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_id	acadia19_630
id	acadia19_630
authors	Ahlquist, Sean
year	2019
title	Expanding the Systematic Agencyof a Material System
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.630
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. 630-641
summary	Computational design and fabrication have reached an accomplished level of ubiquity and proficiency in the field of architecture, in both academia and practice. Materiality driving structure, responsiveness, and spatial organization can be seen to evolve, in kind, with the capabilities to fabricate deeper material hierarchies. Such maturity of a procedural material-driven approach spurs a need to shift from the dictations of how to explorations of why material efficiencies, bespoke aesthetics, and performativity are critical to a particular architecture, requiring an examination of linkages between approach, techniques, and process. The material system defines a branch of architectural research utilizing bespoke computational techniques to generate performative material capacities that are inextricably linked to both internal and external forces and energies. This paper examines such a self-referential view to define an expanded ecological approach that integrates new modes of design agency and shift the material system from closed-loop relationship with site to open-ended reciprocation with human behavior. The critical need for this capacity is shown in applications of novel textile hybrid material systems—as sensorially-responsive environments for children with the neurological autism spectrum disorder—in ongoing research titled Social Sensory Architectures. Through engaging fabrication across all material scales, manners of elastic responsivity are shown, through a series of feasibility studies, to exhibit a capacity for children to become design agents in exploring the beneficial interrelationship of sensorimotor agency and social behavior. The paper intends to contribute a theoretical approach by which novel structural capacities of a material system can support a larger ecology of social and behavioral agency.
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_491
id	caadria2019_491
authors	Cai, Chenyi, Tang, Peng and Li, Biao
year	2019
title	Intelligent Generation of Architectural layout inheriting spatial features of Chinese Garden Based on Prototype and Multi-agent System - A Case Study on Lotus Teahouse in Yixing
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.1.291
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. 291-300
summary	This study presents an approach for the intelligent generation of architectural layout, in which partial space inherits Chinese garden spatial features. The approach combines spatial prototype analysis and evolutionary optimization process. On one hand, from the perspective of shape grammar, this paper both analyzes and abstracts the spatial prototype that describes the spatial characteristics of Chinese gardens, including the organization system of architecture and landscape, with the spatial sequences along the tourism orientation. On the other hand, taking the design task of Lotus teahouse as an example, a typical spatial prototype is selected to develop the generative intelligent experiment to achieve the architectural layout, in which the spatial prototype is inherited. Through rule-making and parameter adjustment, the spatial prototype will eventually be transformed into a computational model based on the multi-agent system. Hence, the experiment of intelligent generation of architectural layout is carried out under the influence of the function, form and environmental factors; and a three-dimensional conceptual model that inherits the Chinese garden spatial prototype is obtained ultimately.
keywords	Chinese garden; Architectural layout; Spatial prototype; Multi-agent system; Intelligent generation
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_210
id	ecaadesigradi2019_210
authors	Castriotto, Caio, Giantini, Guilherme and Celani, Gabriela
year	2019
title	Biomimetic Reciprocal Frames - A design investigation on bird's nests and spatial structures
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.1.613
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 1, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 613-620
summary	Reciprocal Frame (RF) is a constructive system typically applied with timber, since it is composed by discrete elements with short dimensions. It allows the construction of large spans and complex geometries. This kind of structure has been addressed by recent research projects that aim to produce it using computational tools and digital fabrication techniques. Moreover, the enhancement of these technologies enabled the integration of simulations of biological processes into the design process as a way to obtain better and optimal results, which is known as Biomimetics. This paper describes the development of a spatial structure that combines the principles of RF and the assembly process of natural agents, such as birds, in a digital environment. The tools used for the generation of the structure were Rhinoceros, Grasshopper and different add-ons, such as Culebra, Kangaroo, Pufferfish and Weaverbird.
