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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_498
id	ecaadesigradi2019_498
authors	Bermek, Mehmet Sinan, Shelden, Dennis and Gentry, T. Russel
year	2019
title	A Holistic Approach to Feature-based Structural Mapping in Cross Laminated Timber Buildings
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.2.789
source	Sousa, JP, Xavier, JP and Castro Henriques, G (eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Volume 2, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 789-796
summary	Mass Engineered Timber products provide a unique opportunity in configuring panelized building systems that are suitable for both prefabrication and onsite customization. The structural nature of these large section elements also brings about the need for a coordinated design-fabrication-assembly workflow. These products can assume different geometric configurations and their behaviour can be approximated globally by simplifying framing schemas. Current BIM Interoperability standards such as STEP or IFC already acknowledge and support the interconnected nature of component properties, yet these Data Models are component focused. Expanding on the relationships between components and using sets to define part to whole, or exteriority relationships could yield a more flexible and agile querying of building information.This would be a framework fit for automated feature derivation and rule based design applications. To this end Graph structures and Graph Databases, alongside existing ontology authoring tools are studied to probe new cognitive possibilities in collaborative AEC workflows
keywords	Graph theory; BIM; CLT; IFC
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	caadria2019_651
id	caadria2019_651
authors	Imani, Marzieh, Sayah, Iman, Vale, Brenda and Donn, Michael
year	2019
title	An Innovative, Hierarchical Energy Performance Data Visualization for Facilitating Recognition of Thermal Issues
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.1.815
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 815-824
summary	This paper discusses the characteristics of and relationships between the most common building energy performance tools for simulating and visualising the thermal behaviour of buildings at the early stage of building design. The necessity for the latter and the importance of using relevant tools in practice are discussed. By highlighting existing gaps in these tools, a complementary component has been suggested that could assist building scientists in evaluating energy simulation results. The proposed energy performance data visualisation (EPDV) component is an under-development plugin (SlowLoris) that is intended to be added to the existing Grasshopper add-ons. This EPDV component provides users with simultaneous but different visualisation styles of monthly energy reports for individual floors and thermal zones. As an example, this paper uses a 2-storey building model to show the applicability of the plugin to analysis of energy simulation results.
keywords	Building energy simulation; Data visualization; Energy performance analysis
series	CAADRIA
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_id	caadria2019_040
id	caadria2019_040
authors	Matsubayashi, Michio
year	2019
title	Method for Finding Elements Similar to Those Causing Building Component Failure Based on Building Information Models
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.021
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 21-30
summary	In this study, we propose a method for finding elements similar to those that cause failure based on the spatial information and properties of the building component network in building information models (BIMs). As an example of failure, we selected the degradation of fittings such as doors. The developed process was performed using a BIM software package. First, we identified elements that had experienced failure based on past repair records. Then, similar elements were found based on information for a door class obtained from the selected element. Finally, the elements were filtered using either spatial or attribute information, and the results were exported as a comma-separated values file. An operation that adds other information to the attribute information of the elements extracted from the BIM is also proposed. After a sufficient number of items were identified, elements similar to the failed elements are identified by sorting.
keywords	Building Information Model; Existing Buildings; Preventive Maintenance; Spatial Information; Attribute Information
series	CAADRIA
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_id	acadia19_586
id	acadia19_586
authors	Mitterberger, Daniela; Derme, Tiziano
year	2019
title	Soil 3D Printing
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.586
source	ACADIA 19:UBIQUITY AND AUTONOMY [Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-59179-7] (The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, Texas 21-26 October, 2019) pp. 586-595
summary	Despite, the innovation of additive manufacturing (AM) technology, and in spite of the existence of natural bio-materials offering notable mechanical properties, materials used for AM are not necessarily more sustainable than materials used in traditional manufacturing. Furthermore, potential material savings may be partially overshadowed by the relative toxicity of the material and binders used for AM during fabrication and post-fabrication processes, as well as the energy usage necessary for the production and processing workflow. Soil as a building material offers a cheap, sustainable alternative to non-biodegradable material systems, and new developments in earth construction show how earthen buildings can create light, progressive, and sustainable structures. Nevertheless, existing large-scale earthen construction methods can only produce highly simplified shapes with rough detailing. This research proposes to use robotic additive manufacturing processes to overcome current limitations of constructing with earth, supporting complex three-dimensional geometries, and the creation of novel organic composites. More specifically the research focuses on robotic binder-jetting with granular bio-composites and non-toxic binding agents such as hydrogels. This paper is divided into two main sections: (1) biodegradable material system, and (2) multi-move robotic process, and describes the most crucial fabrication parameters such as compaction pressure, density of binders, deposition strategies and toolpath planning as well as identifying the architectural implications of using this novel biodegradable fabrication process. The combination of soil and hydrogel as building material shows the potential of a fully reversible construction process for architectural components and foresees its potential full-scale architectural implementations.
