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_id sigradi2018_1875
id sigradi2018_1875
authors Kalantari, Cruze-Garza; Banner, Pamela; Contreras-Vidal, Jose Luis
year 2018
title Computationally Analyzing Biometric Data and Virtual Response Testing in Evaluating Learning Performance of Educational Setting Through
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. 390-396
summary Due to construction costs, the human effects of innovations in architectural design can be expensive to test. Post-occupancy studies provide valuable data about what did and did not work in the past, but they cannot provide direct feedback for new ideas that have not yet been attempted. This presents designers with something of a dilemma. How can we harness the best potential of new technology and design innovation, while avoiding costly and potentially harmful mistakes? The current research use virtual immersion and biometric data to provide a new form of extremely rigorous human-response testing prior to construction. The researchers’ hypothesis was that virtual test runs can help designers to identify potential problems and successes in their work prior to its being physically constructed. The pilot study aims to develop a digital pre-occupancy toolset to understand the impact of different interior design variables of learning environment (independent variables) on learning performance (dependent variable). This project provides a practical toolset to test the potential human impacts of architectural design innovations. The research responds to a growing call in the field for evidence-based design and for an inexpensive means of evaluating the potential human effects of new designs. Our research will address this challenge by developing a prototype mobile brain-body imaging interface that can be used in conjunction with virtual immersion.
keywords Signal Processing; Brain; EEG; Virtual Reality; Big Data; Learning Performance
series SIGRADI
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_id ecaade2018_270
id ecaade2018_270
authors Gönenç Sorguç, Arzu, Kruºa Yemiºco?lu, Müge and Özgenel, Ça?lar F?rat
year 2018
title Multiverse of a Form - Snowflake to Shelder
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.411
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. 411-416
summary The almost seamless integration of computation, fabrication and immersion technologies in architecture not only constitutes potentials for exploring design instances through multiple media but also changes design paradigm from form-formation to form-formation-exploration. In this sense, multiverse of design as proposed in this study and integration of various design technologies from virtual to real aims to advance higher order thinking skills and a more exclusive design exploration in computational design process. Undoubtedly, the multiverse of design cannot be handled without emerging technologies temptingly easing fabrication in both physical and virtual realms. On the other hand, such technologies can easily be deceptive in regard with scale, choice of material, details and etc.Therefore, how and which modes of exploration (physical or virtual) should be integrated into the design process is critical. "Exploration of design" in the realm of new technologies does not only connote a formal exploration of design and its performance but it also becomes a way learning/thinking of design enhancing critical thinking and constructivist learning. Within the scope of this study, the multiverse of a form(ation) is explained throughly and examplified through snowflake pavilion which is issued to 4th year and graduate students in the scope of an elective studio course. Snowflake pavillon comprises physical, virtual and mapped reality as a triskelion for immersive experience for visitors.
keywords Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Physical Reality; Fabrication Technologies; Multiverse of Design
series eCAADe
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_id acadia18_118
id acadia18_118
authors Kalantari, Saleh; Contreras-Vidal, Jose Luis; Smith, Joshua Stanton; Cruz-Garza, Jesus; Banner, Pamela
year 2018
title Evaluating Educational Settings through Biometric Data and Virtual Response Testing
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.118
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. 118-125
summary The physical design of the learning environment has been shown to contribute significantly to student performance and educational outcomes. However, the existing literature on this topic relies primarily on generalized observations rather than on rigorous empirical testing. Broad trends in environmental impacts have been noted, but there is a lack of detailed evidence about how specific design variables can affect learning performance. The goal of this study was to apply a new approach in examining classroom design innovations. We developed a protocol to evaluate the effectiveness of classroom designs by measuring the physical responses of study participants as they interacted with different designs using a virtual reality platform. Our hypothesis was that virtual “test runs” can help designers to identify potential problems and successes in their work prior to its being physically constructed. The results of our initial pilot study indicated that this approach could yield important results about human responses to classroom design, and that the virtual environment seemed to be a reliable testing substitute when compared against real classroom environments. In addition to leading toward practical conclusions about specific classroom design variables, this project provides a new kind of research method and toolset to test the potential human impacts of a wide variety of architectural innovations.
