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_id	cf2019_029
id	cf2019_029
authors	Rogers, Jessie; Marc Aurel Schnabel and Tane Moleta
year	2019
title	Digital Design Ecology to Generate a Speculative Virtual Environment Reimagining New Relativity Laws
source	Ji-Hyun Lee (Eds.) "Hello, Culture!" [18th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2019, Proceedings / ISBN 978-89-89453-05-5] Daejeon, Korea, p. 234
summary	This paper presents the trilogy of virtual classifications, the speculative environment, the virtual inhabitant and the virtual built-form. These combine, generating a new realm of design within immersive architectural space, all to be designed relative to each other, this paper focuses on the speculative environment portion. This challenged computational design and representation through atmospheric filters, visible environment boundaries, materiality and audio experience. The speculative environment was generated manipulating the physical laws of the physical world, applied within the virtual space. The outcome provided a new spatial experience of architectural dynamics enhanced by detailed spatial qualities. Design concepts within this paper suggest at what immersive virtual reality can evolve into. Following an interconnective design methodology framework allowed a high level of complexity and richness to shine through the research case study throughout the process and final dissemination stages.
keywords	Virtual Reality, Relativity, Methodology, Immersive, Speculative
series	CAAD Futures
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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
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
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.019
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	ddss2006-pb-373
id	DDSS2006-PB-373
authors	Rohan Bailey
year	2006
title	Towards a Digital Design Teaching Tool - A look at the ideas that should define a digital design primer
source	Van Leeuwen, J.P. and H.J.P. Timmermans (eds.) 2006, Progress in Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, Eindhoven: Eindhoven University of Technology, ISBN-10: 90-386-1756-9, ISBN-13: 978-90-386-1756-5, p. 373-386
summary	Architecture in the 21st century has become an increasingly complex affair. In addition to new social and cultural norms, architects are inundated with constantly changing information regarding new materials, sustainable processes, and complex building types. This state of affairs has also affected the expectations placed on architectural education. Critics (in diverse spheres) have expressed concerns about the lack of requisite skills of graduates that characterise good design thinking strategies as well as promote responsible design. It has been proposed by this author in other forums that by using digital technology to empower design learning, we can allow students to confidently use (through reading and analysis) their sketches to develop conceptual ideas that reconcile disparate elements into a habitable, environmentally friendly and architecturally responsible whole that is fit for purpose, cost effective, sustainable and a delight to clients and users. This paper will seek to discuss one of the concepts that govern such a tool. It will start by delineating the problem (discussed earlier in the abstract) before outlining the concepts or principles that a design teaching tool should adhere to. These concepts acknowledge the importance for the tool to reflect the nature of design tasks, facilitate learning and be accessible to all learning types. The paper will then focus on one concept - the nature of design tasks. The subsequent sections will describe an information structure borne from this idea and make mention of a current prototype of the tool. The paper will conclude with a discussion of the strengths of considering this concept.
keywords	Design & decision support systems, Architectural education, Computer assisted learning, Design thinking
series	DDSS
last changed	2006/08/29 12:55

_id	ascaad2022_033
id	ascaad2022_033
authors	Rohani, Nima; Kim, Ikhwan
year	2022
title	Urban Design Analysis of New York City's Virtual Model: The Case of Tom Clancy's The Division
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. 188-201
summary	People have started spending time with digital tools and virtual worlds to escape reality's horrors. However, designed spaces are more than the players' needs, especially those digital games that their stories involve urban environments. This inefficiency causes spending futile efforts both in time and cost for the digital games' productions; The urban environments in these digital games are replicas of real-world cities. Some companies use some techniques for downgrading replicas. Therefore, this study aims to uncover the used techniques for designing Tom Clancy's The Division (2016). By using reverse engineering methodology and qualitative comparative analysis, the in-game map compared with the real-world map. Based on the results, the used techniques allowed the designers to scale down the game environment to be 2.5 times smaller than the actual city. Rather, verisimilitude is achieved by combining sufficiently accurate elements to give the impression of complete accuracy. By implementing the results of this research, designers can develop smaller replicas to be perceived as more extensive.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2024/02/16 13:24

