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_id ascaad2006_paper30
id ascaad2006_paper30
authors Ma, Yue and Mohammed Zaheeruddin
year 2006
title A Real-Time Simulation Tool for Fault Detection and Diagnosis of HVAC Systems
source Computing in Architecture / Re-Thinking the Discourse: The Second International Conference of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2006), 25-27 April 2006, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
summary In this study, a real-time simulation tool was developed for online monitoring, control and diagnosis of HVAC systems. A twozone variable air volume terminal reheat (VAV-TRH) HVAC system is considered. The developed program can be used in offline and online environments. The offline environment allows the operators to examine optimal control strategies, and to investigate problems associated with improper size of components which could be the root cause of the fault. The online environment is useful for monitoring, control and diagnosis of HVAC systems. A set of expert rules were applied to identify the faults. Simulation results show that the developed tool is able to correctly identify the fault patterns and therefore can be used for improving operating performance of HVAC systems.
series ASCAAD
email
last changed 2007/04/08 19:47

_id bb7f
authors Mabel, Fabiana
year 2002
title Cidades Invisíveis – uma construção interpretativa [ Invisible cities - an interpretative construction ]
source SIGraDi 2002 - [Proceedings of the 6th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Caracas (Venezuela) 27-29 november 2002, pp. 91-93
summary Crear una imagen virtual digital colectiva, de una de las 57 ciudades descrito por Italo Calvino en el libro” Las ciudades invisibles “. Imaginar la ciudad y superar su concepto geográfico. Hacer-la un elemento aglutinadotes de las experiencias y sentimientos humanos, una fuente inagotable en transformación. Permitir una creación personal y colectiva, a través de los elementos que son al mismo tiempo descriptivos e imaginativos, que hace o no parte del mundo real, nosotros reportamos al mundo de los sueños, de la factura, lugares dónde todo es posible.Una invitación para sentir y entender sin la prisa, analizando los detalles como en una obra de arte. Un espacio digital que hace posible un diálogo no sólo en el campo del discurso pero también de la mirada, de crear, de hacer, de dividir y de comprensión. El pasaje para una nueva forma de la interacción, dónde los cambios acontecen libre e independientemente,sin la dirección de flujos, derribando las barreras espacio-tempo.Una búsqueda poética que tomará forma a través de la construcción de un mundo, compuesto por los elementos como: la luz, el sonido, las imágenes, las animaciones, objetan 2D y 3D, textos y videos. Estará disponible en el sitio”Ciudad arte” (www.cidadearte.com.br)
series SIGRADI
email
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_id 277f
authors Mabel, Fabiana
year 2001
title CIDADE ARTE: UM PROJETO VIRTUAL-DIGITAL (City Art: A Virtual-Digital Project)
source SIGraDi biobio2001 - [Proceedings of the 5th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics / ISBN 956-7813-12-4] Concepcion (Chile) 21-23 november 2001, pp. 248-250
summary “Art city” is focus in analizing the traditional process of urban plan - using the highest tecnology - to propose an urban plan of the ocupation in the real and virtual space. The timing and space has transformed during this new way of representation. Allow the exposition of the elements in differents years and cultures , the change of objects and process, to receive and transmit information. Doesn’t represent a specific place; the elaboration depend the way we realize and how we deal with the propsing and inside the struture of navegation
series SIGRADI
email
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_id ijac20064206
id ijac20064206
authors MacBain, Keith; Spillers, William R.
year 2006
title A Tool for the design of Fabric Structures
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 4 - no. 2, 81-94
summary This paper describes the development of a tool, now available for use over the Internet, for the preliminary design of a class of fabric structures. This tool is based on the so-called grid method in which vertical equilibrium over a grid in the horizontal plane is used to determine shape for a cable net. It can subsequently be combined with other analysis routines to produce a detailed structural design.
series journal
last changed 2007/03/04 07:08

_id 25a2
authors MacCallum, C. and Hanna, R.
year 1997
title DEFLECT: A Computer Aided Learning Package for Teaching Structural Design - Phase Two
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1997.x.f6j
source Challenges of the Future [15th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-3-0] Vienna (Austria) 17-20 September 1997
summary This paper reports on Phase Two of a SHEFC funded project jointly carried out by the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University of Paisley, the Mackintosh School of Architecture, and Lamp Software. The project aims to build a computer-assisted learning package on the response of structures to load. The software will be used as an interactive teaching tool for both architectural and engineering students.

