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_id	sigradi2009_1006
id	sigradi2009_1006
authors	Kós, José Ripper; Thêmis da Cruz Fagundes; Almir Francisco Reis; Filipe Lima Botelho
year	2009
title	Modelo urbano 3D como instrumento de integração de pesquisas acadêmicas [3D city model as a tool for connecting academic research]
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 describes the city modeling process of Florianopolis, Brazil, within an architecture graduate program. The model focuses the city urban evolution and aims to integrate different research groups that have Florianopolis as their study object. The process of interpreting historical and other analog data in order to include them into the model becomes a tool to connect research information and stimulate collaboration with researchers who have worked separately. We discuss some tools applied to the modeling process and some research projects that are starting to be embedded in the model.
keywords	Modelo urbano 3D; evolução urbana; práticas colaborativas; Florianópolis
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:54

_id	ijac201513302
id	ijac201513302
authors	König, Reinhard
year	2015
title	Urban Design Synthesis for Building Layouts based on Evolutionary Many-Criteria Optimization
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 13 - no. 3, 257-269
summary	Urban Design Synthesis for Building Layouts based on Evolutionary Many-Criteria Optimization
series	journal
last changed	2019/05/24 09:55

_id	ecaade2021_131
id	ecaade2021_131
authors	Körner, Andreas
year	2021
title	Thermochromic Animation - Thermally-informed and colour-changing surface-configurations
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.2.453
source	Stojakovic, V and Tepavcevic, B (eds.), Towards a new, configurable architecture - Proceedings of the 39th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, 8-10 September 2021, pp. 453-462
summary	All factors of thermal comfort are invisible to humans and do not (yet) impact visual navigation in the built environment. Thermochromic materials change their colour relative to temperature. In architecture, their applications as responsive ornaments and as intelligent composite systems are discussed. Nonetheless, design research on their use together with computational design is scarce. This study investigates thermochromics concerning architectural surfaces. Design and material experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that thermochromic animation can be configured to visualise invisible parameters of thermal comfort. Scale prototypes were fabricated from different materials and coated with thermochromics. They varied in layer number and sub-coatings. The colour change was observed with several instruments. Heat transfer simulations of digital doppelgangers accompanied the physical experiments. The results suggest that this method can be used to configure thermochromic animation. This can be implemented into a procedural design model for porous and multi-layered thermochromic surfaces in the future. In this, digital simulation and material-based design are combined in a method that advances the use of thermochromic materials in the context of digital architectural design.
keywords	thermochromics; fabrication; simulation; materials; colour
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:52

_id	ecaade2022_228
id	ecaade2022_228
authors	Körner, Andreas
year	2022
title	Chromogenic Composites - A case study combining thermochromics with heat transfer simulations and digital fabrication in architectural education
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.291
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 291–300
summary	Over the last few decades, environmental considerations have become increasingly important in architecture. To predict and simulate material changes and environmental forces can help architects to articulate surfaces. In architectural education, an increasing amount of the curricula are engaging with aspects of energy design, sustainability, and environmental simulations. The successful integration of related novel technologies in education has been demonstrated in the past. This paper documents a technical seminar that focused on the combination of digital environmental simulations and smart materials to create chromogenic prototypes for environmentally responsive architectural composites. Thermochromic chromogenics are substances that reversibly change colour depending on temperature. Specifically, the task was to come up with novel techniques to combine such materials with varying substrates to achieve dynamic panels. The course design was informed by a variety of design research and learning concepts. Students were asked to use digital heat transfer simulations to predict the smart material changes of computationally designed panels. Each of the eight idiosyncratic prototypes was modified with a variety of techniques and coated with thermochromic ink to achieve complex heat signature patterns. The resulting chromogenic composites were documented and analyzed using photos and infrared thermography. The seminar’s results showed that the three aspects (simulation, material, fabrication) can help to introduce eco-relevant technologies to design education. For this paper, both the outcomes and the course design itself were reviewed to better understand the co-creation process of the three aspects. This evaluation provided a rich repertoire of possibilities to combine different technologies for creative environmental design in architecture; all while maintaining an engaging teaching environment.
keywords	Education, Smart Materials, Simulation, Prototyping, Heat Transfer
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2024/04/22 07:10

