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_id	ecaade2022_312
id	ecaade2022_312
authors	Bhagat, Puja and Gursoy, Benay
year	2022
title	Stretch – 3D Print – Release: Formal descriptions of shape-change in 3D printed shapes on stretched fabrics
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.301
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 301–310
summary	Researchers have previously explored 3D printing 2D shapes on stretched fabrics using plastic filaments. When released, the 3D printed plastic constrains the fabric to take a 3D form. By leveraging the material properties and resultant tension between the rigid plastic and pliable fabric, it is possible to create 3D forms which would otherwise be difficult to construct with traditional fabrication techniques. Multiple factors are in play in this shape-change. Therefore, it is often difficult to anticipate the 3D form that will emerge when the stretched fabric is released. In this paper, we present our systematic bottom-up explorations on the effects of various parameters on shape-change and formalize our findings as rules. These rules help to visualize the interrelations between (abstract) shapes designed for 3D printing, (material) shapes 3D printed on stretched fabric, and (material) shapes that emerge when the fabric is released. The rules also help to explore design possibilities with this technique in a more controlled, communicable, and repeatable way. We also present a series of vaulted forms that we generated using these rules and by stretching - 3D printing - releasing the fabric.
keywords	Material Computing, Shape-change, Adaptive Architecture, Digital Fabrication, 3D Printing on Textiles
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2022_175
id	ecaade2022_175
authors	Di Carlo, Raffaele, Mittal, Divyae and Vesely, Ondrej
year	2022
title	Generating 3D Building Volumes for a Given Urban Context using Pix2Pix GAN
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.287
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 2, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 287–295
summary	Our ability to delegate the most intellectually demanding tasks to machines improves with each passing day. Even in the fields of architecture and design, which were previously thought to be exclusive domain of human creativity and flare, we are moving the first steps towards developing models that can capture the patterns, invisible to the naked eye, embedded in the creative process. These patterns reflect ideas and traditions, imprinted in the collective mind over the course of history, that can be improved upon or serve as a cautionary tale for the new generation of designers in their work of designing an equitable, more inclusive future. Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) give us the opportunity to turn style and design into learnable features that can be used to automatically generate blueprints and layouts. In this study, we attempt to apply this technology to urban design and to the task of generating a building footprint and volume that fits within the surrounding built environment. We do so by developing a Pix2Pix model composed of a ResNet-6 generator and a Patch discriminator, applying it to satellite views of neighborhoods from across the Netherlands, and then turning the resulting 2D generated building footprint into a reusable 3D model. The model is trained using the national cadastral data and TU Delft 3D BAG dataset. The results show that it is possible to predict a building shape compatible in style and height with the surroundings. Although the model can be used for different applications, we use it as an evaluation tool to compare the design alternatives fitting the desired contextual patterns.
keywords	Generative Adversarial Networks, Urban Design, Pix2Pix, Raster Vectorization, 3D Rendering
series	eCAADe
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_id	ascaad2022_000
id	ascaad2022_000
authors	El-Bastawissi, Ibtihal Y.; Abdelmohsen, Sherif
year	2022
title	ASCAAD 2022: Hybrid Spaces of the Metaverse
source	Hybrid Spaces of the Metaverse - Architecture in the Age of the Metaverse: Opportunities and Potentials [10th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings] Debbieh (Lebanon) [Virtual Conference] 12-13 October 2022, 743 p.