The package has four levels: Beginners (Level 1), Intermediate (Level 2) and Advanced (Levels 3 and 4). The first two levels have been completed after continuous feedback from both institutions. Level 1 is geared towards architectural and engineering students to help them understand structural behaviour of building components, such as deflection. Level 2 is a graphical editor that enables students to draw precisely the structure of their designs, investigate the deflection of structural members and identify areas of tension and compression. Levels 3 and 4 are a design tool which is aimed at architectural and civil engineering students where they can design and analyse realistic structures by choosing structural members from a library, and specify materials and multiple loads.

Phase One of DEFLECT was presented in the 14th ECAADE conference , which was held at the University of Lund, Sweden. In Phase Two, the range of structural examples was expanded to include typological classics. This was accompanied by additional teaching and learning material. The package was enlarged to include bending moment and shear force diagrams, tapered and curved members, and additional materials such as glass.

series eCAADe
email
more http://info.tuwien.ac.at/ecaade/proc/maccull/maccull.htm
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_id 8832
authors MacCallum, C. and Hanna, R.
year 1996
title DEFLECT: A Computer Aided Learning Package For Teaching Structural Design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1996.253
source Education for Practice [14th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-2-2] Lund (Sweden) 12-14 September 1996, pp. 253-262
summary The teaching of structures and its integration with design teaching has been seen as one of the major problems in design education in schools of architecture world-wide. A number of suggestions have been put forward to improve the quality of teaching in structures in architecture. These include the production of computer based learning materials, and the use of the computer as a ‘substitute’ tutor.

This paper reports on a SHEFC funded project jointly carried out by the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Paisley, the Mackintosh School of Architecture, and Lamp Software. The project aims to build a computer-assisted learning package on the response of structures to load. The software will be used as an interactive teaching tool for both architectural and engineering students.

The package has three levels: Beginners (Level 1), Intermediate (Level 2) and Advanced (Level 3). The first two levels have been completed after continuous feedback from both institutions. Level 1 is geared towards architectural and engineering students to help them understand structural behaviour of building components, such as deflection. Level 2 is a graphical editor that enables students to draw precisely the structure of their designs, investigate the deflection of structural members and identify areas of tension and compression. Level 3 is a design tool aimed at architectural and civil engineering students where they can design and analyse realistic structures by choosing structural members from a library, and specify materials and multiple loads.

Prior to its final release, the software package was appraised by students from both institutions. Analysis of results from questionnaires revealed that students expressed a great deal of 'satisfaction' with many of its teaching and learning attributes. The outcome of this project will promote and enhance students’ understanding of the response of structures to load; it will also help students grasp the impact of varying building materials and cross sectional properties on the structural form.

