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_id	cdrf2023_284
id	cdrf2023_284
authors	Qi Zhang, Linxue Li, Nan Ma, Yunxiang Shan, William W. Braham
year	2023
title	Characterizing the Solution Space of Building Shading System Through Computational and Parametric Feed-Forward Design Approach
doi	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8405-3_24
source	Proceedings of the 2023 DigitalFUTURES The 5st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2023)
summary	Building shading systems play an important role in controlling solar heat gains, which can mitigate the impact of climate change on indoor environment. Effectively reducing cooling demand in summer and heating demand in winter requests further development of seasonally regulated shading systems. The main problem is to find a way that consumes less energy while reaching better comfort, which demonstrates potential for conducting an extensive search to parametrize configuration of shading. This paper aims to investigate the effects of building shading systems on energy and thermal performance in different seasonal conditions through a parametric design method, using Baoshan station in Shanghai, China as a case study to establish a baseline model and test different shading components’ direction, depth, spacing, and tilt angle. The method explores a large solution space at the beginning of design, establishing a variety of approaches that can inform the architectural design team. The results showed that a proper passive shading system can reduce energy consumption by about 13% while thermal comfort meets ASHRAE 55 standards. This finding indicates the possibility of improving the indoor thermal comfort while lessening building energy consumption.
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_id	ascaad2023_141
id	ascaad2023_141
authors	Qtait, Shatha
year	2023
title	The Hierarchical Location-Allocation Model for Primary Health Care Facilities Planning: A Selected Case Study in Amman
source	C+++: Computation, Culture, and Context – Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design (ASCAAD), University of Petra, Amman, Jordan [Hybrid Conference] 7-9 November 2023, pp. 400-423.
summary	This study integrates a procedural approach to Primary Health Care Facilities (PHCFs) planning in Jordan, by combining Public Facilities Urban Planning Principles and Guidelines with a Hierarchical Location Allocation Model (HLAM) through the Process of Systematic Urban Planning suggested by Chadwick (1969) and Lee (1973). The objective of this study is to offer planners and decision makers a framework that can help them make decisions when selecting the locations for PHCFs. The study methodology is based on an analytical approach to analyse data, and then an experimental approach was employed to investigate the relations between the study variables to test the study hypothesis and to answer the key questions. The study highlights the healthcare system of Jordan, and it suggests PHCF planning standards. The study also highlights the principles of public facilities urban planning, and the use of models in urban planning particularly HLAM. Then, the study introduces “HLAM Application” as a study tool which was built particularly to solve HLAM for primary healthcare system of Jordan.The results indicate that PHCF planning in Jordan suffers from the low efficiency of the spatial distribution in conformity with the population density and the max distance to the nearest healthcare facility and does not fulfill the public facilities urban planning principles and the hierarchy system of PHCF adopted by the Ministry of Health.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	caadria2023_380
id	caadria2023_380
authors	Cohen, Avraham and Barath, Shany
year	2023
title	Integrating Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing and Bioplastic Compounds for Architectural Acoustic Performance
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.179
source	Immanuel Koh, Dagmar Reinhardt, Mohammed Makki, Mona Khakhar, Nic Bao (eds.), HUMAN-CENTRIC - Proceedings of the 28th CAADRIA Conference, Ahmedabad, 18-24 March 2023, pp. 179–188
summary	Emerging regulations in the context of sustainability have placed renewed attention on construction protocols, including consideration of end-of-life, waste reduction and a shift to bioplastics. However, much research is required on the integration and compatibility of bioplastic materials and their performance concerning construction industry standards. Parallel to the material perspective, increased efforts are placed on additive manufacturing (AM) processes in architectural design and their potential contribution to sustainability through experimentation with new materials, enhanced performance prototyping and reduction in material use. Within this context, the following paper develops a framework towards large-scale additive manufacturing examining bioplastic compounds for architectural components with acoustic performance. A design workflow outlines the component geometry and micro-structuring for both scattering and absorption. It explores the ability to expand on the acoustic behaviour of the chosen materials through printing techniques such as pull printing, fiber printing and dynamic structure printing, within a robotic FDM setup utilizing non-planar tool path design. The robotic workflow developed, outlines a material-informed calibration of bioplastic compounds, their predicted acoustic compatibility to the construction industry, and highlights the potential of such AM workflows to align with current sustainability goals.
keywords	bioplastic compounds, robotic fabrication, large scale additive manufacturing, non-planar tool path design, acoustic performance
series	CAADRIA
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_id	sigradi2023_45
id	sigradi2023_45
authors	Dionizio, Rafael and Dezen-Kempter, Eloisa
year	2023
title	Exploring HBIM-GIS Convergence: Integrative Perspectives for Pampulha Cultural Landscape.