summary	The ASCAAD 2022 theme focuses on Hybrid Spaces of the Metaverse, with the aim of unraveling the opportunities and potentials of architecture in the age of the Metaverse. Historically space was always the container of people’s activities and memories; it is the collective reflection of their life styles. Walls, floors and ceilings of architectural spaces witnessed the moments of joy and happiness, as well as moments of misery that changed human history, from the signing of the United Nations Declaration post WWII, to the first I-phone sold in the Apple store; history is written inside architectural spaces. The new era of the 4th industrial revolution, which is associated with digital transformation, will unlock new opportunities for architects, interior designers and whoever will enter the domain of the metaverse. The metaverse will not only serve as a portal to a new world, but also as an extension to new activities such as commercial, social, educational and business activities that will thrive in the new virtual realm. The metaverse will act as the natural transcendence of technological advancements carrying new potentials to the architectural profession. Active Worlds, Second Life, Roblox and Fortnite are all early versions of what we will witness in the next few years, shifting from entertainment to full commercial, official and governmental activities; all will be hosted inside virtual and hybrid spaces. A new era will start inside virtual realms; real economy will rise inside virtual architecture but without the multiple physical or structural constraints that limit physicality anymore such as gravity, and day and night cycles; no oxygen is needed anymore. But this time, human activities will not only be recorded and saved but also attended and lived in real time. Computational design will continue to thrive and even evolve into new forms aligning with new changes and challenges of the metaverse. Hybrid spaces are the spaces that will be built as a virtual extension of real spaces. They will be in connection to real spaces and reflecting their activities on a real time basis. On the other hand, pure virtual spaces will occur, trespassing time zones and geographical barriers. The importance of hybrid experiences was most realized after the pandemic lockdowns; and now is the time to invent new design methodologies and new theories as a natural transcendence of architecture profession. Hyperlinks portals replacing staircases and elevators, physically impossible structures, open budget interiors, teleportation are all new notions emerging with the new domain. Today, virtual spaces are hosted on various cloud services and registered as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). They are experienced as immersed spaces using headsets or semi immersed spaces presented through laptops and/or mobile screens. With the new accelerating pace of technology, there is high possibility for integration within our neural networks to be experienced in our minds with just closing our eyes in the near future.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	ascaad2022_057
id	ascaad2022_057
authors	Isik, Gulbahar; Achten, Henri
year	2022
title	Architectural hybrid (Physical-Digital) Prototyping in Design Processes with Digital Twin Technologies
source	Hybrid Spaces of the Metaverse - Architecture in the Age of the Metaverse: Opportunities and Potentials [10th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings] Debbieh (Lebanon) [Virtual Conference] 12-13 October 2022, pp. 43-60
summary	A digital twin is a simultaneous digital reflection of object processes and states. Digital twins are usually made of objects that exist in reality or which are very near completion in a design and production process. In our research, we investigate the potential of digital twin technology for early design. Key to the early application of digital twin in design is the role of information and simulation. Since design information is valuable for predicting the future of design, we assume that design will begin to change as digital twin technologies become more and more adaptable, as designers simultaneously have digital twins of the past, present, and future. Digital twin technologies have many capabilities to support the design process at various stages from concept design to the final design. Throughout this process, architects use digital and physical models. Combined with digital twin technology, these models form what we call hybrid prototypes. Estimating that simulation has a vital impact on the design process, we raised the question of what the potential of architectural hybrid prototyping in design processes with digital twin technologies is. Similar to the development of the design through increasingly informed and detailed models, we think that the closest thing to the design process with the digital twin is the so-called foetal, child, and adult digital twin. Based on this classification, we approach the concept of hybrid prototyping and digital twin.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	ascaad2022_098
id	ascaad2022_098
authors	Turhan, Gozde; Cicek, Selen
year	2022
title	A Framework for Creating a Hybrid Experience for NFT Artworks through 3D Printing
source	Hybrid Spaces of the Metaverse - Architecture in the Age of the Metaverse: Opportunities and Potentials [10th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings] Debbieh (Lebanon) [Virtual Conference] 12-13 October 2022, pp. 89-98
