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_id	sigradi2020_643
id	sigradi2020_643
authors	Naylor, John Osmond; Leconte, Nancy; Michel Vendryes, Franck Reginald
year	2020
title	Education to practice to ecology: A review and preliminary evaluation of a new architectural design curriculum using computational design tools and bamboo in Haiti
source	SIGraDi 2020 [Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Online Conference 18 - 20 November 2020, pp. 643-651
summary	There is an absence of lightweight, sustainable construction materials in contemporary Haitian construction, a fact highlighted in the disproportionate loss of life in the 2010 Port-au-Prince earthquake. Between 2014 and 2017 the authors delivered a series of architectural design workshops in Haiti to raise awareness and develop design skills for bamboo using computational design tools. This paper provides a review of these workshops and a preliminary evaluation from surveys conducted with the course participants. Results showed architectural education had changed perceptions of bamboo and showed potential positive ecological impact due to subsequent reforestation activities instigated by participants. Weaknesses were in the lack of subsequent use of parametric modelling software. Bamboo material knowledge and a new architectural design methodology have been most relevant to their professional or academic work.
keywords	Haiti, Full-culm bamboo, Architectural education, Sustainable development, Parametric design
series	SIGraDi
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_id	caadria2017_190
id	caadria2017_190
authors	Rasmussen, Troels A. and Merritt, Timothy R.
year	2017
title	ProjecTables - Augmented CNC Tools for Sustainable Creative Practices
source	P. Janssen, P. Loh, A. Raonic, M. A. Schnabel (eds.), Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 5-8 April 2017, pp. 757-766
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.757
summary	CNC cutting machines have become essential tools for designers and architects enabling rapid prototyping, model-building and production of high quality components. Designers often cut from new materials, discarding the irregularly shaped remains. We introduce ProjecTables, a visual augmented reality system for interactive packing of model parts onto sheet materials. ProjecTables enables designers to (re)use scrap materials for CNC cutting that would have been previously thrown away, at the same time supporting aesthetic choices related to wood grain, avoiding surface blemishes, and other relevant material properties. We conducted evaluations of ProjecTables with design students from Aarhus School of Architecture, demonstrating that participants could quickly and easily place and orient model parts reducing material waste. Contextual interviews and ideation sessions led to a deeper understanding of current work practices and sustainability issues with CNC cutting-machines, and identified useful features for interactive packing to reduce waste while supporting aesthetic concerns for exhibition quality design projects.
keywords	CNC cutting; sustainability; digital fabrication; visual augmentation
series	CAADRIA
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_id	caadria2017_125
id	caadria2017_125
authors	Huang, Jian Ming
year	2017
title	Integrating Computational Design and Traditional Crafts - A Reinvention of Bamboo Structures
source	P. Janssen, P. Loh, A. Raonic, M. A. Schnabel (eds.), Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 5-8 April 2017, pp. 437-444
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.437
summary	Abstract: This paper searches for an alternative design method of integrating traditional material craft and computational design. It begins by analyzing Chinese philosophical view of nature, and proposes a natural design built method. The paper demonstrates the idea with two bamboo structure projects. In China, bamboo is closely linked to culture values and traditional craftsmanship. The projects research on the formation logic of bamboo system, and employs computational design method to activate the system formation. The projects strive to investigate computational design with unique eastern characteristics, to find out how it can help to reinvent its traditional values, and to search for a unification of formation logic and material sensibility.
keywords	Craftsmanship; materiality; form finding; bamboo
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ijac201715205
id	ijac201715205
authors	Wang, Tsung-Hsien; Olivia Espinosa Trujillo, Wen-Shao Chang and Bailin Deng
year	2017
title	Encoding bamboo’s nature for freeform structure design
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 15 - no. 2, 169-182
summary	Bamboo is a construction material that is renewable, environmentally friendly and widely available. It has long been used in various projects, ranging from temporary, easily assembled and rectilinear structures to complex freeform pavilions. Design with bamboo has never been easy to architects and engineers due to its irregular shape and round section. This prompts the need to develop a new design process that can accommodate those properties that hinder bamboo to be used by designers. In this article, we take a close look at freeform structure design and specifically demonstrate how systematically and algorithmically parametric modelling can be used to tackle bamboo material irregularities and bamboo jointing challenges. A two-stage optimization process is proposed to support a fabricable freeform structure design through encoding material properties and freeform shape optimization. The approach approximates the given freeform shape using a finite set of unique bamboo elements while maintaining the aesthetic design intention. By limiting the number of bamboo elements, it will provide insight to both designers and engineers on the efficiency and cost benefits of producing required structure elements for the final assembly.
