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_id	ecaade2018_172
id	ecaade2018_172
authors	Al-Douri, Firas
year	2018
title	The Employment of Digital Simulation in the Planning Departments in US Cities - How does it affect design and decision-making processes?
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. 539-548
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.539
summary	The increased interactivity of digital simulation tools has offered a wide range of opportunities that may provoke a paradigmatic shift in urban design practice. Yet, research results did not provide any clear evidence that such shift seems to exist. Further studies are required to examine the methods and impact of their usage on decision-making and design outcome. To that goal, this research uses the single-case study design that has been pursued in three phases: literature review, online survey, and semi-structured interviews. The results have shown inadequacies, inconsistency, and ineffectiveness of usage of the tools that are most appropriate to the design activities of each phase and thus a limited impact on critical areas of the decision-making. The impact of the tools' usage is found to be correlated with not only the extent of their usage, but also with a variety of procedural and substantive factors such as the plan methodology, extent of tool's usage, choice of the appropriate tool, and planners' skills and capabilities in using those tools.
keywords	Urban Simulation ; Urban Design Practice
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2018_247
id	ecaade2018_247
authors	Ilunga, Guilherme and Leit?o, António
year	2018
title	Derivative-free Methods for Structural Optimization
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. 179-186
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.179
summary	The focus on efficiency has grown over recent years, and nowadays it is critical that buildings have a good performance regarding different criteria. This need prompts the usage of algorithmic approaches, analysis tools, and optimization algorithms, to find the best performing variation of a design. There are many optimization algorithms and not all of them are adequate for a specific problem. However, Genetic Algorithms are frequently the first and only option, despite being considered last resort algorithms in the mathematical field. This paper discusses methods for structural optimization and applies them on a structural problem. Our tests show that Genetic Algorithms perform poorly, while other algorithms achieve better results. However, they also show that no algorithm is consistently better than the others, which suggests that for structural optimization, several algorithms should be used, instead of simply using Genetic Algorithms.
keywords	Derivative-free Optimization; Black-box Optimization; Structural Optimization; Algorithmic Design
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2018_327
id	ecaade2018_327
authors	Izzo, Massimo
year	2018
title	Parametric Design as Interpreter of the Urban Compositional Problem - One basic application to city block modeling
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. 335-344
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.335
summary	The paper explores parametric design technology from an urban design perspective of development. One possible finalization of technique as informer of urban space subdivision is presented, with an eye on geometry and its energy efficiency implications. The recognition of urban space as a field of complex equilibria, where different claims insist on the subdivision process, helps interpret methodology from a critical stance, at least within the margins of selected studies and a partial, yet indicative experiment.
keywords	complexity; parametric design; urban simulation; energy efficiency; Grasshopper; optimization
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2018_122
id	caadria2018_122
authors	Leung, Emily, Asher, Rob, Butler, Andrew, Doherty, Ben, Fabbri, Alessandra, Gardner, Nicole and Haeusler, M. Hank
year	2018
title	Redback BIM - Developing 'De-Localised' Open-Source Architecture-Centric Tools
source	T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (eds.), Learning, Adapting and Prototyping - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018, pp. 21-30
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.2.021
summary	Emerging technologies that use data have contributed to the success of communication all over the world. Social media and gaming industries have already taken advantage of the web to provide synchronous communication and updated information. Conversely, existing methods of communication within the AEC industry require multiple platforms, such as emails and file sharing services in conjunction with 3D Modelling software, to inform changes made by stakeholders, resulting in file duplication and limited accessibility to the latest version, while augmenting existing practice's inefficiency. As communication is critical to the success of a project and should be enhanced, Redback BIM promises to establish a workflow for a dynamic platform, while achieving similar results to that of a 3D modelling program hosted on the web. Using existing open-source web development software, multiple users will be able to collaboratively organise and synchronise changes made to the design scheme in real-time. Features such as this would enable more fluid communication between multiple stakeholders within the life of a project.
keywords	De-localised Workspaces; Web-based Software Platforms; Data; Open-source; Collaboration
series	CAADRIA
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_id	acadia18_30
id	acadia18_30
authors	Przybylski, Maya
year	2018
title	Critical Computational Literacy: A Call for the Development of Socially Aware, Ethically Minded Research within ACADIA
source	ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 30-35
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.030
summary	As computational design matures and strives to move out of the studio/lab and into the real world, multiple dimensions of literacy, valuing the social, the political, and the ethical as well as the technical and the creative, must be acknowledged and supported. This paper evaluates the presence of research advancing socially aware, ethically minded issues currently found in ACADIA’s body of research and offers a strategy for shaping future work in this area. First, data from the CumInCAD index is used to provide a quantitative understanding of the degree to which these issues are represented in ACADIA’s history, with particular focus on the last decade. The paper goes on to articulate key offerings from the field of Software Studies to motivate and identify possible entry points for computational designers to further engage the social and ethical agencies tied to their work. Within this context, the paper argues that the set of lenses used to understand a project's digital components expands to include social, cultural, political, and ethical effects in addition to the technical realities of implementation. The analytical methods presented are intended to support a preliminary survey of ACADIA's literature and serve as a first step in identifying avenues for pursuing socially aware, ethically minded computational design research.