summary	Technology has become a fundamental part of our environment, yet the borders between the physical and virtual realms become even more blurred. The introduction of the Metaverse is one of the most recent and notable innovations. It, just as any other technological advances, adapts to evolution in user needs serving as a link between the real and digital realms. While people can buy goods and services with a certain currency in the physical realm, cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are used for transactions in the Metaverse. NFT provides customers a certificate of ownership, which means that their virtual commodities or assets such as lands or objects cannot be replicated. They may also be used to represent social standing, just like tangible goods and services. It has become increasingly common to come across museums displaying artworks or artists who sell their artworks as Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on digital platforms such as Rarible, Mintable or OpenSea. This research discusses the 3D printability of NFTs and proposes a framework in order to create a hybrid experience for 3D printed NFT artworks. The results have shown that 3D printing of NFTs provided users/customers a hybrid experience in both realms, maintaining the artworks’ uniqueness and rarity, proof of ownership, as well as physical copies in hand. Moreover, the artists who were afraid of publicly displaying their artworks for the concern of being copied have created 3D printable designs that enabled them to easily and safely promote their designs to the public.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	ecaade2022_234
id	ecaade2022_234
authors	Afsar, Secil, Estévez, Alberto T., Abdallah, Yomna K., Turhan, Gozde Damla, Ozel, Berfin and Doyuran, Aslihan
year	2022
title	Activating Co-Creation Methodologies of 3D Printing with Biocomposites Developed from Local Organic Wastes
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.215
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 215–224
summary	Compared to the take-make-waste-oriented linear economy model, the circular model has been studied since the 1980s. Due to consumption-oriented lifestyles along with having a tendency of considering waste materials as trash, studies on sustainable materials management (SMM) have remained at a theoretical level or created temporary and limited impacts. To ensure SMM supports The European Green Deal, there is a necessity of developing top-down and bottom-up strategies simultaneously, which can be metaphorized as digging a tunnel from two different directions to meet in the middle of a mountain. In parallel with the New European Bauhaus concept, this research aims to create a case study for boosting bottom-up and data-driven methodologies to produce short-loop products made of bio-based biocomposite materials from local food & organic wastes. The Architecture departments of two universities from different countries collaborated to practice these design democratization methodologies using data transfer paths. The 3D printable models, firmware code, and detailed explanation of working with a customized 3D printer paste extruder were shared using online tools. Accordingly, the bio-based biocomposite recipe from eggshell, xanthan gum, and citric acid, which can be provided from local shops, food & organic wastes, was investigated concurrently to enhance its printability feature for generating interior design elements such as a vase or vertical gardening unit. While sharing each step from open-source platforms with adding snapshots and videos allows further development between two universities, it also makes room for other researchers/makers/designers to replicate the process/product. By combining modern manufacturing and traditional crafting methods with materials produced with DIY techniques from local resources, and using global data transfer platforms to transfer data instead of products themselves, this research seeks to unlock the value of co-creative design practices for SMM.
keywords	Sustainable Materials Management, Co-Creation, Food Waste, 3D Printing, New European Bauhaus
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2022_125
id	ecaade2022_125
authors	Chen, Emily, Lu, Glenn, Barnik, Lyric and Correa, David
year	2022
title	Fast and Reversible Bistable Hygroscopic Actuators for Architectural Applications Based on Plant Movement Strategies
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.261
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 261–270
summary	Plant movement is of great inspiration for the development of actuators in architectural applications. Since plants lack muscles, they have developed unique hygroscopic mechanisms that use specialized tissue to generate movement in response to stimuli such as touch, light, temperature, or gravity. Most research in architecture has been focused on the stress-induced bending that can be achieved with a bilayer structure – particularly using wood composites and bi-metals. The speed of these mechanisms is mostly limited by the rules of bilayers, as described by Timoshenko, and the speed of moisture/heat diffusion. This paper presents methods to use bistable mechanisms, and their elastic instability, to enable rapid movements of “snap-through” buckling that can greatly improve the speed of transformation. The research covers biomimetic studies on the Mimosa pudica, Oxalis triangularis, and the Maranta leuconeura to develop hygroscopic mechanisms whose kinematic actuation can be amplified through the integration of a bi- stable system. The presented mechanisms make it possible to significantly increase the speed of response of the hygroscopically driven mechanism while maintaining the ability to operate over several reversible cycles. Calibration of the mechanism to specific relative humidity conditions is presented together with some initial prototypes with the potential for manual override strategies. It is the aim of this combined approach that the actuation mechanisms are better able to match users’ expectations of fast shape-change actuation in relation to environmental changes.
