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_id	sigradi2020_60
id	sigradi2020_60
authors	Asmar, Karen El; Sareen, Harpreet
year	2020
title	Machinic Interpolations: A GAN Pipeline for Integrating Lateral Thinking in Computational Tools of Architecture
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. 60-66
summary	In this paper, we discuss a new tool pipeline that aims to re-integrate lateral thinking strategies in computational tools of architecture. We present a 4-step AI-driven pipeline, based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), that draws from the ability to access the latent space of a machine and use this space as a digital design environment. We demonstrate examples of navigating in this space using vector arithmetic and interpolations as a method to generate a series of images that are then translated to 3D voxel structures. Through a gallery of forms, we show how this series of techniques could result in unexpected spaces and outputs beyond what could be produced by human capability alone.
keywords	Latent space, GANs, Lateral thinking, Computational tools, Artificial intelligence
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2020_411
id	ecaade2020_411
authors	Muehlbauer, Manuel, Song, Andy and Burry, Jane
year	2020
title	Smart Structures - A Generative Design Framework for Aesthetic Guidance in Structural Node Design - Application of Typogenetic Design for Custom-Optimisation of Structural Nodes
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.623
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. 623-632
summary	Virtual prototypes enable performance simulation for building components. The presented research extended the application of generative design using virtual prototypes for interactive optimisation of structural nodes. User-interactivity contributed to the geometric definition of design spaces rather than the final geometric outcome, enabling another stage of generative design for the micro-structure of the structural node. In this stage, the micro-structure inside the design space was generated using fixed topology. In contrast to common optimisation strategies, which converge towards a single optimal outcome, the presented design exploration process allowed the regular review of design solutions. User-based selection guided the evolutionary process of design space exploration applying Online Classification. Another guidance mechanism called Shape Comparison introduced an intelligent control system using an inital image input as design reference. In this way, aesthetic guidance enabled the combined evaluation of quantitative and qualitative criteria in the custom-optimisation of structural nodes. Interactive node design extended the potential for shape variation of custom-optimized structural nodes by addressing the geometric definition of design spaces for multi-scalar structural optimisation.
keywords	generative design; evolutionary computation; interactive machine learning; typogenetic design
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2020_115
id	ecaade2020_115
authors	Azambuja Varela, Pedro and Sousa, José Pedro
year	2020
title	Liquid Stereotomy - the Tamandua Vault
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.361
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. 361-370
summary	A renewed interest in stereotomy, narrowly entwined with digital technologies, has allowed for the recovery and proposal of new techniques and expressions in this building approach. A new classification scheme for stereotomy research allows for the framing of various aspects related to this discipline, including a newly developed fabrication system specially tailored for the wedge-shaped voussoirs. This fabrication system is based in a reusable mould which may assume an infinite number of geometries, avoiding the wasteful discarding of material found in subtractive strategies. The usage of a mould also allows for more sustainable materials to be employed, catering to current challenges. The strategies subject for demonstration in this project rely on various bottom-up approaches, which involve particle physic simulations such as a hanging model to compute an optimal stereo-funicular shape, or spring mechanisms to find optimal coplanar solutions. The proposed mechanisms work in a parametric algorithmically environment, able to handle dozens of uniquely different voussoirs at the same time. Together with the automatic translation to fabrication data, the proposed shape complexity would hardly be built with classic tools. The Tamandua Vault project has the purpose of exemplifying the possibilities of an updated stereotomy, while its design demonstrates current strategies that may be employed in the resolution of complex geometrical problems and bespoke fabrication of construction components for stereotomy.
keywords	stereotomy; digital design; digital fabrication; compression; sustainability
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2020_449
id	sigradi2020_449
authors	Becerra-Santacruz, Habid; Becerra-Santacruz, Axel
year	2020
title	Mapping of emerging territorial phenomena at Micro Scale: Development of collaborative database as a base for Evidence-Based Design Strategies
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. 449-454
summary	This paper presents an active analysis and research approach for design workshops at the Faculty of Architecture at UMNSH. The proposed scheme for final year design studio demands students to participate in the confrontation of reality to understand first-hand through databases; the complex problems of contemporary society and its relationship with the habitat. In order to understand the diverse emergent phenomena of the city, a collaborative work is implemented for the development of a database, occupation maps and territorial dynamics on a micro scale. From the evidence supported by data, students articulate design strategies and specific territorial actions.
