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_id ecaade2017_133
id ecaade2017_133
authors Ashrafi, Negar and Duarte, José Pinto
year 2017
title A shape-grammar for double skin facades - A basis for generating context sensitive facades solution
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.2.471
source Fioravanti, A, Cursi, S, Elahmar, S, Gargaro, S, Loffreda, G, Novembri, G, Trento, A (eds.), ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge! - Proceedings of the 35th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 20-22 September 2017, pp. 471-476
summary Double skin façade (DSF) is considered one of the best envelope systems in terms of energy efficiency. However, designing an energy efficient DSF system depends on different factors, such as climate, DSF shape and how the air flows in that system. This study presents a methodology to assist design decisions regarding the DSFs shapes. For this purpose, shape grammars was used as a generative design system to generate alternative DSF shape designs. Results of this study can be integrated with an energy simulation tools to calculate the energy demand of each design and consequently design the most efficient DSF system for each context.
keywords building envelope design; double skin façade; generative design system; shape grammars
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ecaade2013_214
id ecaade2013_214
authors Barros, Pedro; Beirão, José and Duarte, José Pinto
year 2013
title The Language of Mozambican Slums
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.715
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 715-724
summary A shape grammar was developed for analyzing the evolution of Maputo´s slums with the strategic objective of capturing the evolution of house types and understanding the social agreements behind the spatial relations of their house elementary spaces in order to reuse such rules for the purpose of rehabilitation. This paper shows preliminary results of the research and aims at developing, based on the resulting grammars, a parametric tool able to execute morphological analyses, simulations and generate improved design solutions for the qualification of Maputo´s informal settlements.
wos WOS:000340643600074
keywords Shape grammars; urbanism; computation; regeneration; informal settlements.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ecaade2009_124
id ecaade2009_124
authors Beirão, José Nuno; Duarte, José Pinto; Stouffs, Rudi
year 2009
title An Urban Grammar for Praia: Towards Generic Shape Grammars for Urban Design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2009.575
source Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design [27th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-8-9] Istanbul (Turkey) 16-19 September 2009, pp. 575-584
summary This paper presents a shape grammar for planned urban spaces intending an implementation for generative urban design. This implementation will form part of an urban design support tool defined to formulate, generate and evaluate urban designs. The goal is to formulate urban program descriptions according to context conditions using a description grammar and generate alternative design solutions using a shape grammar. The generation is guided by several evaluation processes performed by an evaluation module. In this paper we are focusing on the definition of the generic shape grammar using an existent urban plan as a case study. The aim is to encode the design moves of the urban designer into generic grammar rules amenable for specific instantiations through the customization of rule parameters.
wos WOS:000334282200069
keywords Shape grammars, patterns, generative urban design
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id cf2015_467
id cf2015_467
authors Benrós, Deborah; Eloy, Sara and Duarte, José Pinto
year 2015
title Re-inventing ceramic tiles: Using shape grammars as a generative method and the impact on design methodology
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. 467.
summary The following paper describes the process and results achieved with the workshop entitled ‘Re-inventing Portuguese ceramic tiles’ reflecting on design methodology and design teaching. Workshop participants were invited to rethink ceramic tile patterns developing a different process which used shape grammars as a generative system. Each participant group developed a three stage task using shape grammars principles and methodology. The preliminary results the work developed are of particular relevance in shape grammar research: firstly shape grammar formulae does not constitute an intuitive process to most creative designers which are often trained to design singular solutions for a specific problem, secondly more than one operative shape grammar can be formulated to represent the same corpus of solutions and lastly the generative potential of grammars transcends the normal capacities of the original grammarist aiding in design exploration and enlarging the corpus of feasible solutions. This paper also reflects on the impact of shape grammars as a design methodology.
keywords Shape grammar, patterns, ceramic tiles, 2d, 3d
series CAAD Futures
email
last changed 2015/06/29 07:55