keywords	Stimulus-Responsive, Biomimetics, Hygroscopic, Elastic Instability, Actuators
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2022_148
id	caadria2022_148
authors	Khajehee, Arastoo, Yabe, Taisei, Lu, Xuanyu, Liu, Jia and Ikeda, Yasushi
year	2022
title	Development of an Affordable On-Site Wood Craft System: Interactive Fabrication via Digital Tools
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.031
source	Jeroen van Ameijde, Nicole Gardner, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Dan Luo, Urvi Sheth (eds.), POST-CARBON - Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference, Sydney, 9-15 April 2022, pp. 31-40
summary	This research aims to develop a craft system that simplifies the transition between design and fabrication. One of the main purposes of this system is to allow non-professionals to engage in craft with the aid of affordable digital fabrication tools. By removing the technical hurdles that prevent beginners from engaging in digital fabrication, the system aims to enable those who are interested in making things as a hobby or DIY projects to enjoy digital craft. The developed craft system provides a comprehensive workflow, starting from the initial shape to the final CNC milling machine G-Code generation. It is developed through Object-Oriented Programming, resulting in an interactive system that provides information about the fabricability of the final shelf structure to user/designer. The real-time design-to-fabrication aspect allows for some degree of simultaneous design changes, making the craft experience more center864108000enjoyable. In line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this research is an attempt to provide more opportunities for individuals to get into digital fabrication, enabling them to acquire skills within the rapidly growing industry. Furthermore, as demonstrated by other digital fabrication tools like 3D printers, DIY builds can potentially be economically beneficial for the users.
keywords	Digital Fabrication, Real-Time Design to Fabrication, Affordable On-Site Craft, SDG 8, SDG 9
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaade2022_114
id	ecaade2022_114
authors	Rogers, Scarlett, Rubenach, Tom, Doherty, Ben, Gardner, Nicole, Haeusler, M. Hank and Yu, K. Daniel
year	2022
title	Running, Running, Stop - Applying graph theory to pathfinding analysis to improve circulation efficiency in vertical high schools
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.019
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 2, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 19–28
summary	Understanding how people circulate in a space is crucial to effective spatial organisation. However, while many studies focus on wayfinding within environments such as train stations, there are few discussing multi storey circulation and pathfinding within educational institutions. Vertical high schools differ from other frequently travelled spaces by their need to prefer multiple stairways over elevators, and to devote the maximum floor area possible to learning spaces. These considerations change and impede a student’s ability to quickly traverse multiple floors. In this research, a computational tool is designed to simulate and assess circulation efficiency within a vertical high school with the goal of lightening stairwell congestion and decreasing classroom transit times. Using action research methodology, the research problem was formulated in cooperation with an industry partner and solved in an iterative manner. As a method to assess spatial circulation performance, principles of graph theory were applied to a simplified navigation mesh derived from the high school’s floor plan and Microsoft Excel timetable using Grasshopper. The ability to understand the influence of a designer’s decisions on circulation efficiency factors such as travel time and congestion is vital to creating practical and enduring designs that avoid expensive, post-construction building alterations to fix emergent problems – a core contribution of this research. While the simulation designed in this research engages with a vertical high school context, it could be appropriated for other building types, such as offices or shopping centres. Thereby, this research makes a further contribution to demonstrating the value of developing computational tools to aid in decision making.
keywords	Graph Theory, Congestion, Internal Circulation, Education, Spatial Organisation
series	eCAADe
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_id	ascaad2022_005
id	ascaad2022_005
authors	Abdulmajeed, Abdulwahab; Agkathidis, Asterios; Dounas, Theodoros; Lombardi, Davide
year	2022
title	Developing a Design Framework for the Mass Customization of Housing in Saudi Arabia: A Critical Review
source	Hybrid Spaces of the Metaverse - Architecture in the Age of the Metaverse: Opportunities and Potentials [10th ASCAAD Conference Proceedings] Debbieh (Lebanon) [Virtual Conference] 12-13 October 2022, pp. 484-502
summary	This paper explores the suitability of mass customisation (MC) technologies and techniques in order to provide affordable housing solutions for Saudi Arabia. In particular, the paper analyses ten articles filtered through 1.165 publications searched by using the keywords ‘mass customisation housing or off-site construction’ in the databases Scopus, CumlnCAD, ScienceDirect, and Engineer village and categorised them based on their suitability for the Saudi Arabian context. Our findings include a comparative analysis chart evaluating workflows, tools and technologies on their suitability for the MC design and an MC workflow proposal for including parametric design and digital fabrication tools and techniques.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	acadia23_v1_136
id	acadia23_v1_136
authors	Alima, Natalia
year	2023
title	InterspeciesForms
source	ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 1: Projects Catalog of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-8-1]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 136-143.
