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_id caadria2020_421
id caadria2020_421
authors Peters, Brady, Hoban, Nicholas and Kramer, Krystal
year 2020
title Sustainable Sonic Environments - The Robotic Fabrication of Mass Timber Acoustic Surfaces
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 453-462
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.453
summary This research proposes that mass timber panels can not only enable a new type of architecture that is sustainable, but that also sounds better. As mass timber construction often exposes the wood structure, and these panels are carefully constructed in factory settings, these panels have the potential to be built so that the acoustically absorptive, reflective, or sound scattering acoustic properties of surfaces can be integrated into the constructive logic and architectural aesthetic of the building. This paper specifically investigates the potentials of the sound scattering performance of cross laminated timber (CLT) panels. Through design, simulation, and prototyping various surface designs are investigated.
keywords Architectural Acoustics; Robotic Prototyping; Sound Scattering; Acoustic Simulation; Mass Timber
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 08:00

_id acadia20_120p
id acadia20_120p
authors Hirth, Kevin
year 2020
title Short Stack
source ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume II: Projects [Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-95253-6]. Online and Global. 24-30 October 2020. edited by M. Yablonina, A. Marcus, S. Doyle, M. del Campo, V. Ago, B. Slocum. 120-123
summary Short Stack is a bare minimal structure using only laminated sheets of structural metal decking for all elements of its structure and enclosure. The project operates under a simple principle. Structural metal decking is a one-way system that resists loads well in one direction, but not in the other. When this decking is stacked into rotated sections and tensioned together, the resultant sandwich of corrugated metal is resistant to loading in every direction. These sandwiches become walls, floors, and roofs to a temporary structure. The compounded effect at the edges of the rotated and cropped decking is one of filigree or an ornamental articulation. The sandwich, which is mostly hollow due to the section of the decking, provides a sense of airy lightness that is at odds with its bulky mass. The structure, therefore, teeters between being unexpectedly open and at once heavy. The economy of the project is in its uniformity and persistent singularity. By maintaining a single palette of material and using a plasma cutting CNC bed to cut each section of the decking, the structure is simply assembled. The digital intelligence that lies underneath the apparent formal simplicity of the project is two-fold. Firstly, each sheet of metal decking is different from the next. Because of the locations of bolt-holes and constant variability of rotation and cropping of each sheet, it is a project that expresses uniformity rather than articulation through discretization. Secondly, the project appears solid and monolithic but is hollowed structurally to minimize the weight of the assembly. Parametric tools are implemented to maximize material efficiencies by hollowing the interior of each sandwich for load optimization. The project is presently in prototyping and documentation and will go into construction in Spring 2021 on a site in downtown Denver.
series ACADIA
type project
email
last changed 2021/10/26 08:03

_id acadia20_38
id acadia20_38
authors Mueller, Stephen
year 2020
title Irradiated Shade
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. 38-46.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.038
summary The paper details computational mapping and modeling techniques from an ongoing design research project titled Irradiated Shade, which endeavors to develop and calibrate a computational toolset to uncover, represent, and design for the unseen dangers of ultraviolet radiation, a growing yet underexplored threat to cities, buildings, and the bodies that inhabit them. While increased shade in public spaces has been advocated as a strategy for “mitigation [of] climate change” (Kapelos and Patterson 2014), it is not a panacea to the threat. Even in apparent shade, the body is still exposed to harmful, ambient, or “scattered” UVB radiation. The study region is a binational metroplex, a territory in which significant atmospheric pollution and the effects of climate change (reduced cloud cover and more “still days” of stagnant air) amplify the “scatter” of ultraviolet wavelengths and UV exposure within shade, which exacerbates urban conditions of shade as an “index of inequality” (Bloch 2019) and threatens public health. Exposure to indirect radiation correlates to the amount of sky visible from the position of an observer (Gies and Mackay 2004). The overall size of a shade structure, as well as the design of openings along its sides, can greatly impact the UV protection factor (UPF) (Turnbull and Parisi 2005). Shade, therefore, is more complex than ubiquitous urban and architectural “sun” and “shadow studies” are capable of representing, as such analyses flatten the three-dimensional nature of radiation exposure and are “blind” to the ultraviolet spectrum. “Safe shade” is contingent on the nuances of the surrounding built environment, and designers must be empowered to observe and respond to a wider context than current representational tools allow.
series ACADIA
type paper
email
last changed 2023/10/22 12:06