keywords	Freeform structure design, bamboo structures, bamboo joint design, shape optimization, shape rationalization
series	other
type	normal paper
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last changed	2019/08/02 08:31

_id	ijac201715106
id	ijac201715106
authors	Cardoso Llach, Daniel; Ardavan Bidgoli and Shokofeh Darbari
year	2017
title	Assisted automation: Three learning experiences in architectural robotics
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 15 - no. 1, 87-102
summary	Fueled by long-standing dreams of both material efficiency and aesthetic liberation, robots have become part of mainstream architectural discourses, raising the question: How may we nurture an ethos of visual, tactile, and spatial exploration in technologies that epitomize the legacies of industrial automation—for example, the pursuit of managerial efficiency, control, and an ever-finer subdivision of labor? Reviewing and extending a growing body of research on architectural robotics pedagogy, and bridging a constructionist tradition of design education with recent studies of science and technology, this article offers both a conceptual framework and concrete strategies to incorporate robots into architectural design education in ways that foster a spirit of exploration and discovery, which is key to learning creative design. Through reflective accounts of three learning experiences, we introduce the notions “assisted automation” and “robotic embodiment” as devices to enrich current approaches to robot–human design, highlighting situated and embodied aspects of designing with robotic machines.
keywords	Design education, architectural robotics, computational design, robot–human collaboration, studies of science and technology
series	other
type	normal paper
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last changed	2019/08/02 08:28

_id	ecaade2021_257
id	ecaade2021_257
authors	Cichocka, Judyta Maria, Loj, Szymon and Wloczyk, Marta Magdalena
year	2021
title	A Method for Generating Regular Grid Configurations on Free-From Surfaces for Structurally Sound Geodesic Gridshells
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. 493-502
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.493
summary	Gridshells are highly efficient, lightweight structures which can span long distances with minimal use of material (Vassallo & Malek 2017). One of the most promising and novel categories of gridshells are bending-active (elastic) systems (Lienhard & Gengnagel 2018), which are composed of flexible members (Kuijenhoven & Hoogenboom 2012). Timber elastic gridshells can be site-sprung or sequentially erected (geodesic). While a lot of research focus is on the site-sprung ones, the methods for design of sequentially-erected geodesic gridshells remained underdeveloped (Cichocka 2020). The main objective of the paper is to introduce a method of generating regular geodesic grid patterns on free-form surfaces and to examine its applicability to design structurally feasible geodesic gridshells. We adopted differential geometry methods of generating regular bidirectional geodesic grids on free-form surfaces. Then, we compared the structural performance of the regular and the irregular grids of the same density on three free-form surfaces. The proposed method successfully produces the regular geodesic grid patterns on the free-form surfaces with varying curvature-richness. Our analysis shows that gridshells with regular grid configurations perform structurally better than those with irregular patterns. We conclude that the presented method can be readily used and can expand possibilities of application of geodesic gridshells.
keywords	elastic timber gridshell; bending-active structure; grid configuration optimization; computational differential geometry; material-based design methodology; free-form surface; pattern; geodesic
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2017_018
id	caadria2017_018
authors	Fernando, Shayani, Reinhardt, Dagmar and Weir, Simon
year	2017
title	Waterjet and Wire-cutting Workflows in Stereotomic Practice - Material Cutting of Wave Jointed Blocks
source	P. Janssen, P. Loh, A. Raonic, M. A. Schnabel (eds.), Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 5-8 April 2017, pp. 787-797
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.787
summary	In the context of stereotomic practice, advanced fabrication with waterjet and wire-cutting of interlocking wave geometry has opened up new possibilities for crafting stone modules with precision and efficiency. This paper discusses the utilization of machined cutting techniques, the processes and workflows of fabricating joint systems for arched and vaulted surface geometries. It presents a comparative study with multiple criteria; such as geometry, method, material, machine and workflow. Furthermore, this paper presents research into the comparison between abrasive waterjet cutting and wire cutting of modules in stone and foam.