keywords work in progress, signal processing, eeg, virtual reality, big data, learning performance
series ACADIA
type paper
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_id caadria2018_209
id caadria2018_209
authors Yao, Jiawei, Lin, Yuqiong, Zhao, Yao, Yan, Chao, Li, Changlin and Yuan, Philip F.
year 2018
title Augmented Reality Technology based Wind Environment Visualization
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.369
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. 369-377
summary Considering the outdoor environment at the initial stage of design process plays a significant role on future building performance. Augmented Reality (AR) technology applied in this research can integrate real world building morphology information and virtual world ventilation information seamlessly that rapidly and directly provides designers information for observation and evaluation. During the case study of "2017 Shanghai DigitalFUTURE" summer workshop, a research on augmented reality technology based wind environment visualization was carried on. The achievement with an application software not only showed the geometric information of the real world objects (such as buildings), but also the virtual wind environment has displayed. Thus, these two kinds of information can complement and superimpose each other. This AR technology based software brings multiple synthetic together, which can (1) visualize the air flow around buildings that provides designers rapid and direct information for evaluation; (2) deal with wind-environment-related data quantitatively and present in an intuitive, easy-to-interpret graphical way; and (3) be further developed as a visualization system based on built-in environments in the future, which contributes to rapid evaluation of a series of programs at the beginning of the building design.
keywords Environment visualization; Augmented reality technology; Fast response; Outdoor ventilation
series CAADRIA
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_id caadria2018_125
id caadria2018_125
authors Bungbrakearti, Narissa, Cooper-Wooley, Ben, Odolphi, Jorke, Doherty, Ben, Fabbri, Alessandra, Gardner, Nicole and Haeusler, M. Hank
year 2018
title HOLOSYNC - A Comparative Study on Mixed Reality and Contemporary Communication Methods in a Building Design Context
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.401
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. 401-410
summary The integration of technology into the design process has enabled us to communicate through various modes of virtuality, while more traditional face-to-face collaborations are becoming less frequent, specifically for large scale companies. Both modes of communication have benefits and disadvantages - virtual communication enables us to connect over large distances, however can often lead to miscommunication, while face-to-face communication builds stronger relationship, however may be problematic for geographically dispersed teams. Mixed Reality is argued to be a hybrid of face-to-face and virtual communication, and is yet to be integrated into the building design process. Despite its current limitations, such as field of view, Mixed Reality is an effective tool that generates high levels of nonverbal and verbal communication, and encourages a high and equal level of participation in comparison to virtual and face-to-face communication. Being a powerful communication tool for complex visualisations, it would be best implemented in the later stages of the building design process where teams can present designs to clients or where multiple designers can collaborate over final details.
keywords Mixed Reality; Communication; Hololens; Collaboration; Virtual
series CAADRIA
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_id caadria2018_280
id caadria2018_280
authors Hanaoka, Ikuya, Tanaka, Seigo, Lee, Alric and Hotta, Kensuke
year 2018
title Sight Depth Illusion with Perforated Plane - Evaluate in Mixed Reality with Head Mounted Display
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.411
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. 411-420
summary This paper examines the existence of a visual illusion with depth of sight involving a perforated panel layered above another plane, evaluates the illusion's properties with virtual projection on a see-through, head-mounted display, and illustrates the relation between the veridical and perceived distances through a mathematical expression. The result would be indicative to egocentric spatial analysis research, and reveal potentials as a reference point for a new architectural design tool.