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	acadia24_v2_87
id	acadia24_v2_87
authors	Alkhayat, Latifa; J. Lee, Keith; Mueller, Caitlin
year	2024
title	The Crown Jewels
source	ACADIA 2024: Designing Change [Volume 2: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9891764-8-9]. Calgary. 11-16 November 2024. edited by Alicia Nahmad-Vazquez, Jason Johnson, Joshua Taron, Jinmo Rhee, Daniel Hapton. pp. 569-578
summary	Virgin materials used in the construction industry strain resources and cause further exploitation. This is true of the raw materials used to produce construction materials and products and the fossil fuels that feed energy into the processing line. The cement industry causes 9% of carbon emissions due to the chemical process of its creation and the energy needed to fuel it (World Green Building Council 2019). To mitigate these impacts, it is imperative to minimize the use of new concrete. This remains a challenge as the demand for construction is high, and simultaneously, buildings no longer deemed fit to use are being demolished and replaced by new construction. Demolished structures are a quarry for new construction. Substantial amounts of rubble from demolitions are crushed in landfills for aggregate. This work leverages the material's larger and stronger form rather than reducing it to infill. Concrete rubble, as chunks, is often considered a complex material to construct with, as it is inconsistent and irregular in size and form. However, better reuse is within reach with the aid of scanning tools, digital design workflows, and advanced fabrication methods. This research proposes tractable ways of upcycling concrete from demolition sites to create new, innovative structures and avoid downcycling the material. The paper demonstrates a novel application of algorithmic tools leveraged to support the use of irregular rubble-based inventories as structural components. The proposed ‘rubble trusses’ are designed as assemblies of concrete chunks that are processed, strung together like a jewelry piece to create a structural and aesthetic language for material circularity as the ‘Crown Jewels’; whereby rubble is regarded as gem.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	ecaade2024_4
id	ecaade2024_4
authors	Irodotou, Louiza; Gkatzogiannis, Stefanos; Phocas, Marios C.; Tryfonos, George; Christoforou, Eftychios G.
year	2024
title	Application of a Vertical Effective Crank–Slider Approach in Reconfigurable Buildings through Computer-Aided Algorithmic Modelling
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.1.421
source	Kontovourkis, O, Phocas, MC and Wurzer, G (eds.), Data-Driven Intelligence - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2024), Nicosia, 11-13 September 2024, Volume 1, pp. 421–430
summary	Elementary robotics mechanisms based on the effective crank–slider and four–bar kinematics methods have been applied in the past to develop architectural concepts of reconfigurable structures of planar rigid-bar linkages (Phocas et al., 2020; Phocas et al., 2019). The applications referred to planar structural systems interconnected in parallel to provide reconfigurable buildings with rectangular plan section. In enabling structural reconfigurability attributes within the spatial circular section buildings domain, a vertical setup of the basic crank–slider mechanism is proposed in the current paper. The kinematics mechanism is integrated on a column placed at the middle of an axisymmetric circular shaped spatial linkage structure. The definition of target case shapes of the structure is based on a series of numerical geometric analyses that consider certain architectural and construction criteria (i.e., number of structural members, length, system height, span, erectability etc.), as well as structural objectives (i.e., structural behavior improvement against predominant environmental actions) aiming to meet diverse operational requirements and lightweight construction. Computer-aided algorithmic modelling is used to analyze the system's kinematics, in order to provide a solid foundation and enable rapid adaptation for mechanisms that exhibit controlled reconfigurations. The analysis demonstrates the implementation of digital parametric design tools for the investigation of the kinematics of the system at a preliminary design stage, in avoiding thus time-demanding numerical analysis processes. The design process may further provide enhanced interdisciplinary performance-based design outcomes.