keywords	Collaborative database, Evidence-based design strategies, Emergent phenomena mapping, Design pedagogy
series	SIGraDi
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_id	acadia20_74
id	acadia20_74
authors	Bucklin, Oliver; Born, Larissa; Körner, Axel; Suzuki, Seiichi; Vasey, Lauren; T. Gresser, Götz; Knippers, Jan; Menges,
year	2020
title	Embedded Sensing and Control
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.074
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. 74-83.
summary	This paper investigates an interactive and adaptive control system for kinetic architectural applications with a distributed sensing and actuation network to control modular fiber-reinforced composite components. The aim of the project was to control the actuation of a foldable lightweight structure to generate programmatic changes. A server parses input commands and geometric feedback from embedded sensors and online data to drive physical actuation and generate a digital twin for real-time monitoring. Physical components are origami-like folding plates of glass and carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic, developed in parallel research. Accelerometer data is analyzed to determine component geometry. A component controller drives actuators to maintain or move towards desired positions. Touch sensors embedded within the material allow direct control, and an online user interface provides high-level kinematic goals to the system. A hierarchical control system parses various inputs and determines actuation based on safety protocols and prioritization algorithms. Development includes hardware and software to enable modular expansion. This research demonstrates strategies for embedded networks in interactive kinematic structures and opens the door for deeper investigations such as artificial intelligence in control algorithms, material computation, as well as real-time modeling and simulation of structural systems.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	acadia20_182p
id	acadia20_182p
authors	Grasser, Alexander; Parger, Alexandra; Hirschberg, Urs
year	2020
title	Realtime Architecture Platform: CollabWood
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. 182-187
summary	This project presents a Realtime Architecture Platform applied in a telepresence design studio to design and construct the CollabWood prototype. The platform, developed by the authors, enables an open workflow to collaborate and design in unity. It provides a persistent online environment for real-time architectural production. The work method is based on the concept of collaborative objects and distributed designers. These collaborative objects are the shared content: discrete parts, prefabs, or blocks that enable interaction, communication, and collaboration between its users and owners. The distributed designers can contribute by instantiating these collaborative objects. Users placing an object react to the local neighboring conditions and therefore add their embodied design decision to the global architecture. The users get immersed in digital proximity by communicating through the integrated chat or digital calls, discussing strategies, debating design intentions, analyzing the built structure, and scanning for improvements. This pervasive collaboration lays the foundation for a democratization of the design process. As a proof of concept, this method was implemented with 20 students in a telepresence design studio. The participants embraced the real-time workflow and applied the collaborative tool throughout the semester from different locations and time zones. Using the platform to design the CollabWood prototype in real-time collaboratively was realized as a 1:1 project with local, accessible material and AR technology for assembly. The global pandemic accelerated the importance of collaboration. Realtime Architecture Platform’s response of providing an accessible common platform for real-time interaction, design, and collaboration can be regarded as a first step towards how we might work together in the future.
