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_id	acadia21_480
id	acadia21_480
authors	Shaked, Tom; Degani, Amir
year	2021
title	Shepherd
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.480
source	ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by S. Parascho, J. Scott, and K. Dörfler. 480-489.
summary	Recent advancements in robotics allow to explore remote construction methods aimed at reducing the risk for workers. As the global pandemic places construction workers and their communities at high risk for disease, the need for remote construction methods increases. Such methods depend on the complicated task of controlling mobile robotic platforms in real-time. In this context, this paper presents work-in-progress in development and experimentation with a tool for collaborative earthworks using multi-agent unmanned ground vehicles. Expanding the field of collective robotic construction, this research simplifies the use of mobile robots and enables their operation using a design platform. Shepherd - a fabrication-oriented tool for simulation and control of mobile robotic platforms is presented, and its capacities are demonstrated in an earthworks case study. The case study exemplifies the potential of this approach to change the role of design tools in the operation and adoption of mobile multi-robotic platforms, thus contributing to robotic fabrication in architecture, landscape architecture, and construction.
series	ACADIA
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_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).
series	ACADIA
type	field note
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_id	sigradi2021_203
id	sigradi2021_203
authors	Diniz, Maria Luisa, Silva, Alan Felipe, Wedekin, Gabriela, Castro, Rafaela and Duarte, Rovenir
year	2021
title	Affective Cartographies for Smarter Cities
source	Gomez, P and Braida, F (eds.), Designing Possibilities - Proceedings of the XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2021), Online, 8 - 12 November 2021, pp. 1295–1306
summary	This paper focuses on the study of affective and digital cartographies and on relating them systematically with their design applications. The research is based on the Design Science Research strategy, through the following logical structure: (1) Problem identification; (2) Communication; (3) Definition of the objective of the solution; (4) Artifact design, development and implementation; (5) Demonstration and Evaluation. The results presented correspond to phases (1), (2) and structuring of (3). The categorization was based on the principles: (a) dynamism (dynamic vs. static), (b) responsiveness (immediate vs. non-immediate), (c) implementation domain (hard vs. soft), and (d) affective aspect (quantitative vs. qualitative). This was synthesized in a chart, which was submitted to the analysis of a group of 4 experts from a public urban planning entity, and possible applications of affective cartographies in urban projects were obtained. Those were confronted with reality from the overlapping of the problems listed with the synthesis chart, positioning such cartographies as to their vocations.
keywords	cartografias digitais, afeto, Deleuze, senseable cities, Smart City
series	SIGraDi
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_id	sigradi2021_176
id	sigradi2021_176
authors	Escaleira, Cláudia, Morais, António, Figueiredo, Bruno and Cruz, Paulo
year	2021
title	Reuse of Ceramic Roof Tiles: Enhancing New Functional Design Possibilities Through the Integration of Digital Tools for Simulation, Manufacture and Assembly
source	Gomez, P and Braida, F (eds.), Designing Possibilities - Proceedings of the XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2021), Online, 8 - 12 November 2021, pp. 1475–1486
summary	The material qualities of ceramic roof tiles have provided new formal interpretations that induced a new functional use—a wall. By disassembling ceramic roof tiles from roofs and assembling them into walls, its circularity potential was enlarged. This paper explores the potential use of ceramic roof tiles, as a single element type, in the definition of wall design systems and patterns of composition that comply with design for manufacture, assembly and disassembly (DfMA-D) requirements, through the development of a shape grammar and implementation through parametric models. The new shape grammar extends the compositional patterns already produced and the redefinition of the connection systems by incorporating DfMA-D requirements into the shape grammar rules sets new combinatorial patterns aligned with European Union goals for building circularity. The parametric models automate the generation of design solutions and extend the design process to the assembly and disassembly stages using robotic fabrication techniques.
