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_id	ecaade2021_203
id	ecaade2021_203
authors	Arora, Hardik, Bielski, Jessica, Eisenstadt, Viktor, Langenhan, Christoph, Ziegler, Christoph, Althoff, Klaus-Dieter and Dengel, Andreas
year	2021
title	Consistency Checker - An automatic constraint-based evaluator for housing spatial configurations
source	Stojakovic, V and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 8-10 September 2021, pp. 351-358
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.351
summary	The gradual rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its increasing visibility among many research disciplines affected Computer-Aided Architectural Design (CAAD). Architectural deep learning (DL) approaches are being developed and published on a regular basis, such as retrieval (Sharma et al. 2017) or design style manipulation (Newton 2019; Silvestre et al. 2016). However, there seems to be no method to evaluate highly constrained spatial configurations for specific architectural domains (such as housing or office buildings) based on basic architectural principles and everyday practices. This paper introduces an automatic constraint-based consistency checker to evaluate the coherency of semantic spatial configurations of housing construction using a small set of design principles to evaluate our DL approaches. The consistency checker informs about the overall performance of a spatial configuration followed by whether it is open/closed and the constraints it didn't satisfy. This paper deals with the relation of spaces processed as mathematically formalized graphs contrary to existing model checking software like Solibri.
keywords	model checking, building information modeling, deep learning, data quality
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2016_583
id	sigradi2016_583
authors	Chiarella, Mauro; Martini, Sebastián; Giraldi, Sebastián; Góngora, Nicolás; Picco, Camila
year	2016
title	Cultura Maker. Dispositivos, Prótesis Robóticas y Programación Visual en Arquitectura y Dise?o para eficiencia energética [Culture Maker. Devices, Prostheses Robotics and Visual Programming in Architecture and Design for energy efficiency.]
source	SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.961-968
summary	The Maker movement is the ability to be small and at the same time world; craftsmanship and innovative; high technology and low cost. The Maker movement is doing for physical products what the open source made by the software. The Maker culture emphasizes collaborative learning and distributed cognition. Its knowledge base repository and channels of exchange of ideas and information are: web sites; social networks; the Hackerspaces and Fab-Labs. Three experiences presented with devices; prostheses robotics and CNC machines, based on logical replacement; adaptation and generation. Its authors are undergraduate and graduate fellows Industrial Design and Architecture.
keywords	Maker culture; Prostheses Robotics; Visual Programming; Energy Efficiency; Adaptive Skin
series	SIGRADI
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_id	caadria2016_239
id	caadria2016_239
authors	Prohasky, Daniel J.; Rafael Moya Castro, Simon Watkins and Jane Burry
year	2016
title	Design Driven Physical Experimentation: A flexible wind sensing platform for architects
source	Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2016) / Melbourne 30 March–2 April 2016, pp. 239-248
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2016.239
summary	Architectural design in this ‘digital age’ is becoming more embedded within virtual computer aided design environments. This study expands this virtual design environment back into physical realms through the use of microelectronic wind sensing technology. An interactive and flexible wind sensing system (open source minia- ture portable wind tunnel and wind sensors) was evaluated for its abil- ity to simulate and measure the effects of wind. Physical models of four high-rise buildings were constructed to evaluate ground level pe- destrian comfort resulting from the degree of torsional twist in the building form. The model investigation formed a case study for evalu- ating of the low-cost miniature portable wind tunnel and microelec- tronic wind sensing system for comparison with an industrial aeronau- tical wind tunnel and high precision wind sensors.
keywords	Architectural wind tunnel; microelectronic wind sensing; twisted building; wind visualisation
series	CAADRIA
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_id	caadria2016_353
id	caadria2016_353
authors	Yuan, Feng; Shuyi Huang and Tong Xiao
year	2016
title	Physical and numerical simulation as a generative design tool
source	Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2016) / Melbourne 30 March–2 April 2016, pp. 353-362
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2016.353
summary	Environmentally sound and high-performance buildings are contributing towards a sustainable future. With increased density of contemporary urban space and the urgent desire to promote building performance, a better understanding of wind behaviour will positively influence future design explorations. In the traditional sequential ar- chitectural practice, there is a gap between design and performance simulation. This paper presents an experimental and systematic study of the performance-oriented design tools, strategies and workflows utilized in the concept prototyping of a high-rise building. It describes a new approach to incorporate wind tunnel testing, computational flu- id dynamics simulation as well as parametric software, sensors and open-source electronics platform into an accessible, interactive and low-cost form generation kit, rapidly evaluating the performance of potential design options in the early design stage. As indicated in this research, environmental simulation can be a decision-making tool, in- tegrating the concept of continuity into the design process.
