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_id	e93d
authors	Knight, Weissman T.
year	1981
title	Languages of Designs : from Known to New
source	Environment and Planning B. 1981. vol. 8: pp. 213-238 : ill. includes bibliography
summary	A procedure for defining new languages of designs from known or given ones is presented. It is specified in terms of shape equivalence rules or shape equivalence rule schemata which allow shapes in spatial relations given or inferred from existing design languages to be replaced with other shapes. The new spatial relations so defined can be used to determine a wide variety of new, original languages of designs. The possibility of using shape equivalence rules or rule schemata for characterizing formal compositional aspects of historic styles or languages of designs and relationships between them is also discussed
keywords	design, languages, shape grammars, relations
series	CADline
last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	b719
authors	Maver, T.W.
year	1981
title	Simulation and Solution Teams in Architectural Design
source	Proceedings of Design Participation Conference, (Ed: N Cross), Academy Editions, 79-83
series	other
type	normal paper
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last changed	2015/02/20 11:25

_id	ecaade2015_119
id	ecaade2015_119
authors	Dokonal, Wolfgang; Knight, Michael W. and Dengg, Ernst Alexander
year	2015
title	New Interfaces - Old Models
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.1.101
source	Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 101-106
summary	The rapid development of new Virtual Reality (VR) devices such as the Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard together with Augmented Reality (AR) applications such as 3Dplus (by the Finnish company advice) or gaming software such as Unity3D and Unreal Engine 4 raises the question of how we can use these new interfaces and applications to access our increasingly data-rich models. In this paper we will summarise the results of a joint international workshop where students explored the use of these new interfaces on existing models. During the course of the workshop, the students built their own VR environments to test spatial perception and then used different types of housing models with these interfaces to find out what kind of information inside those data rich models is best suited to be accessed using these new interfaces. The question will be if there is any added value - besides the novelty factor - in using these new devices in combination with old models. To give an extra dimension to the virtual nature of the workshop, students collaborated with some of the tutors primarily digitally using the virtual models and other online tools (Skype/Twitter/discussion boards). By having collaboration through the medium of the virtual interactive model as the core communication method, the amount, type and methods of presenting the information is tested and evaluated. This is work in progress and we had to experience several problems that we could not overcome in the available time.
wos	WOS:000372317300011
series	eCAADe
email
more	https://mh-engage.ltcc.tuwien.ac.at/engage/ui/watch.html?id=54a3a8e0-702c-11e5-9592-c7c2b292a6cf
last changed	2022/06/07 07:55

_id	11b4
authors	Hall, Theodore W.
year	2001
title	2001: An Acadia Odyssey
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2001.006
source	ACADIA Quarterly, vol. 20, pp. 6-7
summary	ACADIA marked the dawn of its third decade last October, at its 21st annual conference, the 20th anniversary of its birth. If the numbers seem inconsistent at first, recall that the association was born at its 1st conference, its 0th anniversary, in 1981. Of the twenty-four founding members, only a few are still active. I joined at the third conference, in 1983, and I’ve never met half the founders. Perhaps they never expected the association to last two years, let alone two decades. In the meantime, an entire generation has come of age and begun to take the reins. ACADIA is alive and well, thank you very much.
series	ACADIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:50

_id	cf2009_poster_09
id	cf2009_poster_09
authors	Hsu, Yin-Cheng
year	2009
title	Lego Free-Form? Towards a Modularized Free-Form Construction
source	T. Tidafi and T. Dorta (eds) Joining Languages Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009 CD-Rom
summary	Design Media is the tool designers use for concept realization (Schon and Wiggins, 1992; Liu, 1996). Design thinking of designers is deeply effected by the media they tend to use (Zevi, 1981; Liu, 1996; Lim, 2003). Historically, architecture is influenced by the design media that were available within that era (Liu, 1996; Porter and Neale, 2000; Smith, 2004). From the 2D plans first used in ancient egypt, to the 3D physical models that came about during the Renaissance period, architecture reflects the media used for design. When breakthroughs in CAD/CAM technologies were brought to the world in the twentieth century, new possibilities opened up for architects.
keywords	CAD/CAM free-form construction, modularization
series	CAAD Futures
type	poster
last changed	2009/07/08 22:12