_id ecaade2014_208
id ecaade2014_208
authors Bruno Figueiredo, Eduardo Castro e Costa, Bruno Araújo, Fernando Fonseca, Daniel Mendes, Joaquim A Jorge and José Pinto Duarte
year 2014
title Interactive Tabletops for Architectural Visualization - Combining Stereoscopy and Touch Interfaces for Cultural Heritage
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.1.585
source Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 585-592
summary This paper presents an interactive apparatus to didactically explore Alberti's treatise on architecture, De re aedificatoria, as generative design systems, namely shape grammars. This apparatus allows users to interactively explore such architectonical knowledge in both appealing and informal ways, by enabling them to visualize and manipulate in real-time different design solutions. The authors identify the difficulties on encoding the architectural knowledge of a parametric design model into an interactive apparatus to be used by laypeople. At last, the authors discuss the results of a survey conducted to users that interacted with the prototype in order to assess its ability to communicate the knowledge of an architectural language.
wos WOS:000361384700058
keywords Alberti; generative design; multi-modal interfaces; shape grammars; user experience
series eCAADe
type normal paper
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:54

_id ecaade2012_141
id ecaade2012_141
authors Castro e Costa, Eduardo; Coutinho, Filipe; Duarte, José Pinto; Krüger, Mário
year 2012
title Modelling Alberti’s Column System: Generative Modelling and Digital Fabrication of Classical Architectural Elements
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2012.2.469
source Achten, Henri; Pavlicek, Jiri; Hulin, Jaroslav; Matejovska, Dana (eds.), Digital Physicality - Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2 / ISBN 978-9-4912070-3-7, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture (Czech Republic) 12-14 September 2012, pp. 469-477
summary The research presented further is part of the Digital Alberti research project, which aims to assess the infl uence of Leon Batista Alberti’s theory on Portuguese architecture, through the use of digital technologies. One of the project tasks implied computational and physical modelling of Alberti’s column system. Development of the computational model implied decoding Alberti’s treatise on architecture De re aedifi catoria into a consistent set of parameters and relationships, and then implementing these into generative parametric computer programs through visual programming language Grasshopper. This computational model is able to automatically generate physical models of classical columns according to Alberti’s canons. These digital models were then materialized through production of physical models, through rapid prototyping and digital fabrication technologies. Special attention is given to the CNC stone milling of a Corinthian capital.
wos WOS:000330320600049
keywords Alberti; De re aedifi catoria; Column system; Generative modelling; Digital fabrication
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id ecaade2013_126
id ecaade2013_126
authors Castro e Costa, Eduardo and Duarte, José Pinto
year 2013
title Tableware Shape Grammar
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.635
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 635-644
summary Mass customization is pointed as a means of improving a company’s competitiveness, which is an essential trait in Europe’s economic situation of today. This paper reports a mockup implementation of the mass customization paradigm to ceramic tableware design, through the use of shape grammars, parametric modelling and rapid prototyping. Focus is emphasized on the initial development of a parametric shape grammar as a design system, operating on curved surfaces and solids. Mapping operations are suggested for dealing with the formal complexity of these shapes. This initial academic experiment poses as a first step into the development of a mass customization system that is expected to meet industry standards.
wos WOS:000340643600066
keywords Mass customization; ceramic tableware; generative design; shape grammars; rapid prototyping.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id sigradi2012_403
id sigradi2012_403
authors Coutinho, Filipe; Castro e Costa, Eduardo; Duarte, José Pinto; Kruger, Mário
year 2012
title Alberti Digital – Tradição e inovação na teoria e prática da arquitectura em Portugal [Alberti Digital – Tradition and inovation in theory and practice at Portuguese architecture]
source SIGraDi 2012 [Proceedings of the 16th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Brasil - Fortaleza 13-16 November 2012, pp. 211-215
summary This article describes the class Alberti Digital taught at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon (FAUTL) and later in the Department of Architecture, University of Coimbra (Darq / UC), centered in interpretation and exploitation of Alberti`s treatise Da Arte Edificatoria where students had to develop a visual computer program with the algorithms present in the treatise to generate virtual and physical models using different digital fabrication techniques, allowing them to gain skills in the use of computational resources and knowledge of history and theory related with Renaissance architecture and the principles of Alberti in particular.
keywords Alberti, Da Arte Edificatória, ensino de arquitectura, programação em Grasshopper, prototipagem rápida
series SIGRADI
email
last changed 2016/03/10 09:49