series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id caadria2021_220
id caadria2021_220
authors MacDonald, Katie and Schumann, Kyle
year 2021
title Twinned Assemblage - Curating and Distilling Digital Doppelgangers
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2021.1.693
source A. Globa, J. van Ameijde, A. Fingrut, N. Kim, T.T.S. Lo (eds.), PROJECTIONS - Proceedings of the 26th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Online, Hong Kong, 29 March - 1 April 2021, pp. 693-702
summary Recent developments in digital fabrication have made increasingly intelligent use of machine visioning and 3D scanning. These technologies enable ever-higher resolution digital models of physical material, and present opportunities for physical material to gain agency in the design process. Digital design workflows using such technologies require ever-greater computing power as the resolution of digitized models increases, and high-fidelity 3D scanning systems become cost-prohibitive, creating obstacles to widespread use. Twinned assemblage uses consumer-grade photogrammetry software, lowering the cost of equipment required, and presents a series of distillation methods that strategically reduce the fidelity of data digitally describing a physical object. Distillation methods discussed include reducing a mesh to a low-poly geometry, identifying the location and orientation of an object's largest faces, and creating 2D sections, among others. These methods can be designed intentionally to extract or highlight certain qualities in digital models, that in turn inform aggregation strategies generated through computational simulation. This paper presents several examples of such aggregations in a variety of materials, conveying benefits and challenges of the process. Such methods present opportunities for granting agency to physical materials in the design process, and for the democratized use of digitizing technologies.
keywords Authorship; Digitizing; Material Agency; Digital Design; Democratized Technology
series CAADRIA
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id acadia19_266
id acadia19_266
authors MacDonald, Katie; Schumann, Kyle; Hauptman, Jonas
year 2019
title Digital Fabrication of Standardless Materials
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2019.266
source ACADIA 19:UBIQUITY AND AUTONOMY [Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-578-59179-7] (The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, Texas 21-26 October, 2019) pp. 266-275
summary Digital fabrication techniques have long been aimed at creating unique geometries and forms from standardized, often industrially produced or processed material. These materials have predictable, uniform geometries which allow the fabrication process to be aimed at producing variation through Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) milling of topological surfaces from volumetric stock or profiles from sheet material. More recently, digital fabrication techniques have been expanded and categorized to address the inherent variation in a found material. Digital materiallurgy defines an approach where standard techniques are applied to non-standard materials; in form-searching, non-standard materials such as unmilled timber members or chunks of concrete waste are analyzed for optimization within a digital fabrication process. Processes of photogrammetry, 3D scanning, and parametric analysis have been used to advance these methods and minimize part reduction and material waste. In this paper, we explore how such methods may be applied to materials without traditional standards—allowing for materials that are inherently variable in geometry to be made usable and for such eccentricities to be leveraged within a design. This paper uses bamboo as a case study for standardless material, and proposes an integrated digital fabrication method for using such material: (1) material stock analysis using sensing technology, (2) parametric best-fit part selection that optimizes a given piece of material within an assembly, and (3) parametric feedback between available material and the design of an assembly which allows for the assembly to adjust its geometry to a set of available parts.
series ACADIA
type normal paper
email
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_id sigradi2018_1677
id sigradi2018_1677
authors Machado Fagundes, Cristian Vinicius; Duarte Costa, Cauê; Pinto da Silva, Fábio; Miotto Bruscato, Underléa
year 2018
title Facade hollow brick (cobogó) 3D scanning: natural light admission analysis and comparison with original digital 3D model.
source SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 596-601
summary The cobogó is a hollow brick used for light and ventilation control, besides having an important aesthetic function. With computer graphics, 3d digital models can be used during the design process to verify these functions. Thus, the goal of this paper is to compare and analyze the different digital 3D models obtained (built virtually or through 3D scanning) of a cobogó existing in the Brazilian market, so that visual and lighting differences can be observed, and how these differences can impact the design process.
keywords 3D Scanning; Parametric Design; Climatic Analysis; 3D model
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2021/03/28 19:58

_id sigradi2020_81
id sigradi2020_81
authors Machado, Gabriela Pires; Freitas, Kamila Pacheco Louro; Sousa, Luísa Antunes de; Favre, Michelle Mayrink; Correa, Pedro Henrique Passos; Oliveira, Thais Gonçalves de; Calais, Victoria Mansur de
year 2020
title DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY, FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE AND INTERACTIVE MODELS AS TOOLS OF RECONSTITUTION OF HISTORICAL MEMORY: The Human Rights Memorial of Minas Gerais Project (Brazil)
source SIGraDi 2020 [Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Online Conference 18 - 20 November 2020, pp. 81-88
summary This paper discusses how history, archaeology, and architecture can work together within restoration and interpretation of older buildings in a multidisciplinary and technologic way - especially in territorial contexts of human rights violations. In the last decades, a lot of softwares, tools, and interfaces have emerged with the possibility to connect hypermedia languages, simulating spatial narratives of cultural heritage in virtual reality. This paper addresses these new methodologies of representation of history and memory through projects and case studies of the Human Rights Memorial of Minas Gerais.
keywords Forensic Architecture, Informational model, Digital archeology, Human rights, Places of Memory
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2021/07/16 11:48

_id sigradi2014_305
id sigradi2014_305
authors Machado, Lara Maria de Araújo; André Ximenes , Matheus Henrique do Vale Alencar
year 2014
title A abordagem sistêmica do processo generativo da forma aplicada ao projeto em Design [The systemic approach of the generative process of the form applied to the project in Design]
source SiGraDi 2014 [Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-9974-99-655-7] Uruguay - Montevideo 12 - 14 November 2014, pp. 413-417
summary The study addresses Shape Grammar as analytic and generative project methodology in Design. In order to authenticate the influence of these generation laws in design practice, the works of some artists of the Bauhaus school were analyzed. Furthermore, the study shows the importance of the designer in the conception process of his project, from the use of the identified grammar as generative tool for new products.
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:55

