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_id acadia20_136p
id acadia20_136p
authors López Lobato, Déborah; Charbel, Hadin
year 2020
title Foll(i)cle
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. 136-141
summary In the early months of 2019, air pollution in Bangkok reached a record high, bringing national and international attention to the air quality in the South East Asian cosmopolitan. Although applications such as real-time pollution maps provide an environmental reading from the exterior, such information reveals the ‘here and now,’ where its record is inevitably lost through the ‘refreshing’ process of the live update and does not take increment and accumulation as factors to consider. The project was conceived around understanding the human body as precisely that medium that resists classification as either an interior or exterior environment that inherently performs as an impressionable record of its surroundings. Can a city’s toxicity be read through its living constituents? Can the living bodies that dwell, navigate, breathe, and process habitable environments be accessed? Can architecture retain a degree of independence while also performing as a beacon for the collective? Along this line of questioning, it was found that human hair can be transformed from a material that is effortlessly and continuously grown, cut, stylized, and discarded, and instead be intercepted and used in the production of public information gathering. Foll(i)cle is a collective being made of discarded human hair. Performing as a parliament for collectivity embedded with a protocol; the hairy pavilion invites the public in and presents them with a device at the center that hosts all the necessary equipment and information for anonymously and voluntarily providing hair samples for heavy metal analysis, the data of which is used in making a publically accessible toxi-cartography. Although humans are the primary subject for this study, the results suggest that extending the methodology to non-humans could prove useful in reading urban toxicity through various life forms.
series ACADIA
type project
email
last changed 2021/10/26 08:03

_id ijac202018205
id ijac202018205
authors Ahlquist, Sean
year 2020
title Negotiating human engagement and the fixity of computational design: Toward a performative design space for the differently-abled bodymind
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 18 - no. 2, 174-193
summary Computational design affords agency: the ability to orchestrate the material, spatial, and technical architectural system. In this specific case, it occurs through enhanced, authored means to facilitate making and performance—typically driven by concerns of structural optimization, material use, and responsivity to environmental factors—of an atmospheric rather than social nature. At issue is the positioning of this particular manner of agency solely with the architect auteur. This abruptly halts—at the moment in which fabrication commences—the ability to amend, redefine, or newly introduce fundamentally transformational constituents and their interrelationships and, most importantly, to explore the possibility for extraordinary outcomes. When the architecture becomes a functional, social, and cultural entity, in the hands of the idealized abled-bodied user, agency—especially for one of an otherly body or mind—is long gone. Even an empathetic auteur may not be able to access the motivations of the differently-abled body and neuro- divergent mind, effectively locking the constraints of the design process, which creates an exclusionary system to those beyond the purview of said auteur. It can therefore be deduced that the mechanisms or authors of a conventional computational design process cannot eradicate the exclusionary reality of an architectural system. Agency is critical, yet a more expansive terminology for agent and agency is needed. The burden to conceive of capacities that will always be highly temporal, social, unpredictable, and purposefully unknown must be shifted far from the scope of the traditional directors of the architectural system. Agency, and who it is conferred upon, must function in a manner that dissolves the distinctions between the design, the action of designing, the author of design, and those subjected to it.
keywords Adaptive environments, neurodiversity, inclusion, systems thinking, computational design, disability theory, material systems, design agency
series journal
email
last changed 2020/11/02 13:34