keywords	circular building, component reuse, computational design, ceramic roof tiles, robotics in architecture
series	SIGraDi
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_id	caadria2021_309
id	caadria2021_309
authors	Gao, Xiaoni, Guo, Xiangmin and Lo, Tiantian
year	2021
title	Digital Infrastructure - A Potential Method for Rural Revitalization through Digitization of Rural Information
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.2.699
source	A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 699-708
summary	Rural revitalization is becoming a trend to improve the countrys economy. However, due to its remoteness and the infrastructure is not perfect, the village lacks the ability to attract young labor to some extent, reflecting the isolation of rural information. Thus, constructing rural information on digital infrastructure and breaking the barriers between urban and rural areas is based on a digital village and even intelligent village. This paper will discuss the potential of digitizing rural information, using digital information as a bridge between urban and rural areas, and connecting top-down and bottom-up stakeholders through a network or platform to promote rural cultural cognition and attract investment. The new form of rural development is a digital village that integrates rural information datas virtual interaction. The successful construction and promotion of digital villages will promote the revitalization of rural areas and data-driven development in the future information age.
keywords	digital infrastructure; rural information; digital data; virtual interaction; digitization
series	CAADRIA
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_id	cdrf2021_13
id	cdrf2021_13
authors	Hao Wen, Pengcheng Gu, Yuchao Zhang, Shuai Zou, and Patrik Schumacher
year	2021
title	A Generative Approach to Social Ecologies in Project [Symbios]City
doi	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5983-6_2
source	Proceedings of the 2021 DigitalFUTURES The 3rd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2021)
summary	The following paper talks about the studio project [Symbios]City, which is developed as a design research project in 2020–2021 Schumacher’ studio on social ecology of the graduate program in Architectural Association’s design research lab. The project aims to create an assemblage of social ecologies through a rich but cohesive multi-authored urban district. The primary ambition is to generate an urban area with a characterful, varied identity, that achieves a balanced order between unity and difference avoiding both the sterile and disorienting monotony of centrally planned modernist cities and the (equally disorienting) visual chaos of an agglomeration of utterly unrelated interventions as we find now frequently. Through a thorough research process, our project evolves mainly out of three principles that are taken into consideration for the development of our project: topological optimization, phenomenology, and ecology. By “ecology”, we understand it as a living network of information exchange. Therefore, every strategy we employ is not merely about reacting to the weather conditions, but instead it is an inquiry into the various ways we can exploit the latter, a translation of the weather conditions into spatial and programmatic properties. [Symbios]City therefore aims at developing a multi-authored urban area with a rich identity that achieves a balance between the various elements. [Symbios]City began formally from topological optimization, developed based on studies on ecology, and concluded the design following our phenomenological explorations, aiming at a complex design project that unifies the perception of all scales of design: from the platform to the skyscrapers.
series	cdrf
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_id	caadria2021_210
id	caadria2021_210
authors	Hsiao, Chi-Fu, Lee, Ching-Han, Chun-Yen, Chen and Teng-Wen, Chang
year	2021
title	A Distributed Agents Approach for Design and Fabricating Process Management among Prototyping Practice Environment
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.1.593
source	A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 593-601
summary	This paper develops a design and fabrication process management platform for prototyping practice environments using a robot operating system (ROS) framework, which we refer to as a fabricating operating service (FOS). The FOS executes a sequence of fabrication workflow that goes from materials handling, positioning, fabrication simulation, executing process to parts assembling. Each work phase is considered a different activity in the execution phase and a compact printed circuit board node to send and receive physical data. These nodes are registered onto an FOS cloud master, which distributes the node-to-node communication and links up the entire sequence of the workflow map. We propose FOS given that its loose, coupled, and distributed computation framework allows the fabrication team to visualize and record data using sharable ROS package structures. The FOS provides the advantage of easily creating additional tools, configurations, and automated scripts, and it increases the fabrication capabilities by simplifying and providing solutions for future robotic-aided fabrication development.