keywords	work in progress, design theory & history, history/theory of computation, hybrid practices, ethics
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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last changed	2022/06/07 08:00

_id	acadia21_246
id	acadia21_246
authors	Safley, Nick
year	2021
title	Reconnecting...
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.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.246
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
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_id	ecaade2018_415
id	ecaade2018_415
authors	Shah, Anand and Sousa, José Pedro
year	2018
title	A Robotically Fabricated Connection System as a Possible Solution for a Free-form "ROBO-WEB" Gridshell which Takes Inspirations from English Fan Vaulted Cathedrals
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. 821-826
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.821
summary	Gridshell is a unique category of shell structures, which, by departing from a double-curved resistant form, concentrates the forces in its lattice members. Majority of the gridshell structures use quadrangular or triangular grid patterns because they can easily mesh and it is less complicated to resolve its details. This research project provides a unique robotically fabricated joinery system for free-form gridshells. The research project attempts to increase the versatility in terms of design and feasibility in terms of construction for future gridshell structures. It tries to merge the extremely efficient historical design principles with the new age design and construction methods. The lattice grid for the Robo-Web gridshell takes inspiration from the ribs of the English fan vaulted cathedrals. Based on the experiences gained through the research project the research concludes with a critical discussion of the practical applications and future scope of the free-form lattice grid and robotically fabricated joinery system.
keywords	Gridshell; Robotics; Free-form; Fan-vaults
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	caadria2018_001
id	caadria2018_001
authors	T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (eds.)
year	2018
title	CAADRIA 2018: Learning, Prototyping and Adapting, Volume 2
source	Learning, Adapting and Prototyping - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018, 610 p.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.2
summary	Rapidly evolving technologies are increasingly shaping our societies as well as our understanding of the discipline of architecture. Computational developments in fields such as machine learning and data mining enable the creation of learning networks that involve architects alongside algorithms in developing new understanding. Such networks are increasingly able to observe current social conditions, plan, decide, act on changing scenarios, learn from the consequences of their actions, and recognize patterns out of complex activity networks. While digital technologies have already enabled architecture to transcend static physical boxes, new challenges of the present and visions for the future continue to call for both innovative responses integrating emerging technologies into experimental architectural practice and their critical reflection. In this process, the capability of adapting to complex social and environmental challenges through learning, prototyping and verifying solution proposals in the context of rapidly shifting realities has become a core challenge to the architecture discipline. Supported by advancing technologies, architects and researchers are creating new frameworks for digital workflows that engage with new challenges in a variety of ways. Learning networks that recognize patterns from massive data, rapid prototyping systems that flexibly iterate innovative physical solutions, and adaptive design methods all contribute to a flexible and networked digital architecture that is able to learn from both past and present to evolve towards a promising vision of the future.
series	CAADRIA
last changed	2022/06/07 07:49

_id	caadria2018_000
id	caadria2018_000
authors	T. Fukuda, W. Huang, P. Janssen, K. Crolla, S. Alhadidi (eds.)
year	2018
title	CAADRIA 2018: Learning, Prototyping and Adapting, Volume 1
source	Learning, Adapting and Prototyping - Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018, 578 p.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1
summary	Rapidly evolving technologies are increasingly shaping our societies as well as our understanding of the discipline of architecture. Computational developments in fields such as machine learning and data mining enable the creation of learning networks that involve architects alongside algorithms in developing new understanding. Such networks are increasingly able to observe current social conditions, plan, decide, act on changing scenarios, learn from the consequences of their actions, and recognize patterns out of complex activity networks. While digital technologies have already enabled architecture to transcend static physical boxes, new challenges of the present and visions for the future continue to call for both innovative responses integrating emerging technologies into experimental architectural practice and their critical reflection. In this process, the capability of adapting to complex social and environmental challenges through learning, prototyping and verifying solution proposals in the context of rapidly shifting realities has become a core challenge to the architecture discipline. Supported by advancing technologies, architects and researchers are creating new frameworks for digital workflows that engage with new challenges in a variety of ways. Learning networks that recognize patterns from massive data, rapid prototyping systems that flexibly iterate innovative physical solutions, and adaptive design methods all contribute to a flexible and networked digital architecture that is able to learn from both past and present to evolve towards a promising vision of the future.