_id acadia20_350
id acadia20_350
authors Atanasova, Lidia; Mitterberger, Daniela; Sandy, Timothy; Gramazio, Fabio; Kohler, Matthias; Dörfler, Kathrin
year 2020
title Prototype As Artefact
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.350
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. 350-359.
summary In digital design-to-fabrication workflows in architecture, in which digitally controlled machines perform complex fabrication tasks, all design decisions are typically made before production. In such processes, the formal definition of the final shape is explicitly inscribed into the design model by means of corresponding step-by-step machine instructions. The increasing use of augmented reality (AR) technologies for digital fabrication workflows, in which people are instructed to carry out complex fabrication tasks via AR interfaces, creates an opportunity to question and adjust the level of detail and the nature of such explicit formal definitions. People’s cognitive abilities could be leveraged to integrate explicit machine intelligence with implicit human knowledge and creativity, and thus to open up digital fabrication to intuitive and spontaneous design decisions during the building process. To address this question, this paper introduces open-ended Prototype-as-Artefact fabrication workflows that examine the possibilities of designing and creative choices while building in a human-robot collaborative setting. It describes the collaborative assembly of a complex timber structure with alternating building actions by two people and a collaborative robot, interfacing via a mobile device with object tracking and AR visualization functions. The spatial timber assembly being constructed follows a predefined grammar but is not planned at the beginning of the process; it is instead designed during fabrication. Prototype-as-Artefact thus serves as a case study to probe the potential of both intuitive and rational aspects of building and to create new collaborative work processes between humans and machines.
series ACADIA
type paper
email
last changed 2023/10/22 12:06

_id sigradi2020_808
id sigradi2020_808
authors Aune, Karen
year 2020
title Techno-aesthetic spaces of fiction: Lapsus Tropicus and the Anthropocene dialetic
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. 808-815
summary This paper is derived from a research through the creative practice, that aims at the conception of an artwork that reflects on the relationship between the human being, technology and nature. This is shown through the creation process of Lapsus Tropicus, an installation whose origin lies in the hypothesis of what would happen if a glitch -a computer error - began to transform a specific ecosystem. The research took into account the conceptual, formal and technical aspects of an artistic process that dialogues with references such as art, design, architecture, science fiction and key historical moments in the development of science.
keywords Art, Science, Technology, Parametric design, Science fiction
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:53

_id ecaade2020_314
id ecaade2020_314
authors Das, Avishek, Worre Foged, Isak and Jensen, Mads Brath
year 2020
title Designing with a Robot - Interactive methods for brick wall design using computer vision
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.605
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. 605-612
summary The deterministic and linear nature of robotic processes in architectural construction often allows no or very little adjustments during the fabrication process. If any need for modification arise the process is usually interrupted, changes are accommodated, and the process is resumed or restarted. The rigidity in this fabrication process leaves little room for creative intervention and human activities and robotic process are often considered as two segregated processes.The paper will present and discuss the methodological and design challenges of interactive robotic fabrication of brickwork with an industrial robotic arm, a webcam and bricks with varying color tones. Emphasis will be on the integration of external computer vision libraries within Rhino Grasshopper to augment the interactive robotic process. The paper will describe and demonstrate a framework comprising (1) robotic pick and place, material selection and evaluation using computer vision, (2) interactive robotic actuation and (3) the role of human input during a probabilistic fabrication-based design process.
keywords interactive robotic fabrication; human robot collaboration; computer vision; masonry; machine learning
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id caadria2020_267
id caadria2020_267
authors Farr, Marcus and Macruz, Andrea
year 2020
title Multi-sensory Materiality - Expanding Human Experience and Material Potentials with Advanced HoloLens Technologies and Emotion Sensing Wearables
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.721
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. 721-730
summary What is the current state of human/material perception relative to advanced architectural technology? What sensory experiences are possible, and how are they designed and deployed? What happens when advanced HoloLens technologies are used in conjunction with wearable emotion-sensing technologies to connect people with deeper sensory experiences relative to materiality and space? Does this offer a heightened pedagogical perspective when teaching architecture? This paper responds to these questions by expanding on and critiquing a small scale digitally augmented project created in an academic setting. The project focuses on relationships between technology and human sensory experience relative to specific augmented and sensorial engagements. It employs an overlap of HoloLens technology to make and enhance the design experience and wearable emotion sensors to evaluate the human experience.
keywords Technology; Sensory; Materiality; Augmented
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id cdrf2019_79
id cdrf2019_79
authors Guyi Yi1 and Ilaria Di Carlo
year 2020
title Cyborgian Approach of Eco-interaction Design Based on Machine Intelligence and Embodied Experience
doi https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4400-6_8
source Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020)
summary The proliferation of digital technology has swelled the amount of time people spent in cyberspace and weakened our sensibility of the physical world. Human beings in this digital era are already cyborgs as the smart devices have become an integral part of our life. Imagining a future where human totally give up mobile phones and embrace nature is neither realistic nor reasonable. What we should aim to explore is the opportunities and capabilities of digital technology in terms of fighting against its own negative effect - cyber addiction, and working as a catalyst that re-embeds human into outdoor world. Cyborgian systems behave through embedded intelligence in the environment and discrete wearable devices for human. In this way, cyborgian approach enables designers to take advantages of digital technologies to achieve two objectives: one is to improve the quality of environment by enhancing our understanding of nonhuman creatures; the other is to encourage a proper level of human participation without disturbing eco-balance. Finally, this paper proposed a cyborgian eco-interaction design model which combines top-down and bottom-up logics and is organized by the Internet of Things, so as to provide a possible solution to the concern that technologies are isolating human and nature.
series cdrf
email
last changed 2022/09/29 07:51