keywords	Reconfigurable Structures, Spatial Linkage Structures, Kinematics, Parametric Associative Design
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2024/11/17 22:05

_id	caadria2025_130
id	caadria2025_130
authors	Shen, Yanting, Wang, Xiaotong, Lin, Chen-Hsiang, Li, Shuyang, Pei, Wanyu and Stouffs, Rudi
year	2025
title	Forecasting Future Construction Demands: A Deep Learning approach for material stock circularity analysis of Singapore residential buildings
source	Dagmar Reinhardt, Nicolas Rogeau, Christiane M. Herr, Anastasia Globa, Jielin Chen, Taro Narahara (eds.), ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS - Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference, Tokyo, 22-29 March 2025, Volume 3, pp. 499–508
summary	Exploring sustainable urban development models for building material recycling is essential to achieving net-zero emissions. This study develops a Building Material Stock (BMS) prediction model, focusing on concrete and steel, and maps embodied carbon by identifying geographic hotspots for material recycling and flow. Specifically, to predict future demolition and construction trends at Singapore’s Housing Development Board (HDB), a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)-based model is utilised to generate distributional images of HDB developments. A categorised map of construction sites from 2019 is used as input to generate the predicted public housing layout for 2024. These predictions are then integrated with material intensity (MI) and carbon emission factors to estimate floor area requirements and potential construction activity locations for future HDB projects. This approach establishes a closed-loop system aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), supporting material inventory and flow management, enhancing resource reuse efficiency, and mitigating urban development’s environmental impact. Moreover, the findings provide valuable insights for the Singapore government and industry organisations to expand the adoption of PPVC technology and circular economy practices in HDB development.
keywords	Material stock modelling, Material flow analysis, Residential construction, Embodied carbon, Deep learning
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaade2023_259
id	ecaade2023_259
authors	Sonne-Frederiksen, Povl Filip, Larsen, Niels Martin and Buthke, Jan
year	2023
title	Point Cloud Segmentation for Building Reuse - Construction of digital twins in early phase building reuse projects
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.327
source	Dokonal, W, Hirschberg, U and Wurzer, G (eds.), Digital Design Reconsidered - Proceedings of the 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2023) - Volume 2, Graz, 20-22 September 2023, pp. 327–336
summary	Point cloud processing has come a long way in the past years. Advances in computer vision (CV) and machine learning (ML) have enabled its automated recognition and processing. However, few of those developments have made it through to the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Here, optimizing those workflows can reduce time spent on early-phase projects, which otherwise could be spent on developing innovative design solutions. Simplifying the processing of building point cloud scans makes it more accessible and therefore, usable for design, planning and decision-making. Furthermore, automated processing can also ensure that point clouds are processed consistently and accurately, reducing the potential for human error. This work is part of a larger effort to optimize early-phase design processes to promote the reuse of vacant buildings. It focuses on technical solutions to automate the reconstruction of point clouds into a digital twin as a simplified solid 3D element model. In this paper, various ML approaches, among others KPConv Thomas et al. (2019), ShapeConv Cao et al. (2021) and Mask-RCNN He et al. (2017), are compared in their ability to apply semantic as well as instance segmentation to point clouds. Further it relies on the S3DIS Armeni et al. (2017), NYU v2 Silberman et al. (2012) and Matterport Ramakrishnan et al. (2021) data sets for training. Here, the authors aim to establish a workflow that reduces the effort for users to process their point clouds and obtain object-based models. The findings of this research show that although pure point cloud-based ML models enable a greater degree of flexibility, they incur a high computational cost. We found, that using RGB-D images for classifications and segmentation simplifies the complexity of the ML model but leads to additional requirements for the data set. These can be mitigated in the initial process of capturing the building or by extracting the depth data from the point cloud.