_id 2005_000
id 2005_000
authors Duarte, José Pinto, Ducla-Soares, Gonçalo and Sampaio, A. Zita (Eds.)
year 2005
title Digital Design: The Quest for New Paradigms
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2005
source 23nd eCAADe Conference Proceedings [ISBN 0-9541183-3-2], Lisbon (Portugal) 21-24 September 2005, 880 p.
summary As the field of computer-aided design evolved over the last thirty years or so, it has witnessed five changes of emphasis in research direction. In the first stage, the use of computers in architecture focused on the development of Computer Aided Design (CAD), that is, systems that simulated the use of drafting tools, and research was mainly concerned with the satisfaction of designers' ergonomic needs. In the second stage, there were efforts to use computer tools in non-graphical aspects of designing, such as the use of Data Base Management Systems (DBMS) in the quantity survey of buildings. The concern was to satisfy the cognitive needs of designers by focusing on the way information and knowledge were perceived, acquired, stored, and processed. In the third stage, the focus shifted to the development of realistic models of buildings to permit the assessment of design proposals. In the fourth stage, the focus was on studies concerned with the encoding of architectural knowledge into design tools (KBMS), and the discussion was whether to go towards design automation or design supporting tools. In the fifth stage, with the advent of the Internet and the development of communication tools, research became focused on the collaborative and social aspects of design activity. In recent years, research also became concerned with the exploration of the physical implications of digital media in the production of artefacts. Today, there is a vast range of research interests and approaches, but the quest for new, unifying paradigms continues.
series eCAADe
type normal paper
email
more http://www.ecaade.org
last changed 2022/06/07 07:49

_id ecaade2012_007
id ecaade2012_007
authors Eloy, Sara ; Duarte, José Pinto
year 2012
title Transformation Grammar for Housing Rehabilitation: From a specifi c to a general grammar
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2012.1.471
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. 471-478
summary This article focuses on the use of both shape grammar and space syntax as tools to identify and encode the principles and rules behind the adaptation of existing houses to new requirements. The idea is to use such rules as part of a transformation grammar-based methodology for the rehabilitation of existing dwellings. The developed grammar is a specifi c grammar to inform the rehabilitation of a particular type of building in Portugal – “rabo-de-bacalhau”. In this article the goal is to explore how the “rabo-the-bacalhau” transformation grammar can be transformed in a general rehabilitation grammar in order to inform the rehabilitation of various types of housing buildings.
wos WOS:000330322400048
keywords Multifamiliar housing building; shape grammars; transformations; housing rehabilitation
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:55

_id ecaade2012_154
id ecaade2012_154
authors Ferreira, M. Piedade; Cabral de Mello, Duarte; Duarte, José Pinto
year 2012
title Embodied Emotions: A Phenomenological Approach to Computation to Explore Empathy Through Architecture
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2012.2.599
source Achten, Henri; Pavlicek, Jiri; Hulin, Jaroslav; Matejovska, Dana (eds.), Digital Physicality - Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2 / ISBN 978-9-4912070-3-7, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture (Czech Republic) 12-14 September 2012, pp. 599-604
summary In this paper we present a PhD research that aims to develop a design methodology that, using computational tools can generate livable spaces that allow the design of user centered architecture. We propose that a “corporeal architecture” might be able to work in a prophylactic or therapeutic way that can face some adversities generated by the contemporary impact of technology in the human body. We are using motion as the basis the tool to simulate the body’s motion as a spatial generator. We hope to understand how an embodied space, generated by motions that refl ect emotions, can create a sense of attunement with its dwellers. We also wish to achieve the holistic stimuli of the human body in a naturally immersive environment, with the induction of the body’s motions in space by the physical properties of the architecture.
wos WOS:000330320600064
keywords Corporeal Architecture; phenomenology; computation (shape grammars); user-centred design; empathy
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:51