_id	cdc2008_267
id	cdc2008_267
authors	Rojas, Francisca M.; Kristian Kloeckl and Carlo Ratti
year	2008
title	Dynamic City: Investigations into the sensing, analysis and application of real-time, location-based data
source	First International Conference on Critical Digital: What Matters(s)? - 18-19 April 2008, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge (USA), pp. 267-278
summary	Over the past decade, our cities have been blanketed with digital bits. Unlike the old electromagnetic, unidirectional waves, these bits are bidirectional – they communicate – and are thus tied to human activities. Our hypothesis is that by analyzing these bits we can gain an augmented, fine-grained understanding of how the city functions - socially, economically and yes, even psychologically. Some preliminary results from different projects recently carried out at MIT senseable city lab are discussed below.
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_id	ijac20108305
id	ijac20108305
authors	Rolvink, Anke; Roel van de Straat, Jeroen Coenders
year	2010
title	Parametric Structural Design and beyond
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 8 - no. 3, pp. 319-336
summary	In order to directly make insightful which implications follow from structural design changes and to be able to adapt a structural design quickly to geometrical design changes made by the architect, the structural engineer may embed a parametric and associative design approach in the structural design process. This approach focuses on parametric modelling and the development of parametric tools which serve specific needs in the structural design process, allowing designers for instance to quickly communicate and discuss alternatives or to inform design team members of structural results of changing design parameters. The paper presents multiple projects within these categories of parametric approaches. They are concentrated on design and analysis with the goal of presenting practical examples of these approaches in structural design which were integrated in the full design process in order to benefit from the qualities of a multi-disciplinary parametric and associative design process.
series	journal
last changed	2019/05/24 09:55

_id	ecaade2013_015
id	ecaade2013_015
authors	Roman, Miro
year	2013
title	Four Chairs and All the Others - Eigenchair
source	Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 405-414
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.405
wos	WOS:000340643600041
summary	By contemplating on the Eigenchair project, we ponder upon strategies and concepts of designing by using information technologies. What are the potentials of data driven design? What happens with objects when they are abstracted and reduced to a set of data? The emphasis is no longer on the creation of physical objects, but on conceiving meta-objects in the possibility space. Furthermore, this enables us to manipulate with a whole population of objects, instead of a single object. How do we get this abstract system to relate to the real world? Information technologies have opened up a number of new ways of thinking about the world and the object and they, by far, surpassed the formally simplified expression in design and architecture. Based on intellectual heritage of history and culture, information technologies can, by utilizing and recycling various elements and information, explore the 21st century object.
keywords	Eigenchair; eigenvector; Principal Component Analysis; data; indexing.
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2016_025
id	ecaade2016_025
authors	Roman, Miro
year	2016
title	Abstract Object in the World of Data - A Play of Books - Symbolicity of Information as Potential for Architectural Articulation
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 287-296
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.287
wos	WOS:000402064400028
summary	We are beyond representation; our abstract objects are symbolic; figures, fugues, faces, masks, atoms, elements, characters, avatars, indexes. It is about infusing, narrating, doping, context, information and masterful articulations. Concepts become spectrums; they live like the memory or traces of things that have been; they are not documents - they are animate. In this context interest of this paper is to see how can an image of book in the world of data be different than Kevin Lynch's systemic image of the city (Lynch 1960). Lynch has abstracted from the physical city. He is representing cities on the level of text, grammars and structures. What if one takes his exercise seriously and starts to play with text on the level on information, data, lists and indexes? What is an image of a book, its character, mood, how many faces does it have? This is a going to be a drama.
keywords	information; text; image; abstract object; generic
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2009_616
id	sigradi2009_616
authors	Romano, Elisabetta
year	2009
title	Cromatização de conjuntos habitacionais: Uma analogia entre cores e notas musicais [Popular dwelling chromaticism - An analogy between colors and musical notes]
source	SIGraDi 2009 - Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-18, 2009
summary	The colour is a protagonist in the perception phenomenon. This article shows a method to paint popular houses, based on an analogy between colours and musical notes. The colour palette is obtained by mixing chalk to a popular pigment (pó xadrez) and then establishing equivalence between these colours and a musical scale. The chromaticism is performed according to various generative criteria, one of which adopts the plant as a piano roll, proposing each unit to be painted in the colour of its corresponding note, showing that creative solutions can be achieved including colour modular coordination principles in the design process.
keywords	modular coordination; colour modulation; sound frequencies; colours wavelength; sinestesia
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:59