_id sigradi2020_441
id sigradi2020_441
authors Torreblanca-Díaz, David A.; Valencia Cardona, Raúl Adolfo; Perafán Lopez, Juan Carlos ; Sevilla Cadavid, Gustavo Adolfo
year 2020
title A methodology for the evaluation, analysis, and selection of bioinspired textures, using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and wind tunnel for aerodynamic improvements in sports design
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. 441-448
summary Sports disciplines have evolved in recent decades to improve the performance of athletes, as a result of interdisciplinary convergence. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and wind tunnel have gained relevance in sports design to predict the aerodynamic behavior. On the other hand, Bio-informed disciplines study nature to solve human problems, in order to generate innovation with or without sustainable results. This text presents a first proposal of a methodology oriented to the evaluation, analysis, and selection of bioinspired digital textures, in order to improve the aerodynamic performance in sports product design, through the integration of CFD and wind tunnel testing.
keywords Aerodynamics, Bio-informed disciplines, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Sports Engineering, Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:49

_id ecaade2020_007
id ecaade2020_007
authors Yu, De
year 2020
title Reprogramming Urban Block by Machine Creativity - How to use neural networks as generative tools to design space
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.249
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. 249-258
summary The democratization of design requires balancing all sorts of factors in space design. However, the traditional way to organize spatial relationships cannot deal with such complex design objectives. Can one find another form of creativity rather the human brain to design space? As Margaret Boden mentioned, "computers and creativity make interesting partners with respect to two different projects." This paper addresses whether machine creativity in the form of neural networks could be considered as a powerful generative tool to reprogram urban block in order to meet multi-users' needs. It tested this theory in a specific block model called Agri-tecture, a new architectural form combing farming with the urban built environment. Specifically, the machine empowered by Generative Adversarial Network designed spatial layouts based on learning the existing cases. Nevertheless, since the machine can hardly avoid errors, architects need to intervene and verify the machine's work. Thus, a synergy between human creativity and machine creativity is called for.
keywords machine creativity; Generative Adversarial Network; spatial layout; creativity combination; Agri-tecture
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:57