_id ecaade2016_002
id ecaade2016_002
authors Ferreira, Maria da Piedade, Kretzer, Andreas, Duarte, José Pinto, Stricker, Didier, Schenkenberger, Benjamin, Weber, Markus and Toyama, Takumi
year 2016
title De Humani Corporis Fabrica - Fabricating Emotions through Architecture
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.1.501
source Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 501-507
summary This paper describes an experiment that took place as the last day of the elective course "De Humani Corporis Fabrica - Fabricating Emotions through Architecture". The goal of the Experiment was to evaluate the emotional experience of 1:1 scale architectural settings. The Experiment was part of the research for a PhD thesis which describes the relationship between architecture and the body since Vitruvius until the current theories of embodiment. The referred to thesis proposes the incorporation of the corporeal practices of performance art in the teaching of Architecture and combines these with the use of emotion measurement methodologies in order to evaluate the experience of architectural space and design objects during the design process. Psycho-physiological changes in the body's sensory perception during the performances were evaluated through the combined use of biometric technology (e-health platform), a Presence Questionnaire and a SAM chart. The course was attended by 4 students who participated as subjects in the Experiment. The Experiment had the technical support of the DFKI - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz, which provided the machinery necessary to collect the biometric data during the Experiment and the knowledge needed to process them.
wos WOS:000402063700055
keywords Corporeal Architecture; Performance Art; Emotion Measurement; Pedagogy
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:51

_id ecaade2013_104
id ecaade2013_104
authors Figueiredo, Bruno; Duarte, José Pinto and Krüger, Mário
year 2013
title Albertian Grammatical Transformations
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.687
source Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 2, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 687-696
summary This paper presents a research on the use of shape grammars as an analytical tool in the history of architecture. It evolves within a broader project called Digital Alberti, whose goal is to determine the influence of De re aedificatoria treatise on Portuguese Renaissance architecture, making use of a computational framework (Krüger et al., 2011).Previous work was concerned with the development of a shape grammar for generating sacred buildings according to the rules textually described in the treatise. This work describes the transformation of the treatise grammar into another grammar that can also account for the generation of Alberti’s built work.
wos WOS:000340643600071
keywords Shape grammars; parametric modelling; generative design; Alberti; classical architecture.
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id ecaade2014_177
id ecaade2014_177
authors Filipe Coutinho, José Pinto Duarte and Mario Kruger
year 2014
title Constructing a shape grammar. The Ducal palace façade - Constructing a shape grammar. The Ducal palace façade
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.1.515
source Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 515-525
summary This paper shows the way the Ducal palace façade shape grammar was built, evidencing some steps involved in the process, its derivation and partial outputs gained from the grammar evaluation.
wos WOS:000361384700051
keywords Alberti; shape grammar; rule base design; design automation; transformation in design
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:50

_id ecaade2009_148
id ecaade2009_148
authors Gil, Jorge; Montenegro, Nuno C.; Beirão, José Nuno; Duarte, José Pinto
year 2009
title On the Discovery of Urban Typologies: Data Mining the Multi-dimensional Character of Neighbourhoods
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2009.269
source Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design [27th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-8-9] Istanbul (Turkey) 16-19 September 2009, pp. 269-278
summary In sustainable urban development the first stage of the urban design process should consist of a pre-design phase where the context of the site is analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this paper we present a methodology for data mining an urban Geographic Information System (GIS) data set, consisting of three main phases: representation, analysis and description. The process reveals a series of block and street typologies at various levels of detail that highlight the different character of two neighbourhoods. This methodology is demanding in the preparation phase and requires a high level of GIS and statistics expertise in the analysis phase. However, it successfully addresses the complex multi-scale and multi-level nature of cities in a systematic way, providing a tool for systematic profiling of neighbourhoods, which is site and problem specific.
wos WOS:000334282200033
keywords Data mining, GIS, sustainable development, urban typologies, urban context
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:51

_id ecaade2016_099
id ecaade2016_099
authors Guerritore, Camilla and Duarte, José Pinto
year 2016
title Manifold Façades - A grammar-based approach for the adaptation of office buildings into housing
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.189
source Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 189-198
summary This article focuses on the use of shape grammars in rehabilitation processes to transform existing, obsolete building stocks into required building types. It is described how a grammar-based transformation methodology can lead to the development of a design tool that enables the exploration of preliminary design solutions and the evaluation of their impact in terms of massing, functional programme and, eventually, cost and energetic behaviour. The goal is to assess the capacity of an existing building to be adapted to a different use. The article is focused on the transformation grammar. In particular, it is investigated the transformation of "office building types" into "residential building types", aiming at defining a quicker and more informed decision-making process. Future work will be concerned with evaluating the performance of the solutions generated by the grammar.
wos WOS:000402064400018
keywords Rehabilitation; office buildings; adaptive reuse; addition strategy; shape grammars
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:51