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 497–508
summary	Challenges in the documentation, evaluation, preservation, and management of architectural heritage, including cultural landscapes, are complex due to historic buildings' unique characteristics and cultural value. Integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has emerged as a solution to overcome these challenges. This study focuses on managing Oscar Niemeyer's Pampulha Complex using the integration of Historic Building Information Modeling (HBIM) and GIS to evaluate its effectiveness in heritage management. Photogrammetry, 3D scanning, and semantic modeling allowed a thorough understanding of the architectural features of historic buildings. However, data loss and the need to establish standards are challenges to overcome for effective integration. The results demonstrate that interoperability between BIM and GIS is essential for successfully managing this heritage, allowing detailed analysis and efficient conservation of the historical and cultural features of the Pampulha protection area.
keywords	Cultural Heritage, Management, Geodatabase, HBIM
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2023_48
id	ecaade2023_48
authors	Doumpioti, Christina and Huang, Jeffrey
year	2023
title	Text to Image to Data
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.2.541
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. 541–548
summary	Recent advancements in text-to-image technology have transformed the landscape of computational creativity by enabling the generation of conceptual images. By implementing innovative standards for image generation, we can now shift our focus from the constraints of notational design communication to more purposeful reflection, opening up new design possibilities for future architectures informed by contemporary ideas, concepts, and concerns. In light of the pressing climatic crisis, this paper specifically explores the relationship between text-to-image generation and the integration of environmental sensibility, aiming to explore how digital information (bits) can translate into physical reality (atoms). Our case study focuses on specific residential building typology and its façade morphology to analyse the environmental responsiveness of the design. We propose a workflow that merges creative and analytic processes, through different stages, including diffusion-generated conceptual images, 2D to 3D through depth-mapping and point-cloud meshing, semantic segmentation analysis and sunlight simulation. The paper describes the methods and their combination into a coherent workflow, outlines encountered setbacks, and suggests stages for further improvement.
keywords	Computational Creativity, Text-to-Image, Simulation, Environmental Responsiveness, Machine Intelligence
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2023_125
id	sigradi2023_125
authors	García Amen, Fernando
year	2023
title	Manufacturing worlds. Towards a Metaverse of Uruguayan Heritage.
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 729–738
summary	This project seeks to digitally recover, restore and preserve the architectural heritage of Uruguay through 3D scanning, with the aim of creating an interactive Metaverse that represents this heritage. To do this, virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) technologies will be used as key tools. The spectrum of relevant buildings is wide, considering works of architecture with structural, formal and testimonial value. The digitization of these works presents diverse challenges, from urban to rural settings. It seeks to establish a consistent methodology using data capture and processing tools, as well as open standards for the exchange of information. In addition, the importance of involving the community in the study and use of the selected architectural heritage is emphasized.
keywords	Digital heritage, Metaverse, 3D Scanning, Virtual Reality, Interaction
series	SIGraDi
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_id	sigradi2023_282
id	sigradi2023_282
authors	Martínez Arias, Andrea, Soto, Isaac, Bustos, Pierina and Rivera, M. Isabel
year	2023
title	Diagnostics of Existing Lighting Conditions in Existing Public Schools in Central-Southern Chile: Measurements and Predictions for Retrofit
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 1275–1286
summary	Daylight is one of the indoor environmental qualities that most influence students’ development in learning in a classroom. However, many existing schools do not optimize daylight. Indeed, standardized façade designs result in wasted energy in artificial lighting while daylight could be harvested. This study provides a diagnostic of illuminance levels and their distribution in a typological classroom based on field data for a school in the central-south region of Chile. The government built these schools during the second half of the 20th century, and they are still operational, maintaining the same original façade, with no differentiation regarding orientation. Through simulations, it analyzes potential retrofit strategies to identify the ones that could result in better light distribution and autonomy. Facing a lack of local standards for lighting levels in schools’ classrooms, international standards are used as thresholds for actual lighting levels and a series of retrofit scenarios.
