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_id ijac202018101
id ijac202018101
authors Karakiewicz, Justyna
year 2020
title Design is real, complex, inclusive, emergent and evil
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 18 - no. 1, 5-19
summary Can computers make our designs more intelligent and better informed? This is the implication of the theme of the special issue. Architectural design is often thought of as the design of the object, and design models of architecture seek to explicate this process. As an architect, however, I cannot subscribe to that view. In this particular article, I will explore how computational approaches have illuminated and expanded my work to enable the interaction of these themes across scores of projects. Underpinning the projects are foundational concepts: design is real, complex, inclusive, emergent and evil. Design is grounded in reality and facts, that we can derive design outcomes from a deep and unblemished understanding of the world around us. It is not a stylistic escape. Reality is complex. Architectural design has sought to simplify. This was inescapable when projects are so large yet need to be communicated succinctly. ‘Less is more’ justified this approach. In town planning, this is evident in the tool of zoning. Parse the problem and then address each piece. What we do is part of a larger effort. The field of architecture seeks distinction. Design theories want to distinguish and elevate architecture. But if design is complex and it is real, then it is tied to messy realism. Designing has to become accessible to other realms of knowledge. Designing is the seeking of opportunity. For many, design is simply finding the answer – think of Herbert Simon’s statement that design is problem solving. Design reveals opportunities, and these emergent conditions are to be grasped. As designers, our decisions have implications. We know now that what we build has future implications in ways that are profound. When we define design as problem solving, we ignore the truth that design is problem making.
keywords Design, panarchy, CAS, complexity, Digital Project, Galapagos
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last changed 2020/11/02 13:34

_id ecaade2020_244
id ecaade2020_244
authors Simeone, Davide, Cursi, Stefano, Coraglia, Ugo Maria and Fioravanti, Antonio
year 2020
title Reasoning in Common Data Environments - Re-thinking CDEs to enhance collaboration in BIM processes
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. 499-506
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.499
summary In BIM processes, the concept of Common Data Environment - CDE - has often been depicted as a key element for successful collaboration and information sharing among different actors but, in current practice, acts as a mere documentation repository ineffective for true collaborative purposes. Therefore, the idea of CDE seems to be overrated on the one hand and unexploited on the other, while effective collaboration is still far from being decisively supported. To overcome this lack, the present research focuses on the definition of a new generation of CDEs, enhanced with an information level for knowledge integration provided by different information carriers such as models and datasets. The paper discusses its development through a graph database platform and dedicated methodologies for data retrieval and query, to verify coherence and consistency of information among different models.
keywords Collaboration in AEC processes; Common Data Environment; Graph Databases; Building Information Modeling; Queries and data retrieval
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ascaad2021_041
id ascaad2021_041
authors Taºdelen, Sümeyye; Leman Gül
year 2021
title Social Network Analysis of Digital Design Actors: Exploratory Study Covering the Journal Architectural Design
source Abdelmohsen, S, El-Khouly, T, Mallasi, Z and Bennadji, A (eds.), Architecture in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: Transformations and Challenges [9th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-907349-20-1] Cairo (Egypt) [Virtual Conference] 2-4 March 2021, pp. 280-292
summary This research asks the question of how the design knowledge production mechanism is processed differentiates digital design actors from each other in the social media/professional and academic fields of architecture. Due to the broad nature of the research question, the study focuses on academia and academia-related media through prominent architect-authors and subject titles in the literature. Bourdieu’s concept of capital is introduced, in which cultural and symbolic capital are considered part of the production values of digital design actors. Digital design actors use image-based social media tools such as Instagram effectively. The paper uses two methods: the first is a bibliographical analysis of author-texts, and the second is a social network analysis. By employing the keyword-based search from the Web of Science database, this study has managed to extract papers with full records (citations, keywords, and abstracts), with the journal Architectural Design having most publications. Considering that both academicians and professionals contribute to publications in Architectural Design, we selected all its publications between 2010-2020 for bibliometric analysis. These analysis techniques include the bibliometric network analyses and social network analysis with the focus on visualizing the algorithms and statistical calculations of well-established metrics. The research reveals the most critical nodes of the bibliometric network by calculating the appropriate central metrics. The network formed by the selected Instagram accounts of digital design actors are shown to be a small-scale network group, while the hashtags of digital design concepts are more numerous than the digital design actors.
series ASCAAD
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last changed 2021/08/09 13:11

