summer of 2014, a unique pedagogical prototype was initiated and tested through a short five-week digital design build workshop lead by Professors Gernot Riether and Andrew John Wit at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Unlike the typical design studio typology where projects are initiated through a series of top down predetermined project frameworks, this studio allowed for projects to emerge through student’s navigating an area of research in digital design and fabrication. The studio was supplied by nothing more than an entrepreneurial mindset, initial budget and the requirement that an architectural project would be realized at full-scale by the end of the semester. Over the course of the semester, students tested, stumbled and pressed through a series of follies and prototypes that resulted in the realization of the Underwood Pavilion. This paper explores a novel design pedagogy, through the lens of this Digital Design Build Studio.
keywords Studio pedagogy, Computation, Design Build, Digital Fabrication
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:58

_id eaea2015_t3_paper17
id eaea2015_t3_paper17
authors Sanza, Paolo
year 2015
title Reclaiming the Past: Adaptive Reuse in the Design Studio
source ENVISIONING ARCHITECTURE: IMAGE, PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION OF HERITAGE [ISBN 978-83-7283-681-6],Lodz University of Technology, 23-26 September 2015, pp.439-449
summary This paper presents the structure and outcomes of a noteworthy journey of a 4th year architectural design studio at Oklahoma State University which approached the challenges given by intervening in the immense and silent spaces of Torino’s mid 1880s built Officine Grandi Riparazioni delle Strade Ferrate, or simply OGR, not merely as an excuse for providing students with the right constituents to propose though-provoking design aesthetics, but rather as a process integrating knowledge of culture, history, tectonic, material, and technology to successfully find that “difficult middle ground between personal expression, respect for the past” and genius loci.
keywords adaptive reuse; pedagogy; Torino
series EAEA
email
last changed 2016/04/22 11:52

_id cf2015_279
id cf2015_279
authors Abdelmohsen, Sherif M. and Massoud, Passaint M.
year 2015
title Making Sense of those Batteries and Wires: Parametric Design between Emergence and Autonomy
source The next city - New technologies and the future of the built environment [16th International Conference CAAD Futures 2015. Sao Paulo, July 8-10, 2015. Electronic Proceedings/ ISBN 978-85-85783-53-2] Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 8-10, 2015, pp. 279-296.
summary This paper reports on the process and outcomes of a digital design studio that integrates parametric design and generative systems in architectural and urban design projects. It explores the interrelationship between the emergence of innovative formal representations using parametric design systems on the one hand, and design autonomy; more specifically the conscious process of generating and developing an architectural concept, on the other. Groups of undergraduate students working on an architectural project are asked to identify a specific conceptual parti that addresses an aspect of architectural quality, define strategies that satisfy those aspects, and computational methodologies to implement those strategies, such as rule-based systems, self-organization systems, and genetic algorithms. The paper describes the educational approach and studio outcomes, discusses implications for CAAD education and curricula, and addresses issues to be considered for parametric and generative software development.
keywords Parametric modeling, generative design, emergence, autonomy, design exploration, CAAD curriculum.
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2015/06/29 07:55

_id ecaade2015_18
id ecaade2015_18
authors Agkathidis, Asterios
year 2015
title Generative Design Methods - Implementing Computational Techniques in Undergraduate Architectural Education
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. 47-55
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.047
wos WOS:000372316000007
summary In continuation to the Deceptive Landscape Installation research project (Agkathidis, Kocatürk 2014), this paper investigates the implementation of generative design techniques in undergraduate architectural design education. After reviewing the main definitions of generative design synoptically, we have assessed the application of a modified generative method on a final year, undergraduate design studio, in order to evaluate its potential and its suitability within the framework of a research led design studio, leading to an RIBA accredited Part I degree. Our research findings based on analysis of the design outputs, student performance, external examiners reports as well as student course evaluation surveys indicate a positive outcome on the studio's design approach, as well as its suitability for an undergraduate design studio. They initiate a flourishing debate about accomplishments and failures of a design methodology, which still remains alien to many undergraduate curricula.
series eCAADe
email
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last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ecaade2024_35
id ecaade2024_35
authors Agkathidis, Asterios; Song, Yang; Symeonidou, Ioanna
year 2024
title AI-Assisted Design: Utilising artificial intelligence as a generative form-finding tool in architectural design studio teaching
source Kontovourkis, O, Phocas, MC and Wurzer, G (eds.), Data-Driven Intelligence - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2024), Nicosia, 11-13 September 2024, Volume 2, pp. 619–628
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.2.619
summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are currently making a dynamic appearance in the architectural realm. Social media are being bombarded by word-to-image/image-to-image generated illustrations of fictive buildings generated by tools such as ‘Midjourney’, ‘DALL-E’, ‘Stable Diffusion’ and others. Architects appear to be fascinated by the rapidly generated and inspiring ‘designs’ while others criticise them as superficial and formalistic. In continuation to previous research on Generative Design, (Agkathidis, 2015), this paper aims to investigate whether there is an appropriate way to integrate these new technologies as a generative tool in the educational architectural design process. To answer this question, we developed a design workflow consisting of four phases and tested it for two semesters in an architectural design studio in parallel to other studio units using conventional design methods but working on the same site. The studio outputs were evaluated by guest critics, moderators and external examiners. Furthermore, the design framework was evaluated by the students through an anonymous survey. Our findings highlight the advantages and challenges of the utilisation of AI image synthesis tools in the educational design process of an architectural design approach.
keywords AI, GAI, Generative Design, Design Education
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2024/11/17 22:05