_id ijac20042405
id ijac20042405
authors Heitor, Teresa V.; Duarte, José P.; Pinto, Rafaela M.
year 2004
title Combing Grammars and Space Syntax: Formulating, Generating and Evaluating Designs
source International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 2 - no. 4, 492-515
summary This paper is concerned with how two different computational approaches to design – shape grammars and space syntax – can be combined into a single common framework for formulating, generating, and evaluating designs. The main goal is to explore how the formal principles applied in the design process interact with the spatial properties of the designed objects. Results suggest that space syntax is (1) useful in determining the universe of solutions generated by the grammar and (2) in evaluating the evolving designs in terms of spatial properties and, therefore, in guiding the generation of designs.
series journal
email
more http://www.multi-science.co.uk/ijac.htm
last changed 2007/03/04 07:08

_id ecaade2009_113
id ecaade2009_113
authors Henriques, Gonçalo Castro; Duarte, José Pinto; Brito, António Carvalho
year 2009
title TetraScript: Development of an Integrated System Capable of Optimizing Light in a Circumscribed Space
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2009.031
source Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design [27th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-8-9] Istanbul (Turkey) 16-19 September 2009, pp. 31-38
summary The purpose of this research is to develop a process capable of optimizing the capture of light in a circumscribed space, using a responsive system of skylights. Research is focused on the design of irregular dome-like pavilion spaces circumscribed by curved surfaces, but the envisioned process might be applied to other functional, formal, and spatial typologies. The design of the pavilion starts with the generation of a surface, later tessellated into a matrix of skylights depending on the geographic location and sun orientation. In the constructed pavilion, the skylights react to the variation of daylight intensity during the day to satisfy specified internal lighting needs. Simultaneously, the integration of conception and fabrication using digital tools (CAD-CAM) facilitates the construction of a non-standard, parametric geometry, thereby diminishing the costs of production and allowing for personalization, while assuring global sustainability.
wos WOS:000334282200002
keywords Scripting, digital fabrication, automation, responsive system
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/06/07 07:49

_id ecaade2011_104
id ecaade2011_104
authors Jorge Gil, Júlio Almeida, José Pinto Duarte
year 2011
title The backbone of a City Information Model (CIM): Implementing a spatial data model for urban design
doi https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2011.143
source RESPECTING FRAGILE PLACES [29th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-9-4912070-1-3], University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture (Slovenia) 21-24 September 2011, pp.143-151
summary We have been witnessing an increased interest in a more holistic approach to urban design practice and education. In this paper we present a spatial data model for urban design that proposes the combination of urban environment feature classes with design process feature classes. This data model is implemented in a spatial database that becomes the backbone of a City Information Model (CIM), integrating urban neighbourhood formulation, design, and evaluation methods into a comprehensive urban design support system. We demonstrate its application to urban design analysis and evaluation through the development of a tool for AutoCAD Map 3D that is integrated with the PostGIS spatial database.
wos WOS:000335665500016
keywords Urban design; data model; GIS; design support tools; urban design evaluation
series eCAADe
email
last changed 2022/05/01 23:21

_id sigradi2021_90
id sigradi2021_90
authors Mateus, Daniel, Pinto Duarte, José and Romao, Luís
year 2021
title Energy-Based Design: A Digital Design System for the Design of Energy-Harvesting Building Envelopes
source Gomez, P and Braida, F (eds.), Designing Possibilities - Proceedings of the XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2021), Online, 8 - 12 November 2021, pp. 831–842
summary The goal of the research described in this paper is to address climate change by promoting the production of renewable energy in building envelopes, which are exposed to solar radiation. It proposes an energy-based design paradigm, where energy processes shape the building form, and a digital design system for building envelopes that considers the trajectory of sunrays. The goal is to create envelopes that are efficient in harvesting solar energy, enabling them to produce the electricity that buildings consume. To operationalize the proposed digital design system, a building envelope grammar is developed and implemented in a software called LIDIA to be used by architects in design process to generate solutions with improved energy production performance. The efficiency of the resulting solutions, the effectiveness of LIDIA and, therefore, the validity of the proposed paradigm, is demonstrated with the design of envelope solutions for single family houses.
keywords Energy-based design, Architecture-Building envelopes system, Buildings envelope grammar, Shape grammar, LIDIA software.
series SIGraDi
email
last changed 2022/05/23 12:11

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