_id ecaade2020_393
id ecaade2020_393
authors Peters, Brady, Lappalainen, Benjamin and Fiori, Alexandra
year 2020
title Auralizing Acoustic Architecture - A Multi-channel Ambisonic Listening Room for Architectural Design
source Werner, L and Koering, D (eds.), Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age - Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16-18 September 2020, pp. 161-168
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.161
summary There is a need for architectural design tools that enable designers to understand how spaces sound. This project aims to develop a method by which architects can gain experiential acoustic feedback on existing and proposed projects through the use of ambisonic spatial auralization. This research proposes that the creation of a fully three-dimensional soundfield can be a tool for architectural acoustic design. The use of ambisonics has largely been limited to virtual reality applications; however, with the growing support in a variety of popular software, opportunities for using spatial audio as a design tool are beginning to make themselves apparent. This paper reports on an experimental setup for a 12-channel, speaker-based auralization system that plays recorded and simulated ambisonic tracks. Novel uses for this setup are proposed.
keywords Architectural Acoustics; Acoustic Simulation; Auralization; Ambisonics
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 08:00

_id acadia20_114p
id acadia20_114p
authors Zivkovic, Sasa; Havener, Brian; Battaglia, Christopher
year 2020
title Log Knot
source ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume II: Projects [Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-95253-6]. Online and Global. 24-30 October 2020. edited by M. Yablonina, A. Marcus, S. Doyle, M. del Campo, V. Ago, B. Slocum. 114-119.
summary Log Knot, developed by the Robotic Construction Laboratory (RCL) at Cornell University, is a robotically fabricated architectural installation that establishes a method for variable compound timber curvature creation utilizing both regular and irregular roundwood geometries. Moreover, the project develops methods for minimal formwork assembly and moment force optimization of customized mortise and tenon joints. Following the logic of a figure-8 knot, the project consists of an infinite loop of roundwood, curving three-dimensionally along its length. There are a variety of techniques to generate single curvature in wood structures – such as steam bending (Wright et al., 2013) or glue lamination (Issa and Kmeid, 2005) – but only a few techniques to generate complex curvature from raw material within a single wooden structural element exist. To construct complex curvature, the research team developed a simple method that can easily be replicated. First, the log is compartmentalized, establishing a series of discrete parts. Second, the parts are reconfigured into a complex curvature “whole” by carefully manipulating the assembly angles and joints between the logs. Timber components reconfigured in such a manner can either follow planar curvature profiles or spatial compound curvature profiles. Based on knowledge gained from the initial joinery tests, the research team developed a custom tri-fold mortise and tenon joint, which is self-supportive during assembly and able to resist bending in multiple directions. Using the tri-fold mortise and tenon joint, a number of full-scale prototypes were created to test the structural capacity of the overall assembly. Various structural optimization protocols are deployed in the Log Knot project. While the global knot form is derived from spatial considerations – albeit within the structurally sound framework of a closed-loop knot structure – the project is structurally optimized at a local level, closely calibrating structural cross-sections, joinery details, and joint rotation in relation to prevailing load conditions.
series ACADIA
type project
email
last changed 2021/10/26 08:03