_id caadria2015_246
id caadria2015_246
authors Fok, Wendy W.
year 2015
title Delineating Crowd Sourced Ownership in the Digital Age for the Built Environment
source Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 43-52
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.043
summary Time Magazine, had named the “Person of the Year” to “YOU” (the crowd) in 2006 , due to the infinite potentials of the thousands and millions of ‘yous’ who control the media and financing within the new digital democracy. These same citizens of digital innovation create the new platforms—seen in the early beta developments of Kickstarter, Twitter, Wikipedia, and Facebook—and contribute to the manipulation of international exchange of information and power, creating value propositions beyond the traditional product complexity of the market. Peer exchange and crowd organizational strategy will be used to innovate the built environment, and it is pertinent for “digital” property and “real” property to recognize and benefit from this emergence. Professional codes of conduct, economic values, and legal regulations have become a means to an end of the designing of digital and physical property, as digital barriers lift much of the necessary pre-cautions that is required to govern collaboration. This body of research explores the qualifying factors of open innovation identity between the creators and the consumers, the state of design ethics and ownership uncertainties pertaining to the combinatory methods and mechanisms that employ these technologies.
keywords Open Innovation; Crowd source; Authorship; Ownership; Digital Media; Digital Property; Physical Property.
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:51

_id caadria2015_049
id caadria2015_049
authors Holzer, Dominik
year 2015
title Digital Convergence In The Design Studio
source Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 469-478
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.469
summary The increased proliferation of computational tools for building performance evaluation during conceptual design has led to a fundamental transformation in architectural education over the past decade. Morphological exploration and form-finding in the studio setting now gets more and more enriched by environmental performance feedback that allows students to test their design in unprecedented ways. This paper contextualises the underlying developments leading to this changed context that results in greater convergence of information from various software applications, facilitated via digital means. The author presents the process and the outcomes of a recent architectural design studio as an example of how this convergence unfolds in an academic setting. The studio example highlights how the fluid interaction between parametric design techniques and environmental performance feedback enriches the students’ abilities to engage with their design processes in innovative ways.
keywords Parametric Design; Environmental Performance Optimisation; Multidisciplinary Design; Convergence; Optioneering.
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id cf2015_211
id cf2015_211
authors Hu, Yongheng
year 2015
title The Computation Turn in Structural Performance Based Architecture Design
source The next city - New technologies and the future of the built environment [16th International Conference CAAD Futures 2015. Sao Paulo, July 8-10, 2015. Electronic Proceedings/ ISBN 978-85-85783-53-2] Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 8-10, 2015, pp. 211-225.
summary It is necessary for an architect to engage closely with structural design, to interpret their design idea thoroughly, and it requires carefully collaboration between architect and engineer. The structural performance based design is not only to obey structure principle but to explore different possibilities of engineer and architectural innovation. Architects could apply this method in the earlier stage of design, and it could provide the efficient solution for structure, create a new spatial experience and further improve the construction quality in the later phase of development. In comparison to structural performance-based design in history, the computational technology has made it possible for architects to implement further the structural knowledge in more dynamic and sophisticated environment. This paper will discuss the history development and current transformation of this method. Three research project will explain the current experimental design process and back the idea of this method.
keywords Performance Based Architecture design, Computational Design, Structural Optimization
series CAAD Futures
type normal paper
email
last changed 2015/07/28 20:41