keywords Sight Depth; Kansei Engeneering; Mixed Reality
series CAADRIA
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_id caadria2018_066
id caadria2018_066
authors Hopfenblatt, James and Balakrishnan, Bimal
year 2018
title The "Nine-Square Grid" Revisited: 9-Cube VR - An Exploratory Virtual Reality Instruction Tool for Foundation Studios
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.463
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. 463-471
summary While the original Nine Square Grid problem, developed by John Hejduk and other influential educators, has shown many time-tested strengths; the value of the foundation studio project relies strongly on repetition and iteration. This activity oftentimes can be tedious when executed using traditional media. To expand upon the pedagogical goals of the original Nine Square Grid problem,we developed a virtual reality tool titled 'Nine Cube VR.' This tool expands upon the pedagogical goals of the original Nine Square Grid problem. Our tool takes advantage of immersive technology and its capacity to maximize object and spatial presence to aid in teaching beginning design students. Using the Unity game engine for development, zSpace Virtual/Augmented Reality desktop monitor and the HTC Vive head-mounted display, we created a multi-platform, easy-to-use kit-of-parts to educate beginning design students in architecture and interior design foundation design concepts.
keywords Virtual Reality; Architectural Education; Interaction
series CAADRIA
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_id caadria2018_161
id caadria2018_161
authors Huang, Xiaoran, White, Marcus and Burry, Mark
year 2018
title Design Globally, Immerse Locally - A Synthetic Design Approach by Integrating Agent Based Modelling with Virtual Reality
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.473
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. 473-482
summary The last three decades have witnessed the explosion of technology and its impact on the architecture discipline which has drastically changed the methods of design. New techniques such as Agent-based modeling (ABM) and Virtual Reality (VR) have been widely implemented in architectural and urban design domains, yet the potential integration between these two methods remains arguably unexploited. The investigation in this paper aims to probe the following questions: How can architects and urban designers be informed more comprehensively by melding ABM and VR techniques at the preliminary/conceptual design stage? Which platform is considered more appropriate to facilitate a user-friendly system and reduces the steep learning curve? And what are the potential benefits of this approach in architectural education, particularly for the design studio environment? With those questions, we proposed a prototype in Unity, a multi-platform development tool that originated from the game industry, to simulate and visualize pedestrian behaviors in urban environments with immersive design experience and tested it in a scenario-based case study. This approach has also been further tested in an architectural design studio, demonstrating its technical feasibility as well as the potential contributions to the pedagogy.
keywords Agent based modelling; Virtual Reality; Urban Design
series CAADRIA
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last changed 2022/06/07 07:49

_id ecaade2018_208
id ecaade2018_208
authors Milovanovic, Julie, Siret, Daniel, Moreau, Guillaume and Miguet, Francis
year 2018
title Representational Ecosystems in Architectural Design Studio Critiques - Do changes in the representational ecosystem affect tutors and students behaviors during design critiques?
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.351
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. 351-360
summary Design studio critiques are key moments for students' learning and designing processes. During critiques, the representational ecosystem provides a setting for the critique to unfold. Tutors and students, while presenting and discussing students' designs, interact with each other and the representational ecosystem. In this article, a case study illustrates our method to measure the effect of a change of representational ecosystem on the critiques' activity. Our three settings include traditional desk critiques, 1/50 scale mockup critiques and immersive Virtual Reality critiques (with HYVE-3D). Each type of critique is analyzed by using video coding as well as protocol analysis.
keywords studio critiques ; representational ecosystem ; protocol analysis; pedagogic strategies; cognitive behavior
series eCAADe
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_id caadria2018_057
id caadria2018_057
authors Nandavar, Anirudh, Petzold, Frank, Nassif, Jimmy and Schubert, Gerhard
year 2018
title Interactive Virtual Reality Tool for BIM Based on IFC - Development of OpenBIM and Game Engine Based Layout Planning Tool - A Novel Concept to Integrate BIM and VR with Bi-Directional Data Exchange
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.453
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. 453-462
summary With recent advancements in VR (Virtual Reality) technology in the past year, it has emerged as a new paradigm in visualization and immersive HMI (Human-machine Interface). On the other hand, in the past decades, BIM (Building Information Modelling) has emerged as the new standard of implementing construction projects and is quickly becoming a norm than just a co-ordination tool in the AEC industry.Visualization of the digital data in BIM plays an important role as it is the primary communication medium to the project participants, where VR can offer a new dimension of experiencing BIM and improving the collaboration of various stakeholders of a project. There are both open source and commercial solutions to extend visualization of a BIM project in VR, but so far, there are no complete solutions that offer a pure IFC format based solution, which makes the VR integration vendor neutral. This work endeavors to develop a concept for a vendor-neutral BIM-VR integration with bi-directional data exchange in order to extend VR as a collaboration tool than a mere visualization tool in the BIM ecosystem.
