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_id	aa49
authors	McCall, R.J., Bennett, P.R. and D'oronzio, P.S. (et al)
year	1990
title	PHIDIAS : Integrating CAD Graphics into Dynamic Hypertext
source	Hypertext : Concepts, System and Applications, Proceedings of the European Conference on Hypertext, ECHT'90. Cambridge University Press., 1990. pp. 152-165 : ill. includes bibliography
summary	PHIDIAS is a hypermedia system for supporting environmental design. It embodies a theory of design as continual alternation between two complementary activities: construction of solution form and argumentation about construction. To support these activities it implements a number of advanced hypermedia concepts. These include an applicative query language providing search by both structure and content, virtual structures, composite graphic notes, query-based graphic clustering, and 'triggered' queries which connect construction acts to relevant sections of the argumentive network. PHIDIAS constitutes a new type of integrated information environment design
keywords	hypermedia, CAD, design, methods, user interface, argumentation, hypertext
series	CADline
last changed	2003/06/02 14:41

_id	2b73
authors	Combes, Leonardo and Deza, Sebastián
year	2000
title	Graficacion, Virtualidad y Computadoras (Graphics, Potentiality and Computers)
source	SIGraDi’2000 - Construindo (n)o espacio digital (constructing the digital Space) [4th SIGRADI Conference Proceedings / ISBN 85-88027-02-X] Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 25-28 september 2000, pp. 277-279
summary	The different approaches to virtuality in connection with graphical representation is the main theme of this paper. In the first part, the trends of global civilization are seen as a kind of over valuation of processes in progress. In this sense action itself is more important than things. The way as means have substituted the ends is discussed. In this context the role played by images as vehicles going between things creates the need of graphical objects. Following this, the meaning of “graphics” in connection with the different planes of virtuality are discussed. In the same way the concept of “virtual space” is examined. It is shown that the notion of “space” is hard to grasp if an attempt of rigorous definition is made. Finally, a discussion about the graphical representation of architectural space leads to some conclusions on the action of computers as instances of a new kind of virtuality: that which deals with objects without touching them.
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:49

_id	8fb2
id	8fb2
authors	McCall, Raymond, Bennett, Patrick and Johnson, Erik
year	1994
title	An Overview of the PHIDIAS II HyperCAD System
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.1994.063
source	Reconnecting [ACADIA Conference Proceedings / ISBN 1-880250-03-9] Washington University (Saint Louis / USA) 1994, pp. 63-74
summary	The PHIDIAS II HyperCAD system combines the functionality of CAD graphics, hypermedia, database management and knowledge-based computation in a single, highly integrated design environment. The CAD functionality includes both 3-D and 2-D vector graphics. The hypermedia includes support for text, raster images, video and sound. The database management enables persistent storage and interlinking of large collections of text, images, video, sound and vector graphics, i.e., thousands of vector graphic objects and drawings in a single database. Retrieval is provided both through use of "associative indexing" based on hyperlinks and through use of an advanced query language. The knowledge- based computation includes both inference and knowledgebased critiquing. A highly unusual feature of PHIDIAS II is that it implements all of its functions using only hypermedia mechanisms. Complex vector graphic drawings and objects are represented as composite hypermedia nodes. Inference and critiquing are implemented through use of what are known as virtual structures [Halasz 1988], including virtual links and virtual nodes. These nodes and links are dynamic (computed) rather than static (constant). They are defined as expressions in the same language used for queries and are computed at display time. The implementation of different kinds of functions using a common set of mechanisms makes it easy to use them in combination, thus further augmenting the system's functionality. PHIDIAS supports design by informing architects as they develop a solution's form. The idea is thus not to make the design process faster or cheaper but rather to improve the quality of the things designed. We believe that architects can create better buildings for their users if they have better information. This includes information about buildings of given types, user populations, historical and modern precedents, local site and climate conditions, the urban and natural context and its historical development, as well as local, state and federal regulations.
series	ACADIA
last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	1b41
authors	McCartney, J., Hinds, B., Zhang, J. and Hamilton, W.
year	1993
title	Dedicated CAD for Apparel Design III. Case Studies
source	Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1993 v.1 p.410-415
summary	The work described here represents an attempt to devise CAD techniques appropriate to the apparel industry. An integrated approach is outlined which provides a greater justification for CAD, other than the ability to produce a single image of a design concept. In addition, high level tools are described which enable 3D design specifications to be evolved without exhaustive dimensional input.
series	other
last changed	2002/07/07 16:01