_id acadia20_688
id acadia20_688
authors del Campo, Matias; Carlson, Alexandra; Manninger, Sandra
year 2020
title 3D Graph Convolutional Neural Networks in Architecture Design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.688
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. 688-696.
summary The nature of the architectural design process can be described along the lines of the following representational devices: the plan and the model. Plans can be considered one of the oldest methods to represent spatial and aesthetic information in an abstract, 2D space. However, to be used in the design process of 3D architectural solutions, these representations are inherently limited by the loss of rich information that occurs when compressing the three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional representation. During the first Digital Turn (Carpo 2013), the sheer amount and availability of models increased dramatically, as it became viable to create vast amounts of model variations to explore project alternatives among a much larger range of different physical and creative dimensions. 3D models show how the design object appears in real life, and can include a wider array of object information that is more easily understandable by nonexperts, as exemplified in techniques such as building information modeling and parametric modeling. Therefore, the ground condition of this paper considers that the inherent nature of architectural design and sensibility lies in the negotiation of 3D space coupled with the organization of voids and spatial components resulting in spatial sequences based on programmatic relationships, resulting in an assemblage (DeLanda 2016). These conditions constitute objects representing a material culture (the built environment) embedded in a symbolic and aesthetic culture (DeLanda 2016) that is created by the designer and captures their sensibilities.
series ACADIA
type paper
email
last changed 2023/10/22 12:06

_id caadria2020_231
id caadria2020_231
authors Doe, Robert
year 2020
title sensMOD - Computational Design through the lens of Henri Lefebvre's Spatial Theory
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.701
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. 701-710
summary Spatial productivity is the first of the elements comprising sensMOD, a student elective that implemented a methodology addressing the exigent need of our time for transformation in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector. The second and third elements of sensMOD are parts and interaction which focus attention on the nature of complexity and connectivity in our networked world. The paper proposes a methodology that was used to guide the teaching of an elective for third year architecture students at a UK university. Its wider purpose is to contribute to discussion concerning the dysfunctional state of an AEC sector that needs to consider its productivity as projections of wider networks of resource and energy relationships. Henri Lefebvre's spatial theory (1991) guides the narrative and formulation of sensMOD.
keywords computational design; spatial productivity; modularity; interaction design
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id ecaade2020_267
id ecaade2020_267
authors Argin, Gorsev, Pak, Burak and Turkoglu, Handan
year 2020
title Through the Eyes of (Post-)Flâneurs - Altering rhythm and visual attention in public space in the era of smartphones
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.239
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. 239-248
summary In the last decade, rapid penetration of smartphones into our everyday life introduced a new kind of urban wanderer named as the 'post-flâneur'. By navigating through the virtual and physical space with a smartphone, and taking and sharing photographs, post-flâneur walks and experiences the city in novel ways. This paper aims to investigate the effects of smartphone use on the human-environment relationship by comparing post-flânerie with flânerie in public space with a focus on two key indicators: alteration of 1) the visual attention and 2) the walking rhythm. In this regard, ten postgraduate Architecture students are asked to perform flânerie and post-flânerie consecutively in the historical city center of Ghent with an eye-tracker and a smartphone. During the flânerie condition, they walked and experienced the city without using a smartphone. In the post-flânerie condition, they used a smartphone, took pictures and uploaded them to an application. By analyzing the eye-tracker (number and duration of fixations) and the smartphone (location data and geolocated photographs) data, altering rhythm and visual attention during the flânerie and post-flânerie were compared. Preliminary results indicate that flânerie and post-flânerie differ in terms of rhythm and visual attention. The average duration of fixations on the environment were significantly lower in the post-flânerie condition while the average walking rhythm was faster but impeded from time to time. In addition, post-flâneurs' visual attention was on the smartphone during a significant part of the stationary activities which point out to an altered state of public space appropriation. The findings are significant because they reveal the novel spatial appropriations and experiences of the (post)public space -particularly "the honeypot effect" which was more significant in the post-flânerie condition. These observations evoke questions on how designers can rethink public space as a hybrid construct integrating the virtual and the physical.
keywords post-flâneur; rhythm; visual attention; smartphone; eye-tracking
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ecaade2020_499
id ecaade2020_499
authors Ashour, Ziad and Yan, Wei
year 2020
title BIM-Powered Augmented Reality for Advancing Human-Building Interaction
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.169
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. 169-178
summary The shift from computer-aided design (CAD) to building information modeling (BIM) has made the adoption of augmented reality (AR) promising in the field of architecture, engineering and construction. Despite the potential of AR in this field, the industry and professionals have still not fully adopted it due to registration and tracking limitations and visual occlusions in dynamic environments. We propose our first prototype (BIMxAR), which utilizes existing buildings' semantically rich BIM models and contextually aligns geometrical and non-geometrical information with the physical buildings. The proposed prototype aims to solve registration and tracking issues in dynamic environments by utilizing tracking and motion sensors already available in many mobile phones and tablets. The experiment results indicate that the system can support BIM and physical building registration in outdoor and part of indoor environments, but cannot maintain accurate alignment indoor when relying only on a device's motion sensors. Therefore, additional computer vision and AI (deep learning) functions need to be integrated into the system to enhance AR model registration in the future.
keywords Augmented Reality; BIM; BIM-enabled AR; GPS; Human-Building Interactions; Education
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_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
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:48