keywords BIM; VR; IFC; Unity; BIM-VR integration; HMI
series CAADRIA
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_id sigradi2018_1364
id sigradi2018_1364
authors Nunes de Vasconcelos, Guilherme; de Sousa Van Stralen, Mateus; Menezes, Alexandre; Gontijo Ramos, Fernando Murilo
year 2018
title Perceive to learn to perceive: an experience with virtual reality devices for architecture design learning
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. 985-990
summary This work investigates the potential use of low-cost virtual reality (VR) devices in architectural education to improve spatial perception of undergraduate architecture students. The experiment involved a gradual approach into the design process, starting with an intervention on a physical space, its bidimensional representation, 3d modelling and immersion in VR. After the immersion, students answered a questionnaire with open and closed-questions about their experience, and their evaluation of the use of VR in the designing. The findings point to the use of VR as a means to explore, perceive and reflect on decisions, allowing students a better understanding of designing.
keywords Virtual reality; Architectural design; Architecture teaching; Representation; Low-cost devices
series SIGRADI
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_id caadria2018_309
id caadria2018_309
authors Oprean, Danielle, Verniz, Debora, Zhao, Jiayan, Wallgrün, Jan Oliver, Duarte, José P. and Klippel, Alexander
year 2018
title Remote Studio Site Experiences: Investigating the Potential to Develop the Immersive Site Visit
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.421
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. 421-430
summary Immersive technologies are now enabling better and more affordable immersive experiences, offering the opportunity to revisit their use in the architectural and landscape studio to gain site information. Considering when travel to a site is limited or not possible, immersive experiences can help with conveying site information by overcoming issues faced in earlier virtual studios. We focused on developing three applications to understand the workflow for incorporating site information to generate an immersive site experience. The applications were implemented in a semester-long joint architecture and landscape architecture studio focused on remotely designing for the Santa Marta informal settlement in Rio, Brazil. Preliminary results of implementing the applications indicate a positive outlook towards using immersive experiences for site information particularly when a site is remote.
keywords immersive experience; site visit; virtual reality
series CAADRIA
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_id ecaade2018_289
id ecaade2018_289
authors Sönmez, Orkun and Gönenç Sorguç, Arzu
year 2018
title Evaluating an Immersive Virtual Learning Environment for Learning How to Design in Human-Scale
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.371
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. 371-378
summary This paper presents a part of a thesis research conducted at METU. It proposes a method for evaluating the effects of an immersive virtual learning environment (IVLE) which is integrated in an architectural design/learning activity. Proposed IVLE application and design/learning activity were designed through a synthesis on constructive learning, problem-based learning, immersive technologies, and intended learning outcomes (ILOs) in learning how to design in human-scale. Immersive experience of bodily interactions and problem solving process are focused. Method of evaluation was also developed over this synthesis, and an evaluation rubric was created based on the SOLO taxonomy. According to the evaluation method, a before-and-after test was conducted within a case study involving a particular scenario of design exercise and interviews. Conclusions are based on the results of this case study.