series	ACADIA
type	project
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_id	ecaade2020_069
id	ecaade2020_069
authors	Javidannia, Ghazal, Bemanian, MohammadReza and Mahdavinejad, MohammadJavad
year	2020
title	Performance Oriented Design Framework for Early Tall Building form Development - Seismic architecture view
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.381
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. 381-390
summary	Today, the wide variety of social requirements for commercial or aesthetic purposes and the power of Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) tools result in designing tall buildings with complex forms. On the other hand, tall building architectural form has significant effects on its seismic performance. Seismic design provisions and guidelines divide forms to regular and irregular, recommend avoiding irregular ones, and proposed some seismic-efficient design strategies. However, they do not provide any evaluation factor for quantifying the range and effectiveness of the proposed design strategies. Furthermore, they do not propose any framework for the optimum architectural design of complex form with No-irregularities either. Addressing this lack of fit, this research proposes a design framework based on POD method to perform an initial seismic performance evaluation for regular complex forms in the conceptual stage of architectural design. The proposed framework used to optimize a taper-twisted tall building form regarding its seismic performance. The results show a significant correlation between the architectural decisions and building seismic performance, even in the forms considered as regular based on the definitions which should be considered in the very first steps of form developments
keywords	Performance-Based Design; Tall Building; Form Development; Seismic Architecture
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2020_886
id	sigradi2020_886
authors	Lima, Elton Cristovao da Silva; Matsunaga, Cristina; Mendes, Leticia Teixeira
year	2020
title	Sartorius Pavilion – Biomimicry as a design methodology for a parametric pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery/England
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. 886-893
summary	In order to design an ephemeral pavilion located at the Serpentine Gallery (England), an experimental design approach was developed in this paper by using biomimicry strategies associated with parametric modeling. Exploring the solution-based methodology, the analysis of the sartorius muscle anatomic features such as rotation, flexion and long shape allowed inspiring the proposal of a Sartorius Pavilion which is the object of study. The experiment was implemented throughout a parametric visual script tool resulting in a model capable of rapidly and intuitively simulating shape variations, basic structural and material attributes by modifying a set of previously defined parameters.
keywords	Biomimicry, Bio-inspired Architecture, Sartorius Muscle, Parametric Pavilion, Serpentine Gallery
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2020_511
id	ecaade2020_511
authors	Maierhofer, Mathias, Ulber, Marie, Mahall, Mona, Serbest, Asli and Menges, Achim
year	2020
title	Designing (for) Change - Towards adaptivity-specific architectural design for situational open Environments
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.575
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. 575-584
summary	The introduction of cybernetic principles to the architectural discourse some 50 years ago stimulated a new notion of buildings as dynamic and under-specified systems. Although their traditional conception as static and deterministic objects has remained predominant to this day, concepts for adaptive architecture capable of interacting with their surroundings and occupants have gained renewed attention in recent decades. However, investigations so far have largely concentrated on small-scale applications or individual adaptation strategies. The notion of situational open Environments, as argued in this paper, provides a framework through which adaptivity can be conceived and explored more holistically as well as on an inhabitable scale. Environments reject deterministic design and adaptation solutions and hence call for integrative and interactive design strategies that not only allow for the exploration of particularly adaptable (i.e. underspecified) architectural morphologies, but also for the communication and negotiation during their further development beyond deployment. In respect thereof, this paper discusses the potentials and implications of computational (design) strategies, meaning the agencies of buildings, designers, residents, and surroundings. The presented research originates from the author's involvement in an interdisciplinary research project centered around the development of an adaptive high-rise building that incorporates various adaptation strategies.
keywords	Adaptive Architecture; Architectural Environment; Computational Design; Agent-based Modeling; Architecture Theory; Cybernetics
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2020_40
id	sigradi2020_40
authors	Martin Iglesias, Rodrigo; Voto, Cristina; Agra, Rocío
year	2020
title	Xenofutures: towards Design as Care-Cure
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. 40-45
summary	This paper synthesizes several years of research in the field of the theory of architecture and design, and undergraduate and graduate teaching. Specifically, it is a work that reflects on how architecture and design should face the most important phenomena of our present and near future. These phenomena refer to environmental, technological and anthropological aspects, and the strategies to cope with them, involving alter-native design thinking, fiction and practice in which futurabilities and futurizations depart from the displacement generated by post-utopian visions based on dissidence and subalternity. This is what we call Xenofutures, a design for curing-caring a damaged world.