_id	sigradi2009_980
id	sigradi2009_980
authors	Romero R., William A.; Juan Camilo Ibarra; José Tiberio Hernández; Sergio Ordoñez
year	2009
title	Multi-modal simulation for urban mobility analysis: An approach based on a model of behaviour and infrastructure-related anomalies
source	SIGraDi 2009 - Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-18, 2009
summary	This paper presents a distributed simulation system for urban scenarios where infrastructure anomalies are common, such as those present in Latin-American cities. A microscopic-based model has been developed in order to represent the behavioural characteristics of the different mobility actors in a discrete lattice. The visualization component allows an interactive and immersive experience of the simulation results, providing a detailed point of view (focus) in the global environment (context). It is possible to empower the users’ interaction through devices for control and navigation of the data visualization.
keywords	Simulation Support Systems; Modelling and Simulation (M&S); Traffic Simulation; Immersive Visualization
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:59

_id	ecaade2021_108
id	ecaade2021_108
authors	Romero, Rosaura Noemy Hernandez and Pak, Burak
year	2021
title	Understanding Design Justice in a Bottom-up Housing through Digital Actor-Network Mapping - The case of solidary mobile housing in Brussels
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. 131-140
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.1.131
summary	This paper is a study of an ongoing housing project in Brussels (SMH) which involves bottom-up spatial occupation and 'making' by activists, activist architects, social workers and citizens. The particular focus of this paper is on the critical spatial agency of the citizens, activist-architects and artefacts for enabling architectural design justice (ADJ) in the SMH. Building on the Actor-Network Theory of Latour (2005) we developed an analytic method called Actor Link Mapping and Analysis (ALMA) which involves data collection from a wide range of network actors, the generation of a variety of digital network maps, making computational analysis, followed by workshops and interviews to discuss the findings. ALMA was used to recognize potential assets which are essential for design justice practices and networks. The analysis revealed the limits to community control of design processes and practices as well as limits to the conceptual links surrounding socio-spatial equality, thus limits to design justice in the SMH project. Our research also revealed a plethora of new roles and agencies in bottom-up housing production which were essential to understanding the dynamics and power distribution among the different actors.
keywords	Network Mapping; Network Analysis; Housing; Co-creation; Design Justice; Actor-Network Theory
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2018_402
id	ecaade2018_402
authors	Ron, Gili, Shallaby, Sara and Antonako, Theofano
year	2018
title	On-Site Fabrication and Assembly for Arid Region Settlements
source	Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 801-810
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.801
summary	With fast growing population rates and the further desertification of the global climate, desert regions, covering one fifth of the world's surface, provide an opportunity for future habitats. However, their extreme climatic conditions and remoteness pose a planning challenge, currently addressed with prefabrication and layered design; wasteful and costly solutions. This article proposes a bespoke design, fabrication and assembly process: performed in-situ with using local resources and novel automation. The research addresses challenges in on-site robotic forming and assembly of mono-material discrete elements, made in waterless concrete of sand-Sulphur composite. The formed components are examined in formwork-free assembly of wall and arch, with Pick & Place tool-path. The component's design incorporates topological and osteomorphic interlocking, facilitating structural integrity, as well as self-shading and passive cooling, to fit with local climate. This work culminates in a design proposal for constructing desert habitats, climatically adapted for Zagora oasis in the Moroccan Sahara: a remote site of hyper-arid climate.
keywords	Material System; Vernacular Architecture; Digital Morphogenesis; Topological Interlocking; Robotic Fabrication; Robotic Assembly
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2012_14
id	ecaade2012_14
authors	Ron, Ruth
year	2012
title	Exploration of Eco-Kinetic Systems in Architecture: Development of Dynamic Interactive Building Elements
source	Achten, Henri; Pavlicek, Jiri; Hulin, Jaroslav; Matejovska, Dana (eds.), Digital Physicality - Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2 / ISBN 978-9-4912070-3-7, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture (Czech Republic) 12-14 September 2012, pp. 391-399
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2012.2.391
wos	WOS:000330320600041
summary	This paper explores the potential of smart, moveable building components to achieve customized shading, variable privacy properties, and introduce complex visual qualities. The research combines performative design strategies and sustainable design principles, with parametric modelling and digital fabrication, within the contemporary theoretical and cultural context. The focus of this research is on architecture where physical movement is an integral part of the primary functional and formal nature of the building component. With embedded computing using input and output devices, the systems are no longer static but dynamically move and respond. The paper presents several case studies of working prototypes.
keywords	Kinetic architecture; dynamic architecture; interactive architecture
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2014_509
id	caadria2014_509
authors	Ron, Ruth; Renate Weissenböck and Eyal Sheffer
year	2014
title	Analysing and Visualizing the Moving Mechanisms of Kinetic Architecture
source	Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2014) / Kyoto 14-16 May 2014, pp. 931–932
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2014.931
series	CAADRIA
type	poster
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_id	2004_082
id	2004_082
authors	Rona, Cagri and M. Saleh Uddin
year	2004
title	Surround Digital Audio in Architectural Animation and VR Environment
source	Architecture in the Network Society [22nd eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9541183-2-4] Copenhagen (Denmark) 15-18 September 2004, pp. 82-88
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2004.082
summary	To stimulate all five senses through a realistic representation, audio plays a significant role. Architectural representation in digital media primarily falls in the area of visualization. Recent developments in simulation of 3d animation, lighting effect, material options and texture quality demonstrate that technology has come to a satisfactory level for representing realistic environments. But, at the same time, designers may not have paid due attention in regards to simulation of quality audio in architectural representation, particularly in 3D animation. “Surround Sound” or technically, the Dolby Digital and DTS technology has been used for entertainment purposes in film and movie production for a long time. As realistic materials and lighting increases the value of reality, sounds and sound effects too can add value to represented virtual reality architectural environments. Surround Sound technology simply delivers different signals from a 360-degree range. The reason beneath this is to break the sense of looking towards a single direction. Ideally, the audio should come from the direction of the visuals on the scene. Synchronization of both visual and Dolby Digital audio can enhance the experiential quality of an audio-visual representation. At the same time, it can break the notion of audio coming from a single direction. This paper suggests and demonstrates the technique of combining surround sound in digital 3D architectural animation for the purpose of enhancing its visual and sensory quality.
keywords	Architecture, Animations, 3D Surround Audio
series	eCAADe
last changed	2022/06/07 07:56