series	CAADRIA
last changed	2022/06/07 07:49

_id	ecaade2018_120
id	ecaade2018_120
authors	Varinlioglu, Guzden and Turhan, Gozde Damla
year	2018
title	A Comparative Study of Formal and Informal Teaching Methods in the Digital Architectural Curricula
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. 409-416
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.409
summary	Design educators are rethinking design education because of the high-demand for the integration of CAD/CAM in the architectural curriculum. However, in traditional design schools with fewer digital courses and more emphasis on the studio courses, an important consideration is how these skills are introduced. With this in mind, and referring to the informal teaching setup, such as workshops and student competitions, this paper describes a study comparing two pedagogical strategies based on a workshop within the curricula and a competition as an extracurricular activity. ICMP method will be used to measure the development of participating students' abilities in analysis, synthesis, integration and critical thinking, under mentor supervision, and enable an evaluation of this approach to the integration of digital thinking, application, and informal design teaching/learning experience in architectural education.
keywords	architectural curricula; informal teaching; digital fabrication; comparative study
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2018_216
id	caadria2018_216
authors	Yuan, Philip F., Chen, Zhewen and Zhang, Liming
year	2018
title	Form Finding for 3D Printed Pedestrian Bridges
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. 225-234
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.225
summary	Due to the highly interrelation between architecture and engineering involved in the early design stage of 3D printing, form-finding is the critical step in the large-scale 3D printing projects. This paper focused on the research of form-finding applied in large-scale 3D printed structures, specifically, in the design of two pedestrian bridges. A three-step form finding approach was introduced in this paper. Multiple numerical methods were involved in the approach to find an optimal solution for both aesthetics and structural design for two 3D printed pedestrian bridges. The application of the three steps of form-finding, which take consideration of material properties, site limitations, applied loads etc., to the design of the large-scale 3D printed bridges were discussed in details in this paper. The approach of form-finding in an early designing stage disused in this paper helps to understand the combination of architecture and structure engineering.
keywords	Form Finding; 3D Printing; Structural Performance; Material Performance; Topology Optimization
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:57

_id	acadia21_530
id	acadia21_530
authors	Adel, Arash; Augustynowicz, Edyta; Wehrle, Thomas
year	2021
title	Robotic Timber Construction
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.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.530
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.
series	ACADIA
type	project
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_id	sigradi2018_1300
id	sigradi2018_1300
authors	Alves de Almeida, Marcela; de Souza Nogueira, Yasmim
year	2018
title	Parametricism as style: the relationship between methodology of scientific research programmes and parametric design
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. 17-22
summary	During the 1990s many architects, who dissociated from critical theory, were looking for new design methodologies that did not confine themselves as stylistic currents. One of these propractice movement is done by means of parametric design. Aiming to investigate the boundaries between methodology and style, this paper proposes to answer the question: does the parametric architecture constitute a new style, as Patrik Schumacher says? It reviews Heinrich Wölfflin concept of style in the contemporary context; it presents Imre Lakatos theory (methodology of scientific research programmes) and how Schumacher appropriates of it followed by a critical reflection on the limits of such appropriation.
keywords	Parametric design; Style
series	SIGRADI
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_id	ecaade2018_187
id	ecaade2018_187
authors	Chatzivasileiadi, Aikaterini, Hosney Lila, Anas M., Lannon, Simon and Jabi, Wassim
year	2018
title	The Effect of Reducing Geometry Complexity on Energy Simulation Results
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. 559-568
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.559
summary	Accuracy and time are metrics inherently associated with the design process and the energy performance simulation of buildings. The accurate representation of the building is an essential requirement for energy analysis, which comes with the expense of time; however, this is in contrast with the need to minimise the simulation time in order to make it compatible with design times. This is a particularly interesting aspect in the case of complex geometries, which are often simplified for use in building energy performance simulation. The effects of this simplification on the accuracy of simulation results are not usually reported. This paper explored these effects through a systematic analysis of several test cases. The results indicate that the use of orthogonal prisms as simplified surrogates for buildings with complex shapes presents a worst-case scenario that should be avoided where possible. A significant reduction of geometry complexity by at least 50% can also be achieved with negligible effects on simulation results, while minimising the time requirements. Accuracy, however, deteriorates rapidly below a critical threshold.