_id	ascaad2023_120
id	ascaad2023_120
authors	Körükcü, Berfin
year	2023
title	A Framework Proposal for Natural Stone Processing with Robot Arm
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. 767-779.
summary	Transforming raw stone materials into building elements and materials using traditional tools and methods has a long cultural history. As a reflection of computational design thinking, current production methods have been transferred to digital environments, making them suitable for processing and interacting with numerical machines. Physical media and production processes, which are difficult and slow to change and regulate, have been transferred to the digital environment and made programmable, changeable and open to algorithmic manipulation. The development of digital design and production methods in architecture has also paved the way for the digitalization of natural stone processing applications. Digital Fabrication methods are effective at all scales and stages of architectural processes. In subtractive methods, which is one of the digital fabrication methods, the material is shaped by subtracting parts from the main whole by cutting or milling. Processing with a robot arm is a subtractive production type, such as traditional stone carving. The process consists of the tool attached to the robot arm moving on the block. Along the path followed by the tool, the material is shaped by subtracting it according to the thickness, shape, step distance, progress speed, adjusted depth, and axis. In general, stone processing consists of two steps: rough processing that roughly removes the material layer by layer and fine processing that processes the remaining part precisely to produce a surface finish. The design of this production process creates a relationship between time and quality. At this point, simulation can be used to design the process based on the production tool before production and to provide feedback on the produced form by measuring it to the digital model after production. This study provides a comparative framework for the different processing steps of natural stone materials for robotic fabrication. The research includes collecting data on natural stone processing and robotic fabrication, drawing a framework for the geometric form to be processed, designing the stone processing process with a robotic arm, conducting simulation experiments, and analyzing simulation data. Since performing the experiments in physical would be restrictive in terms of cost and time, simulation technique was preferred. In this way, it was possible to conduct more experiments, and analyzes were strengthened.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2024/02/13 14:41

_id	6c34
authors	Kühn, E., Herzog, M. and Kühn, C.
year	1997
title	The Implementation of a Distributed Hypermedia Archive for Architectural Design Precedents
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1997.x.x4h
source	Challenges of the Future [15th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-3-0] Vienna (Austria) 17-20 September 1997
summary	In this paper we present the current state of an ESPRIT IV project the authors are involved in (VHF- A Virtual Hypermedia Factory, grant nr. 22251). The aim of the project is to develop methodologies and technologies for distributed hypermedia production and dissemination. The application scenario of the Austrian partners is the realisation of electronic documentation on Austrian architecture of the 20th century. The partners in the project are the Albertina, a collection of graphic arts that houses a special section for architectural drawings both contemporary and historic, and the Austrian Architectural Foundation, the umbrella organisation of the architectural centres which are established in nine different locations in Austria. The collection of information will be done in a distributed environment and made accessible to the different user groups through specially tailored interfaces.
keywords	Hypermedia, Distributed Database, Electronic Publishing, Interface Design
series	eCAADe
email
more	http://info.tuwien.ac.at/ecaade/proc/kuehn/kuehn.htm
last changed	2022/06/07 07:50

_id	sigradi2006_p020e
id	sigradi2006_p020e
authors	La Rocca, Renata and Pratschke, Anja
year	2006
title	MNEMO_VÍRTUS
source	SIGraDi 2006 - [Proceedings of the 10th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Santiago de Chile - Chile 21-23 November 2006, pp. 429-433
summary	Considering the contemporary recover of mnemonic techniques in the media art context, the present approach focuses on spatial questions related to the way the mixed realities environments are structured. The goal is to discuss how the traditional use of mnemonic structures can enrich the experience in mixed reality installations, structuring the interaction by organizing the access to the information and the connections in-be discussed in our research group Nomads.USP [Center for Interactive Living Studies, http://www.eesc.usp.br/nomads].
series	SIGRADI
email
last changed	2016/03/10 09:54

_id	ecaade2020_501
id	ecaade2020_501
authors	La Russa, Federico Mario and Santagati, Cettina
year	2020
title	From the Cognitive to the Sentient Building - Machine Learning for the preservation of museum collections in historical architecture
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.2.507
source	Werner, L and Koering, D (eds.), Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age - Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16-18 September 2020, pp. 507-516
summary	The aim of this paper is to evaluate the efficacy of the Digital Twin approach to achieving Sentient buildings able to develop preservation and conservation action plans from environmental data. The case study is based on the integration of an H-BIM model with an AI-based Decision Support System implementing Machine Learning techniques for conserving museum collections in historical buildings.
keywords	Digital Twin; Historical Architecture; Artificial Intelligence; Decision Support System; Museum Collections; Preventive Conservation
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:52