keywords	Existing school, Diagnostic, Retrofit, Daylighting
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ascaad2023_014
id	ascaad2023_014
authors	Natsheh, Bahijah
year	2023
title	Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Locate Neighborhood Parks Based on their Catchment Area
source	C+++: Computation, Culture, and Context – Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design (ASCAAD), University of Petra, Amman, Jordan [Hybrid Conference] 7-9 November 2023, pp. 424-440.
summary	The city of Amman suffers from a shortage of open spaces and parks, which are vital for increasing physical exercise, boosting the quality of life in a community, and stimulating social interaction. This problem draws attention to the absence of planning criteria in addition to the poor regulatory framework for the distribution and location selection of open spaces and parks and their proportions that are commensurate with the population of Amman, a critical issue that requires immediate planning solutions. This study focuses on using geographic information systems (GIS) to determine the optimal neighborhood park locations in Bader, one of Amman's districts, and collects data from specific documents about neighborhood parks, examples of guidelines, and criteria for distributing parks in different countries to determine the criteria and catchment area of neighborhood parks. Using ArcGIS 10.1's Network Analyst Tool and its applications on the catchment area and the network analysis, the study analyzes data on land use, population density, accessibility, and surrounding variables to determine catchment areas to analyze neighborhood park accessibility. The study results show that the selected case study, the Bader District, which is one of Amman's most densely populated areas, experienced an erroneous distribution of neighborhood parks due to a lack of established planning regulations, resulting in a shortage of the percentage of the district's open spaces and parks dedicated to the population comparable to international standards. The research emphasizes GIS's potential as a significant tool for urban planning and community development, as well as insights into how parks might be strategically positioned to improve a neighborhood's livability by identifying areas in the neighborhood underserved by current parks and prospective locations for additional parks. Consequently, criteria are proposed and applied to the case study, and new locations for any suggested future parks are selected based on catchment areas. It should be noted that the results of this research may apply to different categories of parks in various Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) locations.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	sigradi2023_108
id	sigradi2023_108
authors	Passos, Aderson, Jorge, Luna, Cavalcante, Ana, Sampaio, Hugo, Moreira, Eugenio and Cardoso, Daniel
year	2023
title	Urban Morphology and Solar Incidence in Public Spaces - an Exploratory Correlation Analysis Through a CIM System
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 1655–1666
summary	The walkability of open spaces has been highlighted in current discussions about the production of designed environments in urban contexts (Matan, 2011). To contribute to this theme, this work selects the environmental comfort of open spaces as its element of study. The production of urban space was investigated, specifically in regard to urban morphology, understanding that city design directly influences environmental comfort (Jacobs, 1996). This work addresses the geographic context of low latitudes, specifically in hot and humid climate zones of Brazil, and, in this context, according to NBR 15220 (national performance standards), shading is one of the main comfort strategies, so solar incidence was the approached environmental phenomenon. Thus, this work presents a digital system that performs exploratory analysis on the correlations between urban form indicators and environmental performance indicators, specifically solar incidence. The method consists of three steps: urban form modeling (1), indicator measurement (2) and correlation analysis (3). In the first stage, different spatial sections of a city in Brazil were represented in the digital environment (1). This work’s implementation instrument is based on a City Information Modeling framework (Beirao et al., 2012). Visual Programming Interface (VPI) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools were used, in addition to a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Then, for each urban clipping, the values of morphological indicators and the incidence of solar radiation were measured (2). Based on the values of the indicators, an exploration of their correlation was carried out by statistical methods (3). The results of the correlation analysis and their correspondent scatter plots are presented. Finally, possible applications of the results for the creation of prescriptive urban planning systems are discussed, seeking to promote a sustainable urban environment.
keywords	Urban planning, Environmental comfort, Walkability, Urban morphology, Statistical methods.
series	SIGraDi
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_id	sigradi2023_21
id	sigradi2023_21
authors	Portillo, Juan Pablo, Flores, Luis and Canen, Pablo
year	2023
title	Heritage restitution with new technologies
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 1549–1559
summary	The restitution of heritage with virtual survey of cloud points of buildings to be demolished is of great importance both for culture and for the management of the city. The specific case of the Guruyú tenement, in the Old City of Montevideo, represents a typical way of living for a large part of the Afro-descendant population -and other migrant minorities- of Uruguay, which characterized a way of life and which, due to the new Hygiene standards at the beginning of the 20th century were becoming obsolete. Currently that property, one of the last of its category, is in danger of collapsing due to its dilapidated state. The importance of patrimonial restitution then lies in the need to preserve and record the original characteristics of the building, to leave testimony of material keys and a way of life that is part of urban history and culture. In the case of Montevideo, the demolition of tenements -when they were still inhabited- represented the loss of an important cultural heritage and the expulsion of part of that population to the urban peripheries.