keywords	ROS; prototype; node; fabrication workflow;
series	CAADRIA
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_id	caadria2021_354
id	caadria2021_354
authors	Huang, Chenyu, Gong, Pixin, Ding, Rui, Qu, Shuyu and Yang, Xin
year	2021
title	Comprehensive analysis of the vitality of urban central activities zone based on multi-source data - Case studies of Lujiazui and other sub-districts in Shanghai CAZ
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.2.549
source	A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 549-558
summary	With the use of the concept Central Activities Zone in the Shanghai City Master Plan (2017-2035) to replace the traditional concept of Central Business District, core areas such as Shanghai Lujiazui will be given more connotations in the future construction and development. In the context of todays continuous urbanization and high-speed capital flow, how to identify the development status and vitality characteristics is a prerequisite for creating a high-quality Central Activities Zone. Taking Shanghai Lujiazui sub-district etc. as an example, the vitality value of weekday and weekend as well as 19 indexes including density of functional facilities and building morphology is quantified by obtaining multi-source big data. Meanwhile, the correlation between various indexes and the vitality characteristics of the Central Activities Zone are tried to summarize in this paper. Finally, a neural network regression model is built to bridge the design scheme and vitality values to realize the prediction of the vitality of the Central Activities Zone. The data analysis method proposed in this paper is versatile and efficient, and can be well integrated into the urban big data platform and the City Information Modeling, and provides reliable reference suggestions for the real-time evaluation of future urban construction.
keywords	multi-source big data; Central Activities Zone; Vitality; Lujiazui
series	CAADRIA
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_id	acadia21_372
id	acadia21_372
authors	Kang, Donghwi Chris; Hoban, Nicholas; Yablonina, Maria
year	2021
title	Discrete Quasicrystal Assembly
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.372
source	ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by B. Bogosian, K. Dörfler, B. Farahi, J. Garcia del Castillo y López, J. Grant, V. Noel, S. Parascho, and J. Scott. 372-379.
summary	The research presented in this paper proposes a bespoke digital machine-material system for architectural assembly. The research aims to contribute to the body of work in digital material systems and single-task construction and fabrication robotics. Specifically, the system proposes a digital material system based on the icosahedral quasicrystals accompanied with a bespoke assembling robot capable of locomotion along the material as well as manipulation of discrete material units. Through a set of locomotion and pick and place routines, the robotic system is capable of construction and reconfiguration of the material system. In proposing a digital machine-material system, the presented research argues for the development of design, fabrication, and robotics strategies wherein hardware, geometry, material, and software are developed in parallel in an interdependent co-design process. Such approach of considering parameters across the spectrum of design tasks allows to develop systems that are well suited for their specified application while maintaining minimum complexity and increasing accessibility of fabrication systems.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	caadria2021_275
id	caadria2021_275
authors	Kawai, Yasuo
year	2021
title	Development of a Landscape Simulation System for Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Region
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.2.489
source	A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 489-498
summary	In this study, we developed a historical and cultural landscape simulation system for Fujisawa-juku, a post town of the old Tokaido road. A game engine was used to recreate the landscape of the past by referring to old documents to inherit the history and culture of the region. Subsequently, an enhanced system was developed for changing the representation of time, season, and weather, and another system was developed for recreating the landscape using Ukiyo-e-style rendering. The developed system was exhibited at permanent installations in public facilities and at community events, and feedback from users led to major updates to the system. With the new information, we reviewed the shape of the model of the spatial components of the system and updated it to be more accurate. The digital model of this system can be updated with information that is not possible in a real model, such as a diorama. We will generalize this system through the unitization of spatial components to create a platform for historical cultural landscape simulation systems that can be used in other regions.
keywords	Landscape Simulation; Historical Landscape; Local Cultural Inheritance; Ukiyoe; Game Engine
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ijac202119104
id	ijac202119104
authors	Kieffer, Hyun Lynn; and Paul Nicholas
year	2021
title	Soft actuated material: Exploration of a programmable composite
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing 2021, Vol. 19 - no. 1, 50–66
summary	This paper describes the development of a programmable composite material and investigates its application in architecture as flexible and controllable surfaces. The composite leverages qualities found in the field of soft robots, that is, strength, precision, and the ability to change shape through vacuum actuation. It is an exploration of a range of applications for shape shifting composites within different phases of architecture. This research has deployed a controlled form-actuator of a designed surface as a reusable and flexible approach for concrete formwork and as a continuously changing spatial element, which aims to create a more engaging relationship between habitat and inhabitant. The design method linked to this composite aims to converge technology and material behavior and therethrough create a more linear process from design to construction. This paper elaborates on the design, simulation and fabrication methods, and their development through empirical research from individual actuatable cells to a controllable multi-cell surface and associated design tool.