keywords	Point Clouds, Machine Learning, Segmentation, Reuse, Digital Twins
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia19_490
id	acadia19_490
authors	Alvarez, Martín; Wagner, Hans Jakob; Groenewolt, Abel; Krieg, Oliver David; Kyjanek, Ondrej; Sonntag, Daniel; Bechert, Simon; Aldinger, Lotte; Menges, Achim; Knippers, Jan
year	2019
title	The Buga Wood Pavilion
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.490
source	ACADIA 19:UBIQUITY AND AUTONOMY [Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-59179-7] (The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, Texas 21-26 October, 2019) pp. 490-499
summary	Platforms that integrate developments from multiple disciplines are becoming increasingly relevant as the complexity of different technologies increases day by day. In this context, this paper describes an integrative approach for the development of architectural projects. It portrays the benefits of applying such an approach by describing its implementation throughout the development and execution of a building demonstrator. Through increasing the agility and extending the scope of existing computational tools, multiple collaborators were empowered to generate innovative solutions across the different phases of the project´s cycle. For this purpose, novel solutions for planar segmented wood shells are showcased at different levels. First, it is demonstrated how the application of a sophisticated hollow-cassette building system allowed the optimization of material use, production time, and mounting logistics due to the modulation of the parameters of each construction element. Second, the paper discusses how the articulation of that complexity was crucial when negotiating between multiple professions, interacting with different contractors, and complying with corresponding norms. Finally, the innovative architectural features of the resulting building are described, and the accomplishments are benchmarked through comparison with typological predecessor.
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	ecaade2021_203
id	ecaade2021_203
authors	Arora, Hardik, Bielski, Jessica, Eisenstadt, Viktor, Langenhan, Christoph, Ziegler, Christoph, Althoff, Klaus-Dieter and Dengel, Andreas
year	2021
title	Consistency Checker - An automatic constraint-based evaluator for housing spatial configurations
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.351
source	Stojakovic, V and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 8-10 September 2021, pp. 351-358
summary	The gradual rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its increasing visibility among many research disciplines affected Computer-Aided Architectural Design (CAAD). Architectural deep learning (DL) approaches are being developed and published on a regular basis, such as retrieval (Sharma et al. 2017) or design style manipulation (Newton 2019; Silvestre et al. 2016). However, there seems to be no method to evaluate highly constrained spatial configurations for specific architectural domains (such as housing or office buildings) based on basic architectural principles and everyday practices. This paper introduces an automatic constraint-based consistency checker to evaluate the coherency of semantic spatial configurations of housing construction using a small set of design principles to evaluate our DL approaches. The consistency checker informs about the overall performance of a spatial configuration followed by whether it is open/closed and the constraints it didn't satisfy. This paper deals with the relation of spaces processed as mathematically formalized graphs contrary to existing model checking software like Solibri.
keywords	model checking, building information modeling, deep learning, data quality
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2019_196
id	caadria2019_196
authors	Bekele, Mafkereseb Kassahun and Champion, Erik
year	2019
title	Redefining Mixed Reality: User-Reality-Virtuality and Virtual Heritage Perspectives
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.675
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 675-684
summary	The primary objective of this paper is to present a redefinition of Mixed Reality from a perspective emphasizing the relationship between users, virtuality and reality as a fundamental component. The redefinition is motivated by three primary reasons. Firstly, current literature in which Augmented Reality is the focus appears to approach Augmented Reality as an alternative to Mixed Reality. Secondly, Mixed Reality is often considered to encompass Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality rather than specifying it as a segment along the reality-virtuality continuum. Thirdly, most common definitions of Augmented Reality (AR), Augmented Virtuality (AV), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MxR) in current literature are based on outdated display technologies, and a relationship between virtuality and reality, neglecting the importance of the users necessarily complicit sense of immersion from the relationship. The focus of existing definitions is thus currently technological, rather than experiential. We resolve this by redefining the continuum and MxR, taking into consideration the experiential symbiotic relationship and interaction between users, reality, and current immersive reality technologies. In addition, the paper will suggest some high-level overview of the redefinition's contextual applicability to the Virtual Heritage (VH) domain.