_id	sigradi2005_264
id	sigradi2005_264
authors	Labarca, Claudio M.; Rodrigo Culagovski R., María José Lagos
year	2005
title	New Territories: The digital model as a shape-laboratory in architectural education
source	SIGraDi 2005 - [Proceedings of the 9th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Lima - Peru 21-24 november 2005, vol. 1, pp. 264-269
summary	New digital technologies allow architecture students to explore architectural shape freed of many of the formal and physical constraints implicit in traditional analog representation technologies. We believe that this will allow for a greater understanding of the origin of architectural form and the emergence of new project methodologies, informed by current day developments in digital art and visualization systems. Ultimately, the new generation of architects should be able to select, adapt and create digital tools that allow them to process, manipulate and give form to wide-ranging and complex data sets. [Full paper in Spanish]
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:54

_id	sigradi2005_591
id	sigradi2005_591
authors	Labarca, Claudio M.; Rodrigo Culagovski R.
year	2005
title	Parametric urban simulation: digital modeling system for building codes
source	SIGraDi 2005 - [Proceedings of the 9th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Lima - Peru 21-24 november 2005, vol. 2, pp. 591-596
summary	Urban building codes include a series of abstract geometric and mathematical prescriptions whose final built result is not easily visualized by non-technical users. This makes an informed public debate about the proposed regulations difficult and leaves the final definition of the exact ratios and formulas in the hands of local governments’ technical consultants. Even these experts usually have only gross numerical approximations, photomontages and other non-rigorous representations of the final built environment on which to base their decisions. We propose a system which, taking as its inputs the roads and lots of the area under consideration, as well as the proposed building codes, generates a detailed three dimensional model that gives neighbors, users and authorities’ access to a common, objective preview of the foreseeable result of the codes under consideration. We believe this will lead to a greater transparency and participation in building code definition and approval processes. [Full paper in Spanish]
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:54

_id	cf2009_771
id	cf2009_771
authors	LaBelle, Guillaume; Nembrini, Julien and Huang, Jeffrey
year	2009
title	Programming framework for architectural design ANAR+: Object oriented geometry
source	T. Tidafi and T. Dorta (eds) Joining Languages, Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009, PUM, 2009, pp. 771- 785
summary	From the recent advent of scripting tools integrated into commercial CAAD software and everyday design practice, the use of programming applied to an architectural design process becomes a necessary field of study. The presented research explores the use of programming as explorative and reflexive medium (Schön, 1983) through the development of a programming framework for architectural design. Based on Java, the ANAR+ library is a parametric geometry environment meant to be used as programming interface by designers. Form exploration strategies based on parametric variations depend on the internal logic description, a key role for form generation. In most commercial CAD software, geometric data structures are often predefined objects, thus constraining the form exploration, whereas digital architectural research and teaching are in need for an encompassing tool able to step beyond new software products limitations.
keywords	Parametric design, programming language, architectural Geometry, pro-cessing
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2009/06/08 20:53

_id	ecaade2010_142
id	ecaade2010_142
authors	Labelle, Guillaume; Nembrini, Julien; Huang, Jeffrey
year	2010
title	Geometric Programming Framework: ANAR+: Geometry library for Processing
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2010.403
source	FUTURE CITIES [28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-9-6] ETH Zurich (Switzerland) 15-18 September 2010, pp.403-410
summary	This paper introduces a JAVA based library for parametric modeling through programming. From the recent advent of scripting tools integrated into commercial CAAD software and everyday design practice, the use of programming applied to an architectural design process becomes a necessary field of study. The ANAR+ library is a parametric geometry environment meant to be used as programming interface by designers. Form exploration strategies based on parametric variations depends on the internal logic description, a key role for form generation. In most commercial CAD software, geometric data structures are often predefined objects, thus constraining the form exploration, whereas digital architectural research and teaching are in need for an encompassing tool able to step beyond new software products limitations. We introduce key concepts of the library and show a use of the library within a form finding process driven by irradiance simulation.
wos	WOS:000340629400043
keywords	Processing; JAVA; Scene graph; Parametric modeling; Geometry
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:52