_id ecaade2020_240
id ecaade2020_240
authors Bouza, Hayley and Așut, Serdar
year 2020
title Advancing Reed-Based Architecture through Circular Digital Fabrication
source Werner, L and Koering, D (eds.), Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age - Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16-18 September 2020, pp. 117-126
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.117
summary This paper presents a completed research project that proposes a new approach for creating circular buildings through the use of biodegradable, in situ resources with the help of computational design and digital fabrication technologies. Common Reed (Phragmites Australis) is an abundantly available natural material found throughout the world. Reed is typically used for thatch roofing in Europe, providing insulation and a weather-tight surface. Elsewhere, traditional techniques of weaving and bundling reeds have long been used to create entire buildings. The use of a digital production chain was explored as a means towards expanding the potential of reed as a sustainable, locally produced, construction material. Following an iterative process of designing from the micro to the macro scale and by experimenting with robotic assembly, the result is a reed-based system in the form of discrete components that can be configured to create a variety of structures.
keywords Phragmites Australis; Reed; Discrete Design; Robotic Assembly; Circular Design; Biodegradable Architecture
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id caadria2020_012
id caadria2020_012
authors Chatzi, Anna-Maria and Wesseler, Lisa-Marie
year 2020
title OGOS+ - A Tool to Visualize Densification potential
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 773-782
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.773
summary OGOS+ is a GIS data-based tool, which would offer urban planners, architects, and researchers visualisations of potential building mass in the form of 3D models. It compares the height of existing buildings to the maximum permitted height by German zoning law and calculates the potential building mass. To ensure minimum building footprints it only calculates the densification potential on top of existing buildings. It summarises information of the building potential for future utilisation. The goal is an increase of urban density achieved with micro interventions.
keywords Urban densification; City Information Modeling and GIS; Big Data and Analytics in Architecture
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id caadria2020_082
id caadria2020_082
authors Cheng, Celine and Pelosi, Antony
year 2020
title Connecting Timber Sheet Materials to Create a Self-Supporting Structure using Robotic Fabrication and Computational Tools
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 85-94
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.085
summary The research developed in this paper is the workflow to create a self-supporting structure from sheet materials using robotic fabrication and computational tools. This research focuses on timber sheet materials, as timber is a material that can be altered in a variety of ways. Japanese timber connections were a strong influence for this research, due to its prolonged lifespan and sustainable advantages. In the past, timber fabrication techniques have been limited due to design limitations. This research explored how current technology, specifically parametric software combined with robotic fabrication, can create timber connections to connect sheet materials at different angles. This method was utilised to repurpose the concept of sheet materials towards a complex structure, which adopted the idea of mass customisation over mass production. This can help reshape the future of architecture through the use of advancing technology and sustainable assembly techniques using timber to timber joints.
keywords Architecture; Robotic Fabrication; Timber; Parametric Design
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id caadria2020_223
id caadria2020_223
authors Guo, Qi and Mei, Hongyuan
year 2020
title Research on Spatial Distribution and Performance Evaluation of Mass Sports Facilities Based on Big Data of Social Media - A Case Study of Harbin
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 537-546
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.537
summary The extensive application of Python script provides a new opportunity for the research on spatial distribution of mass sports facilities. The traditional way to obtain geography information of POI is by the crawler of API open platform, which needs accurate search content. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain the geography information of the mass sports facilities, which do not have specific category name. The paper took Harbin City in China as an example, combined the social network address text crawler and map websites crawler, accurately obtained the geographic information of mass sports facilities, and used ArcGIS to realize the visualization of the spatial distribution information. Combined with the information of Harbin population distribution, the paper evaluated the quantity spatial distribution and type spatial distribution of mass sports facilities by Lorentz curve and Global Moran's I, aiming to evaluate the health service performance of existing mass sports facilities and provide reference for the design and planning of sports facilities. The paper draws the conclusion that the distribution of mass sports buildings in Harbin is relatively average with the population distribution and the clustering of sports function types of mass sports buildings is obvious.
keywords mass sports facilities; spatial distribution; crawler; Lorentz curve; Global Moran’s I
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:49

_id caadria2020_369
id caadria2020_369
authors Heckmann, Oliver, Budig, Michael, Xuereb Conti, Zack, Cheng, Ray Chern Xi and Lo Tian Tian, Sky
year 2020
title User-driven Parcellation of High-rise Units for Future Urban Habitation - Participatory Computational Design Tools for Future Urban Habitation
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 751-760
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.751
summary Most residential high-rise apartments currently built to satisfy growing demands for housing, are predetermined and thus, are unable to respond to the increasingly diversifying forms of co-habitation. This research pursues alternative flexible approaches by building on Habraken's 'Open Building' paradigm, where permanent, polyvalent 'Support System' layouts are strategically designed to accommodate highly adaptable, user-driven 'Infill systems'. In this context, we adopt the participatory decision-making approach, by means of a computational framework that facilitates user-driven parcellations of entire buildings into apartments segments. The means is an algorithm that allocates numerous user-preference regarding size and position simultaneously - by searching for parcel permutations through a graph-syntax representation of floor plans. The research forms part of a larger project that aims to evaluate the resilience of mass housing for future uncertain demands.
keywords participatory; generative; mass housing; open building
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:49