_id caadria2020_222
id caadria2020_222
authors Sun, Chengyu and Hu, Wei
year 2020
title A Rapid Building Density Survey Method Based on Improved Unet
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. 649-658
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.649
summary How to rapidly obtain building density information in a large range is a key problem for architecture and planning. This is because architectural design or urban planning is not isolated, and the environment of the building is influenced by the distribution of other buildings in a larger area. For areas where building density data are not readily available, the current methods to estimate building density are more or less inadequate. For example, the manual survey method is relatively slow and expensive, the traditional satellite image processing method is not very accurate or needs to purchase high-precision multispectral remote sensing image from satellite companies. Based on the deep neural network, this paper proposes a method to quickly extract large-scale building density information by using open satellite images platforms such as Baidu map, Google Earth, etc., and optimizes the application in the field of building and planning. Compared with the traditional method, it has the advantages of less time and money, higher precision, and can provide data support for architectural design and regional planning rapidly and conveniently.
keywords building density; rapidly and conveniently; neural network
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id cdrf2019_3
id cdrf2019_3
authors Andrej Radman
year 2020
title Machinic Phylum and Architecture
source Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020)
doi https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4400-6_1
summary The chapter draws on the anti-substantivist and anti-hylomorphic legacy of two significant Deleuze and Guattari’s interlocutors: Raymond Ruyer and Gilbert Simondon. Ruyer vehemently opposed the logic of mechanicism without regressing to (active) vitalism. His masterpiece Neofinalism, yet to be fully appreciated in architectural circles, is an ode to multiplicity or ‘absolute form’. The title is to be read as a challenge to the hegemony of the step-by-step causation and partes-extra-partes mereology. According to Ruyer, non-locality is the key,not only to the question of subjectivity, but to the problem of life itself. Simondon too shies away from the metaphysics of presence. For him, the process of individuation cannot be grasped on the basis of the fully formed individual. In other words, the knowledge of individuation is the individuation of knowledge. Simondon’s highest ambition in On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects was to integrate culture and technics (tekhne). The conviction that culture need not be antagonistic to technology is particularly pertinent to the ecologies of architecture. In the second half of the chapter, the affordance theory meets contemporary neurosciences.
series cdrf
email
last changed 2022/09/29 07:51

_id acadia20_708
id acadia20_708
authors Charbel, Hadin; López Lobato, Déborah
year 2020
title Between Signal and Noise
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. 708-718.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.708
summary Climate change continues to have noticeable and accelerated impacts on various territories. Previously predictable and recognizable patterns used by humans and nonhumans alike are perpetually being altered, turning localized signals into noise and effectively disrupting indigenous modes of life. While the use of certain technologies such as data collection, machine learning, and automation can render these otherwise patternless information streams into intelligible content, they are generally associated as being “territorializing,” as an increase in resolution generally lends itself to control, exploitation, and colonization. Contrarily, indigenous groups with long-lasting relationships that have evolved over time have distinct ways of reading and engaging with their contexts, developing sustainable practices that, while effective, are often overlooked as being compatible with contemporary tools. This paper examines how the use of traditionally territorializing technologies can be paired with indigenous knowledge and protocols in order to operate between signal and noise, rendering perverse changes in the landscape comprehensible while also presenting their applications as a facet for sociopolitical, cultural, and ecological adaptation. A methodology defined as “decoding” and “recoding” presents four distinct case studies in the Arctic, addressing various scales and targets with the aim of disrupting current trends in order to grant and/or retain autonomy through what can be read as a form of preservation via augmented adaptation.
series ACADIA
type paper
email
last changed 2023/10/22 12:06