_id	ascaad2021_063
id	ascaad2021_063
authors	Ronagh, Ehsan; Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad, Anoosha Kia
year	2021
title	A New Paradigm in Generative Design Linking Parametric Architecture and Music to Form Finding
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. 227-240
summary	In recent years, geometry and innovations have become an important topic in contemporary architecture. In addition, the 21st century is considered as a new era in architectural design. Computer software development has introduced the theory of form-finding. The present study proposes a novel design and construction method in form-finding based on the relationship between parametric architecture and music. To achieve this goal, several algorithms were designed. The simulation was performed in Rhino with Grasshopper and Firefly plugins, and extensive prototyping of the shells was performed at High-performance Architecture Lab (HAL). This study is aimed at presenting a new design and construction method as a generative design that can use two main characteristics of sound namely frequency and intensity over time. The design also forms the numerical outputs of the music to deform the modular two-dimensional geometric patterns and transform them into three-dimensional parametric shells. The resulting research is fully applicable at a large scale such as urban landscape and small scale as interior design.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2021/08/09 13:13

_id	ddss2008-27
id	ddss2008-27
authors	Ronald, Nicole; Theo Arentze and Harry Timmermans
year	2008
title	Modelling social aspects of travel behaviourA preliminary review
source	H.J.P. Timmermans, B. de Vries (eds.) 2008, Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, ISBN 978-90-6814-173-3, University of Technology Eindhoven, published on CD
summary	Recent travel forecasting models have focussed strongly upon the fact that travel is derived from the activities in which people participate, such as work, school, shopping, sport, leisure, and social events. Participation in social activities is determined by one's friends and the groups that one is a member of, i.e., their household, their workplace/school, sporting groups, voluntary organisations and clubs. These acquaintances form part of an individual's social network: a representation of the people one interacts with. This paper presents a review of the intersection between social networks and travel behaviour, identifies the key concepts, and discusses how agent-based models could be used to explore the effects of social networks on travel behaviour.
keywords	Agent-based models, social networks, travel behaviour
series	DDSS
last changed	2008/09/01 17:06