keywords	Building performance simulation; Energy analysis; Geometry simplification
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2018_181
id	caadria2018_181
authors	Chun, Junho, Lee, Juhun and Park, Daekwon
year	2018
title	TOPO-JOINT - Topology Optimization Framework for 3D-Printed Building Joints
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. 205-214
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.205
summary	Joints and connectors are often the most complex element in building assemblies and systems. To ensure the performance of the assemblies and systems, it is critical to optimize the geometry and configurations of the joints based on key functional requirements (e.g., stiffness and thermal exchange). The proposed research focuses on developing a multi-objective topology optimization framework that can be utilized to design highly customized joints and connections for building applications. The optimized joints that often resemble tree structures or bones are fabricated using additive manufacturing techniques. This framework is built upon the integration of high-fidelity topology optimization algorithms, additive manufacturing, computer simulations and parametric design. Case studies and numerical applications are presented to demonstrate the validity and effectiveness of the proposed optimization and additive manufacturing framework. Optimal joint designs from a variety of architectural and structural design considerations, such as stiffness, thermal exchange, and vibration are discussed to provide an insightful interpretation of these interrelationships and their impact on joint performance.
keywords	Topology optimization; parametric design; 3d printing
series	CAADRIA
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_id	acadia21_444
id	acadia21_444
authors	Crawford, Assia
year	2021
title	Mitochondrial Matrix
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.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.444
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
type	project
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_id	ecaaderis2018_103
id	ecaaderis2018_103
authors	Davidová, Marie and Prokop, Šimon
year	2018
title	TreeHugger - The Eco-Systemic Prototypical Urban Intervention
source	Odysseas Kontovourkis (ed.), Sustainable Computational Workflows [6th eCAADe Regional International Workshop Proceedings / ISBN 9789491207143], Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 24-25 May 2018, pp. 75-84
keywords	The paper discusses co-design, development, production, application of TreeHugger (see Figure 1). The co-design among community and trans-disciplinary participants with different expertise required scope of media mix, switching between analogue, digital and back again. This involves different degrees of physical and digital 'GIGA-Mapping' (Sevaldson, 2011, 2015), 'Grasshopper3d' (Davidson, 2017) scripting and mix of digital and analogue fabrication to address the real life world. The critical participation of this 'Time-Based Design' (Sevaldson, 2004, 2005) process is the interaction of the prototype with eco-systemic agency of the adjacent environment - the eco-systemic performance. The TreeHugger is a responsive solid wood insect hotel, generating habitats and edible landscaping (Creasy, 2004) on bio-tope in city centre of Prague. To extend the impact, the code was uploaded for communities to download, local-specifically edit and apply worldwide. Thus, the fusion of discussed processes is multi-scaled and multi-layered, utilised in emerging design field: Systemic Approach to Architectural Performance.
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2018/05/29 14:33

_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
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
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.189
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
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_id	sigradi2018_1763
id	sigradi2018_1763
authors	Duarte Martins, Lucas; Ferreira Borges, Marina
year	2018
title	The Use of High Low Architecture in the Creation of Alternative Construction Elements
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. 367-374
summary	This study presents an investigation on how the use of digital tools in the fields of architecture and engineering can help establish a connection between the architectural projects developed within Universities and what is produced by the construction industry, consolidating a critical design process that reflects on the use of current technologies. To do so, it will be necessary to employ knowledge gathered from the intersecting areas of architecture, computation and engineering to rethink the use of common materials directing it towards a non-specialized workforce, a relationship that can be defined as high-low architecture.
keywords	High-Low Architecture; Concrete block; Digital tools; Performance-based design; Construction industry
series	SIGRADI
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_id	caadria2018_292
id	caadria2018_292
authors	Eid Mohamed, Basem, ElKaftangui, Mohamed and Zureikat, Rana
year	2018
title	{In}Formed Panels - Towards Rethinking the Precast Concrete Industry in the UAE
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. 287-296
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.287
summary	The convergence of digital design and fabrication technologies have offered architects and designers the means by which to develop customized architectural artifacts, ones that goes beyond the standards of "one size fits all". Such applications have been applied extensively in various architectural practices, and specifically in the realm of industrialized building production, given that they present a suitable model. Although unrecognized within standard precast concrete production, current research acknowledges the need for advanced computer applications for shifting the industry into a digitized process. This paper represent a critical phase of an ongoing research endeavor that aims at rethinking the precast concrete production in the UAE, and MENA region for housing typologies. The project explores possibilities of a new protocol that is focused from design to production, relying on performative design strategies, and possible optimized for large format 3D printing of concrete elements. The aim is to develop an integrated façade panels system that is tailored for design and production; an approach that goes beyond current industry practices.
keywords	Precast Concrete; Industrialized Construction; Evolutionary Design; Optimization
series	CAADRIA
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