_id	2430
authors	Kernighan, Brian W. and Plauger, P.J.
year	1981
title	Software Tools in Pascal
source	ix, 366 p. Reading,Mass.: Addison-Wesley Pu. Co., 1981. includes bibliography and index
summary	How to write programs that make good tools, and how to program well in the process are the two main concepts. Structured programming and top down design are emphasized and applied to every program as are principles of design, testing efficiency and portability
keywords	programming, PASCAL, education
series	CADline
last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	2fa9
authors	Lewis, W.P.
year	1981
title	The Role of Intelligence in the Design of Mechanical Components
source	North-Holland Publishing Company, 1981. pp. 59-88 : tables. includes bibliography: p. 79
summary	Methods used to design engineering components to transmit mechanical power are described and analyzed. The analysis defines the role of human intelligence, which is conceived in terms of the capacity to generate and process information, and its role in design problem solving therefore are examined with respect to an information processing design behavior and throw light on the extent to which it can be simulated or augmented by the digital computer
keywords	design process, problem solving, mechanical engineering, intelligence
series	CADline
last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	ecaade2012_087
id	ecaade2012_087
authors	Lorenz, Wolfgang E.
year	2012
title	Estimating the Fractal Dimension of Architecture: Using two Measurement Methods implemented in AutoCAD by VBA
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2012.1.505
source	Achten, Henri; Pavlicek, Jiri; Hulin, Jaroslav; Matejovska, Dana (eds.), Digital Physicality - Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1 / ISBN 978-9-4912070-2-0, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture (Czech Republic) 12-14 September 2012, pp. 505-513
summary	The concept of describing and analyzing architecture from a fractal point of view, on which this paper is based, can be traced back to Benoît Mandelbrot (1981) and Carl Bovill (1996) to a considerable extent. In particular, this includes the distinction between scalebound (offering a limited number of characteristic elements) and scaling objects (offering many characteristic elements of scale) made by B. Mandelbrot (1981). In the fi rst place such a differentiation is based upon a visual description. This paper explores the possibility of assistance by two measurement methods, fi rst time introduced to architecture by C. Bovill (1996). While the box-counting method measures or more precisely estimates the box-counting dimension D b of objects (e.g. facades), range analysis examines the rhythm of a design. As CAD programs are familiar to architects during design processes, the author implemented both methods in AutoCAD using the scripting language VBA. First measurements indicate promising results for indicating the distinction between what B. Mandelbrot called scalebound and scaling buildings.
wos	WOS:000330322400052
keywords	Box-Counting Method; Range Analysis; Hurst-Exponent; Analyzing Architecture; Scalebound and Scaling objects
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	0c81
authors	Robinson, John T.
year	1981
title	The K-D-B-Tree : A Search Structure of Large Multidimensional Dynamic Indexes
source	22 p. : ill
summary	Pittsburgh, PA: Department of Computer Science, CMU, February, 1981. CMU-CS-81-106. includes some bibliographical references. The problem of retrieving multikey records via range queries form a large, dynamic index is considered. By large it is meant that most of the index must be sorted on secondary memory. By dynamic it is meant that insertions and deletions are intermixed with queries, so that the index cannot be built beforehand. A new data structure, the K-D-B-tree, is presented as a solution to this problem. K-D-B-trees combine properties of K-D-trees and B-trees. It is expected that the multidimensional search efficiency of balanced K-D-trees and the I/O efficiency of B-trees should both be approximated in the K-D-B-tree. Preliminary experimental results that tend to support this are reported
keywords	algorithms, search
series	CADline
last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	a664
authors	Samet, Hanan
year	1981
title	Connected Component Labeling Using Quadtrees
source	Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery. July, 1981. vol. 23: pp. 487-501 : ill. includes bibliography
summary	An algorithm is presented for labeling the connectedÔ h)000*°° ÔŒ components of an image represented by a quadtree. The algorithm proceeds by exploring all possible adjacencies for each node once and only once. As soon as this is done, any equivalences generated by the adjacency labeling phase are propagated. Analysis of the algorithm reveals that its average execution time is of the order O(W+B(logB)), where B and W correspond to the number of blocks comprising the foreground and background, respectively, of the image
keywords	algorithms, quadtree, image processing, pattern recognition, representation
series	CADline
last changed	1999/02/12 15:09