keywords	patrimonial restitution, point cloud, 3D modeling, heritage, 3D scanning
series	SIGraDi
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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	acadia23_v2_154
id	acadia23_v2_154
authors	Woodhouse, Alex; Crawford, Scott; Callahan, Bryant
year	2023
title	The Future of Architectural Documentation: Harnessing Computational Design for Effective Project Delivery
source	ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 2: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9891764-0-3]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 154-163.
summary	The Ocean Pavilion, located in Seattle, Washington (Figure 1), represents a contempo- rary case study of computation’s impact on effective communication and delivery of built architecture, and how these tools are questioning the habits of traditional architectural practice. A byproduct of a decade of applied research, the Ocean Pavilion illustrates a wide range of methods in which computational investigations have expanded the ability and capacity of the designers to effectively engage with consultants, contractors, and tradespeople, when compared to industry standards.Through the lens of four distinct design elements, this paper highlights moments of innovation, where computational tools and interoperability streamlined delivery of complex forms, proposed unconventional construction techniques, and enabled self-performed fabrication. With the Coral Canyon, a highly complex aquatic habitat located within the Ocean Pavilion, it navigates structural demands, rockwork and exhibit criteria, and advanced means and methods, in delivering a highly calibrated parametric model that becomes the single source of truth. Lessons learned there informed documentation for the exterior wood rainscreen, where tradi- tional architectural drawings proved inadequate in accurately communicating design intent. A third element internalizes the comprehensive design process, with the architect team self-performing fabrication. Lastly, the art soffit imbues the traditional crafts of an Indigenous Artist with computational know-how of the design team. Although differing in execution, underlying motives of collaboration and digital dissemination of knowledge are consistent throughout, offering a compelling story of computation’s impact on the Ocean Pavilion.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	caadria2023_15
id	caadria2023_15
authors	Wu, Wei and Chen, Qi Ning
year	2023
title	A Framework for Predicting the Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Daylighting Based on Multi-Objective Optimization Tool
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.361
source	Immanuel Koh, Dagmar Reinhardt, Mohammed Makki, Mona Khakhar, Nic Bao (eds.), HUMAN-CENTRIC - Proceedings of the 28th CAADRIA Conference, Ahmedabad, 18-24 March 2023, pp. 361–370
summary	Many studies have shown that the non-visual effects of daylighting have a positive effect on human physiological health. However, due to non-visual effects are different from visual effects in spectral distribution, influencing factors and evaluation standards, the existing lighting simulation software cannot satisfy both visual and non-visual evaluation simultaneously. Based on a review of the latest non-visual studies, the research team developed a climate-based simulation framework devised to investigate both the visual and non-visual effects of daylighting in buildings simultaneously by using multi-objective optimization tool. The simulation framework integrates four functional modules, including boundary conditions input, simulation of visual and non-visual effects, multi-objective optimization calculation, and result output and analysis. A total of 12 computing components are written through Ghpython for data processing and visual expression. The applicability of the simulation framework is demonstrated using a real standardized classroom in Nanjing, P.R. China. The simulation framework generated three optimal daylight design schemes, which significantly improved indoor visual and non-visual effects of daylight. The results suggest that the framework can be used to assess the performance of various daylighting design strategies which simultaneously consider visual and non-visual effects.
keywords	Daylighting, Visual and non-visual effects, Simulation framework, Multi-objective optimization tool
series	CAADRIA
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_id	sigradi2023_49
id	sigradi2023_49
authors	Yang, Ruyi, Shi, Hanyu, Yang, Zeyu and Sun, Zeyi
year	2023
title	Landscapes in Social Media: A Quantitative Analysis of Color Harmony in Historical Buildings
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 149–160
summary	Historic buildings are vital repositories of local historical memory in urban environments. Color harmony, a key aspect of urban historical landscapes, lacks comprehensive quantitative standards and detailed research, notably concerning the evaluation of color harmony in historic contexts, encompassing monochromatic, analogous, and complementary hues. Integrating quantitative color indices and assessment techniques into historic preservation strategies necessitates further exploration. This study employs semantic segmentation algorithms, image property detection, and color pattern quantification to evaluate color harmony in historical buildings. Analyzing 100 viral Instagram images, dominant colors were extracted, categorized into 12 hue-based ranges, and assessed for harmonious combinations. Analogous and complementary schemes predominate, with 1–2 color harmonies and 2–4 color ranges recommended for optimal richness without visual clutter. Our findings offer a precise method, informed by popular social media images, to guide the conservation and restoration of historic landscapes with quantified color harmony guidelines.