keywords	Stereotomy; Wire Cutting; WaterJet; Wave Blocks; Workflow
series	CAADRIA
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_id	sigradi2017_089
id	sigradi2017_089
authors	Fernández Gallardo, María Luz
year	2017
title	Estudio para la elaboración de un material compuesto por fibra de mimbre (salix viminalis) y acetato de polivinilo con propiedades auto-estructurantes [Study for the manufacturing of a material composed by wicker fiber (salix viminalis) and polyvinyl acetate with self structuring properties]
source	SIGraDi 2017 [Proceedings of the 21th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-227-439-5] Chile, Concepción 22 - 24 November 2017, pp.620-625
summary	Experimental investigation focused on the creation of a procedural method for the manufacturing of a material made by wicker fiber and reinforced by the fixation adhesive Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA), with the objective of increasing the natural plasticity of wicker and generate self-supporting parts which lack of an internal or external structure that may give them their final morphology. Furthermore, it aims to generate new knowledge that may improve the productive techniques and contribute to the sustainable micro-industrialization of the material.
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2017_007
id	sigradi2017_007
authors	Gronda, Ma. Luciana; Mauro Chiarella
year	2017
title	Materialidad Digital. Análisis de estrategias de Arquitectura Orientada al Desempeño transferibles al Diseño Resiliente [Digital Materiality. Analysis of Performance-Oriented Architecture strategies transferable to Resilient Design]
source	SIGraDi 2017 [Proceedings of the 21th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-227-439-5] Chile, Concepción 22 - 24 November 2017, pp.51-59
summary	The general objective of the research is to contribute to the critical conceptualization of experimental architectural practices in the context of the production suggested by Digital Materiality from a global perspective. Performance Oriented Architecture is the capacity that material systems have for Active, Responsive or Living Performance. These three lines of action, analyzed with antecedents, suggest efficient forms of symbiosis with the environment, starting from the application of Biomimetic research methodologies. Strategic possibilities for implementation are identified where technology, interdisciplinary and with creativity, offers access to Resilient Design solutions to adapt to the consequences of a design subordinated to the needs of industrialization.
keywords	Digital Materiality; Performance; Biomimetic Research; Resilient Design.
series	SIGRADI
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_id	caadria2019_626
id	caadria2019_626
authors	Hahm, Soomeen, Maciel, Abel, Sumitiomo, Eri and Lopez Rodriguez, Alvaro
year	2019
title	FlowMorph - Exploring the human-material interaction in digitally augmented craftsmanship
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 553-562
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.1.553
summary	It has been proposed that, after the internet age, we are now entering a new era of the '/Augmented Age/' (King, 2016). Physician Michio Kaku imagined the future of architects will be relying heavily on Augmented Reality technology (Kaku, 2015). Augmented reality technology is not a new technology and has been evolving rapidly. In the last three years, the technology has been applied in mainstream consumer devices (Coppens, 2017). This opened up possibilities in every aspect of our daily lives and it is expected that this will have a great impact on every field of consumer's technology in near future, including design and fabrication. What is the future of design and making? What kind of new digital fabrication paradigm will emerge from inevitable technological development? What kind of impact will this have on the built environment and industry? FlowMorph is a research project developed in the Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Pro AD with the collaboration of the authors and students as a 12 month MArch programme, we developed a unique design project trying to answer these questions which will be introduced in this paper.
keywords	Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, Design Augmentation, Digital Fabrication, Cognition models, Conceptual Designing, Design Process, Design by Making, Generative Design, Computational Design, Human-Machine Collaboration, Human-Computer Collaboration, Human intuition in digital fabrication
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaade2017_210
id	ecaade2017_210
authors	Jimenez Garcia, Manuel, Soler, Vicente and Retsin, Gilles
year	2017
title	Robotic Spatial Printing
source	Fioravanti, A, Cursi, S, Elahmar, S, Gargaro, S, Loffreda, G, Novembri, G, Trento, A (eds.), ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge! - Proceedings of the 35th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 20-22 September 2017, pp. 143-150
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.2.143
summary	There has been significant research into large-scale 3D printing processes with industrial robots. These were initially used to extrude in a layered manner. In recent years, research has aimed to make use of six degrees of freedom instead of three. These so called "spatial extrusion" methods are based on a toolhead, mounted on a robot arm, that extrudes a material along a non horizontal spatial vector. This method is more time efficient but up to now has suffered from a number of limiting geometrical and structural constraints. This limited the formal possibilities to highly repetitive truss-like patterns. This paper presents a generalised approach to spatial extrusion based on the notion of discreteness. It explores how discrete computational design methods offer increased control over the organisation of toolpaths, without compromising design intent while maintaining structural integrity. The research argues that, compared to continuous methods, discrete methods are easier to prototype, compute and manufacture. A discrete approach to spatial printing uses a single toolpath fragment as basic unit for computation. This paper will describe a method based on a voxel space. The voxel contains geometrical information, toolpath fragments, that is subsequently assembled into a continuous, kilometers long path. The path can be designed in response to different criteria, such as structural performance, material behaviour or aesthetics. This approach is similar to the design of meta-materials - synthetic composite materials with a programmed performance that is not found in natural materials. Formal differentiation and structural performance is achieved, not through continuous variation, but through the recombination of discrete toolpath fragments. Combining voxel-based modelling with notions of meta-materials and discrete design opens this domain to large-scale 3D printing. Please write your abstract here by clicking this paragraph.