_id sigradi2020_260
id sigradi2020_260
authors Bhattacharya, Maharshi; Jung, Francisco
year 2020
title Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle (MMSEV) Nosecone Design Optimization
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. 260-266
summary This paper addresses ergonomic drawbacks in NASA’s modular Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle’s (MMSEV) latest prototype, 2B’s nosecone, to propose new iteration based on considerations such as mass minimization, visibility maximization, and structural integrity. With 2B as a benchmark, and using computational tools typically used in the AEC industry to carry out FEA analysis, comparisons are made with potential design changes. The numerical and visual data such as weight, and stress distribution, provided by the benchmark analysis, served as metrics for comparison and redesign. In turn, this design development exercise attempts to bring together the different design approaches to design, held by human- factors designers and structural engineers.
keywords Form, Optimization, Finite Element Analysis, Space-Exploration Vehicle, Stress-Analysis
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:49

_id acadia20_198p
id acadia20_198p
authors Birkeland, Jennifer; Scelsa, Jonathan A.
year 2020
title Live L’oeil – Through the Looking Ceiling
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. 198-201
summary Following the proliferation of linear perspective during the Renaissance, the hegemony of the vantage point was often problematically used to signify the patron’s dominance. During the mannerist era, we witnessed the creation of elaborate rooms, painted in architectural linear perspective establishing the illusionary space of faraway lands - a measure of optic imperialism wherein the conquests of the west played out in the domestic decoration of the elite later provided to the public as a societal spectacle in the form of the panorama. Within these architectural illusions, or Quadratura as they were named in Italy, lies the most notable and justifiable critique of design by vantage point, the question ‘which vantage point is privileged?’ History not surprisingly reveals that the typical vantage point was most problematically centered at one and three-quarter meters above the ground – coincident with five centimeters below the average height of a human European male. The design of architectural form through view or spatial image has arguably perpetuated this act of optic bias. This project addresses this problematic practice of design by vantage point by utilizing motion sensors to liberate the virtual space of a canonic example of quadrature from its confines within a singular vantage point. The authors digitally modeled the projective space of Andrea Pozzo’s vision for the Church of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola in Rome, scaled and fit to a gallery space outfitted with a canvas to inform a ceiling plane. Anamorphic images of the virtual heavenly space, as seen through the canvas ceiling picture plane, were created from the digital model and encoded to the individual moments in the room. Individuals who moved through the gallery were followed by the illusion of the heavenly space, creating a live l’oeil distortion.
series ACADIA
type project
email
last changed 2021/10/26 08:08

_id ijac202018302
id ijac202018302
authors Brath Jensen, Mads; Isak Worre Foged and Hans Jørgen Andersen
year 2020
title A framework for interactive human–robot design exploration
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 18 - no. 3, 235-253
summary This study seeks to identify key aspects for increased integration of interactive robotics within the creative design process. Through its character as foundational research, the study aims to contribute to the advancement of new explorative design methods to support architects in their exploration of fabrication and assembly of an integrated performance-driven architecture. The article describes and investigates a proposed design framework for supporting an interactive human–robot design process. The proposed framework is examined through a 3-week architectural studio, with university master students exploring the design of a brick construction with the support of an interactive robotic platform. Evaluation of the proposed framework was done by triangulation of the authors’ qualitative user observations, quantitative logging of the students’ individual design processes, and through questionnaires completed after finishing the studies. The result suggests that interactive human–robot fabrication is a relevant mode of design with positive effect on the process of creative design exploration.
keywords Design methods, robotic design processes, interactive robotics, computational design, design exploration, creativity
series other
type normal paper
email
last changed 2020/11/02 13:39