_id artificial_intellicence2019_129
id artificial_intellicence2019_129
authors Hua Chai, Liming Zhang, and Philip F. Yuan
year 2020
title Advanced Timber Construction Platform Multi-Robot System for Timber Structure Design and Prefabrication
source Architectural Intelligence Selected Papers from the 1st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2023)
doi https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6568-7_9
summary Robotic Timber Construction has been widely researched in the last decade with remarkable advancements. While existing robotic timber construction technologies were mostly developed for specific tasks, integrated platforms aiming for industrialization has become a new trend. Through the integration of timber machining center and advanced robotics, this research tries to develop an advanced timber construction platform with multi-robot system. The Timber Construction Platform is designed as a combination of three parts: multi-robot system, sensing system, and control system. While equipped with basic functions of machining centers that allows multi-scale multifunctional timber components’ prefabrication, the platform also served as an experimental facility for innovative robotic timber construction techniques, and a service platform that integrates timber structure design and construction through real-time information collection and feedback. Thereby, this platform has the potential to be directly integrated into the timber construction industry, and contributes to a mass-customized mode of timber structures design and construction.
series Architectural Intelligence
email
last changed 2022/09/29 07:28

_id caadria2020_078
id caadria2020_078
authors Joyce, Gabriella and Pelosi, Antony
year 2020
title Robotic Connections for CLT Panels
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 403-412
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.403
summary In a climate where standard methods of construction are being challenged, developments in engineered timbers are allowing mass timber construction to be explored as a sustainable alternative to current building methods that can change the future of the built environment. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is at the forefront of this evolution and, with the advancement in computational design and digital fabrication tools, there lies an opportunity to redefine standard construction. This project creates connections inspired by traditional Japanese joinery that have been adapted to be used for the panel construction of CLT structures. Using a combination of digital modelling and advanced digital fabrication, the project utilizes CLT offcuts as a primary connection material. The system not only reduces waste but also mitigates thermal bridging and lowers the number of connection points whilst increasing the ease of building and fabrication. Connection systems are designed and prototyped using a robotic arm and are then evaluated within the context of a building scale and considers large‐scale fabrication and on‐site assembly whilst continuing to focus on the reduction of waste.
keywords Robotics; CLT; Connections; Waste; Timber
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:52

_id caadria2020_081
id caadria2020_081
authors Mclennan, Sam, Schnabel, Marc Aurel, Moleta, Tane and Brown, Andre
year 2020
title Extracting and Communicating Underlying Pseudo-Formalised Procedural Rules in Heritage Architecture - The Case of New Zealand's 19th Century Timber Churches
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 163-172
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.163
summary The research employs procedural modelling to investigate the characteristic rules present within a loosely defined architectural style. The 19th-century timber neo-Gothic churches built in the city of Wellington, New Zealand are examples of a particular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. Although they all share common aspects, no prescribed rules are regulating how these churches were designed. This research explores a methodology for creating a procedural 'Timber Gothic Church Generator' that is generated from an understanding and interpretation of the design of the buildings examined. Once developed the procedural generator can be used to extrapolate, and produce other church designs as well as create hybrid designs. These outputs can be further refined through the creation of parametric rules. A key result of this methodology is to explicate better otherwise ambiguous design philosophies that are shared between the similar buildings. It shows how a design can be reverse-engineered and converted into procedural logic. The research establishes the process and logic to enable the creation of further rules to be explored.
keywords Digital Forensics; Digital Heritage; Gothic Architecture; Houdini; Procedural Modelling
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:58

