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_id acadia21_530
id acadia21_530
authors Adel, Arash; Augustynowicz, Edyta; Wehrle, Thomas
year 2021
title Robotic Timber Construction
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.530
source ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by S. Parascho, J. Scott, and K. Dörfler. 530-537.
summary Several research projects (Gramazio et al. 2014; Willmann et al. 2015; Helm et al. 2017; Adel et al. 2018; Adel Ahmadian 2020) have investigated the use of automated assembly technologies (e.g., industrial robotic arms) for the fabrication of nonstandard timber structures. Building on these projects, we present a novel and transferable process for the robotic fabrication of bespoke timber subassemblies made of off-the-shelf standard timber elements. A nonstandard timber structure (Figure 2), consisting of four bespoke subassemblies: three vertical supports and a Zollinger (Allen 1999) roof structure, acts as the case study for the research and validates the feasibility of the proposed process.
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_id acadia21_444
id acadia21_444
authors Crawford, Assia
year 2021
title Mitochondrial Matrix
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.444
source ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by B. Bogosian, K. Dörfler, B. Farahi, J. Garcia del Castillo y López, J. Grant, V. Noel, S. Parascho, and J. Scott. 444-453.
summary The following project was created as part of an art residency with the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research (WCMR) at Newcastle University. The WCMR specializes in leading-edge research into mitochondrial disease, investigating causes, treatments, and ways of avoiding hereditary transmission. Mitochondria is believed to have started off as a separate species that through symbiosis came to be the powerhouse of each cell in our bodies (Hird 2009). Mitochondrial disease is a genetic disorder that is caused by genetic mutations of the DNA of the mitochondria or the cell that in turn affects the mitochondria (Bolano 2018). Mitochondria is a hereditary condition and can affect people at different stages in their lives. It can affect various organs and has a link to various types of conditions. Therefore, the patient experience is unique to each individual and the elusive nature of the condition can make it particularly challenging due to the complexity of the disorder as well as the inaccessible scale on which these variations occur (Chinnery 2014)
series ACADIA
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_id acadia21_70
id acadia21_70
authors McAndrew, Claire; Jaschke, Clara; Retsin, Gilles; Saey, Kevin; Claypool, Mollie; Parissi, Danaë
year 2021
title House Block
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.070
source ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by B. Bogosian, K. Dörfler, B. Farahi, J. Garcia del Castillo y López, J. Grant, V. Noel, S. Parascho, and J. Scott. 70-75.
summary House Block was a temporary housing prototype in East London, UK from April to May 2021. The project constituted the most recent in a series of experiments developing Automated Architecture (AUAR) Labs’ discrete framework for housing production, one which repositions the architect as curator of a system and enables participants to engage with active agency. Recognizing that there is a knowledge gap to be addressed for this reconfiguration of practices to take form, this project centred on making automation and its potential for local communities tangible. This sits within broader calls advocating for a more material alignment of inclusive design with makers and 21st Century making in practice (see, for example, Luck 2018).

House Block was designed and built using AUAR’s discrete housing system consisting of a kit of parts, known as Block Type A. Each block was CNC milled from a single sheet of plywood, assembled by hand, and then post-tensioned on site. Constructed from 270 identical blocks, there are no predefined geometric types or hierarchy between parts. The discrete enables an open-ended, adaptive system where each block can be used as a column, floor slab, wall, or stair—allowing for disconnection, reconfiguration, and reassembly (Retsin 2019). The democratisation of design and production that defines the discrete creates points for alternative value systems to enter, for critical realignments in architectural production.