keywords	Cultural Landscapes and New Technologies, Historical Landscape Renovation, Color Harmony, Color Scheme, Quantitative Analysis
series	SIGraDi
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_id	caadria2023_116
id	caadria2023_116
authors	Zhang, Yue Ying, Wang, Hao Ran and Zhu, Ke
year	2023
title	Integrating Heritage Preservation and City Development
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.1.727
source	Immanuel Koh, Dagmar Reinhardt, Mohammed Makki, Mona Khakhar, Nic Bao (eds.), HUMAN-CENTRIC - Proceedings of the 28th CAADRIA Conference, Ahmedabad, 18-24 March 2023, pp. 727–736
summary	ICOMOS has pointed out that digital technologies have become important ways to protect heritages. Existing researches focus on the digital reconstruction of heritage in virtual spaces. Less attention is paid to the utilization of heritage entities and the potential for virtual heritage interaction to present complex values of heritages. Augmented reality (AR) can integrate text, images, and models into digital information to add to heritages in real sites. This paper takes the Grand Canal? a great masterpiece of Chinese civilization and even human history, as a research object. With the acceleration of the urbanization process and the change in transportation patterns, the contradiction between the preservation of it and urban development has become increasingly prominent. Based on the analysis of heritage values, this research reconstructs digital models of heritages and develops interactions with them in the Unreal Engine, relying on mobile AR to create a novel cultural landscape through a combination of virtual and real Grand Canal. This research contributes to improving the material and cultural living standards of citizens by integrating heritage preservation and urban design through the design and development of this digital system.
keywords	Digital heritage preservation, augmented reality, heritage value, the Grand Canal, cultural landscape
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ascaad2023_024
id	ascaad2023_024
authors	Afshar, Sepehr; Eshaghi, Sarvin; Kim, Ikhwan; Afshar, Sana
year	2023
title	Leveraging Landscape Architecture and Environmental Storytelling for NextGeneration Gaming Experiences: A Holistic Approach to Virtual World Design
source	C+++: Computation, Culture, and Context – Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design (ASCAAD), University of Petra, Amman, Jordan [Hybrid Conference] 7-9 November 2023, pp. 639-651.
summary	Designing a virtual environment within a digital game occupies a large part of the design procedure, requiring holistic attention and a broad arrangement of the game constituents. Considering other design disciplines, they occupy a unified design methodology; however, a comprehensive literature review reveals the lack of the intended design methodology in the digital game domain's virtual environment development, despite a currently proposed theoretical methodology trying to dissolve the issue. Hence, this research aims to determine the industry's requirements and provide a set of assets included in current digital games as an initial step of providing such a design methodology for the domain. In this regard, the researchers reverse-engineered ten selected digital games, understanding the current condition of digital games via adopting the mentioned currently available design methodology. This dataset reveals a lack in the assets of the story layer in the recent digital games, despite their focus on being story-based. This dilemma leads to long text or speech conversations between game characters, disrupting the players while following the game. The current design focuses on environmental resources only, however, as a virtual landscape, the story needs to be reinforced to be a balanced and well-designed game. Hence, increasing the ratio of the assets in this layer will advance the games' interactivity. Also, as future work, this data set could pave the way for a digital game industry design tool regarding the virtual environment.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	ecaade2023_311
id	ecaade2023_311
authors	Akbar, Zuardin, Ron, Gili and Wortmann, Thomas
year	2023
title	Democratizing the Designer’s Toolbox: Adopting free, open-source, and platform-agnostic tools into computational design teaching
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.041
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 1, Graz, 20-22 September 2023, pp. 41–50
summary	This paper proposes a computational design education approach where students learn to develop their own geometric and logical workflows beyond specific software and platform. The course’s objectives are to familiarize architecture students with computational geometry, foster computational thinking that stays relevant over time, and promote democratized design tools through computation. Over a semester, we taught students to work directly on coordinates or numerical representations by utilizing 3-Dimensional (3D) computer graphics programming rather than learning 3D modeling software that rapidly goes out of style. This paper outlines our teaching methods to introduce the technology stack, design algorithm development, open-source or free tools implementation, and user experience – interface design. This paper also reviews the student’s final projects to deliver interactive web-browser applications for architectural design of varied scales and compares them according to four evaluation parameters. The paper culminates with the project's critical assessment and students' feedback to evaluate our approach and suggest an outlook for future development.