_id ecaade2020_183
id ecaade2020_183
authors Zhao, Jiangyang, Lombardi, Davide and Agkathidis, Asterios
year 2020
title Application of Robotic Technologies for the Fabrication Of Traditional Chinese Timber Joints
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. 351-360
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.351
summary The traditional Chinese building design was influenced by the climate and the sociogeographical conditions of the different regions in China. They were usually constructed out of wood relying on timber-joint based construction systems. Amongst the wide variety of the structural elements, the Dougong (bucket arch) is one of the most common components of traditional wooden framework buildings, presenting a high level of complexity. Parametric design and robotic technology enable new possibilities regarding its fabrication and application in contemporary architecture. Our paper will explore how the Dougong components could be reinvented through the use of parametric tools and robotic fabrication methods and thus applied to contemporary architectural structures. We will analyse and compare the properties of the original Dougong with the reinvented unit by using finite element analysis and digital optimization tools. Our findings will provide an insight into the traditional construction principles of the joint and how these can inform a design and fabrication framework for its application in contemporary buildings.
keywords Dougong joint; timber structures; parametric design; robotic fabrication; optimization algorithm
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:57

_id ecaade2021_257
id ecaade2021_257
authors Cichocka, Judyta Maria, Loj, Szymon and Wloczyk, Marta Magdalena
year 2021
title A Method for Generating Regular Grid Configurations on Free-From Surfaces for Structurally Sound Geodesic Gridshells
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. 493-502
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.493
summary Gridshells are highly efficient, lightweight structures which can span long distances with minimal use of material (Vassallo & Malek 2017). One of the most promising and novel categories of gridshells are bending-active (elastic) systems (Lienhard & Gengnagel 2018), which are composed of flexible members (Kuijenhoven & Hoogenboom 2012). Timber elastic gridshells can be site-sprung or sequentially erected (geodesic). While a lot of research focus is on the site-sprung ones, the methods for design of sequentially-erected geodesic gridshells remained underdeveloped (Cichocka 2020). The main objective of the paper is to introduce a method of generating regular geodesic grid patterns on free-form surfaces and to examine its applicability to design structurally feasible geodesic gridshells. We adopted differential geometry methods of generating regular bidirectional geodesic grids on free-form surfaces. Then, we compared the structural performance of the regular and the irregular grids of the same density on three free-form surfaces. The proposed method successfully produces the regular geodesic grid patterns on the free-form surfaces with varying curvature-richness. Our analysis shows that gridshells with regular grid configurations perform structurally better than those with irregular patterns. We conclude that the presented method can be readily used and can expand possibilities of application of geodesic gridshells.
keywords elastic timber gridshell; bending-active structure; grid configuration optimization; computational differential geometry; material-based design methodology; free-form surface; pattern; geodesic
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ecaade2020_059
id ecaade2020_059
authors Kulcke, Matthias
year 2020
title The Sound of Spatial Relation - Music as sequential representation of multidimensional adjacencies
source Werner, L and Koering, D (eds.), Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age - Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16-18 September 2020, pp. 717-722
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.717
summary This article scrutinizes the possible use of musical notations as graphic and sound as acoustic representations of multidimensional adjacencies. The commonly used representation of adjacencies as a graph or a bubble diagramm may only supply limited clarity in certain cases, especially if several layers of parameters are involved. This research shows the possible use of adjacency matrices, to produce variations of musical notation, and by this musical sound events relating to spatial configurations. This musical representation of spatial design is introduced into the design process as an additional feedback mechanism between human and material via machine.
keywords Adjacency; Music; Space
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:52

_id sigradi2020_209
id sigradi2020_209
authors Leal, Daniella Alves; Alves, Gilfranco Medeiros
year 2020
title Muta-soud: Architectural Configuration Generated from Music and Shape Grammars
source SIGraDi 2020 [Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Online Conference 18 - 20 November 2020, pp. 209-216
summary This paper proposes a design experiment that mixes music and architecture, through Shape Grammars. Each form and initial rule had musical markers that represented them and with the development of the application of the various rules, they became formal scores. After analyzing the functionality and studying volumetries, in order to give three-dimensional movement to the various results generated (botton-up), through adjustments that depend on individual and intuitive decisions (top-down), the resulting final object is a music school destined for the propagation of music, in a way, producing a metaphor of itself.
keywords Music, Shape Grammars, Generative Process, Materialized Sound, Computer Design
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:48