keywords	Biomimetics; Reciprocal Frame; Nexorade; Computational Design; Agent-Based System
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	acadia19_642
id	acadia19_642
authors	Chua, Pamela Dychengbeng; Hui, Lee Fu
year	2019
title	Compliant Laminar Assemblies
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.642
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. 642-653
summary	This paper presents an innovative approach to the design and fabrication of three-dimensional objects from single-piece flat sheets, inspired by the origami technique of twist-closing. While in origami twist-closing is merely used to stabilize a cylindrical or spherical structure, ensuring it maintains its shape, this research investigates the potential of twist-closing as a multi-functional mechanism that also activates and controls the transformation of a planar surface into a predesigned three-dimensional form. This exploration is directed towards an intended application to stiff and brittle sheet materials that are difficult to shape through other processes. The methods we have developed draw mainly upon principles of lattice kirigami and laminar reciprocal structures. These are reflected in a workflow that integrates digital form-generation and fabrication-rationalization techniques to reference and apply these principles at every stage. Significant capabilities of the developed methodology include: (1) achievement of pseudo-double-curvature with brittle, stiff sheet materials; (2) stabilization in a 3D end-state as a frameless self-contained single-element laminar reciprocal structure—essentially a compliant mechanism; and (3) an ability to pre-encode 3D assembly constraints in a 2D cutout pattern, which guides a moldless fabrication process. The paper reviews the precedent geometric techniques and principles that comprise this method of 3D surface fabrication and describes a sample deployment of the method as applied to the design of laminar modules made of high-pressure laminate (HPL).
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	cf2019_056
id	cf2019_056
authors	Erdine, Elif ; Asli Aydin, Cemal Koray Bingol, Gamze Gunduz, Alvaro Lopez Rodriguez and Milad Showkatbakhsh
year	2019
title	Robot-Aided Fabrication of Materially Efficient Complex Concrete Assemblies
source	Ji-Hyun Lee (Eds.) "Hello, Culture!" [18th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2019, Proceedings / ISBN 978-89-89453-05-5] Daejeon, Korea, pp. 454-472
summary	This paper presents a novel approach for the materially efficient production of doubly-curved Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) form-work for insitu concrete construction and a novel application of a patented Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) technology. Research objectives focus on the development of complex form-work generation and concrete application via advanced computational and robotic methods. While it is viable to produce form-work with complex geometries with advanced digital and robotic fabrication tools, a key consideration area is the reduction of form-work waste material. The research agenda explores methods of associating architectural, spatial, and structural criteria with a material-informed holistic approach. The digital and physical investigations are founded on Robotic Hot-Wire Cutting (RHWC). The geometrical and physical principles of RHWC are transformed into design inputs, whereby digital and physical tests inform each other simultaneously. Correlations are set between form-work waste optimization with the geometrical freedom and constraints of hot-wire cutting via computational methods.
keywords	Robotic fabrication, Robotic hot-wire cutting (RHWC), Glassreinforced concrete (GRC), Waste optimization, EPS form-work
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2019/07/29 14:18

_id	acadia19_554
id	acadia19_554
authors	Farzaneh, Ali; Weinstock, Michael
year	2019
title	Mathematical Modeling of Cities as Complex Systems
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.554
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. 554-563
summary	Within the domain of computational modelling for cities, the study of complex systems has stimulated a body of research (through mathematical and scientific modelling) that has given greater insight into the characteristic of cities. These characteristics share principles in their hierarchical organisation and formation over time with that of complex living systems. The central focus of the research lies in two parts: the first is the understanding of cities as complex systems that share principles with complex living systems; the second is the computational modelling of cities as complex systems. This paper presents a computational model capable of generating urban tissues of differentiated spatial and morphological patterns that emerge over time. The generative process is driven by simultaneous interaction and exchanges between block and network systems.
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	acadia19_16
id	acadia19_16
authors	Hosmer, Tyson; Tigas, Panagiotis
year	2019
title	Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robotic Tensegrity (ART)
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.016
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. 16-29
summary	The research presented in this paper is part of a larger body of emerging research into embedding autonomy in the built environment. We develop a framework for designing and implementing effective autonomous architecture defined by three key properties: situated and embodied agency, facilitated variation, and intelligence.We present a novel application of Deep Reinforcement Learning to learn adaptable behaviours related to autonomous mobility, self-structuring, self-balancing, and spatial reconfiguration. Architectural robotic prototypes are physically developed with principles of embodied agency and facilitated variation. Physical properties and degrees of freedom are applied as constraints in a simulated physics-based environment where our simulation models are trained to achieve multiple objectives in changing environments. This holistic and generalizable approach to aligning deep reinforcement learning with physically reconfigurable robotic assembly systems takes into account both computational design and physical fabrication. Autonomous Robotic Tensegrity (ART) is presented as an extended case study project for developing our methodology. Our computational design system is developed in Unity3D with simulated multi-physics and deep reinforcement learning using Unity’s ML-agents framework. Topological rules of tensegrity are applied to develop assemblies with actuated tensile members. Single units and assemblies are trained for a series of policies using reinforcement learning in single-agent and multi-agent setups. Physical robotic prototypes are built and actuated to test simulated results.