keywords	Mixed Reality; Reality-Virtuality Continuum; Virtual Heritage
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ijac201917404
id	ijac201917404
authors	Erdolu, Emek
year	2019
title	Lines, triangles, and nets: A framework for designing input technologies and interaction techniques for computer-aided design
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 17 - no. 4, 357-381
summary	This article serves to the larger quest for increasing our capacities as designers, researchers, and scholars in understanding and developing human-computer interaction in computer-aided design. The central question is on how to ground the related research work in input technologies and interaction techniques for computer-aided design applications, which primarily focus on technology and implementation, within the actual territories of computer-aided design processes. To discuss that, the article first reviews a collection of research studies and projects that present input technologies and interaction techniques developed as alternative or complimentary to the mouse as used in computer-aided design applications. Based on the mode of interaction, these studies and projects are traced in four categories: hand-mediated systems that involve gesture- and touch-based techniques, multimodal systems that combine various ways of interaction including speech-based techniques, experimental systems such as brain-computer interaction and emotive-based techniques, and explorations in virtual reality- and augmented reality-based systems. The article then critically examines the limitations of these alternative systems related to the ways they have been envisioned, designed, and situated in studies as well as of the two existing research bases in human-computer interaction in which these studies could potentially be grounded and improved. The substance of examination is what is conceptualized as “frameworks of thought”—on variables and interrelations as elements of consideration within these efforts. Building upon the existing frameworks of thought, the final part discusses an alternative as a vehicle for incorporating layers of the material cultures of computer-aided design in designing, analyzing, and evaluating computer-aided design-geared input technologies and interaction techniques. The alternative framework offers the potential to help generate richer questions, considerations, and avenues of investigation.
keywords	Computer-aided design (CAD), human-computer interaction (HCI), input technologies and interaction techniques, material culture of computer-aided design (CAD), architectural design, engineering design, computational design
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_id	caadria2019_266
id	caadria2019_266
authors	Indraprastha, Aswin and Dwi Pranata Putra, Bima
year	2019
title	Informed Walkable City Model - Developing A Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Evaluating Walkability Concept
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.161
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 161-170
summary	This study presents an informed city analysis methodology as a tool for evaluating the concept of walkability for the existing urban area. The aim of this study was to propose an integrative approaches enable optimization of urban design element and walkability amenities under certain walkability performance criteria. The parametric methods are being developed in three stages of modeling: 1) City data modeling; 2) Walkability scores and indicators modeling; 3) Optimization model of the urban area. In the walk score algorithm, we modified three elements that determine walk score result: Walk Score Categories, Distance Decay Function and Pedestrian Friendliness Metric. We developed the customized algorithm based on the data gathered from field observation and sample interviews to normalize and define values in the walk score algorithm. The result is a parametric model to evaluate walkability concept in a certain urban area considering quantified factors that determine walkability scores. The model furthermore seeks to optimize walkability score by assessing new amenities on an existing urban area using multi-objective optimization method that produces an integrative method of urban analysis.
keywords	walkability; walk score; parametric models; multi-objective optimization; informed city analysis
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_402
id	ecaadesigradi2019_402
authors	Karali, Penelopi F., Grisiute, Ayda and Werner, Liss C.
year	2019
title	Bio-Modules - Cyber-physical modular responsive variations for dark urban areas using bio-degradable materials
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.2.495
source	Sousa, JP, Xavier, JP and Castro Henriques, G (eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Volume 2, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 495-504
summary	This paper documents the design and fabrication process of modular responsive lighting installation. The design and research led to a modular and transformable urban lighting concept, combining unique material behaviour and cyber-physical system. The main goal was to investigate how material characteristics, composition and performance could be programmed in order to generate a range of modular components. Modular tiles and joints combination designed of sustainable materials - bioplastics and cork sheets - were created and used together with number of sensors and micro-controllers. Furthermore, the installation concept links technical and psychological aspects that potentially could be used for the benefits of city dwellers. Paper consists of two parts. First part is the introduction of a broader urban night lighting design context to which the project belongs. This includes covering existing social issues related to urban darkness, as well as the need to increase biodiversity within built environment, through introducing new materials. The second part of the paper describes the design and fabrication process, that employs the conclusions discovered in the first part through set of material experimentations, design project and the reflections on the results.