keywords	discrete; architecture; robotic fabrication; large scale printing; software; plastic extrusion
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2017_056
id	ecaade2017_056
authors	Kontovourkis, Odysseas
year	2017
title	Multi-objective design optimization and robotic fabrication towards sustainable construction - The example of a timber structure in actual scale
source	Fioravanti, A, Cursi, S, Elahmar, S, Gargaro, S, Loffreda, G, Novembri, G, Trento, A (eds.), ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge! - Proceedings of the 35th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 20-22 September 2017, pp. 337-346
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.1.337
summary	This paper attempts to reconsider the role of advanced tools and their effective implementation in the field of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) through the concept of sustainable construction. In parallel, the paper aims to discuss and find common ground for communication between industrial and experimental processes guided by sustainable criteria, an area of investigation that is currently in the forefront of the research work conducted in our robotic construction laboratory. Within this frame, an ongoing work into the design, analysis and automated construction of a timber structure in actual scale is exemplified and used as a pilot study for further discussion. Specifically, the structure consists of superimposed layers of timber elements that are robotically cut and assembled together, formulating the overall structural system. In order to achieve a robust, reliable and economically feasible solution and to control the automated construction process, a multi-objective design optimization process using evolutionary principles is applied. Our purpose is to investigate possibilities for sustainable construction considering minimization of cost and material waste, and in parallel, discussing issues related to the environmental impact and the feasibility of solutions to be realized in actual scale.
keywords	Multi-objective optimization; robotic fabrication; cost and material waste minimization; sustainable construction; timber structure
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2017_104
id	caadria2017_104
authors	Lu, Xiao, Dounas, Theodoros, Spaeth, Benjamin, Bissoonauth, Chitraj and Galobardes, Isaac
year	2017
title	Robotic Simulation of Textile as Concrete Reinforcement and Formwork
source	P. Janssen, P. Loh, A. Raonic, M. A. Schnabel (eds.), Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 5-8 April 2017, pp. 863-872
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.863
summary	New possibilities of concrete constructions in architecture, the traditional formwork can be gradually replaced by the use of flexible textile. At the same time textile reinforcement combined with fabric formwork, introduces an innovative integrated solution in the fabrication of concrete. Based on a simple understanding of the textile weaving and knitting techniques, this project concentrates on the architectural production and the structural optimization of the textile as both concrete reinforcement and formwork. Furthermore, we present a robotic simulation of the process that develops using a series of computational experiments to research the sequence of weaving and/or knitting. Through the computational process and the design simulations, the research is firmly rooted in analog and digital exploration of material and its implementation in architecture, with particular emphasis on the convergence of robotics and computation. Note that the paper deals mainly with the software and weaving simulation as part of a larger research project, without dealing with the production of physical artefacts.
keywords	robotic weaving; textile-reinforcement; parametric design; lightweight structure; textile-reinforced concrete
series	CAADRIA
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_id	sigradi2017_084
id	sigradi2017_084
authors	Macêdo dos Santos, Deborah; José Nuno Dinis Cabral Beirão
year	2017
title	Generative tool to support architectural design decision of earthbag building domes
source	SIGraDi 2017 [Proceedings of the 21th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-227-439-5] Chile, Concepción 22 - 24 November 2017, pp.584-589
summary	The interest in earthbag dome construction (also known as sandbag, superadobe or superblock construction) is increasing as a world consciousness develops to achieve the planet’s equilibrium for sustainable living. The main objective of this research is to develop a parametric tool to help architects modeling virtual earthbag domes from ideation to construction phase. This challenge has been addressed by adopting an experimental methodology that explores parametric generative design with the use of visual programming language (VPL). In this paper we present the development of a tool for the ideation level including features that allow for the calculation of material quantification. The usability of the tool was validated by earthbag constructors and architects.