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:50

_id	acadia20_382
id	acadia20_382
authors	Hosmer, Tyson; Tigas, Panagiotis; Reeves, David; He, Ziming
year	2020
title	Spatial Assembly with Self-Play Reinforcement Learning
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.382
source	ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume I: Technical Papers [Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-95213-0]. Online and Global. 24-30 October 2020. edited by B. Slocum, V. Ago, S. Doyle, A. Marcus, M. Yablonina, and M. del Campo. 382-393.
summary	We present a framework to generate intelligent spatial assemblies from sets of digitally encoded spatial parts designed by the architect with embedded principles of prefabrication, assembly awareness, and reconfigurability. The methodology includes a bespoke constraint-solving algorithm for autonomously assembling 3D geometries into larger spatial compositions for the built environment. A series of graph-based analysis methods are applied to each assembly to extract performance metrics related to architectural space-making goals, including structural stability, material density, spatial segmentation, connectivity, and spatial distribution. Together with the constraint-based assembly algorithm and analysis methods, we have integrated a novel application of deep reinforcement (RL) learning for training the models to improve at matching the multiperformance goals established by the user through self-play. RL is applied to improve the selection and sequencing of parts while considering local and global objectives. The user’s design intent is embedded through the design of partial units of 3D space with embedded fabrication principles and their relational constraints over how they connect to each other and the quantifiable goals to drive the distribution of effective features. The methodology has been developed over three years through three case study projects called ArchiGo (2017–2018), NoMAS (2018–2019), and IRSILA (2019-2020). Each demonstrates the potential for buildings with reconfigurable and adaptive life cycles.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	caadria2019_643
id	caadria2019_643
authors	Hramyka, Alina, Grewal, Neil, Makki, Mohammed and Dillon, Brittney
year	2019
title	Intelligent Territory - A responsive cooling tower and shading system for arid environments
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.571
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. 571-580
summary	Climatic change coupled with desertification processes impacting cities located around the Mediterranean, has raised serious questions for the capability of the affected cities to adapt to the rapidly changing environmental conditions. This research aims to design small-scale tower structures and shading devices in Nicosia, Cyprus through employing environmental analyses within a generative design process to create an intelligent, adaptive system. Guided by Bernoulli's principles, geometrical design parameters acquired from fluid simulations, alongside solar analyses of the existing city fabric, were used to generate an evolutionary algorithm for design. The research develops a methodology to facilitate environmental flows in urban architectural systems, generating cooling processes in arid environments that facilitate the adaptation of cities to changes in climatic and environmental conditions.
keywords	CFD Simulation; Generative Design; Desertification; Passive cooling system
series	CAADRIA
type	normal paper
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:51

_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_183
id	ecaadesigradi2019_183
authors	Mughal, Humera and Beirao, Jose
year	2019
title	A Workflow for the Performance Based Design of Naturally Ventilated Tall Buildings Using a Genetic Algorithm (GA)
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.2.645
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. 645-654
summary	Optimization of Natural Ventilation process in highrise buildings is one of the most complex and least addressed phenomenon in the field of sustainable architecture. This issue requires urgent consideration to reduce the computation time due to fast growing demand of vertical construction in metropolitan cities. Until recently most highrise buildings have been operated with mechanical systems, causing high energy loads in hot climates and have high carbon footprints. Highrise buildings with natural ventilation and sky gardens can address these problems. This study involves the development of a Genetic Algorithm (GA) addressing the multi objective optimization of natural ventilation in tall buildings incorporated with Sky-Gardens at different levels all connected through a central ventilation shaft. The fitness function for this GA is composed of three scales; temperature reduction due to evapotranspiration of plants of sky-gardens, optimum wind velocity for channelizing air inside the corridors and ventilation shaft, and optimum building configuration. The aim is to find the best solutions for tall buildings constructed in hot climate through the provision of optimized airflow paths suitable for the effectiveness of natural ventilation, within a reasonably short computation time for supporting design processes at early stage.
keywords	Optimization; Natural Ventilation; Tall buildings; Genetic Algorithms
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_501
id	ecaadesigradi2019_501
authors	Papanikolaou, Kyratsoula Tereza, Liapi, Katherine A. and Sibetheros, Ioannis A.