keywords	Design Fiction, Futurization, Futurability, Dissident Design, Xenofutures
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ijac202018206
id	ijac202018206
authors	Mitterberger, Daniela and Tiziano Derme
year	2020
title	Digital soil: Robotically 3D-printed granular bio-composites
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 18 - no. 2, 194-211
summary	Organic granular materials offer a valid alternative for non-biodegradable composites widely adopted in building construction and digital fabrication. Despite the need to find alternatives to fuel-based solutions, current material research in architecture mostly supports strategies that favour predictable, durable and homogeneous solutions. Materials such as soil, due to their physical properties and volatile nature, present new challenges and potentials to change the way we manufacture, built and integrate material systems and environmental factors into the design process. This article proposes a novel fabrication framework that combines high-resolution three-dimensional- printed biodegradable materials with a novel robotic-additive manufacturing process for soil structures. Furthermore, the research reflects on concepts such as affordance and tolerance within the field of digital fabrication, especially in regards to bio-materials and robotic fabrication. Soil as a building material has a long tradition. New developments in earth construction show how earthen buildings can create novel, adaptive and sustainable structures. Nevertheless, existing large-scale earthen construction methods can only produce highly simplified shapes with rough geometrical articulations. This research proposes to use a robotic binder-jetting process that creates novel organic bio-composites to overcome such limitations of common earth constructions. In addition, this article shows how biological polymers, such as polysaccharides-based hydrogels, can be used as sustainable, biodegradable binding agents for soil aggregates. This article is divided into four main sections: architecture and affordance; tolerance versus precision; water-based binders; and robotic fabrication parameters. Digital Soil envisions a shift in the design practice and digital fabrication that builds on methods for tolerance handling. In this context, material and geometrical properties such as material porosity, hydraulic conductivity and natural evaporation rate affect the architectural resolution, introducing a design process driven by matter. Digital Soil shows the potential of a fully reversible biodegradable manufacturing process for load-bearing architectural elements, opening up new fields of application for sustainable material systems that can enhance the ecological potential of architectural construction.
keywords	Robotic fabrication, adaptive materials, water-based fabrication, affordance, organic matter, additive manufacturing
series	journal
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_id	acadia16_470
id	acadia16_470
authors	Sollazzo, Aldo; Baseta, Efilena; Chronis, Angelos
year	2016
title	Symbiotic Associations
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2016.470
source	ACADIA // 2016: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines [Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-77095-5] Ann Arbor 27-29 October, 2016, pp. 470-477
summary	Soil contamination poses a series of important health issues, following years of neglect, constant industrialization, and unsustainable agriculture. It is estimated that 30% of the total cultivated soil in the world will convert to degraded land by 2020 (Rashid et al. 2016). Finding suitable treatment technologies to clean up contaminated water and soil is not trivial, and although technological solutions are sought, many are both resource-expensive and potentially equally unsustainable in long term. Bacteria and fungi have proved efficient in contributing to the bioavailability of nutrients and in aggregating formation in degraded soils (Rashid et al. 2016). Our research aims to explore the possible implementation of physical computing, computational analysis, and digital fabrication techniques in the design and optimization of an efficient soil remediation strategy using mycelium. The study presented here is a first step towards an overarching methodology for the development of an automated soil decontamination process, using an optimized bio-cell fungus seed that can be remotely populated using aerial transportation. The presented study focuses on the development of a methodology for capturing and modeling the growth of the mycelium fungus using photogrammetry-based 3D scanning and computational analysis techniques.
keywords	computational design, photogrammetry, simulation, mycelium, 3d scanning, growth strategies
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	ecaade2020_241
id	ecaade2020_241
authors	Stojanovic, Djordje and Vujovic, Milica
year	2020
title	Algorithmic Framework for Correlation Between Microclimate Control and Space Usage in Outdoor Public Spaces
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.517
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. 517-524
summary	Effects of extreme temperatures are the cause of health-related problems and have an impact on how we go about with our daily lives. This study addresses the critical question on the relationship between architecture and climate. It probes into the correlation between urban environments and microclimate while focusing on the outdoor public spaces. This paper provides a conceptual framework for information processing to enable spatiotemporal design strategies for outdoor public spaces. The flow of information starts with data gathered by sensors, relies on the computational techniques for processing and ends with information as specific as instruction for the behaviour of spray nozzles emitting water vapour. The contribution of this paper is the advancement of the design methodology of public spaces, through the development of dynamic design strategies based on the ability to sense climatic conditions in localised areas and map behaviour of occupants in real-time.