keywords	Soft robots, programmable, artificial and deployable material, flexible architecture, shape-shifting composite, shape actuation
series	journal
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_id	ecaade2021_138
id	ecaade2021_138
authors	Liapi, Katherine and Liosi, Dimitra
year	2021
title	An Immersive Modular Museum-Archive Concept Model - An integration of shape grammars with virtual reality
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.323
source	Stojakovic, V and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 8-10 September 2021, pp. 323-332
summary	The paper presents a concept model of a modular exhibition that is designed to function as a museum in the physical environment and as an archive of architectural projects in the virtual. A design method based on shape grammars and inspired by the Bauhaus teaching, has been used to generate both the museum spaces and the archive which expands endlessly as the acquisition of architectural exhibits keeps increasing. Specifically, rules that control the geometric organization, tectonic expression and linear or radial expansion of a modular assembly of interlocking physical or virtual spaces, leading to various self-similar spatial patterns, have been developed. Several scenarios of the visitors' interaction with the exhibits and the museum's space with the use of VR and AR have been explored. In the actual museum scenario, physically present visitors can interact with the exhibits which are enriched with digital information. In the case of the archive, the Unity platform is used for the development of a virtual experience of the visitor who interacts with the expanding space and exhibits in a purely immersive manner.
keywords	virtual reality, augmented reality, shape grammars, golden ration, modular museum, archive, Bauhaus teaching
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia21_292
id	acadia21_292
authors	Schumann, Kyle; MacDonald, Katie
year	2021
title	Pillow Forming
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.292
source	ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by B. Bogosian, K. Dörfler, B. Farahi, J. Garcia del Castillo y López, J. Grant, V. Noel, S. Parascho, and J. Scott. 292-301.
summary	Recent decades have seen the development of increasingly powerful digital modeling and fabrication tools applied to the creation of molds or formwork for cast or formed materials. Many of these processes are highly customizable but resource intensive, singular in geometry, and disposable. This paper introduces pillow forming as a customizable, reusable forming system aimed at minimizing the resource intensity of construction and capable of producing both standardized and unique curved molded panels. The apparatus consists of a field of pneumatic pillows that inflate to form a complex curved surface with which various materials can be formed or cast. The design and construction of the system is discussed, including the modular inflation system, pneumatic and electronic control systems, control software run through Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, and Arduino, as well as the standard operation procedure. The system is demonstrated through the production of Homegrown, an architectural installation built of pillow formed biomaterial aggregate. Various limitations and opportunities of the system are discussed and analyzed, and opportunities for future development and applications in sustainable construction are posited.
series	ACADIA
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_id	ecaade2021_175
id	ecaade2021_175
authors	Sliwecki, Bartosz
year	2021
title	Virtual Online Living Spaces - The perfect home in the imperfect dream society of digital space
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.1.385
source	Stojakovic, V and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 8-10 September 2021, pp. 385-392
summary	Cheap VR technologies have fed the online community a boasting dose of bored individuals that crave rapid, on demand, interactive entertainment, which is freely available on platforms such as VR CHAT. Up to today, VR platforms primarily exist as an extra layered multimedia entertainment platform with fairly shallow character development and scene use. Through the use of such platforms, a general assessment of key traits was formed based on the population status of the most visited worlds by the general public throughout a typical week. Six key traits were used as a baseline view in order to better understand the relations between each world and how the individual differences could have influenced the final result. the traits were design quality, complexity, lighting conditions, function, scale, and asset amount. The final results proved that pre-pandemic online populace chose worlds of fairly mid ranged traits almost all across the board, with the exception of lighting conditions and representative function. Gathered information will form a basic understanding of the desires of the virtual human counterpart, and from a clearer view of the trends in virtual architecture design for online living spaces.