summary	The hybridization of architectural, biological and robotic agencies Situated in the field of architectural biodesign, InterspeciesForms explores a closer relationship between the fungus Pleurotus ostreatus and the designer in the creation of form. The intention of hybridizing mycelia’s agency of growth with architectural design intention is to generate novel, non-indexical crossbred designed outcomes that evolve preconceived notions of architectural form. Mycelium are threadlike fibrous root systems made up of hyphae, that form the vegetative part of a fungus (Jones 2020). Known as the hackers of the wood wide web (Simard 1997) mycelia form complex symbiotic relationships with other species that inhabit our earth. Michael Lim states “Fungi redefine resourcefulness, collaboration, resilience and symbiosis” (Lim 2022, p. 14). When wandering around the forest to connect with other species or searching for food, fungi form elaborate and entangled networks by spreading their hyphal tips. Shown in Figure 1, this living labyrinth results in the aesthetic formation of an intricate web. Due to the organisms ability to determine the most effective direction of growth, communicate with its surrounding ecosystem, and connect with other species, fungi are indeed an intelligent species with a unique aesthetic that must not be ignored. In drawing on these concepts, I refer to the organism’s ability to search for, tangle, and digest its surroundings as ‘mycelia agency of growth’. It is this specific behavioral characteristic that is the focus of this research, with which I, as the architect, set out to co-create and hybridize with.
series	ACADIA
type	project
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_id	ijac202220108
id	ijac202220108
authors	Alsalman, Osama; Halil Erhan
year	2022
title	D-ART for collaboration in evaluating design alternatives
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing 2022, Vol. 20 - no. 1, pp. 114–128
summary	Evaluating design ideas is an integral part of designing built environments. It involves multiple stakeholders with diverse backgrounds reviewing design solutions by studying their form and performance data. Although there are computational systems for supporting evaluation tasks, they are either highly specialised for designers or configured for a particular workflow with limited functions. We developed a Design Analytics method aiming at a collaborative and data-driven evaluation of alternatives in the design-evaluate-feedback cycle. Adopting this approach, we introduce D-ART as a prototype system composed of customisable Web interfaces for presenting design alternatives, enabling stakeholders to participate in data-informed discourse on alternatives and providing feedback to the design team. Its system design considers requirements gathered through literature review, critical analysis of the existing systems and collaboration with our industry partners. Finally, we assessed D-ART’s design through an expert review evaluation, which generally reported positive results on the system’s goals.
keywords	Data-driven design, participatory design, design analytics, design alternatives, visual analytics, design evaluation
series	journal
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_id	sigradi2022_104
id	sigradi2022_104
authors	Bielski, Jessica; Eisenstadt, Viktor; Langenhan, Christoph; Petzold, Frank
year	2022
title	Lost in architectural designing - Possible cognitive biases of architects during the early design phases
source	Herrera, PC, Dreifuss-Serrano, C, Gómez, P, Arris-Calderon, LF, Critical Appropriations - Proceedings of the XXVI Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2022), Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 7-11 November 2022 , pp. 557–568
summary	In order to meet the housing demands of the future, architects need to work faster and more efficiently while improving architectural quality. The metis projects aim to create an intelligent design assistant supporting architects during the early design stages through suggesting further design steps for spatial layouting, based on the best practice of reference buildings. By enhancing suggestions with explainability, the system offers insight to improve Human-System-Interaction (HSI), bridging the ‘black box’ problem. The explanations aim to either support the reasoning process or mitigate possible biases of architects, which can be rooted in the heuristic ‘System 1’, as well as the analytical ‘System 2’, drawing from the ‘dual process model’. Within this paper, we propose our approach to clarify the four main heuristic biases and the logical errors of architects, when using reference buildings, and their respective representation during the architectural design decision-making process.
keywords	Decision Making, Biases, Explainability, XAI, Human System Interaction
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2022_60
id	ecaade2022_60
authors	Carl, Timo and Weilandt, Agnes
year	2022
title	From Sheet to Folded Plate Structure - Design & build investigations with an interdisciplinary student team
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.517
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 2, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 517–524
summary	This paper outlines a teaching methodology that utilizes folding as a form-generator and introduces an interdisciplinary student team to digital tools and research-through-design based methods. At the heart of the project is the design of folded plate structures, which can be manufactured from 10mm cardboard material by using only 2D-CNC miter cutting. We present our computational workflow from conception to completion for two 1:1 scale demonstrators. Lastly, we identify aspects of the project that can be applied for other computational design teaching formats.