keywords	Interactive Architecture; Responsive Environment; Evaporative Cooling; Microclimate; Outdoor Public Space
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2020_600
id	sigradi2020_600
authors	Vazquez, Elena; Gursoy, Benay
year	2020
title	3D Printed Responsive Wood Interfaces: Shape-Changing Origami-Inspired Prototypes
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. 600-607
summary	In this paper, we present a study for a 3D printed responsive wood interface in which we employed a scientific approach to assess the effects of various 3D printing parameters on shape-change. A full factorial design of experiments is conducted to determine the variables that maximize hygromorphic response. Analyzing the results of the experiments, we designed and fabricated origami-inspired prototypes, and tested their bimorph and gradient actuation. The contribution of this study to the growing body of literature on 3D printing responsive wood- based composites is the integration of gradient actuation and origami-inspired shape-changing strategies.
keywords	Shape-change, Shape-changing materials, Material computation, 3D printed wood, Responsive architecture
series	SIGraDi
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_id	acadia20_228
id	acadia20_228
authors	Alawadhi, Mohammad; Yan, Wei
year	2020
title	BIM Hyperreality
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.228
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. 228-236.
summary	Deep learning is expected to offer new opportunities and a new paradigm for the field of architecture. One such opportunity is teaching neural networks to visually understand architectural elements from the built environment. However, the availability of large training datasets is one of the biggest limitations of neural networks. Also, the vast majority of training data for visual recognition tasks is annotated by humans. In order to resolve this bottleneck, we present a concept of a hybrid system—using both building information modeling (BIM) and hyperrealistic (photorealistic) rendering—to synthesize datasets for training a neural network for building object recognition in photos. For generating our training dataset, BIMrAI, we used an existing BIM model and a corresponding photorealistically rendered model of the same building. We created methods for using renderings to train a deep learning model, trained a generative adversarial network (GAN) model using these methods, and tested the output model on real-world photos. For the specific case study presented in this paper, our results show that a neural network trained with synthetic data (i.e., photorealistic renderings and BIM-based semantic labels) can be used to identify building objects from photos without using photos in the training data. Future work can enhance the presented methods using available BIM models and renderings for more generalized mapping and description of photographed built environments.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	acadia20_66
id	acadia20_66
authors	Aviv, Dorit; Wang, Zherui; Meggers, Forrest; Ida, Aletheia
year	2020
title	Surface Generation of Radiatively-Cooled Building Skin for Desert Climate
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.066
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. 66-73.
summary	A radiatively cooled translucent building skin is developed for desert climates, constructed out of pockets of high heat-capacity liquids. The liquids are contained by a wavelength-selective membrane enclosure, which is transmissive in the infrared range of electromagnetic radiation but reflective in the shortwave range, and therefore prevents overheating from solar radiation and at the same time allows for passive cooling through exposure of its thermal mass to the desert sky. To assess the relationship between the form and performance of this envelope design, we develop a feedback loop between computational simulations, analytical models, and physical tests. We conduct a series of simulations and bench-scale experiments to determine the thermal behavior of the proposed skin and its cooling potential. Several materials are considered for their thermal storage capacity. Hydrogel cast into membrane enclosures is tested in real climate conditions. Slurry phase change materials (PCM) are also considered for their additional heat storage capacity. Challenges of membrane welding patterns and nonuniform expansion of the membrane due to the weight of the enclosed liquid are examined in both digital simulations and physical experiments. A workflow is proposed between the radiation analysis based on climate data, the formfinding simulations of the elastic membrane under the liquid weight, and the thermal storage capacity of the overall skin.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	acadia20_120
id	acadia20_120
authors	Barsan-Pipu, Claudiu; Sleiman, Nathalie; Moldovan, Theodor
year	2020
title	Affective Computing for Generating Virtual Procedural Environments Using Game Technologies
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.2.120
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. 120-129.