keywords VR in architecture; immersive virtual learning environment; learning modalities; SOLO Taxonomy
series eCAADe
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_id caadria2018_337
id caadria2018_337
authors Tang, Ming
year 2018
title From Agent to Avatar - Integrate Avatar and Agent Simulation in the Virtual Reality for Wayfinding
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.503
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. 503-512
summary This paper describes a study of using immersive virtual reality (VR) technology to analyze user behavior related to wayfinding, and the integration of the technology with the multi-agent simulation and space syntax. Starting with a discussion on the problems of current agent-based simulation (ABS) and space syntax in constructing the micro-level interactions for wayfinding, the author focuses on how the cognitive behavior and spatial knowledge can be achieved with a player controlled avatar in response to other computer controlled agents in a virtual building. This approach starts with defining the proposed Avatar Agent VR system (AAVR), which is used for capturing a player's movement in real time and form the spatial data, then visualizing the data with various representation methods. Combined with space syntax and ABS, AAVR is used to examine various players' wayfinding behaviors related to gender, spatial recognition, and spatial features such as light, sound, material, and other architectural elements.
keywords Virtual Reality; wayfinding simulation; agent; avatar; multi-agent simulation; space syntax
series CAADRIA
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_id caadria2018_037
id caadria2018_037
authors Valitabar, Mahdi, Moghimi, Mahdi, Mahdavinejad, Mohammadjavad and Pilechiha, Peiman
year 2018
title Design Optimum Responsive Façade Based on Visual Comfort and Energy Performance
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.2.093
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. 93-102
summary Responsive Facades duo to continuously changes in climate conditions have an important role in reducing energy usage of buildings while providing higher level of visual comfort. This paper is a comparative study of responsive facades in a virtual format. Honeybee and Ladybug software were used for modeling and evaluating visual comfort as well as calculation of the energy consumption in a 3D model. It's a plug-in for grasshopper. This article's problem includes tow visual comfort criteria, DGP and illuminance. Various types of vertical and horizontal responsive facades were compared with a new form to achieve the optimal responsive façade. The results of research imply that with a few changes in secondary skin the new concept could slash energy use like common responsive facades while providing higher level of visual comfort. The important distinguishing point is the new concept from the same sample of responsive facades that is designed to pay more attention to the occupants' view connection with outside.
keywords Responsive Facades; Architectural Design optimization; Visual comfort; Energy consumption
series CAADRIA
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_id caadria2018_316
id caadria2018_316
authors Yan, Chao, Zhang, Yunyu, Yuan, Philip F. and Yao, Jiawei
year 2018
title Virtual Motion - Shifting Perspective as an Instrument for Geometrical Construction
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.2.471
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. 471-480
summary From the invention of projection to the emergence of digital technology, there's a clear correspondences among the transformations of visual representation paradigm in art, the developments of design instrument in architecture, and the human perception of time/space. Base on the examination of this particular historical trajectory, this paper focuses the working mechanism of shifting perspective as an alternative design instrument to explore the possibility of embedding time and motion into static form in digital age. Firstly, the paper reviews how the shifting perspective was introduced to represent space in modern western painting and photography. Then based on the research on shifting perspective, the paper develops a design tool, which would be able to translate motion into the particular geometrical feature of a generated 3D object. In the end, the paper brings further discussions about the formal and spatial effects brought by this new tool, and its potential to incorporate the perceptive image of human being into design process.
keywords Shape Study; Projective Geometry; Shifting Perspective; Motion; Time Dimension
series CAADRIA
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_id caadria2018_132
id caadria2018_132
authors Yan, Chao
year 2018
title "Real Virtuality" in the Process of Digitally Embedded Perception
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2018.1.091
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. 91-100
summary The "digital turn" in architecture is ontologically drawn from Deleuzian philosophy, particularly the thinking defined by Manuel Delanda as real virtuality. This philosophical thinking reflects the essential paradigm of digital design-a generative process driven by intensive difference to approach the singularity of form in a space of possibilities. However, no matter how dynamic the design process is in digital software, the construction result of a building is unavoidably static and permanent. Thus, the essence of digital design will always be misaligned with the material reality of its production. Addressing on this confliction, the research is trying to rethink the philosophical term "real virtuality" in the process of human perception. By examining different theories about the anti-static condition of perception, it forms a novel perspective to address the dynamic relationship between building form, virtual "information" and human perception, and extends the productivity of "becoming" from digital design process to the process of building colonization.