series	SIGRADI
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_id	acadia17_374
id	acadia17_374
authors	Manninger, Sandra; del Campo, Matias
year	2017
title	Plato's Columns: Platonic Geometries vs. Vague Gestures in Robotic Construction
source	ACADIA 2017: DISCIPLINES & DISRUPTION [Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-96506-1] Cambridge, MA 2-4 November, 2017), pp. 374- 381
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2017.374
summary	This paper examines the inherent possibilities for architectural production in automated deposition modeling techniques, primarily explored through the use of industrial robots in combination with plastic deposition heads. These robots, in combination with various polymers, toolpaths and colorations, served as a design ecology for the exploration of emergent behaviors in robotic construction. The relationship between geometry (Euclidian, topological, fractal), mechanical properties of material (plasticity, elasticity, viscosity, resilience), optical properties (color, absorbance, transmittance, scattering), and the gestural qualities of robotic toolpaths constitute the palette adopted for the presented project. The project combines the rigor of a platonic body (Figure 2) with the emergent properties of vague gestures. The introduction of moments of uncertainty in the process produces glitches that are embraced as an opportunity to find novel aesthetic conditions. The profound entanglement with the post-digital realm is discussed as the discursive plane of thinking applied to the project.
keywords	design methods; information processing fabrication; construction/robotics; form finding; computational / artistic cultures
series	ACADIA
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_id	acadia17_000
id	acadia17_000
authors	Nagakura, Takehiko; Tibbits, Skylar; Iba?ez, Mariana and Mueller, Caitlin (eds.)
year	2017
title	ACADIA 2017: DISCIPLINES & DISRUPTION
source	ACADIA 2017: DISCIPLINES & DISRUPTION [Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-96506-1] Cambridge, MA 2-4 November, 2017), 706 p.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2017
summary	The Proceedings of the ACADIA 2017 conference contains peer reviewed research papers presented at the 37th annual conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. Disciplines & Disruption initiates a dialog about the state of the discipline of architecture and the impact of technology in shaping or disrupting design, methods and cultural fronts. For the past 30 years, distinctive advancements in technologies have delivered unprecedented possibilities to architects and enabled new expressions, performance, materials, fabrication and construction processes. Simultaneously, digital technology has permeated the social fabric around architecture with broad influences ranging from digital preservation to design with the developing world. Driven by technological, data and material advances, architecture now witnesses the moment of disruption, whereby formerly distinct areas of operation become increasingly connected and accessible to architecture's sphere of concerns in ways never before possible. Distinctions between design and making, building and urban scale, architecture and engineering, real and virtual, on site and remote, physical and digital data, professionals and crowds, are diminishing as technology increases the designer's reach far beyond the confines of the drafting board. This conference provides a platform to investigate the shifting landscape of the discipline today, and to help define and navigate the future.
keywords	Computer Aided Design, ACADIA, ACADIA 2017, ACADIA Conference, Architecture
series	ACADIA
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_id	acadia23_v1_242
id	acadia23_v1_242
authors	Noel, Vernelle A.
year	2023
title	Carnival + AI: Heritage, Immersive virtual spaces, and Machine Learning
source	ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 1: Projects Catalog of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-8-1]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 242-245.
summary	Built on a Situated Computations framework, this project explores preservation, reconfiguration, and presentation of heritage through immersive virtual experiences, and machine learning for new understandings and possibilities (Noel 2020; 2017; Leach and Campo 2022; Leach 2021). Using the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival - hereinafter referred to as Carnival - as a case study, Carnival + AI is a series of immersive experiences in design, culture, and artificial intelligence (AI). These virtual spaces create new digital modes of engaging with cultural heritage and reimagined designs of traditional sculptures in the Carnival (Noel 2021). The project includes three virtual events that draw on real events in the Carnival: (1) the Virtual Gallery, which builds on dancing sculptures in the Carnival and showcases AI-generated designs; (2) Virtual J’ouvert built on J’ouvert in Carnival with AI-generated J’ouvert characters specific; and (3) Virtual Mas which builds on the masquerade.