keywords	Environmental performance; building aerodynamics; wind tunnel testing; computational fluid dynamics
series	CAADRIA
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_id	caadria2024_186
id	caadria2024_186
authors	Huang, Jingfei and Tu, Han
year	2024
title	Inconsistent Affective Reaction: Sentiment of Perception and Opinion in Urban Environments
source	Nicole Gardner, Christiane M. Herr, Likai Wang, Hirano Toshiki, Sumbul Ahmad Khan (eds.), ACCELERATED DESIGN - Proceedings of the 29th CAADRIA Conference, Singapore, 20-26 April 2024, Volume 2, pp. 395–404
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2024.2.395
summary	The ascension of social media platforms has transformed our understanding of urban environments, giving rise to nuanced variations in sentiment reaction embedded within human perception and opinion, and challenging existing multidimensional sentiment analysis approaches in urban studies. This study presents novel methodologies for identifying and elucidating sentiment inconsistency, constructing a dataset encompassing 140,750 Baidu and Tencent Street view images to measure perceptions, and 984,024 Weibo social media text posts to measure opinions. A reaction index is developed, integrating object detection and natural language processing techniques to classify sentiment in Beijing Second Ring for 2016 and 2022. Classified sentiment reaction is analysed and visualized using regression analysis, image segmentation, and word frequency based on land-use distribution to discern underlying factors. The perception affective reaction trend map reveals a shift toward more evenly distributed positive sentiment, while the opinion affective reaction trend map shows more extreme changes. Our mismatch map indicates significant disparities between the sentiments of human perception and opinion of urban areas over the years. Changes in sentiment reactions have significant relationships with elements such as dense buildings and pedestrian presence. Our inconsistent maps present perception and opinion sentiments before and after the pandemic and offer potential explanations and directions for environmental management, in formulating strategies for urban renewal.
keywords	Urban Sentiment, Affective Reaction, Social Media, Machine Learning, Urban Data, Image Segmentation.
series	CAADRIA
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_id	acadia20_668
id	acadia20_668
authors	Pasquero, Claudia; Poletto, Marco
year	2020
title	Deep Green
source	ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume I: Technical Papers [Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-95213-0]. Online and Global. 24-30 October 2020. edited by B. Slocum, V. Ago, S. Doyle, A. Marcus, M. Yablonina, and M. del Campo. 668-677.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.668
summary	Ubiquitous computing enables us to decipher the biosphere’s anthropogenic dimension, what we call the Urbansphere (Pasquero and Poletto 2020). This machinic perspective unveils a new postanthropocentric reality, where the impact of artificial systems on the natural biosphere is indeed global, but their agency is no longer entirely human. This paper explores a protocol to design the Urbansphere, or what we may call the urbanization of the nonhuman, titled DeepGreen. With the development of DeepGreen, we are testing the potential to bring the interdependence of digital and biological intelligence to the core of architectural and urban design research. This is achieved by developing a new biocomputational design workflow that enables the pairing of what is algorithmically drawn with what is biologically grown (Pasquero and Poletto 2016). In other words, and more in detail, the paper will illustrate how generative adversarial network (GAN) algorithms (Radford, Metz, and Soumith 2015) can be trained to “behave” like a Physarum polycephalum, a unicellular organism endowed with surprising computational abilities and self-organizing behaviors that have made it popular among scientist and engineers alike (Adamatzky 2010) (Fig. 1). The trained GAN_Physarum is deployed as an urban design technique to test the potential of polycephalum intelligence in solving problems of urban remetabolization and in computing scenarios of urban morphogenesis within a nonhuman conceptual framework.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	ecaade2016_188
id	ecaade2016_188
authors	Bingöl, Cemal Koray and Çolako?lu, Birgül
year	2016
title	Agent-Based Urban Growth Simulation - A Case Study on Istanbul
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 41-48
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.041
wos	WOS:000402064400003
summary	This study aims to create a simulation model for urban growth with agent-based modeling. The model is based on the theoretical research of Michael Batty on urban growth simulations. The study explains how the theoretical approach applied in the model with the parameters. The model in this study is created in an open-source API called 'Processing' and the simulations executed through the parameters in the study. The results of the simulation are compared with each other to find optimal parameters fits in the theoretical approach. Parameters are tested on an existing urban settlement map, which Is Istanbul. The results of Istanbul simulation are compared with existing density and urban sprawl maps of Istanbul and discussed for further studies.
keywords	agent-based design; urban growth; urban simulation
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_561
id	ecaadesigradi2019_561
authors	Cress, Kevan and Beesley, Philip
year	2019
title	Architectural Design in Open-Source Software - Developing MeasureIt-ARCH, an Open Source tool to create Dimensioned and Annotated Architectural drawings within the Blender 3D creation suite.