summary	Architects have long sought to create spaces that can relate to or even induce specific emotional conditions in their users, such as states of relaxation or engagement. Dynamic or calming qualities were given to these spaces by controlling form, perspective, lighting, color, and materiality. The actual impact of these complex design decisions has been challenging to assess, from both quantitative and qualitative standpoints, because neural empathic responses, defined in this paper by feature indexes (FIs) and mind indexes (MIs), are highly subjective experiences. Recent advances in the fields of virtual procedural environments (VPEs) and virtual reality (VR), supported by powerful game engine (GE) technologies, provide computational designers with a new set of design instruments that, when combined with brain-computing interfacing (BCI) and eye-tracking (E-T) hardware, can be used to assess complex empathic reactions. As the COVID-19 health crisis showed, virtual social interaction becomes increasingly relevant, and the social catalytic potential of VPEs can open new design possibilities. The research presented in this paper introduces the cyber-physical design of such an affective computing system. It focuses on how relevant empathic data can be acquired in real time by exposing subjects within a dynamic VR-based VPE and assessing their emotional responses while controlling the actual generative parameters via a live feedback loop. A combination of VR, BCI, and E-T solutions integrated within a GE is proposed and discussed. By using a VPE inside a BCI system that can be accurately correlated with E-T, this paper proposes to identify potential morphological and lighting factors that either alone or combined can have an empathic effect expressed by the relevant responses of the MIs.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	cdrf2019_245
id	cdrf2019_245
authors	Dan Liang
year	2020
title	A Generative Material System of Clay Components-The Porosity Language
doi	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4400-6_23
source	Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020)
summary	Compared with the pre-determined architecture design based on standard elements, the underlying structure of nature is more like a complex system. Porosity language, for example, which is inspired by nature, has been widely applied in the architecture context. Through the analysis of the underlying methodologies of topology in each case, the strategy is to illustrate how clay components can achieve this natural porosity language. With the help of parametric topology, the report will clearly show how the innovative language of clay components is inspired, optimized and applied. As the background of the literature, natural porosity and examples of existing cavity wall made by clay components will be compared and analyzed in Sect. 1. In Sect. 2, Steven Hall’s porous methodology will be considered as the primary topological reference. The parametric iteration topology will be stated explicitly in Sect. 3, which will direct the randomness of porosity form to the balance between structural stability and the aesthetic value. In the last chapter, different architecture applications will be studied through the supporting of micro-climate simulation.
series	cdrf
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_id	acadia20_272
id	acadia20_272
authors	del Campo, Matias; Carlson, Alexandra; Manninger, Sandra
year	2020
title	How Machines Learn to Plan
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.272
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. 272-281.
summary	This paper strives to interrogate the abilities of machine vision techniques based on a family of deep neural networks, called generative adversarial neural networks (GANs), to devise alternative planning solutions. The basis for these processes is a large database of existing planning solutions. For the experimental setup of this paper, these plans were divided into two separate learning classes: Modern and Baroque. The proposed algorithmic technique leverages the large amount of structural and symbolic information that is inherent to the design of planning solutions throughout history to generate novel unseen plans. In this area of inquiry, aspects of culture such as creativity, agency, and authorship are discussed, as neural networks can conceive solutions currently alien to designers. These can range from alien morphologies to advanced programmatic solutions. This paper is primarily interested in interrogating the second existing but uncharted territory.
series	ACADIA
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_id	ecaade2020_255
id	ecaade2020_255
authors	Fricker, Pia, Kotnik, Toni and Borg, Kane
year	2020
title	Computational Design Pedagogy for the Cognitive Age
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.685
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. 685-692
summary	This paper explores and reflects on an integrative computational design thinking approach, which requires the melding of computation, design and theory as a conceptual framework, to be implemented in architectural education. Until now, digital design education is typically based on the introduction of digital tools and plugins at university courses and the subsequent application of these tools to design tasks of limited architectural complexity. At this time, technological advancement has not been matched by a comparable advancement in computational design thinking. The paper describes in detail a novel conceptual framework for course setup that illustrates the using of computational design as a manner of thinking in patterns of interaction across various scales, reaching from building design to regional planning. This approach was subsequently tested in a series of master-level studios, the results of which will be presented as case studies in this paper.
keywords	Computational Design Thinking; Architectural Pedagogy and Education; Dynamic Patterns; System Thinking
series	eCAADe
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