_id	ecaade2021_187
id	ecaade2021_187
authors	Lacroix, Igor, Furtado Lopes, Gonçalo and Sousa, José Pedro
year	2021
title	Integrating Sociological Survey and Algorithmic Modelling for Low-Cost Housing
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.1.445
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. 445-454
summary	This paper presents a study developed in the scope of an ongoing research about the creation of an architectural design system of low-cost housing in Portugal's context. Its goal is to present the survey, analysis and digitization work of a research carried out in the 1960s by Portuguese architect Nuno Portas, with the help of architect Alexandre Alves Costa. The method was to convert mathematical information contained in Portas' and Alves Costa's report from Lisbon's National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC) into an algorithmic model with Rhinoceros® and Grasshopper® software. Besides revealing for the first time a comprehensive study of this pioneering work, this paper will set the foundations to propose the adaptation of its process into low-cost housing design. The result presented here is an algorithm for selecting the best architectural type from a database of housing floor plans, analyzed by a questionnaire regarding the inhabitants' needs and satisfactions.
keywords	sociological survey; algorithmic modelling; low-cost housing; Nuno Portas; Alexandre Alves Costa
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:52

_id	sigradi2018_1600
id	sigradi2018_1600
authors	Lacroix, Igor
year	2018
title	Guerrilla urbanism and digital production: a study of temporary occupation of public spaces
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. 1159-1166
summary	The paper presents some of the spatial production involved in three events promoted by different organizations in the city of Brasilia, Brazil. The role of architecture was to materialize sensations, experiences and phenomena for the people who participated. This production defines a kind of urbanism produced by groups of people who are temporarily using public spaces of the city with creativity. Limited by minimum time and budgets, and located in a place where high technology is scarce, handcraft is a necessity in all production processes. The main intention is to analyze how the use of advanced technology corresponds to this type of situation.
keywords	Parametric Design; Artistic Production; Ephemeral Architecture; Urban Intervention; Guerrilla Urbanism
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2021/03/28 19:58

_id	ijac202220407
id	ijac202220407
authors	Lacroix, Igor; Orkan Zeynel Güzelci; Gonçalo Furtado Lopes; José Pedro Sousa
year	2022
title	Connecting the Portuguese system of evolutive housing with building information modeling: From analogical to digital methods
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing 2022, Vol. 20 - no. 4, pp. 801–816
summary	In Portugal, in the 1960s and 1970s, there was research concerning a system of the architectural design of housing for economically less favored populations, which related sociological information with analogical computational methods and culminated with its application in the Local Ambulatory Support Service (SAAL). This article presents the digitization process of these methods for the development of an architectural design system for social housing. The main goal is to improve methodological procedures for the original research and, specifically, to adapt them to computational design and modeling processes. To this end, this research transposed the aforementioned methodology into an algorithmic model that matches sociological information acquired from an online form with a database of social housing floor plan images to generate a building information modeling (BIM) directly from the selected image source. The result is an algorithmic model informed by sociological data linked with a BIM model to enable further rationalization of architectural design.
keywords	evolutive housing, social housing, local ambulatory support service, sociological survey, algorithmic modeling, building information modeling
series	journal
last changed	2024/04/17 14:30

_id	sigradi2016_636
id	sigradi2016_636
authors	Lacroix, Igor; Paranhos, Paulo Henrique; Aviani, Francisco Leite; Silva, Neander Furtado
year	2016
title	Estudo de detalhamento estrutural da Catedral de Palmas – TO, Brasil [Structural study of Palmas Cathedral, Brazil]
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.528-533
summary	This article presents a study for the structure of Palmas Cathedral, designed by architect Paulo Henrique Paranhos. The goal is to gather a set of parametric modeling and rapid prototyping techniques, aiming the efficiency and automation of parts of the design and fabrication process for the steel truss that constitutes the coverage of the project in question. It discusses the expansion of the architect’s work field. Once the professional holds the application of advanced technologies focusing on construction and manufacturing, will be able to take responsibility for parts of the engineering design.
keywords	Collaboration; Parametric design; Rapid prototyping; Structural design; Steel structure
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2021/03/28 19:58

_id	ecaade2010_090
id	ecaade2010_090
authors	Ladouce, Nicolas; Hee, Limin; Janssen, Patrick T.
year	2010
title	Urban Space Planning for Sustainable High Density Environment
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2010.777
source	FUTURE CITIES [28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-9-6] ETH Zurich (Switzerland) 15-18 September 2010, pp.777-785
summary	In this paper we investigate the possibilities of new typologies of urban public space for high density environments. The premise for the project would be that with new high-density typologies, it would be necessary to consider a difference in the nature of urban public spaces rather than a difference in degree from the status quo. From observations of urban patterns that drive collective, hybrid spaces around Asia, relationships between urban attributes are drawn. For this paper we shall focus on the particular case of Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China, as an elevated urban public space. A literature review focuses on reviewing key theories to construct and adopt a rating system to develop an empirical framework to evaluate the case studies and extract the key attributes. These rated attributes are then abstracted in a real-time model that enables user manipulation. The purpose is to create a tool to better observe the effects and evolution of planning decisions for future urban spaces in high density contexts. The preliminary results are consistent with the idea that selected spatial parameters of a space may be embedded into a “barcode” and referenced as a type. The combination of different types, hence their parameters may be used for effective replication of their characteristics to improve the decision-making process for urban designers. The research is not intended to reproduce the successful urban public spaces but rather result in a catalogue of typologies which can be referred to during the initial stages of planning to provide an indication of spatial qualities.
wos	WOS:000340629400083
keywords	High density environments; Collective urban space; Hybrid typologies; Parametric urbanism
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:52