_id caadria2020_128
id caadria2020_128
authors Chen, Zi-Ru
year 2020
title The Guidance System of Gamification and Augmented Reality in a Museum Space
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. 671-680
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.671
summary Gamification is the application of game-oriented design approaches or game-inspired mechanics to otherwise non-game contexts. Mobile guiding system is the design process of information interactions. It is the integration of information design, interaction design, and sensorial design. The e-learning system of mobile guide is able to be loaded gamification concepts and let mobile learning interestingly, diversely, and validly. The problem of the research was if we combined the concept of gamification design into museum guide services with augmented reality for non-commercial purposes, it also provided the same benefits to the promotion of museum learning and knowledge, integrating mobile devices as navigation media. It would improve more users to participate in a museum and use the guide system actively, and then arise their interest and achievement. The result was to establish a preliminary model for developing a museum mobile guide system of gamification design and augmented reality.
keywords Gamification; Museum Learning; Multimedia Guided System; Augmented Reality
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id cdrf2019_36
id cdrf2019_36
authors Dan Luo, Joseph M. Gattas, and Poah Shiun Shawn Tan
year 2020
title Real-Time Defect Recognition and Optimized Decision Making for Structural Timber Jointing
source Proceedings of the 2020 DigitalFUTURES The 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020)
doi https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4400-6_4
summary Non-structural or out-of-grade timber framing material contains a large proportion of visual and natural defects. A common strategy to recover usable material from these timbers is the marking and removing of defects, with the generated intermediate lengths of clear wood then joined into a single piece of fulllength structural timber. This paper presents a novel workflow that uses machine learning based image recognition and a computational decision-making algorithm to enhance the automation and efficiency of current defect identification and rejoining processes. The proposed workflow allows the knowledge of worker to be translated into a classifier that automatically recognizes and removes areas of defects based on image capture. In addition, a real-time optimization algorithm in decision making is developed to assign a joining sequence of fragmented timber from a dynamic inventory, creating a single piece of targeted length with a significant reduction in material waste. In addition to an industrial application, this workflow also allows for future inventory-constrained customizable fabrication, for example in production of non-standard architectural components or adaptive reuse or defect-avoidance in out-of-grade timber construction.
series cdrf
email
last changed 2022/09/29 07:51

_id sigradi2020_924
id sigradi2020_924
authors Durango Gomez, Julián Fernando Leon; Giraldo Vásquez, Maria Isabel
year 2020
title Sustainable scenarios for and in university education: design of sustainable products
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. 924-929
summary This paper proposes instruments from the sustainable development framework for the construction of a sustainable product design undergraduated program guide. The methodology used was mixed: surveys, both quantitative and qualitative, focus groups and semi-structured virtual interviews were carried out. Information on the state of the art was collected and later served as input for the construction of the guide. The results showed a concern about the lack of academic spaces to train with skills and conscience about the topic. Likewise, these allowed the construction of this guide, where knowledge that promotes more sustainable consumption and production could be imparted.
keywords Sustainable design, Curriculum, Undergraduated degree, Academic instruments
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:53