keywords	Computational Design, Algorithmic Design, Education, Design Tool, Platform-Agnostic Software, Open Source, Democratized Design
series	eCAADe
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_id	ascaad2023_065
id	ascaad2023_065
authors	Akbiyik, Selen; Güler, ªeyma; Selçuk, Semra
year	2023
title	A Critical Review on Research Themes and Trends in Green BIM for AEC Sector
source	C+++: Computation, Culture, and Context – Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design (ASCAAD), University of Petra, Amman, Jordan [Hybrid Conference] 7-9 November 2023, pp. 899-916.
summary	Green BIM is an emerging concept in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry that combines Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology with sustainable design principles. This approach emphasizes the importance of integrating green strategies into the design and construction process to improve the environmental performance of buildings. It enables designers, architects, engineers, and contractors to analyze the environmental impact of building materials and systems, simulate energy performance, and optimize the use of resources. The aim of the study is to conduct a bibliometric research and systematic analysis on the concept of 'green BIM'. Web of Science database was used to search for publications containing the term 'green BIM'. 252 relevant publications from the fields of construction building technology, architecture, and urban studies were analyzed. It evaluates research themes and trends in Green BIM in terms of publication and citation numbers, research areas, document types, journals, conferences, and books where publications were published, numbers of publications by country, author and co-authorship analysis, and keyword analysis. The keywords were divided into 9 clusters in the VOSviewer and each cluster was examined under a separate title. These titles are urban design, visual programming, design & construction, sustainability, energy efficiency, life cycle assessment, green BIM, project management and green building assessment. The results show that the most current keywords are being evaluated under the heading of urban studies. This situation highlights that, unlike other academic studies, priority is given to urban-scale applications of green BIM Moreover, apart from urban-scale studies, possible topics for academic research involve Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the integration of BIM in the LEED certification process. Currently, the industry and prominent publications prefer technical studies due to the extensive coverage of general inquiries.
series	ASCAAD
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_id	sigradi2023_396
id	sigradi2023_396
authors	Akdogan, Merve, Alaçam, Sema and Töreyin, Behçet Ugur
year	2023
title	A Bayesian Model for Optimizing Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 349–360
summary	This study focuses on the usage of a probabilistic approach on determining the best course of action in a specific environment within the domain of architecture. More specifically, Bayesian decision theory is applied on a simplified problem of maintaining thermal comfort and air quality. An already existing comprehensive dataset is used and narrowed down for the purpose of the study. Environment measurements (indoor and outdoor temperature, indoor CO2 level and air humidity) are taken as input variables and user preferences (open or closed window) are taken as outputs in order to address the problem as a binary classification problem. The paper can be regarded as a preliminary study on the usage of probabilistic approaches in the discipline of architecture.
keywords	Predictive Modeling, Binary Classification, Bayesian Decision Theory, Occupant-Building Interaction, Thermal Comfort
series	SIGraDi
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_id	cdrf2023_331
id	cdrf2023_331
authors	Alexander Htet Kyaw, Lawson Spencer, Sasa Zivkovic, Leslie Lok
year	2023
title	Gesture Recognition for Feedback Based Mixed Reality and Robotic Fabrication: A Case Study of the UnLog Tower
doi	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8405-3_28
source	Proceedings of the 2023 DigitalFUTURES The 5st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2023)
summary	Mixed Reality (MR) platforms enable users to interact with three-dimensional holographic instructions during the assembly and fabrication of highly custom and parametric architectural constructions without the necessity of two-dimensional drawings. Previous MR fabrication projects have primarily relied on digital menus and custom buttons as the interface for user interaction with the MR environment. Despite this approach being widely adopted, it is limited in its ability to allow for direct human interaction with physical objects to modify fabrication instructions within the MR environment. This research integrates user interactions with physical objects through real-time gesture recognition as input to modify, update or generate new digital information enabling reciprocal stimuli between the physical and the virtual environment. Consequently, the digital environment is generative of the user’s provided interaction with physical objects to allow seamless feedback in the fabrication process. This research investigates gesture recognition for feedback-based MR workflows for robotic fabrication, human assembly, and quality control in the construction of the UnLog Tower.
series	cdrf
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last changed	2024/05/29 14:04

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