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 1, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 621-630
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.1.621
summary	MeasureIt-ARCH is A GNU GPL licensed, dimension, annotation, and drawing tool for use in the open source software Blender. By providing free and open tools for the reading and editing of architectural drawings, MeasurIt-ARCH allows works of architecture to be shared, read, and modified by anyone. The digitization of architectural practice over the last 3 decades has brought with it a new set of inter-disciplinary discourses for the profession. An attempt to utilise 'Open-Source' methodologies, co-opted from the world of software development, in order to make high quality design more affordable, participatory and responsible has emerged. The most prominent of these discussions are embodied in Carlo Raitti and Mathew Claudel's manifesto 'Open-Source Architecture' (Ratti 2015) and affordable housing initiatives like the Wikihouse project (Parvin 2016). MeasurIt-ARCH aims to be the first step towards creating a completely Open-Source design pipeline, by augmenting Blender to a level where it can be used produce small scale architectural works without the need for any proprietary software, serving as an exploratory critique on the user experience and implementations of industry standard dimensioning tools that exist on the market today.
keywords	Blender; Open-Source; Computer Aided Design ; OSArc
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2016_102
id	ecaade2016_102
authors	Decker, Martina, Hahn, George and Harris, Libertad M.
year	2016
title	Bio-Enabled Façade Systems - Managing Complexity of Life through Emergent Technologies
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 603-612
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.603
wos	WOS:000402063700065
summary	The abundance of vertical surfaces in urban environments and their use for green installations have been of great interest in the architectural community. This paper discusses how vertical gardens and urban farming can be spurred on and enabled by two emerging fields of investigation: Material Science and the Internet of Things (IoT). This paper discusses how two emerging strategies, smart materials and novel sensing and actuation systems linked to the IoT, can facilitate the creation of a stable environment or zone along architectural facades for the creation of new ecosystems. Furthermore, this paper will contemplate future trajectories for the integration of living matter into buildings and propose an open source database that will facilitate the exchange of collected data and knowledge to spur on further developments.
keywords	Microalgae; Nanotechnology; Internet of Things; Bio-Enabled Design; Microcontrollers, Sensors
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_169
id	ecaade2016_169
authors	Garcia, Manuel Jimenez
year	2016
title	Soft Modelling - Open source Java application for flexible structural systems
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 265-274
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.265
wos	WOS:000402064400026
summary	Contemporary advanced simulation software allow for a higher accuracy in the understanding of material behaviour. The increase in computational power is enabling designers to get much closer to real time physical simulations, which facilitates the inheritance of those tools in their design workflows.However, the use of those tools is normally limited to a series of specific steps within the entire workflow, rather than a feature integrated in the design process itself.Softmodelling is an open source Java application which aims to bridge this gap by seamlessly integrating physical simulations in every step of the design process, giving designers the ability to not only test structural behaviours of a given output, but also allow them to design while taking both structural stability and material behaviour into account at every stage.This paper will discuss the design and evolution of the software, as well as showcase physical prototypes which explore the possibilities of such design methods. These projects are fundamental in materialising the evolution of Softmodelling, towards becoming an application that does not only enable the design of flexible elements, but also facilitates their manufacturing and assembly into large scale structures.
keywords	Particle-spring systems; Dynamic relaxation; Physics Simulation; Flexible materials; Discrete Computation; Open source; Design Software
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_242
id	ecaade2016_242
authors	Kovács, Ádám Tamás and Szoboszlai, Mihály
year	2016
title	Experience in CAAD Education Using a MOOC System
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 269-274
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.269
wos	WOS:000402063700030
summary	This paper describes some of the challenges of using a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) framework system with a variety of digital content. Situated in the 'efficiency' paradigm of digital design methods and Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) education, we allow participants to set their own schedules, meet demands that are appropriate for their abilities, and determine their own path. The content within this framework motivates students through life-like tasks and examples. This paper shares our experiences in CAAD education through a course curriculum developed by applying a variety of digital content. We have focused on resolving the problem of inefficient teaching of CAAD systems by developing a blended learning curriculum.