keywords	Design-Build, Parametric Modelling, Form-Finding, Structural Simulation, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Digital Fabrication, Folded Plate Structures
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2022_221
id	ecaade2022_221
authors	Delikanli, Burak and Gül, Leman Figen
year	2022
title	Towards to the Hyperautomation - An integrated framework for Construction 4.0: a case of Hookbot as a distributed reconfigurable robotic assembly system
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.389
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 2, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 389–398
summary	Almost every technological and industrial concept changes the built environment around us and our understanding of the architectural practice. Recently, Hyperautomation, an all-encompassing digital transformation with the help of advanced techniques, has been presented as a game-changing concept that can affect any industry. Despite this promising concept, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry seems far behind the latest technological breakthroughs and automation of processes compared to other industries. Therefore, this study provides a better understanding of adopting the novel Hyperautomation paradigm in the AEC industry by focusing on Industry 4.0. In this context, the first section introduces the Construction 4.0 concept, its counterpart in the AEC industry, briefly mentions fundamental approaches and indicates the need for a framework. The second section introduces an integrated framework throughout the entire building life-cycle for design and construction processes and exemplifies the stages in an autonomous system and their interrelationships. The third section presents a hypothetical case, a distributed reconfigurable robotic assembly system, and the assembler ‘HookBot’ to understand the relationships in an autonomous system better. The last section discusses the place of the Hyperautomation paradigm in architecture.
keywords	Autonomy, Autonomous Systems, Construction 4.0, Assembly Robotics
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2022_378
id	ecaade2022_378
authors	Dokonal, Wolfgang, Mosler, Pascal, Gehring, Maximilian and Rüppel, Uwe
year	2022
title	On the Road towards? - Developing a toolset for a low-cost VR-enhanced design approach
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.163
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 163–169
summary	For several years, we have been experimenting with Head Mounted Displays (HMD) being used as Virtual Reality (VR) interfaces. We tried to develop easy to use workflows for these devices so that they can be integrated into the architectural design process. Additionally, we were able to upgrade those systems with sensor boxes and designed new systems for movement control, collision detection, and additional effects for an increased feeling of immersion. Our systems focused on the use of the ultra-low-cost HMD devices and the intention was to clarify how much benefit within the design process we can achieve already at an early design phase in using this workflow without having extremely detailed models available. We experienced with our students in the past that the change from analogue design methods towards software-supported design reduced their understanding of space and scale and was therefore a negative factor in the design process. In this paper, we will focus on scripts for the game engine Unity with new functionalities that we tested with the students in two workshops.
keywords	Sense of Space, Virtual Reality, Unity Toolset
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2022_154
id	ecaade2022_154
authors	Ferretti, Maddalena, Di Leo, Benedetta, Quattrini, Ramona and Vasic, Iva
year	2022
title	Creativity and Digital Transition in Central Apennine - Innovative design methods and digital technologies as interactive tools to enable heritage regeneration and community engagement
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.187
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 2, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 187–196
summary	This contribution proposes strategies of reactivation of the central Apennine of Marche Region in Italy through creative design methods and virtual technologies. The research activities are connected to two related PhD projects: one focusing on architectural and urban design, the other one on heritage digitalization and new technologies and to other research activities of our interdisciplinary team. Cagli, a small town of 8.000 inhabitants, is currently undergoing socio-economic transformations that need to be addressed strategically with a cultural and spatial perspective. The research explores regenerative solutions and local development strategies to enhance the city and its cultural landscape. Participatory processes aided by digital tools and innovative design methods are tested in Cagli’s living lab. The final output of the overall research is a “Reactive Map” combining a trans-scalar and multidisciplinary territorial analysis with visions to identify “potential spaces”. The map is a design tool to define a shared strategy of enhancement of the city and its heritage. With this paper we present one of the methodological steps of the research, a WEB-APP built upon a point clouds database and assessed through a preliminary user test. The highly descriptive 3D environment is able to collect analysis and to be enriched in a participatory way during planned activities of co-thinking. The 3D environment, improved with interviews, plans, historical pictures and other media contents, is also paired with a virtual tour to offer a different representation of the “potential spaces”. The fully boosting 3D digital technology thus represents a viable and effective solution to involve citizens and an innovative and interdisciplinary tool for knowledge advancement in the fields of architectural and urban design and heritage regeneration.