_id caadria2020_402
id caadria2020_402
authors Ezzat, Mohammed
year 2020
title A Framework for a Comprehensive Conceptualization of Urban Constructs - SpatialNet and SpatialFeaturesNet for computer-aided creative urban design
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. 111-120
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.111
summary Analogy is thought to be foundational for designing and for design creativity. Nonetheless, practicing analogical reasoning needs a knowledge-base. The paper proposes a framework for constructing a knowledge-base of urban constructs that builds on an ontology of urbanism. The framework is composed of two modules that are responsible for representing either the concepts or the features of any urban constructs' materialization. The concepts are represented as a knowledge graph (KG) named SpatialNet, while the physical features are represented by a deep neural network (DNN) called SpatialFeaturesNet. For structuring SpatialNet, as a KG that comprehensively conceptualizes spatial qualities, deep learning applied to natural language processing (NLP) is employed. The comprehensive concepts of SpatialNet are firstly discovered using semantic analyses of nine English lingual corpora and then structured using the urban ontology. The goal of the framework is to map the spatial features to the plethora of their matching concepts. The granularity ànd the coherence of the proposed framework is expected to sustain or substitute other known analogical, knowledge-based, inspirational design approaches such as case-based reasoning (CBR) and its analogical application on architectural design (CBD).
keywords Domain-specific knowledge graph of urban qualities; Deep neural network for structuring KG; Natural language processing and comprehensive understanding of urban constructs; Urban cognition and design creativity; Case-based reasoning (CBR) and case-based design (CBD)
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id sigradi2020_683
id sigradi2020_683
authors Granero, Adriana Edith; Piegari, Ricardo Gustavo
year 2020
title How does AI affect higher design education? An investigation to open the debate
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. 683-688
summary This research tries to open the debate about the possibility offered by Artificial Intelligence. Is there a possibility that AI will help us teach in the Architecture career? Can the student have an AI tutor? The architect's learning is carried out through University Education, which is a complex system of: physical spaces, duration and organization of studies, financing, diplomas and degrees, teaching staff and methods, population or applicants, admission requirements. How does AI affect University Education? Will it generate more opportunities? We proposed an experience with AI and images to evaluate this convergent culture.
keywords Digital Image, Knowledge and Image Generation, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Images, Generative Images
series SIGraDi
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last changed 2021/07/16 11:52

_id caadria2020_427
id caadria2020_427
authors Holzer, Dominik and Loh, Paul
year 2020
title Digital Stupefaction - Seduction and Complacency of Digital Techniques
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. 351-360
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.351
summary Digital design techniques have saturated architectural discourse in the past forty-plus years from modelling to simulation and fabrication. Digital or Computational Design now forms part of the standard architectural curriculum, promising efficiency in modelling, design, advancing site analysis and ease of fabrication. Alongside these promises, we as educators begin to witness a new level of complacency governed by the use of the digital tools; we call this Digital Stupefaction. With the increasing 'smartness' of digital tools, what is the risk of shifting away from the focus of what students should/could know, and what information they embody? Is it still relevant to be able to draw on intrinsic background knowledge, or tacit knowledge in action, when everything can be analysed and verified on the fly (or even pre-selected via AI)? How can educators respond to these challenges by adjusting the way they deliver subjects associated with digital design?
keywords Digital; Education; Critical; Pedagogy; Knowledge
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id caadria2020_051
id caadria2020_051
authors Homolja, Mitra, Maghool, Sayyed Amir Hossain and Schnabel, Marc Aurel
year 2020
title The Impact of Moving through the Built Environment on Emotional and Neurophysiological State - A Systematic Literature Review
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. 641-650
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.641
summary Despite theoretical evidence about the capabilities of visual properties of space for manipulating inhabitants' emotions, a gap in knowledge exists for empirical studies in controlled environments. Interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of architecture, psychology, and neuroscience can provide robust guidelines and criteria for designers to engineer emotions. Due to the novelty of the field, the theoretical framework for such studies is not well established. Consequently, this paper presents a systematic literature review to find and synthesize recent relevant studies at this intersection. Based on these findings, we will investigate the impact of other visuo-spatial stimuli on emotions in a rigorous way. According to the theories of emotions, manipulation of emotions is linked to oscillations in physiological responses caused by exposure to sensory stimuli. Moreover, there is a consensus that human perception is action-oriented. Therefore, our review focuses on studies that employ biosensors as subjects move in physical or virtual environments.
keywords Neuroarchitecture; Brain Body Sensors; Virtual Reality; Physiological Response; Emotional Response
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id ecaade2023_227
id ecaade2023_227
authors Moorhouse, Jon and Freeman, Tim
year 2023
title Towards a Genome for Zero Carbon Retrofit of UK Housing
source Dokonal, W, Hirschberg, U and Wurzer, G (eds.), Digital Design Reconsidered - Proceedings of the 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2023) - Volume 2, Graz, 20-22 September 2023, pp. 197–206
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.197
summary The United Kingdom has some of the worst insulated housing stock in Northern Europe. This is in part due to the age of housing in the UK, with over 90% being built before 1990 [McCrone 2017, Piddington 2020]. Moreover, 85% of current UK housing will still be in use in 2050 by which stage their Government are targeting Net Carbon Zero [Eyre 2019]. Domestic energy use accounts for around 25% of UK carbon emissions. The UK will need to retrofit 20 million dwellings in order to meet this target. If this delivery were evenly spread, it would equate to over 2,000 retrofit completions each day. Government-funded initiatives are stimulating the market, with upwards of 60,000 social housing retrofits planned for 2023, but it is clear that a system must be developed to enable the design and implementation of housing-stock improvement at a large scale.This paper charts the 20-year development of a digital approach to the design for low-carbon domestic retrofit by architects Constructive Thinking Studio Limited and thence documents the emergence of a collaborative approach to retrofit patterns on a National scale. The author has led the Research and Development stream of this practice, developing a Building Information Modelling methodology and integrated Energy Modelling techniques to optimise design for housing retrofit [Georgiadou 2019, Ben 2020], and then inform a growing palette of details and a database of validated solutions [Moorhouse 2013] that can grow and be used to predict options for future projects [D’Angelo 2022]. The data is augmented by monitoring energy and environmental performance, enabling a growing body of knowledge that can be aligned with existing big data to simulate the benefits of nationwide stock improvement. The paper outlines incremental case studies and collaborative methods pivotal in developing this work The proposed outcome of the work is a Retrofit Genome that is available at a national level.
keywords Retrofit, Housing, Zero-Carbon, BIM, Big Data, Design Genome
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2023/12/10 10:49