_id sigradi2016_641
id sigradi2016_641
authors Machado, Roger; Heidrich, Felipe Etchegaray
year 2016
title Adequaç?o da Modelagem Digital de Espaços Arquitetônico para a Visualizaç?o com Tecnologia de Jogos Digitais [Digital Modeling of Architectural Spaces for Visualizing with Digital Game Technology]
source SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.534-538
summary This paper describe a case study of the processes necessary for adapting digital modeling, developed in the academic context, to enable interactive visualization with the use of digital games engine. For this, was used a three-dimensional model developed by a student in an academic exercise of architectural design. The adequacy of digital modeling has been tested with the use of three software, SketchUp, 3DS Max and Maya LT, and the game engine Unreal Engine 4. This study intended to contribute to the expansion of options and analysis of academic visualization projects.
keywords Geometric Modeling; Interactive Visualization; Digital Game Engine
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2021/03/28 19:58

_id 2768
authors Maciel, P.W.C. and Shirley, P.
year 1995
title Visual navigation of large environments using textured clusters
source Proceedings 1995 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, pp. 95-102, June 1995
summary A visual navigation system is described which uses texture mapped primitives to represent clusters of objects to maintain high and approximately constant frame rates. In cases where there are more unoccluded primitives inside the view- ing frustum than can be drawn in real-time on the workstation, this system ensures that each visible object, or a cluster that includes it, is drawn in each frame. The system supports the we of traditional "level-of-detail" representations for individual objects, and supports the automatic genera- tion of a certain type of level-of-detail for objects and clusters of objects. The concept of choosing a representation from among those associated with an object that accounts for the direction from which the object is viewed is also supported. The level-of-detail concept is extended to the whole model and the entire scene is stored as a hierarchy of levels-of-detail that is traversed top-down to iind a good representation for a given viewpoint. This system does not assume that visibility information can be extracted from the model and is thus especially suited for outdoor environments.
series other
last changed 2003/04/23 15:50

_id sigradi2009_985
id sigradi2009_985
authors Mackay, William Iain; Neander Furtado Silva
year 2009
title From Ancient To Digital: The Challenges Of A Major Transition Towards The Virtual Reconstruction Of The Andean Past (With Special Reference To Inca Architecture.)
source SIGraDi 2009 - Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-18, 2009
summary The definition of an underlying shape grammar behind Inca architecture can assist in the virtual archaeological reconstruction of destroyed sites; that is, allowing us to step from the ancient to the digital realm. The Inca architectural style tends to be consistent throughout the Andes and was in effect, a statement of power. Geometricity, interlocking patterns, orthogonal layouts, colour and texture reversal, modular compression, derivations, rotation, mirroring, repetition, symmetry, proportion, ratios, recombination and Andean “entasis” are qualities frequently encountered in Andean art and architecture. They are “CAD-friendly” and can be integrated into predictive digital virtual reconstruction techniques representing partially damaged and substantially destroyed ancient Andean monuments (and fine arts).
keywords Inca; virtual reconstruction; shape grammars; kanchas; Ollantaytambo
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:55

_id aad7
authors Mackenzie, C.A. and Gero, John S.
year 1986
title Learning in the Domain of Decisions and Performances
source IAAI'86 Conference. 1986. pp. i:1:1-9. CADLINE has abstract only
summary Many domains present themselves as mappings between two classes of spaces: decision spaces and performance spaces. All design domains can be represented in this manner where the designer takes decisions which manifest themselves as performances in the designed artifact. Learning in these domains can take account of the structural characteristics of the spaces and of the mappings. This paper describes a system, PARE, which learns in the domain of decisions and performances by making use of the characteristics of a particular structuring concept known as 'Pareto optimality.' Much is known about the concept and its features which are used as hypotheses. If the hypotheses succeed then learning takes place by specializing the hypotheses' characteristics. Characterizations of Pareto optimality are described and the feature extraction process shown. The feature extraction process utilizes fuzzy pattern matching. An example of the system, written in ConSUN workstations, is presented from the domain of fenestration design
keywords performance, learning, design process, optimization, analysis, applications, theory, systems
series CADline
email
last changed 2003/06/02 13:58

_id cee5
authors Mackenzie, C.A. and Gero, John S.
year 1987
title Learning Design Rules from Decisions and Performances
source Artificial Intelligence in Engineering. 1987. vol. 2: pp. 2-10
summary This paper examines an approach to the extraction of implicit knowledge in rule form about the relationships between design decisions and their performance consequences. The effects of an imposed structure on a performance space are observed in relation to matching points in a decision space. A mapping between the two spaces embodies the knowledge that is discovered. The performance space is structured by Pareto optimization and the knowledge extraction process is illustrated by two examples from building design. The use of the methodology for learning about decision/performance relationships in extant designs is proposed
keywords inference, expert systems, design process, evaluation, learning, theory, applications, systems
series CADline
email
last changed 2003/06/02 14:41