keywords Digital Design Theory; Real Virtuality; New Materialism; Perception; Visual Uncertainty
series CAADRIA
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_id acadia18_196
id acadia18_196
authors Zhang, Yan; Grignard; Aubuchon, Alexander; Lyons, Keven; Larson, Kent
year 2018
title Machine Learning for Real-time Urban Metrics and Design Recommendations
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.196
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. 196-205
summary Cities are growing, becoming more complex, and changing rapidly. Currently, community engagement for urban decision-making is often ineffective, uninformed, and only occurs in projects’ later stages. To facilitate a more collaborative and evidence-based urban decision- making process for both experts and non-experts, real-time feedback and optimized suggestions are essential. However, most of the current tools for urban planning are neither capable of performing complex simulations in real time nor of providing guidance for better urban performance.

CityMatrix was introduced to address these challenges. Machine learning techniques were applied to achieve real-time prediction of multiple urban simulations, and thousands of city configurations were simulated. The simulation results were used to train a convolutional neural network (CNN) to predict the traffic and solar performance of unseen city configurations. The prediction with the CNN is thousands of times faster than the original simulations and maintains a high-quality representation of the results. This machine learning approach was applied as a versatile, quick, accurate, and computationally efficient method not only for real-time feedback, but also for optimized design recommendations. Users involved in the evaluation of this project had a better understanding of the embodied trade-offs of the city and achieved their goals in an efficient manner.

keywords full paper, optimization, collaboration, urban design & analysis, ai & machine learning
series ACADIA
type paper
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_id ecaade2018_114
id ecaade2018_114
authors Paneras, Harris, Yip, Michael, Dobbs, Tiara, Doherty, Ben, Fabbri, Alessandra, Gardner, Nicole and Haeusler, M. Hank
year 2018
title Augmented Reality in the Design Process - Using visual effects (VFX) motion tracking techniques to conduct quantification research on the performance of augmented reality
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.761
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. 761-770
summary The research explores how quantitative performance analysis of augmented reality would influence its mainstream adoption within the Built Environment Industry. The process involves the development and quantification of key augmented reality components, through the use of Visual Inertial Odometry and Visual Effects motion tracking techniques. Targeting mobile technology as a case study for the research, its potentials and limitations will be explored and discovered in relation to the industry. Accordingly, the research focuses on assessing the visuality and communicative quality of augmented reality projections from 2D, cuboid, cylindrical, 3D object, geo-location and marker less. Testing this form of technology under realistic scenarios provides a baseline for developers to rationalise their choices in their augmented reality development. This would study the effectiveness of augmented reality projections and vindicate the typical constants and variables when developing augmented reality applications, reducing the need for ongoing practical experimentations to successfully achieve augmentation.
keywords Mobile; Augmented Reality; Performance Analysis; Fundamental Research; Quantitative Research
series eCAADe
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_id ecaade2018_248
id ecaade2018_248
authors Silcock, David, Rushton, Hannah, Rogers, Jessie and Schnabel, Marc Aurel
year 2018
title Tangible and Intangible Digital Heritage - Creating Virtual Environments to Engage Public Interpretation
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.225
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. 225-232
summary This research developed an immersive, multi-dimensional Virtual Experience of the 'Gordon Wilson Flats', a Modern apartment block constructed during the 1950s in Wellington, New Zealand. The project explored methods to virtually reconstruct the spatial qualities of the building and document the flats in both their current and original states within the context of Wellington City. This digital heritage project documents both the tangible and intangible characteristics of the building to inform public discussion focused upon the flats. This approach was in an effort to capture the effect of time on the buildings tangible elements, and with the addition of oral histories, develop a narrative which is intended to facilitate architectural understanding and heighten engagement within the immersive virtual environment. This paper presents a digital methodology for the creation of a digital heritage experience with the purpose of engaging and informing public discussion.
keywords Digital Heritage; Virtual Reality ; Immersive Environments ; Modern Architectural Heritage; Digital Methodology
series eCAADe
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