_id	817b
authors	Bong, C.W. and Wang, Y.C.
year	2002
title	A Shape Compactness Measurement Indexing with Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision Making Approach
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2002.093
source	CAADRIA 2002 [Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / ISBN 983-2473-42-X] Cyberjaya (Malaysia) 18–20 April 2002, pp. 093-100
summary	Compactness of a district or zone is determined by considering its appearance and the area of dispersal of the district (Altman, 1998) and it is used as a characteristic to describe shape (Shiode, 1998; Knight, 1997). However, existing compactness measurement used to assess district plans in redistricting applications are vague and imprecision although there are more than thirty over Euclidean or non-Euclidean measurement methods. Therefore, this paper presents an integrated shape compactness measurement indexing with a fuzzy multicriteria decision making approach (FMCDM) to enhance the measurement of shape compactness. An experiment is conducted in order to verify the practically of the proposed model to improve existing compactness measurement method.
series	CAADRIA
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:54

_id	0f2b
authors	Brown, Andre G.P. and Knight, Michael W.
year	2001
title	NAVRgate: Gateways to architectural virtual reality - A review and thought on future directions
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2001.195
source	CAADRIA 2001 [Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / ISBN 1-86487-096-6] Sydney 19-21 April 2001, pp. 195-198
summary	A core element in the success of a virtual environment is the ease and appropriateness of the navigation process. Navigation is a two part process which consists of a facility for enabling movement [Locomotion] and sensory input to aid the navigator in finding they way around [Cognition]. Our work has focussed on Navigation in Virtual Environments for Architecture and that work is summarised here.
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:54

_id	ecaade2007_205
id	ecaade2007_205
authors	Brown, André; Knight, Mike; Winchester, Martin
year	2007
title	An Architectural Learning Environment
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2007.671
source	Predicting the Future [25th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-6-5] Frankfurt am Main (Germany) 26-29 September 2007, pp. 671-675
summary	This paper contributes to the discussion on Virtual Learning Environments, particularly those aimed at the study of Architecture and allied or parallel disciplines. The campus at the University of Liverpool has been modeled and from this an interactive environment has been created that replicates the actual built form and landscape of the actual campus. We reflect on the appropriateness of such environments, compared to more conventional web based techniques for the delivery of educational information.
keywords	Virtual learning environment, virtual campus, virtual environment
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:54

_id	ecaade2007_167
id	ecaade2007_167
authors	Dokonal, Wolfgang; Knight, Michael
year	2007
title	Digital Design Tools vs. Sketching in Design
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2007.843
source	Predicting the Future [25th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-6-5] Frankfurt am Main (Germany) 26-29 September 2007, pp. 843-848
summary	This paper reports on and updates a research project which seeks to address two fundamental questions. Does the current breed of user friendly 3D CAAD software really enhance our design abilities when compared to more traditional techniques like sketching and how might the use of such software inform how we teach the new generation of architectural students. It furthermore summarizes the results of a web questionnaire that tries to find out the current main tools in the early design phases amongst architectural practitioners in two European countries.
keywords	Digital design, practice, early design stages
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:55

_id	sigradi2005_270
id	sigradi2005_270
authors	Dokonal, Wolfgang; Michael W. Knight
year	2005
title	Sketch as sketch can or model as model can?
source	SIGraDi 2005 - [Proceedings of the 9th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Lima - Peru 21-24 november 2005, vol. 1, pp. 270-274
summary	This paper reports about an ongoing experience for the use of computers in the early design stages. It tries to evaluate how recent software developments in the field of CAAD will influence the way architects design and how we teach them architectural design. There is now doubt to us that the ongoing change in the technology will influence the way we work in future when we do architectural design. It is an important question for every school of architecture what effect these developments will have on our teaching and curricula. We use an ongoing educational project to try to find some answers to these questions.
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:50

_id	ascaad2021_150
id	ascaad2021_150
authors	Fathima, Linas; Chithra K
year	2021
title	Shapegrammar: A Tool for Research in Traditional Architecture
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. 465-478
summary	Every Architectural style consists of an Architectural language with vocabulary, syntax, and semantics. The compositional principles of a particular style can be defined over as a set of rules. These rules can be reformed and converted using mathematical computational techniques using Shape Grammar (A systematic method used for interpreting spatial design and activities). Researchers across the world used shape grammar to analyse design patterns of traditional architectural styles, master architects' works, etc. These rule-based methods can be adopted into computer languages to produce new designs. Traditional Architecture of a region portrays culture integrated with all aspects of human life. The proposed paper is to study the potentials of shape grammar to use as a tool in the research of traditional architectural styles by analysing case studies. The research methodology reviews the previous shape grammar studies conducted in various conventional styles and comparative analysis of the approaches of authors in shape grammar generation. The research by Lambe and Dongre on the formulation of shape grammar of Pol houses of Ahmadabad and Cagdas's work on traditional Turkish houses is an example of this. T Knight had formulated shape grammar of Japanese tea houses, and Yousefniapasha and Teeling developed a grammar of vernacular houses facing rice fields of Mazandaran, Iran. Similarly, many researchers used shape grammars as a tool to analyse traditional architecture. So the study will compare the different traditional shape grammar generations and formulate a sample shape grammar of a traditional prototype to conclude the scope of further research in the domain.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2021/08/09 13:13