_id acadia20_574
id acadia20_574
authors Nguyen, John; Peters, Brady
year 2020
title Computational Fluid Dynamics in Building Design Practice
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. 574-583.
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2020.1.574
summary This paper provides a state-of-the-art of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the building industry. Two methods were used to find this new knowledge: a series of interviews with leading architecture, engineering, and software professionals; and a series of tests in which CFD software was evaluated using comparable criteria. The paper reports findings in technology, workflows, projects, current unmet needs, and future directions. In buildings, airflow is fundamental for heating and cooling, as well as occupant comfort and productivity. Despite its importance, the design of airflow systems is outside the realm of much of architectural design practice; but with advances in digital tools, it is now possible for architects to integrate air flow into their building design workflows (Peters and Peters 2018). As Chen (2009) states, “In order to regulate the indoor air parameters, it is essential to have suitable tools to predict ventilation performance in buildings.” By enabling scientific data to be conveyed in a visual process that provides useful analytical information to designers (Hartog and Koutamanis 2000), computer performance simulations have opened up new territories for design “by introducing environments in which we can manipulate and observe” (Kaijima et al. 2013). Beyond comfort and productivity, in recent months it has emerged that air flow may also be a matter of life and death. With the current global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, it is indoor environments where infections most often happen (Qian et al. 2020). To design architecture in a post-COVID-19 environment will require an in-depth understanding of how air flows through space.
series ACADIA
type paper
email
last changed 2023/10/22 12:06

_id sigradi2020_594
id sigradi2020_594
authors Poustinchi, Ebrahim; Hashemi, Mona; Krivanek, Cory
year 2020
title Physical Interface for Robotic Marionette Camera (RMC): Hardware Controlling Platform for Robotic Videography Motion 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. 594-599
summary This project-based research is an investigation on controlling robotic videography/camera through an interactive physical interface. Here referred to as Robotic Marionette Camera (RMC), this research project is enabling designers and videographers to design precise robotic videography scenarios and camera-paths in the physical world with similar qualities to the digital design environments.Using the ideas of a “digital” camera in design software platforms, RMC looks at concepts such as aiming, zooming in and out, panning, orbiting, and other motions/operations borrowed from cinematography, such as tilting, rolling and trucking amongst others.As a physical/hardware interface, RMC enables real-time interaction with an industrial robot arm through a custom-made hardware controller. Using a tangible interface, RMC users can design, edit, and program the robotic videography paths interactively without a need for programming knowledge.
keywords Robotics, Design, Interface Design, Videography, Human-Robot Interaction
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:52