_id acadia20_220p
id acadia20_220p
authors Rieger, Uwe; Liu, Yinan
year 2020
title LightWing II
source ACADIA 2020: Distributed Proximities / Volume II: Projects [Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-95253-6]. Online and Global. 24-30 October 2020. edited by M. Yablonina, A. Marcus, S. Doyle, M. del Campo, V. Ago, B. Slocum. 220-225
summary LightWing II is an immersive XR installation that explores hybrid design strategies equally addressing physical and digital design parameters. The interactive project links a kinetic structure with dynamic digital information in the form of 3D projected imagery and spatial sound. A key component of the project was the development of a new rendering principle that allows the accurate projection of stereoscopic images on a moving target screen. Using simple red/cyan cardboard glasses, the system expands the applications of contemporary AR headsets beyond an isolated viewing towards a communal multi-viewer event. LightWing`s construction consists of thin flexible carbon fibre rods used to tension an almost invisible mesh screen. The structure is asymmetrically balanced on a single pin joint and monitored by an IMU. A light touch sets the delicate wing-like object into a rotational oscillation. As a ‘hands-on’ experience, LightWing II creates a mysterious sensation of tactile data and enables the user to navigate through holographic narratives assembled in four scenes, including the interaction with swarms of three winged creatures, being immersed in a silky bubble, and a journey through a velvet wormhole. The user interface is dissolved through the direct linkage between the physical construction and the dynamic digital content. The project was developed at the arc/sec Lab at the University of Auckland. The Lab explores user responsive constructions where dynamic properties of the virtual world influence the material world and vice versa. The Lab’s vision is to re-connect the intangible computer world to the multisensory qualities of architecture and urban spaces. With a focus on intuitive forms of user interaction, the arc/sec Lab uses large-scale prototypes and installations as the driving method for both the development and the demonstration of new cyber-physical design principles.
series ACADIA
type project
email
last changed 2021/10/26 08:08

_id acadia20_474
id acadia20_474
authors Rossi, Gabriella; Walker, James; Sondergaard, Asborn; Worre Foged, Isak; Pasold, Anke; Hilmer, Jakob
year 2020
title Design-to-Manufacture Workflows of Sound-Scattering Acoustic Brick Walls
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. 474-483.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.474
summary Improving speech intelligibility in classrooms enhances information dissemination, institutional knowledge capture, and quality of learning experience. While off-the-shelf solutions are available for acoustically retrofitting existing learning spaces, they do not allow for a fine-tuned context-specific intervention. However, this possibility is enabled through bespoke digital manufacturing informed by advanced digital simulations. In this research we explore and synchronize architecture, acoustics, computation, and fabrication for the making of better sound environments. We present performance-driven design-to-manufacture (DTM) workflows for sound-scattering brick elements. We reimagine the brick as an acoustically active geometry capable of modulating the sound experience in a university classroom by improving speech intelligibility. We contextualize our research within existing methods of digital performance-based design and robotic fabrication processes, namely wire cutting and pick-and-place applications. We then detail digital methods that combine heuristics and acoustic simulation to design the bricks within the 3D modeling environment, as well as describe the processes of robotic oscillating wire cutting and adaptive pick-and-place developed for the execution of the full-scale demonstrator. Finally, we report on the results of the acoustic analysis performed on the full-scale demonstrator in situ and laboratory measurements of a representative demonstrator which validates our design hypothesis.
series ACADIA
type paper
email
last changed 2023/10/22 12:06

_id caadria2020_398
id caadria2020_398
authors Tseng, Li-Min and Hou, June-Hao
year 2020
title Representation of Sound in 3D
source D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 609-618
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.609
summary This study is based on Chladni figures and tries to spatially extend its representation of sound. The current Chladni figures only see parts of the sound. There should be more spatial representation of sounds because they are transmitted in space. This study explores how to capture and reconstruct invisible sound information to create three-dimensional forms. A series of steps are taken to record Chladni figures of different frequencies and decibels. Pure Data is used to generate sounds. The Chladni figures are captured in Grasshopper and converted into point clouds. These point clouds are processed by using different algorithms to produce layers of superimposed state from which 3D forms of sound can be generated and fabricated. Through the proposed methods of processing and representation, sound not only stays at the level of hearing, but can also be seen, touched, and reinterpreted spatially. With the spatial forms of sound, viewers no longer perceive sound through single but multiple states. This can help us comprehend sound in a vast variety of ways.
keywords Sound visualization; Form-finding; Spatial-temporal; Chladni figures; Cymatics
series CAADRIA
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