_id	acadia22pr_70
id	acadia22pr_70
authors	McCoy, Paul Germaine
year	2022
title	Instruments of Culture - Layered Representations of the Alhambra
source	ACADIA 2022: Hybrids and Haecceities [Projects Catalog of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-7-4]. University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. 27-29 October 2022. edited by M. Akbarzadeh, D. Aviv, H. Jamelle, and R. Stuart-Smith. 70-75.
summary	This project aims to renew the role of ornament in architecture through a close reading of the relationship between the site of the Alhambra and the city of Granada. The design research layers three surveys of the Nasrid Kingdom’s legacy in the region: the multifarious ornament embedded in the walls of the Alhambra—as both ornament and decorations— and the cistern infrastructure embedded in the ground of Granada.
series	ACADIA
type	project
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last changed	2024/02/06 14:04

_id	e6fb
authors	McFadzean, Jeanette
year	1999
title	Computational Sketch Analyser (CSA): Extending the Boundaries of Knowledge in CAAD
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1999.503
source	Architectural Computing from Turing to 2000 [eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-5-7] Liverpool (UK) 15-17 September 1999, pp. 503-510
summary	This paper focuses on the cognitive problem-solving strategies of professional architectural designers and their use of external representations for the production of creative ideas. Using a new form of protocol analysis (Computational Sketch Analysis), the research has analysed five architects' verbal descriptions of their cognitive reasoning strategies during conceptual designing. It compares these descriptions to a computational analysis of the architects' sketches and sketching behaviour. The paper describes how the current research is establishing a comprehensive understanding of the mapping between conceptualisation, cognition, drawing, and complex problem solving. The paper proposes a new direction for Computer Aided Architectural Design tools (CAAD). It suggests that in order to extend the boundaries of knowledge in CAAD an understanding of the complex nature of architectural conceptual problem-solving needs to be incorporated into and supported by future conceptual design tools.
keywords	Computational Sketch Analysis, Conceptual Design
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	caadria2015_164
id	caadria2015_164
authors	Mcginley, Tim and Darren Fong
year	2015
title	Designghosts
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.365
source	Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 365-374
summary	For architects, a database of typological specific occupant behaviour patterns could help in the design of buildings, through a typological specific insight into the previous use of buildings. In addition, appropriately represented occupant behaviour data in commercial buildings represent an important factor for facilities management (FM) and business information (BI) teams in the assessment the operational performance of the enterprise. Building Information Models (BIM) could provide an appropriate reference for this user data. However the mapping of user behaviour data to the BIM models is unclear. This paper presents a ‘designGhost’ information system to support the mapping of occupant behaviour to BIM models, so that the user data can be represented to the different stakeholders. To test the information system a prototype tool is presented to enable the mapping of the building use (designGhost) data to the building’s spaces in order to support architects in the design stage and to support navigation from an operational (FM/BI) perspective. This paper addressees the challenges of developing such a system and proposes directions for future work.
keywords	Post occupancy evaluation; BIM; visibility graph analysis; designGhost; occupant behaviour; design science; building design and operation.
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	caadria2017_185
id	caadria2017_185
authors	McGinley, Tim, Abroe, Brett, Kroll, David, Murphy, Matt, Sare, Tessa and Gu, Ning
year	2017
title	Agile X UniSA Pavilion: Agile Principles and the Parametric Paradox
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2017.169
source	P. Janssen, P. Loh, A. Raonic, M. A. Schnabel (eds.), Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, 5-8 April 2017, pp. 169-178
summary	The world is experiencing an ever increasing pace of change and yet our design processes typically follow a waterfall model that make can make change and adaptation difficult. Digital design approaches provide an opportunity to develop agile solutions that are more open to change in the design process. This paper proposes the development of immaterial architectures wherein the material expression is left to later in the design process when there is greater certainty. We describe a series of 3 workshops that employ aspects of agile software development methodologies into architecture. The workshops proposed 3 immaterial pavilions for Delft, Adelaide and Tianjin. This first cycle of three workshops resulted in the design, fabrication and installation of the Agile X UniSA Pavilion in Adelaide. This paper discusses the applicability of agile development methodologies to this process and details a series of adaptations to provide a set of appropriate agile development principles for architecture.
keywords	Agile; Architecture pavilion; Immaterial architecture; Parametric paradox; Collaboration
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	e678
authors	McIntosh, Patricia and Ozel, Filiz (Eds.)
year	1996
title	Design Computation: Collaboration, Reasoning, Pedagogy [Conference Proceedings]
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.1996
source	ACADIA Conference Proceedings / ISBN 1-880250-05-5 / Tucson (Arizona / USA) October 31 - November 2, 1996, 274 p.
series	ACADIA
email
more	http://www.acadia.org
last changed	2022/06/07 07:49