keywords	virtual architecture; digital design; virtual reality; computer aided architectural design; online societies
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia21_462
id	acadia21_462
authors	Yablonina, Maria; Coleman, James
year	2021
title	Small Robots and Big Projects
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.462
source	ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by B. Bogosian, K. Dörfler, B. Farahi, J. Garcia del Castillo y López, J. Grant, V. Noel, S. Parascho, and J. Scott. 462-469.
summary	This paper describes a custom robotic process for semi-autonomous survey and layout of architectural elements for a large-scale renovation project. Specifically, the research presents a custom single-task robotic device accompanied with software and workflow methods for surveying, localizing, and marking the positions of façade anchors along the surface of primary steel members. Enabled by custom robotic locomotion and real-time localization, the presented approach offers high-tolerance installation in a low-tolerance environment while minimizing dangerous erection steps that would typically be done by field personnel. The robotic system and the workflow are designed, developed, and tailored to the specific project needs and parameters of the renovated building. For instance, the Halbach magnetic locomotion system presented in this paper is custom designed to traverse the radius of steel pipes that the building structure consists of. On the one hand, such specificity renders the robotic hardware obsolete when applied beyond this project. However, the hardware simplicity enabled by its single-task purpose, allowed the team to rapidly develop and deploy the robotic system on-site within a year which would have not been possible with generic hardware. The paper describes the current stage of development of the robotic system and uses the presented robotic workflow to outline the benefits of single-task robotics approach in construction.
series	ACADIA
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_id	caadria2021_405
id	caadria2021_405
authors	Zarei, Maryam, Erhan, Halil, Abuzuraiq, Ahmed M., Alsalman, Osama and Haas, Alyssa
year	2021
title	Design and Development of Interactive Systems for Integration of Comparative Visual Analytics in Design Workflow
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.2.121
source	A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 121-130
summary	In architectural design, data-driven processes are increasingly utilized in creating and selecting design alternatives. Multiple design-aid systems that support such processes exist. Still, these systems dominantly support parametric modelling only or lack sufficient support for organizing, scanning and comparing multiple alternatives in the process of their creation while considering both their forms and performance data. In this paper, we argue that (a) evaluating and selecting potential alternatives must take place in the same context they are created and explored, (b) interactive data visualizations can provide real-time feedback about various aspects of design alternatives, and they should be incorporated as early in the design process as possible, and (c) design environment must enable comparing design alternatives as an integral part of the design workflow. We call our approach 'comparative design analytics,' which aims to identify, develop, and validate practical key features of visualization tools for assisting designers in analyzing and comparing multiple solutions with their data. We present D-CAT as a visualization prototype tool integrated with an existing CAD application. D-CAT acts as a platform for generating knowledge about using interactive data visualization for comparing design alternatives. Our goal is to transfer the findings from evaluating this interface to developing practical applications for real-world use.
keywords	Comparative Design Analytics; Interactive System Development; Design Data Visualization; Design Workflow Augmentation; Creativity Support Tool
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ijac202119105
id	ijac202119105
authors	Zhang, Viola; David Rosenwasser, and Jenny E. Sabin
year	2021
title	PolyTile 2.0: Programmable microtextured ceramic architectural tiles embedded with environmentally responsive biofunctionality
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing 2021, Vol. 19 - no. 1, 65–85
summary	PolyTile 2.0 interrogates the potential of programmable biofunctionalities in our constructed architectural environmentsthrough the development of advanced ceramic bio-tiles. These tiles utilize novel patterning techniques and hydrogelbiomaterials to tune surface conditions at the micro- and macroscale. This trans-disciplinary work builds upon recentadvancements in the fields of three-dimensional printing, digital ceramics, materials science, bioengineering, chemicalbiology, and architecture. PolyTile 2.0 enables designers and architects to implement biofunctionality and microscalepatterning fittingly and with the ability to continuously adjust design iterations across scales. The refinement utilizesglazing strategies as a directable fluidic device and biocompatible hydrogels as a sensing platform to further developmentsin responsive built environments. This article outlines methods for the production of bulk-scale hydrogel materials,stereolithography-based three-dimensional printed ceramic tiles, and scalable glazing techniques, which bring building-scale application of this technology to the foreground.