keywords	Tangible and Intangible Heritage, Co-Thinking, Trans-Scalar Approach, Narrative, Point Clouds Exploitation, Interactive Annotation, Virtual Reality
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2022_138
id	ecaade2022_138
authors	Kycia, Agata, Rossi, Andrea, Hugo, Jörg, Jünger, Konrad, Sauer, Christiane and Krüger, Nils
year	2022
title	Felt and Fold - Design and manufacturing of customized nonwovens through robotic needle felting
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.195
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 195–204
summary	This paper explores the potential of robotic needle felting for customized production of nonwoven textiles and their architectural applications. The possibility to program the robotic movement and locally control fiber density and distribution allows the design of nonwoven, heterogeneous materials with graded properties not by differentiating their chemical composition, but rather controlling their mechanical structure. We propose a parametric design and fabrication workflow relying on a 6-axis robotic arm. We describe design techniques for the generation of felted surfaces with varying material properties and their translation to instructions for robotic felting, as well as the physical fabrication setup. Within our research, the ability to locally differentiate material properties is further explored to create three-dimensional folding behaviors. We study how fiber densities affect their folding ability and geometry, examine qualities of resulting edges, analyze how they affect folding and finally design targeted folded structures by informing the felting pattern. While robotic felting has not yet found significant applications in architecture, the designs and prototypes demonstrate its potential in the architectural context, as it suggests new solutions for recyclable, circular building components or surfaces.
keywords	Robotic Needle Felting, Graded Nonwovens, Folding, Heterogeneous Materials
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2022_316
id	caadria2022_316
authors	Ladron de Guevara, Manuel, Schneidman, Alexander, Byrne, Daragh and Krishnamurti, Ramesh
year	2022
title	Design Intents Disentanglement: A Multimodal Approach for Grounding Design Attributes in Objects
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.333
source	Jeroen van Ameijde, Nicole Gardner, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Dan Luo, Urvi Sheth (eds.), POST-CARBON - Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference, Sydney, 9-15 April 2022, pp. 333-342
summary	Language is ambiguous; many terms and expressions convey the same idea. This is especially true in design fields, where conceptual ideas are generally described by high-level, qualitative attributes, called design intents. Words such as "organic", sequences like "this chair is a mixture between Japanese aesthetics and Scandinavian design" or more complex structures such as "we made the furniture layering materials like a bird weaving its nest‚ represent design intents. Furthermore, most design intents do not have unique visual representations, and are highly entangled within the design artifact, leading to complex relationships between language and images. This paper examines an alternative design scenario based on everyday natural language used by designers, where inputs such as a minimal and sleek looking chair are visually inferred by algorithms that have previously learned complex associations between designs and intents‚vision and language, respectively. We propose a multimodal sequence-to-sequence model which takes in design images and their corresponding descriptions and outputs a probability distribution over regions of the images in which design attributes are grounded. Expectedly, our model can reason and ground objective descriptors such as black or curved. Surprisingly, our model can reason about and ground more complex subjective attributes such as rippled or free, suggesting potential regions where the design object might register such vague descriptions. Link to code: https://github.com/manuelladron/codedBert.git
keywords	Natural Language Processing, Multimodal Machine Learning, Design Intents Disentanglement, SDG 9
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/07/22 07:34

_id	acadia22_742
id	acadia22_742
authors	Leach, Neil
year	2022
title	What is Creativity?
source	ACADIA 2022: Hybrids and Haecceities [Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-8-1]. University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. 27-29 October 2022. edited by M. Akbarzadeh, D. Aviv, H. Jamelle, and R. Stuart-Smith. 742-751.
summary	This paper explores what we can perhaps begin to understand about the nature of creativity in the mirror of AI, with reference to the now famous Go match between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol. It argues that one particular famous move in that match sheds light on some of the crucial questions regarding creativity. It compares this move to the ‘smart’ architectural designs generated by AI, and asks whether computers can be creative, or whether they are simply conducting a ‘search and synthesis’ operation. Finally, the paper asks the provocative question, as to whether creativity even exists, or whether it is a myth that can now be debunked, thanks to our insights from the world of AI.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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