year	2019
title	Embedding sustainable storm water management in urban blocks - Towards an Urban Water Model for architects
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.2.575
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. 575-582
summary	The paper describes an urban storm water management model under development designed specifically for architects, allowing the visualization of storm water management scenarios in urban blocks, as well as the quantitative comparison of their impact to the microclimate. It seeks to answer the question of how computational technologies can help architects integrate storm water management into the design process and engage with water sensitive design principles through the development of an "architect-friendly" model. The model is expected to function as a simulation tool that will support design decisions on storm water management retrofitting measures in urban blocks, by allowing the evaluation of an urban water improvement project at its initial design stage, as well as the generation and comparison of alternate water integration design solutions. Selected urban blocks in Greece will be used as case studies to test and evaluate the urban water model during the model development stage.
keywords	Water Sensitive Urban Design; storm water management model; “architect-friendly” model; simulation tool
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2020_138
id	ecaade2020_138
authors	Patel, Sayjel Vijay, Tchakerian, Raffi, Lemos Morais, Renata, Zhang, Jie and Cropper, Simon
year	2020
title	The Emoting City - Designing feeling and artificial empathy in mediated environments
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.261
source	Werner, L and Koering, D (eds.), Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age - Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16-18 September 2020, pp. 261-270
summary	This paper presents a theoretical blueprint for implementing artificial empathy into the built environment. Transdisciplinary design principles have oriented the creation of a new model for autonomous environments integrating psychology, architecture, digital media, affective computing and interactive UX design. 'The Emoting City', an interactive installation presented at the 2019 Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, is presented as a first step to explore how to engage AI-driven sensing by integrating human perception, cognition and behaviour in a real-world scenario. The approach described encompasses two main elements: embedded cyberception and responsive surfaces. Its human-AI interface enables new modes of blended interaction that are conducive to self-empathy and insight. It brings forth a new proposition for the development of sensing systems that go beyond social robotics into the field of artificial empathy. The installation innovates in the design of seamless affective computing that combines 'alloplastic' and 'autoplastic' architectures. We believe that our research signals the emergence of a potential revolution in responsive environments, offering a glimpse into the possibility of designing intelligent spaces with the ability to sense, inform and respond to human emotional states in ways that promote personal, cultural and social evolution.
keywords	Artificial Intelligence; Responsive Architecture; Affective Computation; Human-AI Interfaces; Artificial Empathy
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2019_632
id	caadria2019_632
authors	Raspall, Felix, Banon, Carlos and Tay, Jenn Chong
year	2019
title	AirTable - Stainless steel printing for functional space frames
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.1.113
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. 113-122
summary	In architecture, the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies has been typically undermined by the long production time, elevated cost to manufacture parts and the low mechanical properties of 3D printed components. As AM becomes faster cheaper and stronger, opportunities for architectures that make creative use of AM to produce functional architectural pieces are emerging. In this paper, we propose and discuss the application of metal AM in complex space frames and the theoretical and practical implications. A functional lightweight metal table by the authors support our hypothesis that AM has a clear application in architecture and furniture design, and that space frames constitutes a promising structural typology. Specifically, we investigate how AM using metal as a material can be used in the application of fabrication of complex space frame structure components and connection details. The paper presents background research and our contribution to the digital design tools, the manufacturing and assembly processes, and the analysis of the performances of a parametrically designed and digitally fabricated large meeting table. Insights from this paper are deployed in an architectural scale project, AIRMesh, a metal 3D-printed pavilion set in the greenery of Gardens by the Bay, Singapore.
keywords	Metal Additive Manufacturing; Space Frame; 3D Printing; Furniture Design
series	CAADRIA
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_id	cf2019_043
id	cf2019_043
authors	Steenblik, Ralph and Will Wang
year	2019
title	Bespoke Tools as Solutions for Contemporary Problems
source	Ji-Hyun Lee (Eds.) "Hello, Culture!" [18th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2019, Proceedings / ISBN 978-89-89453-05-5] Daejeon, Korea, pp. 367-377
summary	This paper explores the process and importance of designing and implementing bespoke toolkit solutions within the architectural design discipline. Along with the need for bespoke design solutions comes the need for fluency in architectural principles, digital tool facility, and computational development skill sets (the combination are, today, are still an uncommon skill set). This skill set combination, quite possibly, will become increasingly necessary for design teams to incorporate. This paper argues, through a series of case study projects produced by an internal platform; that the way forward for the architectural design discipline is through bespoke tool-sets geared toward meeting the needs of architectural designers. Design teams are pursuing increasing levels of sophistication and intelligent solutions that meet the demands of problems faced in the building industry today.