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_id acadia21_246
id acadia21_246
authors Safley, Nick
year 2021
title Reconnecting...
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.246
source ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by B. Bogosian, K. Dörfler, B. Farahi, J. Garcia del Castillo y López, J. Grant, V. Noel, S. Parascho, and J. Scott. 246-255.
summary This design research reimagines the architectural detail in a postdigital framework and proposes digital methods to work upon discrete tectonics. Drawing upon Marco Frascari's writing The Tell-the-Tale Detail, the study aims to reimagine tectonic thinking for focused attention after the digital turn. Today, computational tools are powerful enough to perform operations more similar to physical tools than in the earlier digital era. These tools create a "digital materiality," where architects can manipulate digital information in parallel and overlapping ways to physical corollaries. (Abrons and Fure, 2018) To date, work in this area has focused on materiality specifically. This project reinterprets tectonics using texture map editing and point cloud information, particularly reconceptualizing jointing using images. Smartphone-based 3D digital scanning was used to captured details from a series of Carlo Scarpa's influential works, isolating these details from their physical sites and focusing attention upon individual tectonic moments. As digital scans, these details problematize the rhetoric of smoothness and seamlessness prevalent in digital architecture as they are discretely construed loci yet composed of digital meshes. (Jones 2014) Once removed from their contexts, reconnecting the digital scans into compositions of "compound details" necessitated a series of new mechanisms for constructing and construing not native to the material world. Using Photoshop editing of texture-mapped images, digital texturing of meshes, and interpretation of the initial material constructions, new joints within and between these the digital scanned details were created to reframe the original detail for the post-digital.
series ACADIA
type paper
email
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_id cdrf2021_286
id cdrf2021_286
authors Yimeng Wei, Areti Markopoulou, Yuanshuang Zhu,Eduardo Chamorro Martin, and Nikol Kirova
year 2021
title Additive Manufacture of Cellulose Based Bio-Material on Architectural Scale
doi https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5983-6_27
source Proceedings of the 2021 DigitalFUTURES The 3rd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2021)

summary There are severe environmental and ecological issues once we evaluate the architecture industry with LCA (Life Cycle Assessment), such as emission of CO2 caused by necessary high temperature for producing cement and significant amounts of Construction Demolition Waste (CDW) in deteriorated and obsolete buildings. One of the ways to solve these problems is Bio-Material. CELLULOSE and CHITON is the 1st and 2nd abundant substance in nature (Duro-Royo, J.: Aguahoja_ProgrammableWater-based Biocomposites for Digital Design and Fabrication across Scales. MIT, pp. 1–3 (2019)), which means significantly potential for architectural dimension production. Meanwhile, renewability and biodegradability make it more conducive to the current problem of construction pollution. The purpose of this study is to explore Cellulose Based Biomaterial and bring it into architectural scale additive manufacture that engages with performance in the material development, with respect to time of solidification and control of shrinkage, as well as offering mechanical strength. At present, the experiments have proved the possibility of developing a cellulose-chitosan- based composite into 3D-Printing Construction Material (Sanandiya, N.D., Vijay, Y., Dimopoulou, M., Dritsas, S., Fernandez, J.G.: Large-scale additive manufacturing with bioinspired cellulosic materials. Sci. Rep. 8(1), 1–5 (2018)). Moreover, The research shows that the characteristics (Such as waterproof, bending, compression, tensile, transparency) of the composite can be enhanced by different additives (such as xanthan gum, paper fiber, flour), which means it can be customized into various architectural components based on Performance Directional Optimization. This solution has a positive effect on environmental impact reduction and is of great significance in putting the architectural construction industry into a more environment-friendly and smart state.
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last changed 2022/09/29 07:53

_id acadia22pr_124
id acadia22pr_124
authors Ago, Viola; Tursack, Hans
year 2022
title Understorey - A Pavilion in Parts
source ACADIA 2022: Hybrids and Haecceities [Projects Catalog of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-7-4]. University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. 27-29 October 2022. edited by M. Akbarzadeh, D. Aviv, H. Jamelle, and R. Stuart-Smith. 124-129.
summary In the summer of 2018, our collaboration was awarded a University Design Fellowship from the Exhibit Columbus organization to design, fabricate, and build a large pavilion in Columbus, Indiana as part of a biannual contemporary architecture exhibition. Our proposal for the competition was a pavilion that would double as an ecological education center. Our inspiration for this program was triggered in part by our reading of Jane Bennett’s materialist philosophy outlined in her book Vibrant Matter (2009). Through Bennett’s lens, our design rendered our site’s context as an animate field, replete with pre-existing material composites that we wanted to celebrate through a series of displays, information boards, and artificial lighting. In this, the installation would feature samples of local plants, minerals, and rocks, indigenous to Southern Indiana.
series ACADIA
type project
email
last changed 2024/02/06 14:06