_id a68b
authors Mackenzie, C.A.
year 1989
title Inferring Relational Design Grammars
source Environment and Planning B. 1989. vol. 16: pp. 252-287
summary The hierarchical structure afforded by linguistic systems, together with inter-element relationships, is suggested as a means of representing interpretations of generative design processes. The utility of relational descriptions for describing spatial arrangements and performing geometric transformations is discussed. Tree systems are shown to be a useful representation for relational descriptions, by making explicit the possible hierarchical organizations, and a search mechanism is introduced to look for 'interesting' design interpretations. A method for inferring tree automata from positive sample sets is employed to infer relational grammars. Issues in the representation and the grammatical inference method are discussed in the light of examples from the domain of spatial configuration
keywords inference, shape grammars, design, synthesis, relations, search
series CADline
last changed 2003/06/02 13:58

_id e8f0
authors Mackey, David L.
year 1992
title Mission Possible: Computer Aided Design for Everyone
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.1992.065
source Mission - Method - Madness [ACADIA Conference Proceedings / ISBN 1-880250-01-2] 1992, pp. 65-73
summary A pragmatic model for the building of an electronic architectural design curriculum which will offer students and faculty the opportunity to fully integrate information age technologies into the educational experience is becoming increasingly desirable.

The majority of architectural programs teach technology topics through content specific courses which appear as an educational sequence within the curriculum. These technology topics have traditionally included structural design, environmental systems, and construction materials and methods. Likewise, that course model has been broadly applied to the teaching of computer aided design, which is identified as a technology topic. Computer technology has resulted in a proliferation of courses which similarly introduce the student to computer graphic and design systems through a traditional course structure.

Inevitably, competition for priority arises within the curriculum, introducing the potential risk that otherwise valuable courses and/or course content will be replaced by the "'newer" technology, and providing fertile ground for faculty and administrative resistance to computerization as traditional courses are pushed aside or seem threatened.

An alternative view is that computer technology is not a "topic", but rather the medium for creating a design (and studio) environment for informed decision making.... deciding what it is we should build. Such a viewpoint urges the development of a curricular structure, through which the impact of computer technology may be understood as that medium for design decision making, as the initial step in addressing the current and future needs of architectural education.

One example of such a program currently in place at the College of Architecture and Planning, Ball State University takes an approach which overlays, like a transparent tissue, the computer aided design content (or a computer emphasis) onto the primary curriculum.

With the exception of a general introductory course at the freshman level, computer instruction and content issues may be addressed effectively within existing studio courses. The level of operational and conceptual proficiency achieved by the student, within an electronic design studio, makes the electronic design environment selfsustaining and maintainable across the entire curriculum. The ability to broadly apply computer aided design to the educational experience can be independent of the availability of many specialized computer aided design faculty.

series ACADIA
last changed 2022/06/07 07:59

_id lasg_whitepapers_2019_173
id lasg_whitepapers_2019_173
authors MacLeod, Douglas
year 2019
title Canada’s Infrastructure of the Future
source Living Architecture Systems Group White Papers 2019 [ISBN 978-1-988366-18-0] Riverside Architectural Press: Toronto, Canada 2019. pp.173 - 180
summary Canada electronic infrastructure
keywords living architecture systems group, organicism, intelligent systems, design methods, engineering and art, new media art, interactive art, dissipative systems, technology, cognition, responsiveness, biomaterials, artificial natures, 4DSOUND, materials, virtual projections,
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last changed 2019/07/29 14:02

_id 59ff
id 59ff
authors MacPherson, Deborah L.
year 2004
title PERCEIVING DESIGN IN VIRTUAL SPACES
source Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of Mathematics & Design, Special Edition of the Journal of Mathematics & Design, Volume 4, No.1, pp. 271-281.
summary People used to illustrate our ideas by hand and now we use machines. But we still can’t search through all the world’s drawings and ideas by proportion, aesthetic, and a list of measurements and space requirements. Suppose there was a new way to communicate with our machines that would allow design and other subtle relationships to be measured, compared and perceived using the design intent and viewers interpretations themselves as descriptions? In the future, using a system like this will eventually create so many designs, interpretations, patterns and spaces to choose from the questions become: how would design be perceived within these virtual spaces; and how might our aesthetics change due to this new dialogue with machines?
series other
type normal paper
email
last changed 2005/04/07 15:41

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