_id	2004_167
id	2004_167
authors	Knight, Michael and Brown, Andre
year	2004
title	A Portable and Natural Interface to Architectural Virtual Environments
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2004.167
source	Architecture in the Network Society [22nd eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9541183-2-4] Copenhagen (Denmark) 15-18 September 2004, pp. 167-172
summary	In previous papers the authors have described low cost, pragmatic interaction devices for architectural virtual environments, in particular the bike as a means of locomotion around a virtual urban environment. They have also been involved in work on portable systems for city navigation and representation, based around a personal digital assistant running pseudo 3d models of the city with an associated information database. This paper describes work that develops the two ideas of familiar real world interaction device and portability to produce a portable system for interaction with architectural urban models.
keywords	Virtual Environments; Locomotion; Portable; Interaction; Navigation
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:51

_id	06e8
authors	Knight, Michael W. and Brown, Andre G.P.
year	2000
title	Interfaces for Virtual Environments; A Review Recent Developments and Potential Ways forward
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2000.215
source	Promise and Reality: State of the Art versus State of Practice in Computing for the Design and Planning Process [18th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-6-5] Weimar (Germany) 22-24 June 2000, pp. 215-219
summary	The physical and visual nature of the interface devices and media that enable the human agent to interact with a virtual world have evolved over the past few years. In this paper we consider the different lines of development that have taken place in the refinement of these interfaces and summarise what has been learned about the appropriate nature of the interface for such interaction. In terms of the physical aspects we report on the kind of devices that have been used to enable the human agent to operate within the computer generated environment. We point out the successes and failures in the systems that have been tried out in recent years. Likewise we consider the kinds of software generated interface that have been used to represent virtual worlds. Again, we review the efficacy of the environments that have been devised; the quality of the Cyberplace. Our aim is to be able to comment on the effectiveness of the systems that have been devised from a number of points of view. We consider the physical and software-based aids for navigation; the nature of the representation of architectural worlds; strengthening “groundedness”; the inclusion of “otherness”; and reinforcement of the idea of “presence”
keywords	Virtual Environments, Games Engines, Collaborative Design, Navigation Metaphors
series	eCAADe
email
more	http://www.uni-weimar.de/ecaade/
last changed	2022/06/07 07:51

_id	caadria2003_a5-1
id	caadria2003_a5-1
authors	Knight, Michael W. and Brown, Andre G.P.
year	2003
title	NAVRgate X, A Naturalistic Navigation Metaphor for Large Scale Virtual Environments
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2003.625
source	CAADRIA 2003 [Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / ISBN 974-9584-13-9] Bangkok Thailand 18-20 October 2003, pp. 625-630
summary	This paper describes the latest in a series of real-world, low-cost interfaces for virtual reality. nAVRgate (the AVR being Architectural Virtual Reality) has looked at real-world analogies for interfacing with 'real' virtual environments in an attempt to improve the sense of presence, the phenomenon of sense of presence in virtual environments (VEs) often being seen as the real essence of Virtual Reality (Laurel, 1993)
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:51

_id	ecaade2010_135
id	ecaade2010_135
authors	Knight, Michael W.; Brown, Andre G.P .
year	2010
title	Increasing Design Reflection and Improving Feedback using Wikis
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2010.051
source	FUTURE CITIES [28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-9-6] ETH Zurich (Switzerland) 15-18 September 2010, pp.51-55
summary	As architects and educators we are all aware that the methods by which we teach the subject of architecture, and particularly design studio, is different to other lecture based courses. With increasing institutional financial pressure coupled both with increasing student numbers and student expectation of quality feedback, the problems are compounded. Increasingly, we look to technology to provide the answers.
wos	WOS:000340629400004
keywords	Wiki; Design reflection; Pedagogy; Feedback
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:51

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