_id ecaade2018_162
id ecaade2018_162
authors Alkadri, Miktha, Turrin, Michela and Sariyildiz, Sevil
year 2018
title Toward an Environmental Database - Exploring the material properties from the point cloud data of the existing environment
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.263
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 263-270
summary The utilization of point cloud as a 3D laser scanning product has reached across multi-disciplines in terms of data processing, data visualization, and data analysis. This study particularly investigates further the use of typical attributes of raw point cloud data consisting of XYZ (position information), RGB (colour information) and I (intensity information). By exploring the optical and thermal properties of the given point cloud data, it aims at compensating the material and texture information that is usually remained behind by architects during the conceptual design stage. Calculation of the albedo, emissivity and the reflectance values from the existing context specifically direct the architects to predict the type of materials for the proposed design in order to keep the balance of the surrounding Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Therefore, architects can have a comprehensive analysis of the existing context to deal with the microclimate condition before a design decision phase.
keywords point cloud data; material characteristics; albedo; emissivity; reflectance value
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id sigradi2018_1671
id sigradi2018_1671
authors Brito, Michele; de Sá, Ana Isabel; Borges, Jéssica; Rena, Natacha
year 2018
title IndAtlas - Technopolitic platform for urban investigation
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 1305-1312
summary This article presents the project of the urban research platform IndAtlas, currently in early development stage by UFMG’s Research Group Indisciplinar. Through the association of crowdsourcing tools, a spatial database and the production of visualizations of different types, it is intended to create a Web platform for collecting, analyzing and depicting information about processes of production and transformation of urban space. It is proposed that the phenomena (themes) investigated in the platform are approached mainly from four axes: 1) spatial / territorial; 2) temporal; 3) social; 4) communicational. To do this, we try to combine online collaborative maps with the production of dynamic timelines and visualizations of networks of social actors (graphs), connected with social networks and Wiki pages. The article will address the development of Indisciplinar’s working method, which guided the proposal of the platform, as well as the functional and technical aspects to be observed for its implementation, the proposed architecture and the importance of interoperability for the project. Finally, the inquiries derived from the first test experiment of an IndAtlas test prototype will be presented. The experiment took place in a workshop belonging to the Cidade Eletrônika 2018 Festival – an arts and technology event. The workshop was offered in January of the same year, and it proposed a collaborative cartography of the Santa Tereza neighborhood, in Belo Horizonte / MG – a traditional neighborhood of great importance for historical heritage, currently subject to great real estate pressure and the focus of a series of territorial disputes.
keywords IndAtlas, Crowdsourcing, Urban Technopolitics,, Digital Cartographies,, Spatial Data.
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2021/03/28 19:58

_id acadia23_v3_157
id acadia23_v3_157
authors C Niquille, Simone
year 2023
title Model Home
source ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 3: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9891764-1-0]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 24-32.
summary Well, hello. Thanks for having me. Hopefully, not everyone is too exhausted. But we'll get through it. So, you know, in some ways I feel like a guest, an intruder -- there's different words -- to a conference such as this. I am trained as a graphic designer and a photographer. But somehow, you know, I find myself between disciplines. And one of them is architecture. What we will talk about today is a project that started around 2018 called ""Model Home"", which is sort of the larger chapter. Most of the work I do is either in writing essays, as well as film. There's not enough time to show the film today, but if you are interested, just come and ask me after.
series ACADIA
type keynote
email
last changed 2024/04/17 13:59