_id	0453
authors	McIntosh, Patricia G.
year	1998
title	The Internet as Communication Medium and Online Laboratory For Architecture Research
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1998.151
source	Computerised Craftsmanship [eCAADe Conference Proceedings] Paris (France) 24-26 September 1998, pp. 151-157
summary	This case study documents the experiences of two courses recently conducted on the Internet. The courses are a sequence of core methods courses offered to post-professional degree architecture students studying in a Computer Aided Design concentration in a Master of Science program. In these courses the students use the Internet as a communication medium and as a research tool using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). The VRML interface in the Web browser serves as an online laboratory and presents new opportunities for communication and for studying distributed computing in a multimedia and multidimensional environment.
series	eCAADe
email
more	http://www.paris-valdemarne.archi.fr/archive/ecaade98/html/09mcintosh/index.htm
last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	acadia06_028
id	acadia06_028
authors	McIntosh, Patricia G.
year	2006
title	ACADIA ‘88
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2006.028
source	Synthetic Landscapes [Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture] pp. 28-29
summary	White Paper - Reflecting on 25 years of ACADIA
series	ACADIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	446f
authors	Mcintyre, B. and Feiner, S.
year	1998
title	A Distributed 3D Graphics Library
source	SIGGRAPH 98 Conference Proceedings, Computer Graphics Proceedings, Annual Conference Series, 1998, ACM SIGGRAPH
summary	We present Repo-3D, a general-purpose, object-oriented library for developing distributed, interactive 3D graphics applications across a range of heterogeneous workstations. Repo-3D is designed to make it easy for programmers to rapidly build prototypes using a familiar multi-threaded, object-oriented programming paradigm. All data sharing of both graphical and non-graphical data is done via general-purpose remote and replicated objects, presenting the illusion of a single distributed shared memory. Graphical objects are directly distributed, circumventing the "duplicate database" problem and allowing programmers to focus on the application details. Repo-3D is embedded in Repo, an interpreted, lexically-scoped, distributed programming language, allowing entire applications to be rapidly prototyped. We discuss Repo-3D's design, and introduce the notion of local variations to the graphical objects, which allow local changes to be applied to shared graphical structures. Local variations are needed to support transient local changes, such as highlighting, and responsive local editing operations. Finally, we discuss how our approach could be applied using other programming languages, such as Java.
series	other
last changed	2003/04/23 15:50