keywords	modularity; material behavior; lighting installation; cyber-physical systems; perception
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	caadria2019_225
id	caadria2019_225
authors	Khoo, Chin Koi and Wee, H. Koon
year	2019
title	PixelGreen - A hybrid green media wall for existing high-rise buildings
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.131
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 131-140
summary	Vertical farms and gardens are not new in dense urban environments, but few examples further explore the architectural potential and possibilities of the form to apply the same design approach to existing surfaces and walls of buildings. In addition, there is a design opportunity to exploit existing wall surfaces as 'analogue' media screens by using the vertical farm and garden as a medium of representation. In this paper we explore the opportunity for new design possibilities to achieve a hybrid architectural wall system as a reciprocal retrofit for existing building surfaces, integrating a vertical micro-farm and media screen. This architectural opportunity is explored through agile methods and the early design stages of a hybrid green media wall, PixelGreen. PixelGreen will be retrofitted to an existing wall of a high-rise building to convey mediated, graphical, artistic content and provide edible plant micro-farming simultaneously. The physical proof of concept is given through a modular mock-up with a programmed UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) serving as the 'agent' for constant updating of mediated content, maintenance and a regular farming cycle. The outcome of this approach provides preliminary insight into how to feasibly implement a hybrid green media wall with autonomous robotics and computation technology.
keywords	Green wall; media facade; vertical farm; architectural intervention
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_138
id	ecaadesigradi2019_138
authors	Kim, Yujin
year	2019
title	Bioinspired Modularity in Evolutionary Computation and a Rule-Based Logic - Design Solutions for Shared Office Space
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.2.341
source	Sousa, JP, Xavier, JP and Castro Henriques, G (eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Volume 2, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 341-348
summary	Evolutionary computation is a population-based problem solver that is characterized by a stochastic optimization in order to solve both a single objective and multiple objectives. Previous evolutionary computational researches provided various design options and improved optimization through being evolved with fitness criteria, especially when multiple design objectives conflict with one another. In this paper, a rule-based algorithm was combined with the evolutionary computational process to propose an assembly logic of the modules and to improve an architectural building design in order to adapt to environmental changes. Two algorithms - a rule based and generative algorithm- proceeded simultaneously and provided various options as well as optimization in real time. For the experiment set-up, existing buildings were divided into each module; the modules were reinterpreted and reassembled with the logic driven by Evolutionary Developmental Biology. The conclusion is that when a rule based logic is combined with a developmental algorithm with a modular system, it is more efficient for the design process to be analyzed, evaluated, and optimized. The ultimate outcome provides various options in a short amount of time.
keywords	Evolutionary computation; rule-based algorithm; modularity; reassembly
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_506
id	ecaadesigradi2019_506
authors	Kontovourkis, Odysseas, Georgiou, Christos, Stroumpoulis, Andreas, Kounnis, Constantinos, Dionyses, Christos and Bagdati, Styliana
year	2019
title	Implementing Augmented Reality for the Holographic Assembly of a Modular Shading Device
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.3.149
source	Sousa, JP, Xavier, JP and Castro Henriques, G (eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Volume 3, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 149-158
summary	The development of innovative digital design and fabrication tools for material processing and manufacturing of complex and non-standard forms, apart from their advantages, have brought a number of challenges. These might be related to the effectiveness and sustainable potential of implementation associated with environmental, cost and time-related parameters, particularly in cases of large number of elements construction and complex assembly. Augmented Reality (AR) is an emerging technology with great potential for implementation in the construction industry, since it can enhance the real world with additional digital information, and thus, can assist towards manufacture and assemble of these particular systems. This study presents an AR methodology for assembling a modular shading device and discusses the advantages and disadvantages that this application can bring to the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry by taking into account precision and construction time issues based on the handling of the process by skilled and unskilled users/workers. Our aim is to investigate the potential implementation of AR in the assembly, and consequently, in the construction process as a whole. Also, this study aims at exploring existing constraints of the technology and suggests ways of improvement.