_id sigradi2018_1728
id sigradi2018_1728
authors Cassiano, Moacir; L. Félix, Lilian; Griz, Cristiana
year 2018
title Shape Grammar applied to urban morphology studies: land subdivision in urbanized areas.
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 346-352
summary Currently, the land regulation plans define the urban micro-scale, producing standardized and pre-dimensioned blocks and lots, generating monotony, poor urban quality and high infrastructure costs. In the quest for sustainability, studies point to a density and a certain degree of population density to enable urban infrastructures with qualitative and quantitative gains, through concepts of compactness, completeness and connectivity. This study presents possibilities of batch sizing using the Grammatical method of the Form, through morphological configurations and rules presents possibilities of generation of new formats, distribution of urban lots in the neighborhood Valentina, in João Pessoa - PB and discusses results.
keywords Urban Lots; Shape Grammar; Sustainability; Urban Density;
series SIGRADI
email
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_id sigradi2018_1339
id sigradi2018_1339
authors Chaves, Jéssica Rabito; Alves, Gilfranco Medeiros
year 2018
title Anamorphic Art as an Urban Intervention Strategy
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 1112-1119
summary The study is based on the current context of digital creation methodologies and aims to discuss the use of the Anamorphic technique as Urban Art and its role in the creation of new meanings. That objective is to study the technique of Anamorphosis as an instrument that enhances public space, allowing the creation of a work of artistic value as a means of appropriating free spaces. By means of four actions carried out within a research group of a Brazilian public university, the relations between anamorphic object and observers were analyzed from Peircean Semiotics.
keywords Anamorphosis technique; Urban art; Peirce; Cyberculture; Cyber semiotics
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2021/03/28 19:58