keywords	CAAD; education; b-learning; MOOC; curriculum analytics; mind-map
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2016_602
id	sigradi2016_602
authors	Mattos, Erica Azevedo da Costa e; Silva, Diego Fagundes da
year	2016
title	Módulos Eletrônicos Interativos: Cibernética e Indeterminaç?o para a Exploraç?o e Aprendizagem em Design [Interactive Electronic Modules: Cybernetics and Uncertainties for Exploration and Learning in Design]
source	SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.782-789
summary	This paper discusses the ongoing development process of an electronic experimentation and learning open system composed by discrete modular units. Our aim is to create an expandable tool capable of support architecture students with the development of notions about electronic systems, digital interactions and the incorporation of uncertainties in design. The theoretical framework of the research is here presented - discussing design, ethics, Second-Order Cybernetics and knowledge construction theories. Also, precedent work on construction kits are introduced for critical analysis and comparison. We concluded our paper with a possible application in an actual educational setting.
keywords	Design; Second-Order Cybernetics; Learning Processes; Modules; Electronic Building Blocks
series	SIGRADI
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_id	ecaade2016_161
id	ecaade2016_161
authors	Nan, Cristina, Patterson, Charlie and Pedreschi, Remo
year	2016
title	Digital Materialization: Additive and Robotical Manufacturing with Clay and Silicone
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 345-354
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.345
wos	WOS:000402063700039
summary	Through the use of algorithmic design methods and an ever growing variety of digital fabrication tools the complexity of process in the architectural discipline seems to be increasing. As this statement might apply to a variety of different areas of computational design and process management, this perceived growing complexity does not have to be viewed as unnecessary complication of design processes, if palpable and justifiable benefits occur. This paper intends to analyse and investigate the potential arising from digital tools of fabrication, specifically robots and 3D printers, and from open source platforms on exploring and managing complexity while enabling both simplicity of process and simplicity of implementation through emerging open source cultures. Building on this assumptions, this paper explores the professional possibilities generated the implementation of robotics as part of the academic curriculum. The theoretical concept of Machinecraft will be introduced and showcased on two research project, both focussing on advanced digital tools, additive manufacturing and machine engineering. Please write your abstract here by clicking this paragraph.
keywords	Additive Manufacturing; 3D Printing; Robotics; Digital Fabrication; Open Source; Architectural Education
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2018_282
id	caadria2018_282
authors	Nelson, Jonathan and Knapp, Chris
year	2018
title	GLUEHOUSE - Towards an Open, Integrated Design-To-Fabrication Workflow for Realizing Variable-Geometry Stress-Skin Plywood Cassette Panels
source	T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (eds.), Learning, Adapting and Prototyping - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018, pp. 277-286
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.277
summary	This paper documents the development and application of an open, flexible, and highly integrated design to fabrication workflow capable of resolving complex geometries into a stress-skin panel system ready for direct construction. The system was developed in late 2016 and has been tested at full scale by being utilized to build a complete 225 m2 single-family dwelling.
keywords	Digital Fabrication; FIle-to-Factory; Automated Construction
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaade2016_018
id	ecaade2016_018
authors	Wurzer, Gabriel and Lorenz, Wolfgang E.
year	2016
title	SpaceBook - A Case Study of Social Network Analysis in Adjacency Graphs
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 229-238
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.229
wos	WOS:000402064400022
summary	In this paper, we have adopted methods from Social Network Analysis in order to analyze adjacency graphs. Our intent was to uncover as much hidden structures as possible so as to improve adjacency requirements before they are used further on during the design process. To that end, we have conducted a case study using two readily available software packages (Gephi, Pajek), concluding that these could benefit from being more transparent about the underlying algorithms and more geared towards the problem domain 'adjacency analysis' when it comes to data entry and visualization. As a matter of fact, we produced an open-source prototype called SpaceBook, which customizes computation and visualization in the aforementioned spirit.