keywords	Augmented Reality; Holographic assembly; Modular system; Shading device
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	caadria2019_473
id	caadria2019_473
authors	Leung, Emily, Butler, Andrew, Asher, Rob, Gardner, Nicole and Haeusler, M. Hank
year	2019
title	Redback BIM - Developing a Browser-based Modeling Application Software Taxonomy
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.1.775
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 775-784
summary	Browser-based platforms (Google Docs or Minecraft) have instigated the value of collaborative environments. Browser-based modelling point out a future for the AEC industry. Yet at present no literature review nor a taxonomy of browser-based modelling platforms exist. A key outcome of a unique taxonomy framework of existing BMA characteristics reveals that current BMAs do not take full advantage of the web's unique capabilities such as centralising data across multiple tools within an 'ecosystem'. Consequently, this taxonomy has productively guided the development of Redback BIM, a proof-of-concept BMA that enables the coordination of BIM data in a collaborative online context. Redback BIM further demonstrates how, through establishing a universal data-type, a diverse range of scripts can be consolidated together in an online platform to enable greater accessibility for a range of AEC professionals towards improved project communication and efficiency.
keywords	Web 2.0; browser-based modelling; taxonomy; software development; standardisation of processes
series	CAADRIA
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_id	cf2019_064
id	cf2019_064
authors	Noronha Pinto de Oliveira E Sousa, Marcela and Maria Gabriela Caffarena Celani
year	2019
title	Towards Urban Densification Using Shape Grammar to Develop Components for Retrofitting Street Design
source	Ji-Hyun Lee (Eds.) "Hello, Culture!" [18th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2019, Proceedings / ISBN 978-89-89453-05-5] Daejeon, Korea, p. 505
summary	Cities will have to become denser to accommodate expanding urban populations, creating a challenge for urban mobility. Existing urban infrastructure must be retrofitted to promote the use of collective and active modes of transportation. This article presents a prescriptive grammar, for retrofitting urban street design in the context of densification, based on patterns extracted from current guides and manuals. This prescriptive grammar is a crossover between concepts of shape grammar and pattern language, joining generative capabilities of geometric shape grammars with descriptive and prescriptive approaches commonly referred to as design patterns. An example is presented to illustrate its application.
keywords	Shape Grammar, Parametric Urbanism, Travel Behavior
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2019/07/29 14:18

_id	lasg_whitepapers_2019_319
id	lasg_whitepapers_2019_319
authors	Shahi, Sheida
year	2019
title	Adaptability in Residential Adaptive Reuse
source	Living Architecture Systems Group White Papers 2019 [ISBN 978-1-988366-18-0] Riverside Architectural Press: Toronto, Canada 2019. pp.319 - 326
summary	This research complements existing LASG focuses on experimental constructional systems, especially relating to the LASG Scaffolds stream. Finding feasible and applicable strategies for improving resilience and empowering adaptability in the built environment are the objectives of this research and are aligned with the long-term objectives of the LASG. Residential adaptive reuse and ideas of adaptability integrated within the refurbishment of existing residential buildings will be examined in this paper. The potential for existing buildings to be extended and renewed by repurposing and adjusting outer layers of envelope and balconies will be addressed. Within the Scaffolds stream, a main focus is on the constructional systems and spatial qualities of envelopes and skeleton systems that will be needed to support dynamic movement and programming with multiple functions. This research contributes to a practical base that can provide opportunities to implement LASG systems at full public scale.
keywords	living architecture systems group, organicism, intelligent systems, design methods, engineering and art, new media art, interactive art, dissipative systems, technology, cognition, responsiveness, biomaterials, artificial natures, 4DSOUND, materials, virtual projections,
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