_id caadria2015_000
id caadria2015_000
authors Ikeda, Yasushi; Christiane M Herr, DominikHolzer, SawakoKaijima, MiJeong Kim and Marc Aurel Schnabel (Eds.)
year 2015
title Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture
source Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, 908 p.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015
summary Emerging Experiences in the Past, Present, and Future of Digital Architecture — the 20th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2015—celebrates the twenty-year history of CAADRIA with a cross-disciplinary concept in technologies of architecture to promote research and practice of computational design. It aims to overview the potential of CAAD which enhances creativity and effective innovation over the twenty years of CAADRIA's existence. The conference provides an international forum where academics and practitioners share their novel research development and reflection for defining the future of computation in architectural design. CAADRIA 2015 presents 86 peer-reviewed full papers from all over the world.
series CAADRIA
last changed 2022/06/07 07:49

_id acadia15_232
id acadia15_232
authors Kim, Simon; Yim, Mark; Alcedo, Kevin; Choi, Mike; Wang, Billy; Yang, Hyeji
year 2015
title Soft Robotics Applied to Architecture
source ACADIA 2105: Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene [Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-53726-8] Cincinnati 19-25 October, 2015), pp. 232-242
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2015.232
summary This paper presents an application of a current research in soft robotics to architectural systems that present new modes of activation. The immediate architectural applications of soft actuated elements are to any surface – wall, ceiling, floor – as well as in the production of smaller autonomous living units. This augmentation of architecture that is not only actuated robotics but are also soft, add a layer of intelligence to earlier experiments in inflatable architecture. Using new polymer compounds cast with a series of internal chambers, different ranges of motion may be produced by the differential inflation of chambers with air. The resulting movement may be designed to produce a series of degrees of freedom, allowing the passage of human occupants, light, and views.
keywords Responsive Architecture, Soft Robotics, Interaction, Adaptive Materials
series ACADIA
type normal paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:49

_id caadria2015_087
id caadria2015_087
authors Moleta, Tane J.
year 2015
title Flowing through Space
source Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 489-497
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.489
summary The general field this presentation will address is the integration of game mechanics within the design studio. The CAAD community has invested considerable energy into the insertion of games within education to teach specific skills or develop design behaviours. Building on some of this research we report on three years of studio teaching in undergraduate architectural studies. We propose that the outcomes of the design studio can benefit greatly from employing game mechanics to encourage constructive design behaviours within a student cohort. This body research flips the traditional location of game mechanic, shifting the motivations from the hands of the teacher to place the mechanic in the hand of the student. The research reports an increased level of engagement and collaboration and presents a body of work that extends beyond traditional expectations of the architectural design studio.
keywords Education, game mechanics, design studio.
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id ecaade2015_148
id ecaade2015_148
authors Moleta, Tane
year 2015
title SPACE FOR GAMES - Exploring Acquisition of Space Planning Skills through the Use of Real Time Strategy Games
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. 41-45
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.041
wos WOS:000372316000006
summary Real Time Strategy games enjoy worldwide popularity. Success in this genre of games requires a high degree of skill in spatial and temporal organisation. These skills are typically built upon a foundation characteristic of an iterative workflow. An iterative workflow is also a desirable behaviour in the design studio of architecture students allowing for a greater understanding of parameters embedded within the design and ultimately leading to better learning outcomes. This paper discusses the potential of Real Time Strategy Games and draws connections between successful player attributes found specifically in Tower Defence Games and how these could be used to introduce skills required in the planning of architectural space.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id ecaade2015_176
id ecaade2015_176
authors Moorhouse, Jon and Peter, Herbert
year 2015
title [2+2] Two Architects and Two Galleries
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. 199-206
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.199
wos WOS:000372316000024
summary This paper addresses the needs of exhibition curation with the concept of a virtual gallery (which may or may not be translated into reality). Curation is often an overly linear process - as opposed to an iterative exercise, whereby collaboration between stakeholders is somewhat limited by time, distance and the opportunity for virtual communication. This suggests that the implementation of a system for sharing visual data - especially in the real-time mode that a virtual studio might offer - could facilitate a more dynamic and iterative design process, where the design team remains engaged throughout.Two (architectural) designers - from Vienna, Austria and Liverpool, UK - are collaborating to create a process for exhibition design for existing venue, involving international stakeholders in remote locations. The key outcome for this research is to create a framework for future collaborative workflow that enhances the delivery of exhibition design through improved decision-making, without the need for all of the team to have extensive software knowledge.The paper thence reflects on current experience, reporting changes in curatorial processes and suggesting areas of added value that might benefit future works.
series eCAADe
email
more https://mh-engage.ltcc.tuwien.ac.at/engage/ui/watch.html?id=47ff3c32-6e90-11e5-af39-00190f04dc4c
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id caadria2015_109
id caadria2015_109
authors Moya, Rafael
year 2015
title Empirical Evaluation of Three Wind Analysis Tools for Concept Design of an Urban Wind Shelter
source Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 313-322
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.313
summary The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the performance of three wind analysis programs used in the early design stage (EDS) of a passive windbreak shelter concept for an urban context. This study compared the different workflows of these programs and the respective visualized results, identifying the differences and limitations of these tools, for design exploration. The programs tested were Autodesk Vasari, ODS-Studio, and ANSYS CFX. The results of this investigation indicate that basic computational fluid dynamics (CFD) programs such as Vasari was found to be more suitable for the observation of large-scale wind phenomena through the whole area of the shelter. Moreover, intermediate CFD tools (functions, usability) such as ODS-Studio can be used more efficiently in detailed visualization of wind interacting with design features. Finally, a more sophisticated CFD program like ANSYS CFX can be incorporated in the early design stage workflow for final verification of results.
keywords CFD; visualisation; wind; pedestrian comfort.
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id ijac201513205
id ijac201513205
authors Nahmad Vazquez, Alicia and Wassim Jabi
year 2015
title A Collaborative Approach to Digital Fabrication:A Case Study for the Design and Production of Concrete ‘Pop-up’ Structures
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 13 - no. 2, 195-216
summary The research presented in this paper utilizes industrial robotic arms and new material technologies to model and explore a prototypical workflow for on-site robotic collaboration based on feedback loops. This workflow will ultimately allow for the construction of customized, free-form, on-site concrete structures without the need for complex formwork. The paper starts with an explanation of the relevance of collaborative robotics through history in the industry and in architecture. An argument is put forward for the need to move towards the development of collaborative processes based on feedback loops amongst the designer, the robot and the material, where they all inform each other continuously. This kind of process, with different degrees of autonomy and agency for each actor, is necessary for on-site deployment of robots. A test scenario is described using an innovative material named concrete canvas that exhibits hybrid soft fabric and rigid thin-shell tectonics. This research project illustrates the benefits of integrating information-embedded materials, masscustomization and feedback loops. Geometry scanning, parametric perforation pattern control, computational analysis and simulation, and robotic fabrication were integrated within a digital fabrication deployment scenario. The paper concludes with a detailed report of research findings and an outline for future work.
series journal
last changed 2019/05/24 09:55