_id	acadia15_243
id	acadia15_243
authors	McKay, Mike
year	2015
title	Relative Positioning
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2015.243
source	ACADIA 2105: Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene [Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-53726-8] Cincinnati 19-25 October, 2015), pp. 243-250
summary	How we understand the world is directly affected by our position in it. Constellations are simply the result of cognitive alignments related to our location in the universe, the horizon simply based on proximity and time. Relative Positioning explores the power of position in architecture: specifically, how Anamorphic projection and perspectival techniques can generate space and challenge our understanding of its form. Architectural illusion and perspectival deceptions have been investigated since antiquity in order to alter the perception of a given space, primarily used in an illusionary or optical manner. However, Anamorphic projection offers the potential to create dynamic spatial experiences that go well beyond simple projections or images/shapes simply painted onto a surface. Within Relative Positioning, architectural form exists in 3-dimensions (real, physical) but is perceived via procession and emergent perceptions based on choreographed alignments and foci—making it possible for a duality of visual perception to occur. Much like the diagonal movement through Villa Savoye or the space created by Matta-Clark’s cut, views and alignments add value, create perceptual shifts. One no longer views the architectural form as a whole, but as a collection of cinematic moments, fragments, serial form: a tension of object-qualities that elicits spatial ambiguity that puts pressure on the ‘real’ and opens up a world of wonder and excitement. This is a new form of collage.
keywords	Anamorphosis, perspective, perception
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	0e54
authors	McLaughlin, S. and Gero, John S.
year	1987
title	Learning From Characterized Designs
source	Southampton: CM Publications, 1987. pp. 347-359
summary	Designs can be described by the morphism between two descriptor sets: decisions and performances. Characterized designs are those in which both decisions and their consequent performances are articulated. Pareto optimization is discussed as a means of structuring performances and decisions. The induction algorithm ID3 is presented as a means of abstracting general relationships from sets of characterized designs. An example from the domain of building design is presented
keywords	design, algorithms, learning, optimization, performance, architecture, building
series	CADline
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last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	e6f5
authors	McLaughlin, S. and Gero, John S.
year	1989
title	Requirements of a Reasoning System that Supports Creative and Innovative Design Activity
source	Knowledge Based Systems. 1989. vol.2: pp. 62-71 : ill. includes bibliography
summary	Innovative and creative design occurs when fragments of previous design episodes are retrieved and incorporated into the present design context. This paper presents an implementable approach to innovative and creative design based on notions of prototypes and instances within a dynamic memory model of episodic memory. Innovative and creative design are defined in terms of operators. The requirements of a reasoning system to support these classes of design activity are outlined. Examples of the processes are presented
keywords	design, reasoning, creativity, prototypes, architecture
series	CADline
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last changed	2003/06/02 10:24

_id	a708
authors	McLaughlin, S. and Gero, John S.
year	1989
title	Creative Processes : Can They be Automated?
source	Design Computing Unit, Department of Architectural and Design Science, University of Sydney, 1989. pp. 69-94. CADLINE has abstract only
summary	This paper attempts to identify the nature of creative processes and the relationship of those processes to the automated information processing techniques. Creative processes are characterized in terms of three categories of activity: problem solving, selection and reminding. Intuitive control is identified as a necessary component of any process capable of yielding a creative outcome. The nature of intuitive control is explored. The possibility of automating such control is considered. The implications of the presented characterization of creative processes in relation to the development of fully-automated systems and semi-automated support systems are described
keywords	creativity, design process, architecture, problem solving, intuition, control, automation
series	CADline
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last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	ddss9465
id	ddss9465
authors	McLennan, Peter
year	1994
title	Organisational Structure and Strategic Facility Planning Decisions
source	Second Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture & Urban Planning (Vaals, the Netherlands), August 15-19, 1994
summary	Organisational group size data from a variety of organisational types are developed into a model for understanding the implications of changing organisational structure on strategic facility planning decision making. The purpose of this model is to develop a better understanding of the user requirements across a range of organisational types and the implications for strategic briefing documents and corporate real estate development strategies. A discussion of the theoretical implications of a time series data model of group size and its implications on strategic facility planning decision making is developed.
series	DDSS
last changed	2003/08/07 16:36