_id caadria2021_089
id caadria2021_089
authors Cristie, Verina, Ibrahim, Nazim and Joyce, Sam Conrad
year 2021
title Capturing and Evaluating Parametric Design Exploration in a Collaborative Environment - A study case of versioning for parametric design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.2.131
source A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 131-140
summary Although parametric modelling and digital design tools have become ubiquitous in digital design, there is a limited understanding of how designers apply them in their design processes (Yu et al., 2014). This paper looks at the use of GHShot versioning tool developed by the authors (Cristie & Joyce, 2018; 2019) used to capture and track changes and progression of parametric models to understand early-stage design exploration and collaboration empirically. We introduce both development history graph-based metrics (macro-process) and parametric model and geometry change metric (micro-process) as frameworks to explore and understand the captured progression data. These metrics, applied to data collected from three cohorts of classroom collaborative design exercises, exhibited students' distinct modification patterns such as major and complex creation processes or minor parameter explorations. Finally, with the metrics' applicability as an objective language to describe the (collaborative) design process, we recommend using versioning for more data-driven insight into parametric design exploration processes.
keywords Design exploration; parametric design; history recording; version control; collaborative design
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id sigradi2018_1302
id sigradi2018_1302
authors Côco Júnior, Verley Henry; Celani, Gabriela
year 2018
title From the automated generation of layouts to fabrication with the use of BIM: a new agenda for Architecture in the 21st century
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 23-30
summary Scripting, BIM and Digital Fabrication are already recognized as important skills in education and practice in Architecture in the 21st century. However, they are not always applied together to generate innovative results for the industry. This paper starts from the observation of the difficulty that prefabricated bathroom factories have in meeting a demand for mass customization and proposes a workflow that goes from the generation of layouts to modeling in BIM and the automated production of documents for manufacturing. The preliminary results demonstrate the possibility of changing the mass production culture of an industry, by means of applying the proposed workflow.
keywords Building Information Modeling; Process algorithm; Automation; Modular bathrooms; Prefabrication
series SIGRADI
email
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_id sigradi2018_1879
id sigradi2018_1879
authors Danesh Zand, Foroozan; Baghi, Ali; Kalantari, Saleh
year 2018
title Digitally Fabricating Expandable Steel Structures Using Kirigami Patterns
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 724-731
summary This article presents a computational approach to generating architectural forms for large spanning structures based on a “paper-cutting” technique. In this traditional artform, a flat sheet is cut and scored in such a way that a small application of force prompts it to expand into a three-dimensional structure. To make these types of expandable structures feasible at an architectural scale, four challenges had to be met during the research. The first was to map the kinetic properties of a paper-cut model, investigating formative parameters such as the width and frequency of cuts to determine how they affect the resulting structure. The second challenge was to computationally simulate the paper-cut structure in an accurate fashion. We accomplished this task using finite element analysis in the Ansys software platform. The third challenge was to create a prediction model that could precisely forecast the characteristics of a paper-cutting pattern. We made significant strides in this demanding task by using a data-mining approach and regression analysis through 400 simulations of various cutting patterns. The final challenge was to verify the efficiency and accuracy of our prediction model, which we accomplished through a series of physical prototypes. Our resulting computational paper-cutting system can be used to estimate optimal cutting patterns and to predict the resulting structural characteristics, thereby providing greater rigor to what has previously been an ad-hoc and experimental design approach.
keywords Transformable Paper-cut; Design method; Prediction Model; Regression analysis; Physical prototype
series SIGRADI
email
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_id ecaade2018_438
id ecaade2018_438
authors Das, Subhajit
year 2018
title Interactive Artificial Life Based Systems, Augmenting Design Generation and Evaluation by Embedding Expert Opinion - A Human Machine dialogue for form finding.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.085
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 85-94
summary Evolution of natural life and subsequently selection of life forms is an interesting topic that has been explored multiple times. This area of research and its application has high relevance in evolutionary design and automated design generation. Taking inspiration from Charles Darwin's theory, all biological species were formed by the process of evolution based on natural selection of the fittest (Darwin, n.d.) this paper explains exploratory research showcasing semi-automatic design generation. This is realized by an interactive artificial selection tool, where the designer or the end user makes key decisions steering the propagation and breeding of future design artifacts. This paper, describes two prototypes and their use cases, highlighting interaction based optimal design selection. One of the prototypes explains a 2d organic shape creator using a metaball shape approach, while the other discusses a spatial layout generation technique for conceptual design.
keywords design generation; implicit surfaces; artificial life; decision making; artificial selection; spatial layout generation
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id sigradi2018_1571
id sigradi2018_1571
authors de Mello Monteiro, Verner Max Liger; Alves Bezerra, José Rauryson; Paulino do Nascimento, Paulo Roberto; Ramalho dos Santos Júnior, Erisvaldo
year 2018
title Mathematizing Niemeyer’s architecture through parametric modeling: evaluating the parables of the Pampulha Church
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 294-299
summary This paper describes the mathematization process behind the parables of the Pampulha Church, one of the most iconic buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer, in order to check how applicable was the use of analytic geometry in his architecture. To reach this, we factored the second degree equations presented on the building based on the parable height and width, then using parametric modeling to translate the formula into shape. As a result, the study intended to demonstrate how equations can be integrated into architecture, identifying how conic curves are being applied to the architectural geometry.
keywords Parametric modeling; Pampulha church; Oscar Niemeyer; Analytic geometry
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2021/03/28 19:58