_id	caadria2019_221
id	caadria2019_221
authors	Ladron de Guevara, Manuel, Borunda, Luis, Ficca, Jeremy, Byrne, Daragh and Krishnamurti, Ramesh
year	2019
title	Robotic Free-Oriented Additive Manufacturing Technique for Thermoplastic Lattice and Cellular Structures
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.333
source	M. Haeusler, M. A. Schnabel, T. Fukuda (eds.), Intelligent & Informed - Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019, pp. 333-342
summary	This paper presents a novel Additive Manufacturing application of situated Robotic Fused Deposition Modeling (RFDM) for thermoplastic cellular and lattice structures, called Free-Oriented Additive Manufacturing (FOAM), to accommodate variations in spatial conditions, deposition direction, and geometry in order to adapt to complex infrastructure settings, thus, breaking the conventional layer-by-layer stacking principle and the constant constraint of locking the tip of the nozzle to the negative Z direction when fabricating at an architectural scale.
keywords	Robotic 3D Printing; Situated Fused Deposition; Thermoplastic Lattice Structures
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:52

_id	caadria2022_316
id	caadria2022_316
authors	Ladron de Guevara, Manuel, Schneidman, Alexander, Byrne, Daragh and Krishnamurti, Ramesh
year	2022
title	Design Intents Disentanglement: A Multimodal Approach for Grounding Design Attributes in Objects
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.333
source	Jeroen van Ameijde, Nicole Gardner, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Dan Luo, Urvi Sheth (eds.), POST-CARBON - Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference, Sydney, 9-15 April 2022, pp. 333-342
summary	Language is ambiguous; many terms and expressions convey the same idea. This is especially true in design fields, where conceptual ideas are generally described by high-level, qualitative attributes, called design intents. Words such as "organic", sequences like "this chair is a mixture between Japanese aesthetics and Scandinavian design" or more complex structures such as "we made the furniture layering materials like a bird weaving its nest‚ represent design intents. Furthermore, most design intents do not have unique visual representations, and are highly entangled within the design artifact, leading to complex relationships between language and images. This paper examines an alternative design scenario based on everyday natural language used by designers, where inputs such as a minimal and sleek looking chair are visually inferred by algorithms that have previously learned complex associations between designs and intents‚vision and language, respectively. We propose a multimodal sequence-to-sequence model which takes in design images and their corresponding descriptions and outputs a probability distribution over regions of the images in which design attributes are grounded. Expectedly, our model can reason and ground objective descriptors such as black or curved. Surprisingly, our model can reason about and ground more complex subjective attributes such as rippled or free, suggesting potential regions where the design object might register such vague descriptions. Link to code: https://github.com/manuelladron/codedBert.git
keywords	Natural Language Processing, Multimodal Machine Learning, Design Intents Disentanglement, SDG 9
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/07/22 07:34

_id	cf2005_1_92_179
id	cf2005_1_92_179
authors	LAEPPLE Eberhard, CLAYTON Mark and JOHNSON Robert
year	2005
title	Case Studies of Web-Based Collaborative Design
source	Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2005 [Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 1-4020-3460-1] Vienna (Austria) 20–22 June 2005, pp. 455-464
summary	Data collected from real-world projects using Web-based communications and project management systems provide quantitative evidence for characterizing the design process. Tens of thousands of records have been analyzed from six cases. The cases are all high-end office and retail building projects, with about 50 members of the design team. The data supports the distinction of multiple stages in the design process as the patterns of usage of the software changes through time. Coordination activities are more frequent in early stages, while collaboration activities are more common in late stages. In planning and design stages, use of the software is focused upon accessing static information, while in construction documentation a relatively greater number of activities include generate and process operations.
keywords	collaboration, communications, design management, design process, software
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2006/11/07 07:27

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