_id	caadria2020_081
id	caadria2020_081
authors	Mclennan, Sam, Schnabel, Marc Aurel, Moleta, Tane and Brown, Andre
year	2020
title	Extracting and Communicating Underlying Pseudo-Formalised Procedural Rules in Heritage Architecture - The Case of New Zealand's 19th Century Timber Churches
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.163
source	D. Holzer, W. Nakapan, A. Globa, I. Koh (eds.), RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 2, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2020, pp. 163-172
summary	The research employs procedural modelling to investigate the characteristic rules present within a loosely defined architectural style. The 19th-century timber neo-Gothic churches built in the city of Wellington, New Zealand are examples of a particular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. Although they all share common aspects, no prescribed rules are regulating how these churches were designed. This research explores a methodology for creating a procedural 'Timber Gothic Church Generator' that is generated from an understanding and interpretation of the design of the buildings examined. Once developed the procedural generator can be used to extrapolate, and produce other church designs as well as create hybrid designs. These outputs can be further refined through the creation of parametric rules. A key result of this methodology is to explicate better otherwise ambiguous design philosophies that are shared between the similar buildings. It shows how a design can be reverse-engineered and converted into procedural logic. The research establishes the process and logic to enable the creation of further rules to be explored.
keywords	Digital Forensics; Digital Heritage; Gothic Architecture; Houdini; Procedural Modelling
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	caadria2022_360
id	caadria2022_360
authors	McMeel, Dermott and Petrovic, Emina K.
year	2022
title	Architecture Value Change in Response to the Anthropocene: The Contribution of Digital Innovation
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.2.415
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. 415-424
summary	The confluence of different interests‚the Anthropocene, productivity, sustainability, economics‚calls for a need to re-think how the professions evaluate the built environment. There is a myriad of different strands of work under this umbrella which‚broadly‚point to a shift in the value framework for those people and professions who have agency in, and are responsible for, the creation of the built environment. This paper has two objectives. First, by drawing from the writing of architectural theorist Juhani Pallasmaa it teases out themes useful to conceptualise the value change. The goal is to delineate particular views around the creation of and our relation to the built environment. Second, it presents three projects: (1) tracking chemical composition of construction materials, (2) an app that encourages e-commerce in building multi-species environments, and (3) a concept for an economy in construction waste leveraging possibilities presented by blockchain technology. The aim is to shed light on how the emerging blockchain technology might alter values and organisational systems of the built environment in response to the Anthropocene and climate crisis.
keywords	Design, Anthropocene, Value Change, Blockchain, System Design, SDG 9, SDG 11, SDG 12
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/07/22 07:34

_id	cf2015_077
id	cf2015_077
authors	McMeel, Dermott and Walker, Charles
year	2015
title	Urban Prototyping: Socializing the Design to Fabrication process
source	The next city - New technologies and the future of the built environment [16th International Conference CAAD Futures 2015. Sao Paulo, July 8-10, 2015. Electronic Proceedings/ ISBN 978-85-85783-53-2] Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 8-10, 2015, pp. 77-89.
summary	Within the context of burgeoning urban populations and the rolling back of state resources, there is growing interest in ways in which citizens may participate in the creation of resilient and livable cities. This paper proposes the concept of ‘urban prototyping,’ and employs a design research methodology to develop and document the socially-sponsored design and digital fabrication of an urban shelter. We explore how we might use networked design and fabrication technologies to leverage the social capital locked within non-professional communities so that our current cities might evolve into whatever our next cities need to be.
keywords	participatory design, urban prototyping, eco-digital fabrication, expertise, design futures, value frameworks.
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2015/06/29 07:55

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