keywords	Adjacency Graph; Social Network Analysis
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia16_116
id	acadia16_116
authors	Davis, Daniel
year	2016
title	Evaluating Buildings with Computation and Machine Learning
source	ACADIA // 2016: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines [Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-77095-5] Ann Arbor 27-29 October, 2016, pp. 116-123
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2016.116
summary	Although computers have significantly impacted the way we design buildings, they have yet to meaningfully impact the way we evaluate buildings. In this paper we detail two case studies where computation and machine learning were used to analyze data produced by building inhabitants. We find that a building’s ‘data exhaust’ provides a rich source of information for longitudinally analyzing people’s architectural preferences. We argue that computation-driven evaluation could supplement traditional post occupancy evaluations.
keywords	spatial analytics, machine learning, post occupancy evaluation
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	sigradi2016_383
id	sigradi2016_383
authors	Menegotto, José Luis
year	2016
title	Explicitando a estrutura do prédio em modelos BIM [Giving an explicit definition of a building structure in BIM models]
source	SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.459-465
summary	This paper presents an API implementation for a BIM program written in .NET platform. The goal of this application is to launch the structure of a building automatically. The automation creates and controls the building's structural elements types using external text files with a dual purpose of being the source of information and to be the explicit description of the project. Our target is to create a definition of semantics that integrate the application with a voice user interface (VUI). The present version of the work is focused on a conventional and compact building type.
keywords	Structural automation; Revit; Speech recognition
series	SIGRADI
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_id	caadria2016_881
id	caadria2016_881
authors	Silvestre, Joaquim; Yasushi Ikeda and Franc?ois Gue?na
year	2016
title	Artificial Imagination of Architecture with Deep Convolutional Neural Network
source	Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2016) / Melbourne 30 March–2 April 2016, pp. 881-890
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2016.881
summary	This paper attempts to determine if an Artificial Intelli- gence system using deep convolutional neural network (ConvNet) will be able to “imagine” architecture. Imagining architecture by means of algorithms can be affiliated to the research field of generative archi- tecture. ConvNet makes it possible to avoid that difficulty by automat- ically extracting and classifying these rules as features from large ex- ample data. Moreover, image-base rendering algorithms can manipu- late those abstract rules encoded in the ConvNet. From these rules and without constructing a prior 3D model, these algorithms can generate perspective of an architectural image. To conclude, establishing shape grammar with this automated system opens prospects for generative architecture with image-base rendering algorithms.
keywords	Machine learning; convolutional neural network; generative design; image-based rendering
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ascaad2016_035
id	ascaad2016_035
authors	Al-Matarneh, Rana; Ihsan Fethi
year	2016
title	Assessing the Impact of CAD Tools on Architectural Design Quality - A case study of graduation projects in Jordan
source	Parametricism Vs. Materialism: Evolution of Digital Technologies for Development [8th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-0-9955691-0-2] London (United Kingdom) 7-8 November 2016, pp. 331-350
summary	The current concept of architectural design education in most schools of architecture in Jordan is a blend between manual pen drafting and digital approaches. However, the disconnection between these two methods has resulted in the students' failure to transfer skills learnt through traditional methods to the digital method of CAD. The objective of this study is twofold: to first compare students’ attitudes toward using both methods and to then assess the impact of CAD use on the quality of architectural design. An open-ended questionnaire was designed to measure variables related to students’ preferences toward CAD and traditional methods. The quality of sixty graduation projects at three Jordanian universities was investigated. The results appear to support the assumption that CAD tools are used largely as visual means and thereby cause a marked decline in design quality. These findings call for a reconsideration of the status quo and a rethinking of perhaps the entire architectural educational model.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	ecaade2016_105
id	ecaade2016_105
authors	Bialkowski, Sebastian and Kepczynska-Walczak, Anetta
year	2016
title	IT Driven Architectural Design for All?
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 283-290
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.283
wos	WOS:000402063700032
summary	This paper discusses teaching parametric design as a supportive method of introducing design logic. Two case studies have been described, analysed and concluded. The first case study focuses on a workshop based design of a parametric pavilion, which resulted of building 1:1 scale object. The second case study concentrates on the academic compulsory course providing parametric design knowledge based on a particular topic imposed by tutors. In both cases the main purpose was to get students being accustomed to a different way of thinking, to open their minds to new approaches to design process and to demonstrate a connection between programming skills and imagination capabilities. Each of the cases returned valuable guidelines for design studio pedagogy which has also been revealed in this paper.
keywords	design logic; parametric; design pedagogy
series	eCAADe
type	normal paper
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