_id ecaade2018_w09
id ecaade2018_w09
authors Di Mascio, Danilo and Walczak, Bartosz M.
year 2018
title Contextualized Digital Heritage Workshop - Lodz
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.049
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 49-52
summary The Contextualized Digital Heritage Workshop - Lodz continues the path started by two successful workshops held during the eCAADe (Oulu, Finland) and CAADRIA (Suzhou, China) conferences. This workshop aims at creating a space to allow scholars to discuss, share and apply their skills and knowledge in a digital heritage experiment contextualized in Lodz, Poland. The city has a rich industrial heritage. Hence, this event will allow participants to explore an architectural heritage that was not investigated during the previous two workshops which were focused on different kind of heritage. Digital technologies together with multidisciplinary approaches allow to study and analyse tangible and intangible features of architectural heritage in alternative and innovative ways. The workshop will build upon the experiences and reflections elaborated during and after the previous two events.
keywords Digital heritage; Context; Industrial heritage; Digital technologies; Workshop
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id ecaade2018_231
id ecaade2018_231
authors Di Mascio, Danilo, Kepczynska-Walczak, Anetta, Webb, Nicholas and Schnabel, Marc Aurel
year 2018
title A Critical Evaluation of Two Contextualised Digital Heritage Workshops - Descriptions, reflections and future directions
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.189
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 189-198
summary In the following paper, a description, a comparison, a series of reflections, and future directions of two successful Contextualized Digital Heritage Workshops (CDHW) will be presented. The workshops have been organized during the eCAADe and CAADRIA conferences. The importance of architectural heritage as an expression of a local history and identity in a world that is more and more globalised is evident. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, together with the use of digital technologies open new opportunities in the comprehension, documentation, analysis, reuse and dissemination of architectural heritage. The main concept behind a CDHW is to connect the event (and its wide variety of participants) to a specific local context in a multidisciplinary way. The paper defines and proposes a methodology to critically evaluate the two workshops and their individual aspects in order to identify and investigate ideas that can be explored during future CDHWs.
keywords digital heritage; workshops; context; design; collaboration
series eCAADe
email
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_id ecaade2022_398
id ecaade2022_398
authors Dzurilla, Dalibor and Achten, Henri
year 2022
title What’s Happening to Architectural Sketching? - Interviewing architects about transformation from traditional to digital architectural sketching as a communicational tool with clients
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.389
source Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 389–398
summary The paper discusses 23 interviewed architects in practice about the role of traditional and digital sketching (human-computer interaction) in communication with the client. They were selected from 1995 to 2018 (the interval of graduation) from three different countries: the Czech Republic (CR), Slovakia (SR), Netherland (NR). To realize three blending areas that impact the approach to sketching: (I) Traditional hand and physical model studies (1995-2003). (II)Transition form - designing by hand and PC (2004–2017). (III) Mainly digital and remote forms of designing (2018–now). Interviews helped transform 31 “parameters of tools use” from the previous theoretical framework narrowed down into six main areas: (1) Implementation; (2)Affordability; (3)Timesaving; (4) Drawing support; (5) Representativeness; (6) Transportability. Paper discusses findings from interviewees: (A) Implementation issues are above time and price. (B) Strongly different understanding of what digital sketching is. From drawing in Google Slides by mouse to sketching in Metaverse. (C) Substantial reduction of traditional sketching (down to a total of 3% of the time) at the expense of growing responsibilities. (D) 80% of respondents do not recommend sketching in front of the client. Also, other interesting findings are further described in the discussion.
keywords Architectural Sketch, Digital Sketch, Effective Visual Communication
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2024/04/22 07:10

_id ecaade2018_195
id ecaade2018_195
authors D¹browska-¯ó³tak, Karolina, Wojtowicz, Jerzy and Wrona, Stefan
year 2018
title Design and Automation for Seniors - Robot aided design of an environment for the elderly and disabled.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.541
source Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 541-550
summary The changing social structure and the development of new technologies in the emerging Society of Knowledge makes possible the development a new kind of living space or habitat that adapts and responds to the needs and problems of elderly. The exponential growth of the aging population in EU, US and Japan is well proven and it urgently calls for the innovative solutions. Today use of automated and robotic elements in design opens the new possibilities for architecture. This paper offers the background of the problem, presents few precedents of assisted by mechatronics solutions, review the four experimental design projects from Warsaw University of Technology and in conclusion propose the agenda for further design research.
keywords mechatronic; architecture; seniors
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

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