_id ecaade2020_253
id ecaade2020_253
authors Buš, Peter
year 2020
title User-driven Configurable Architectural Assemblies - Towards artificial intelligence-embedded responsive environments
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.483
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. 483-490
summary The paper theoretically elaborates the idea of individual users' customisation activities to create and configure responsive spatial scenarios by means of reconfigurable interactive adaptive assemblies. It reflects Gordon Pask's concept of human and device interaction based on its unpredictable notion speculating a potential to be enhanced by artificial intelligence learning approach of an assembly linked with human activator's participative inputs. Such a link of artificial intelligence, human agency and interactive assembly capable to generate its own spatial configurations by itself and users' stimuli may lead to a new understanding of humans' role in the creation of spatial scenarios. The occupants take the prime role in the evolution of spatial conditions in this respect. The paper aims to position an interaction between the human agents and artificial devices as a participatory and responsive design act to facilitate creative potential of participants as unique individuals without pre-specified or pre-programmed goal set by the designer. Such an approach will pave a way towards true autonomy of responsive built environments, determined by an individual human agent and behaviour of the spatial assemblies to create authentic responsive built forms in a digital and physical space.
keywords deployable systems; responsive assemblies; embedded intelligence; Learning-to-Design-and-Assembly method; Conversation Theory
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id caadria2020_412
id caadria2020_412
authors Capunaman, Ozguc Bertug
year 2020
title CAM as a Tool for Creative Expression - Informing Digital Fabrication through Human Interaction
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.243
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. 243-252
summary Contemporary digital design and fabrication tools often present deterministic and pre-programmed workflows. This limits the potential for developing a deeper understanding of materials within the process. This paper presents an interactive and adaptive design-fabrication workflow where the user can actively take turns in the fabrication process. The proposed experimental setup utilizes paste extrusion additive manufacturing in tandem with real-time control of an industrial robotic arm. By incorporating a computer-vision based feedback loop, it captures momentary changes in the fabricated artifact introduced by the users to inform the digital representation. Using the updated digital representation, the proposed system can offer simple design hypotheses for the user to evaluate and adapt future toolpaths accordingly. This paper presents the development of the experimental setup and delineates critical concepts and their motivation.
keywords Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Manufacturing (CAM); Human Computer Interaction; 3D Printing; Interactive Digital Fabrication; Robotic Fabrication
series CAADRIA
email
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_id caadria2020_224
id caadria2020_224
authors Castelo-Branco, Renata and Leitão, António
year 2020
title Visual Meets Textual - A Hybrid Programming Environment for Algorithmic Design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.375
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. 375-384
summary Algorithmic approaches are currently being introduced in many areas of human activity and architecture is no exception. However, designing with algorithms is a foreign concept to many and the inadequacy of current programming environments creates a barrier to the generalized adoption of Algorithmic Design (AD). This research aims to provide architects with a programming tool they feel comfortable with, while allowing them to fully benefit from AD's advantages in the creation of complex architectural models. We present Khepri.gh, a hybrid solution that combines Grasshopper, a visual programming environment, with Khepri, a flexible and scalable textual programming tool. Khepri.gh establishes a bridge between the visual and the textual paradigm, offering its users the best of both worlds while providing an extra set of advantages, including portability among CAD, BIM, and analysis tools.
keywords Algorithmic Design; Hybrid Programming Environment; Textual Programming; Visual Programming
series CAADRIA
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