series	ACADIA
type	project
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_id	ecaade2017_161
id	ecaade2017_161
authors	Pietri, Samuel and Erioli, Alessio
year	2017
title	Fibrous Aerial Robotics - Study of spiderweb strategies for the design of architectural envelopes using swarms of drones and inflatable formworks
source	Fioravanti, A, Cursi, S, Elahmar, S, Gargaro, S, Loffreda, G, Novembri, G, Trento, A (eds.), ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge! - Proceedings of the 35th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 20-22 September 2017, pp. 689-698
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.1.689
summary	This thesis research presents an integrated workflow for the design and fabrication of large-scale architectural envelopes using swarms of drones and inflatable structures as formworks. The work lies at the intersection of architecture, biology and robotics, incorporating generative design with digital fabrication techniques. The proposed approach aims to investigate the tectonic potential of computational systems which encode behavioral strategies inside an agent-based model. It is from local interactions taking place at the micro-scale of complex systems that a new set of architectural tendencies seem to emerge. The authors focused on the strategies developed by colonies of social spiders during the construction of three-dimensional webs. Their communication system and the characteristics of the material structure have been then modelled and translated in a digital environment. A physical fabrication process, in which the simulated agents become drones in a real world environment, was concurrently developed. The goal was to investigate the architectural possibilities given by an autonomous aerial machine depositing fibrous material over inflatable formworks and its potential usefulness in specific sites where overall conditions don't allow traditional construction techniques.
keywords	tectonics; robotics; multi-agent systems; stigmergy; drones; inflatables
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia17_512
id	acadia17_512
authors	Rossi, Andrea; Tessmann, Oliver
year	2017
title	Collaborative Assembly of Digital Materials
source	ACADIA 2017: DISCIPLINES & DISRUPTION [Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-96506-1] Cambridge, MA 2-4 November, 2017), pp. 512- 521
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2017.512
summary	Current developments in design-to-production workflows aim to allow architects to quickly prototype designs that result from advanced design processes while also embedding the constraints imposed by selected fabrication equipment. However, the enduring physical separation between design space and fabrication space, together with a continuous approach to both design, via NURBs modeling software, and fabrication, through irreversible material processing methods, limit the possibilities to extend the advantages of a “digital” approach (Ward 2010), such as full editability and reversibility, to physical realizations. In response to such issues, this paper proposes a processto allow the concurrent design and fabrication of discrete structures in a collaborative process between human designer and a 6-axis robotic arm. This requires the development of design and materialization procedures for discrete aggregations, including the modeling of assembly constraints, as well as the establishment of a communication platform between human and machine actors. This intends to offer methods to increase the accessibility of discrete design methodologies, as well as to hint at possibilities for overcoming the division between design and manufacturing (Carpo 2011; Bard et al. 2014), thus allowing intuitive design decisions to be integrated directly within assembly processes (Johns 2014).
keywords	material and construction; construction/robotics; smart assembly/construction; generative system
series	ACADIA
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_id	caadria2017_175
id	caadria2017_175
authors	Smolik, Andrei, Chang, Tengwen and Datta, Sambit
year	2017
title	Prototyping Responsive Carrier-Component Envelopes
source	P. Janssen, P. Loh, A. Raonic, M. A. Schnabel (eds.), Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 5-8 April 2017, pp. 521-528
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.521
summary	The capacity to respond dynamically to changes in external and internal environments open new possibilities in the interaction between buildings, humans and the environment. The development of dynamic envelopes requires the integration of various systems- geometric, structural, and electronic-responsive and their interaction. The paper reports the results from the "Dynamic Cloud Project" and presents a design and fabrication methodology to integrate kinetic behaviour with material constraints; the simulation of responses by connecting components with programmable input and behaviour. The paper presents a modular, component-driven systems construction based on a carrier-component surface geometry called responsive carrier-component envelope (RCCE) and describes the modelling, fabrication and assembly of such envelopes. The protocols developed in the project are reported in the paper and highlight the opportunities and consequences of how local components relate to the whole carrier envelope with multiple constraints and scale considerations. The results of the prototyping and experimentation with this project are reported in the paper. The paper also discusses future applications of the research and outlines new possibilities and design opportunities in prototyping responsive carrier-component envelopes.
keywords	Dynamic envelope; carrier component mesh; sensor interaction; interactive architecture; digital fabrication
series	CAADRIA
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