keywords	Three-dimensional printing, hydrogel materials, digital ceramics, biofunctionality, advanced composite materials, responsive architecture
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_id	ascaad2021_007
id	ascaad2021_007
authors	Alabbasi, Mohammad; Han-Mei Chen, Asterios Agkathidis
year	2021
title	Developing a Design Framework for the 3D Printing Production of Concrete Building Components: A Case Study on Column Optimization for Efficient Housing Solutions in Saudi Arabia
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. 713-726
summary	This paper is examining the development of a design and fabrication framework aiming to increase the efficiency of the construction of concrete building components by introducing 3D concrete printing in the context of Saudi Arabia. In particular, we will present an algorithmic process focusing on the design and fabrication of a typical, mass customised, single-family house, which incorporates parametric modelling, topology optimisation, finite element (FE) analysis and robotic 3D printing techniques. We will test and verify our framework by designing and fabricating a loadbearing concrete column with structural and material properties defined by the Saudi Building Code of Construction. Our findings are highlighting the advantages and challenges of the proposed file-to-factory framework in comparison to the conventional construction methods currently applied in Saudi Arabia, or other similar sociopolitical contexts. By comparing the material usage in both conventional and optimised columns, the results have shown that material consumption has been reduced by 25%, the required labour in the construction site has been mitigated by 28 and the duration time has been reduced by 80% without the need for formwork.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	sigradi2021_283
id	sigradi2021_283
authors	Alexandrino, Joao Victor Mota, Amorim, Leonardo Edson, Muniz, Vinícius Fernandes and Leite, Raquel Magalhaes
year	2021
title	Architecture and Context: A Data-based Approach to Optimize Climate Performance of Built Facades
source	Gomez, P and Braida, F (eds.), Designing Possibilities - Proceedings of the XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2021), Online, 8 - 12 November 2021, pp. 1139–1150
summary	The present research stems from a critical reflection about the environmental adaptability of existing building envelopes. The main goal is to explore how to balance environmental optimization with contextual constraints, using modularity, flexibility and mass customization as guiding principles. An application study was carried out with the development of a second skin proposal aligned with the use and context of the building under study. For this purpose, simulations that assess environmental conditions were developed within a visual programming tool, not only feeding the design process with essential information, but also providing a flexible creative process. Results show that such simulations allow the designer to interpret these studies more accurately, reducing the iterative guesswork, since in this workflow it is possible to transform these outputs into proposition parameters for new designs or interventions.
keywords	Data-Driven Analysis, Optimization, Parametric Facade Design, Thermal performance, High-low architecture, Mass Customization, Second Skin
series	SIGraDi
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_id	sigradi2021_361
id	sigradi2021_361
authors	Almeida, Julio, Bevilaqua, Diogo, Piaia, Luana and Secchi, Carla
year	2021
title	TEC-House: Itinerant Modular Space Based on Digital Fabrication
source	Gomez, P and Braida, F (eds.), Designing Possibilities - Proceedings of the XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2021), Online, 8 - 12 November 2021, pp. 1499–1510
summary	The academy aims to understand and insert digital technologies in the collaborative, interdisciplinary and innovative process. Thus, the process of this project aims to develop an itinerant space that enables integration between academics and the community, associated with digital technologies, making it essential as a precursor of knowledge, innovation and social well-being. Based on concepts from Smart City and Smart Campus, as it addresses a phenomenon of development intrinsic to technological processes in pursuit of environmental quality, it appropriates of digital manufacturing tools as a programmatic production model. Inspired by the generation of physical objects from digital models along the lines of Wikihouse, a modular architectural executive method was developed as an alternative for flexibility and movement. At the end of the process, there is the conception of the TEC-House, idealized as an itinerant modular space, based on anthropometric parameters where function determines the way they integrate, constituting modifying places.
keywords	TEC-House, Digital Manufacturing, Modular, Itinerant Space, Innovation
series	SIGraDi
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