_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_188
id caadria2020_188
authors Suzuki, Takaharu, Ikeda, Hikaru, Takeuchi, Issei, Matsunaga, Fumiya, Sumitomo, Eri and Ikeda, Yasushi
year 2020
title Holonavi - A study on User Interface for Assembly Guidance System with Mixed Reality in a Timber Craft of Architecture
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. 691-700
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.1.691
summary This paper introduces ideas to use Mixed Reality (MR) technologies in craftsman's work of architecture.One of the backgrounds of this study is emerging technology of Mixed Reality becoming much easier to use recently with new devices such as Microsoft Hololens. Among many possible applications of this technique in architectural work, we particularly choose Japanese traditional timber joinery 'Kumiki' as a model case of complicated architectural work.We found that people need a certain sense of 3D recognition and knowledge about right order of assemble. That is what we can suggest for users with our MR guidance system named 'Holonavi' which can show appropriate information in 3D vision in real time. The aim of our research is to find useful knowledge about effective ways and sufficient information to guide users. As a conclusion, we found that guidance with MR technology gives users to have a recognition more effectively for take of right action when they are moving their viewpoint around the object and when they located in the range of reachable distance to the objects. It is the first achievement for use of 'Holonavi' to let people feel more fun to craft something by their hands aided by computer.
keywords Craftsman’s work; Mixed Reality; Digital Construction; Augmented Reality; Hololens
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:56

_id ecaade2020_479
id ecaade2020_479
authors Trento, Armando, Kieferle, Joachim B. and Wössner, Uwe
year 2020
title A Decision Making Tool for Supporting Strategies of Archaeological Restoration - Case Study of Ostia, Maritime 'Portus' of the Imperial Rome
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. 107-116
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.107
summary Computer aided examination methods for remains of previous human societies support the study of past human behaviour, thus enriching the understanding of our culture. With mostly limited budgets, finding the most effective use for the limited resources for archaeological restoration is highly relevant for many existing sites all over the world. Sites, that need to allow visitors to safely experience archaeological heritage, even within natural landscapes. This paper illustrates an innovative method, technically using Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Virtual Reality (VR), for integrating the domain specific parameters - at all various scales - of the historical asset into one shared digital twin. To provide an effective platform for all project participants to share their knowledge, and to jointly develop the best design decision. The information is collected and displayed within the digital twin of the archaeological site, both for the communication between the specialists, and facilitating practice of the archaeological investigation, further analysis, conservative restoration and reconstruction. The case study aims at implementing this tool into the ongoing Portus project of Imperial Rome.
keywords Archaeological Restoration; Digital Design Support System; BIM; VR
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:57

_id acadia23_v3_71
id acadia23_v3_71
authors Vassigh, Shahin; Bogosian, Biayna
year 2023
title Envisioning an Open Knowledge Network (OKN) for AEC Roboticists
source ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 3: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9891764-1-0]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 24-32.
summary The construction industry faces numerous challenges related to productivity, sustainability, and meeting global demands (Hatoum and Nassereddine 2020; Carra et al. 2018; Barbosa, Woetzel, and Mischke 2017; Bock 2015; Linner 2013). In response, the automation of design and construction has emerged as a promising solution. In the past three decades, researchers and innovators in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) fields have made significant strides in automating various aspects of building construction, utilizing computational design and robotic fabrication processes (Dubor et al. 2019). However, synthesizing innovation in automation encounters several obstacles. First, there is a lack of an established venue for information sharing, making it difficult to build upon the knowledge of peers. First, the absence of a well-established platform for information sharing hinders the ability to effectively capitalize on the knowledge of peers. Consequently, much of the research remains isolated, impeding the rapid dissemination of knowledge within the field (Mahbub 2015). Second, the absence of a standardized and unified process for automating design and construction leads to the individual development of standards, workflows, and terminologies. This lack of standardization presents a significant obstacle to research and learning within the field. Lastly, insufficient training materials hinder the acquisition of skills necessary to effectively utilize automation. Traditional in-person robotics training is resource-intensive, expensive, and designed for specific platforms (Peterson et al. 2021; Thomas 2013).
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