_id caadria2015_203
id caadria2015_203
authors Nakapan, Walaiporn
year 2015
title Challenge of Teaching BIM in the First Year of University
source Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 509-518
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.509
summary This paper presents an experience about BIM curriculum from Faculty of Architecture, Rangsit University, which has been implemented since 2010. Our approach is to introduce BIM into the first year architectural design curriculum both as a tool and as a new way to practice design. The objective of this paper is to identify problems encountered from the class and typical misconceptions about BIM curriculum based on our experience. Problems encountered are 1) The need to boost students’ attention, 2) The lack of acceptability criteria of the students’ design flaws, 3) The lack of BIM Guideline to be used in the curriculum, and 4) The need to grow the BIM thinking in other advanced studios. Typical misconceptions identified are 1) BIM is just another design tool 2) Traditional design process can be used in a BIM design studio, and 3) BIM limits creativity. Finally, we propose how to improve the curriculum and compare the BIM design process to traditional design process.
keywords BIM; Curriculum; Education.
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id cf2015_464
id cf2015_464
authors Narahara, Taro
year 2015
title Architecture meets gaming and robotics: Creating interactive prototypes and digital simulations for architects
source The next city - New technologies and the future of the built environment [16th International Conference CAAD Futures 2015. Sao Paulo, July 8-10, 2015. Electronic Proceedings/ ISBN 978-85-85783-53-2] Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 8-10, 2015, pp. 464.
summary This paper presents an approach to producing an interactive physical kinetic prototype and its digital simulation for architects using a series of proposed methods. Conventional architectural CAD applications alone are not always sufficient for illustrating ideas for adaptable and responsive architecture that can conditionally change its states over time. The use of technologies from game design and robotics has a potential to extend the role of architects beyond merely providing static formal design solutions to various spatial problems. The paper introduces methods for rapid prototyping and real-time interaction between physical kinetic prototypes and a digital application environment for simulation using readily available commodity hardware, such as Arduino microcontrollers, 9g servo motors, Kinect sensors, and Unity 3D game engine software with its computational physics. The paper also presents case studies using the approach and discusses possible applications and assessment of this approach.
keywords Interactive prototypes, simulation, game engine, robotics.
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2015/06/29 07:55

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