_id	0122
authors	Ronchi, Alfredo M.
year	1993
title	CAAD in Education: Experience at Politecnico di Milano - DISET
source	[eCAADe Conference Proceedings] Eindhoven (The Netherlands) 11-13 November 1993
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1993.x.b9e
summary	The subject of this presentation may be resumed in a preface about the relevance of CAAD in Education and the main objectives of teaching. This part of paper give details on students curricula and skills. The evolution of the program of the course "Progettazione Edile Assistita" is presented pointing out the method used in education and the main software adopted; particular relevance is reserved to some particular works of the students concerning both software development and application programs results. The third paragraph presents in detail the main results obtained using diagrams and other outputs. The last part of the presentation is devoted to conclusions and the main projects for the future developments of the course.
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:50

_id	0a34
authors	Ronchi, Alfredo M.
year	1992
title	Education in Computing - Computing in Education
source	CAAD Instruction: The New Teaching of an Architect? [eCAADe Conference Proceedings] Barcelona (Spain) 12-14 November 1992, pp. 387-398
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1992.387
summary	The theme of this presentation which is entitled 'Education in Computing & Computing in Education' is certainly of great importance in the present climate characterized on the one hand by availability of highly efficient hardware, low-cost procedures and environments which are of great interest also as far as education is concerned. Within this topic it is of primary importance to ask oneself the question 'To learn architecture with computers must students learn computers?', and should the answer be 'yes', to ask 'To what extent? What level of complexity needs to be attained in order to realize this aim? What resources need to be dedicated to the learning of computer science? Should deep involvement be necessary, at what point should we refer to a computer scientist?' In an attempt to answer these questions, it is useful to examine the state of the art within computer science vs. engineering and computer science vs. education.
series	eCAADe
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_id	4f13
authors	Ronchi, Alfredo M.
year	1994
title	A Brief History of CAAD in Italy
source	The Virtual Studio [Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design / ISBN 0-9523687-0-6] Glasgow (Scotland) 7-10 September 1994, p. 227
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1994.x.f3n
summary	Twenty years of revolution, from the middle '70 to the middle '90. Many things have changed since the origins of computer graphics and computer aided design in architecture. We started teaching drafting on terminals which connected to mini computers, complex procedures or sets of graphics libraries working with keywords, vectors and storage screens. The next step was devoted to the discovery of workstations in the early '80's, where the user sat face on to the whole power of a multitasking system. At that time to use up to 16 time sharing processes running on the same work station seemed to have no practical use at all. Fortunately someone (ie Xerox PARC laboratories) at the same time started to develop the so-called GUI. Graphical user interface started a revolution in human/machine interface (ie Smalltalk). The desktop metaphor, the use of multiple windows and dialogues joined with icons and pop up menus let the user manage more applications and, even more important, created a standard in application/user interface (CUA). In the meantime focus had moved from hardware to software, systems being chosen from the software running. The true revolution we have seen starting from that base and involving an ever increasing number of users was the birth of PC based applications for CAAD. Generally speaking nowadays there are three main technologies concerning teaching: communication, multimedia and virtual reality. The first is the real base for future revolution. In the recent past we have started to learn how to manage information by computers. Now we can start to communicate and share information all over the world in real time. The new age opened by fax, followed by personal communication systems and networks is the entry point for a real revolution. We can work in the virtual office, meet in virtual space and cooperate in workgroups. ATM and ISDN based teleconferencing will provide a real working tool for many. The ever increasing number of e-mail addresses and network connections is carrying us towards the so called 'global village'. The future merger between personal digital assistant and personal communication will be fascinating. Multi & HyperMedia technology is, like a part of VR, a powerful way to share and transfer information in a structured form. We do not need to put things in a serial form removing links because we can transfer knowledge as is. Another interesting and fundamental aspect typical of VR applications is the capability to change cognitive processes from secondary (symbolic - reconstructive) to primary (perceptive - motory). In this way we can learn by direct experience, by experiment as opposed to reading books. All these things will affect not only ways of working but also ways of studying and teaching. Digital communications, multimedia and VR will help students, multimedia titles will provide different kinds of information directly at home using text, images, video clips and sounds. Obviously all those things will not substitute human relationship as a multimedia title does not compete against a book but it helps.
series	eCAADe
last changed	2022/06/07 07:50

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