keywords	BIM; Data in design; Custom workflow; Facade, Paneling; Design computation
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2019/07/29 14:15

_id	ecaadesigradi2019_201
id	ecaadesigradi2019_201
authors	Torreblanca-Díaz, David A., Pati?o, Ever, Valencia-Escobar, Andrés and Urdinola, Diana
year	2019
title	Form-finding methodology as strategy for formative research in industrial design education - Experimental techniques for the early creative phases of the product design process
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.1.045
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 1, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 45-54
summary	The experimental work of Antoni Gaudí and Frei Otto have been the precedents of what is currently called form-finding, a methodology based on rules and physical forces of nature that promotes principles of transformation as a result of the relationship between form, material and structure. This text shows the first results of the research titled as Form-finding methodology as strategy for formative research in industrial design education, with an empirical-analytical approach through action-research based method and using collaborative-participatory tools. As a result of the analysis of different cases in the first stage of the research, a basic methodological proposal is made, this methodological proposal is aimed to find new research possibilities for the identification of morphological characteristics to be used in design projects in the early creative phases (ideation and experimentation); the methodological proposal stages are the following: selection of technique, design of the experimentation, experimentation, analysis and discussion.
keywords	Form-finding; Experimental morphology; Industrial design education; Formative research; Action-research
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	acadia19_288
id	acadia19_288
authors	Vivaldi, Jordi
year	2019
title	Surrealist Aesthetics in Second-Order, Cybernetic Architecture
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.288
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. 288-297
summary	In experimental architecture and during the last decade, second-order cybernetic systems (SOCA) have been broadly explored. Under this umbrella, the implementation of robotics and machine learning in recent experimental projects has impacted academia through new fabrication strategies, new design methods, and new adaptive devices. This paper presents a theoretical approach to the aesthetic side of this impact. In particular, it argues that SOCA rearticulates Benjamin’s concept of “distracted perception” through three structural principles of Surrealism: the emphasis of presentation over representation; the centrality of the notion of automatism; and the simultaneous management of closeness and distance. Each alignment is doubly articulated. First it establishes a comparison between Surrealist artwork from the first half of the 20th century and three SOCA projects in which the notion of autonomy and ubiquity are crucial. Second, it evaluates the impact on Benjamin’s notion of “distracted perception.” The paper concludes that the Surrealist aesthetic structures analysed in SOCA differ from traditional Surrealism in the replacement of an inner and unconscious other by an outer and algorithmic other. Its presence simultaneously expands and contracts Benjamin’s architectural understanding of “distracted perception,” a double movement whose perception paradoxically occurs under the single framework of Benjamin’s haptic vision.
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	caadria2019_199
id	caadria2019_199
authors	Wang, Will and Steenblik, Ralph Spencer
year	2019
title	Bespoke Tools Providing Solutions for Contemporary Problems - Novel BIM practice for architects
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.111
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. 111-120
summary	This paper examines the process and the importance of designing and implementing intelligent, informed and bespoke information modeling solutions within the architectural design discipline. Along with the need for such tools comes the need for fluency in architectural principles, digital tool facility, and computational development skill sets (the combination are, still uncommon). This skill set combination are becoming more and more necessary for design teams to incorporate. This paper argues (through a series of case study projects produced by an internal platform) a way forward for the architectural design discipline through intelligent, informed and bespoke tool sets tailored to the needs of architectural designers.
keywords	BIM; Data in design; Custom workflow; Facade paneling; Design computation
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaadesigradi2019_194
id	ecaadesigradi2019_194
authors	Wang, Yuyang, Agkathidis, Asterios and Crompton, Andrew
year	2019
title	Parametric Beijing Siheyuan - An algorithmic approach for the generation of Siheyuan housing variants based on its traditional design principles
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.1.519
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 1, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 519-528
summary	Beijing Siheyuan is a type of Chinese vernacular housing with significant cultural value. During recent decades of economic growth, many Siheyuan houses have been destroyed; preserving the few remaining ones have become a necessity. Based on a historical analysis of their design principles, this paper develops a parametric model capable of representing its known variants. Our findings include a useful design tool able to efficiently represent existing or lost housing types and thus contribute to our understanding of the typology and their preservation.
keywords	Beijing Siheyuan; parametric design; algorithmic design; digital heritage
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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