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_id	sigradi2023_331
id	sigradi2023_331
authors	Magalhaes Jeffe, Ana Paula, Costa Bergler, Beatriz, De Carli Borba, Bruna, Werlich dos Passos, Fernanda and Verzola Vaz, Carlos Eduardo
year	2023
title	The Reduction of CO2 With the Help of Vegetation to Improve the Air Quality of Workrooms
source	García Amen, F, Goni Fitipaldo, A L and Armagno Gentile, Á (eds.), Accelerated Landscapes - Proceedings of the XXVII International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2023), Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay, 29 November - 1 December 2023, pp. 1299–1310
summary	This article presents a study that addresses the importance of indoor air quality. The research aimed to understand how the use of specific plants can enhance air quality in work environments. The methodology involves a prototype with two sensors to measure CO2 concentration in a space without natural and mechanical ventilation, considering the use of plants for air purification. The results demonstrate the variation in CO2 levels with and without the presence of plants and occupants. While a reduction in CO2 levels was observed with the use of plants, under high occupancy, the vegetation wasn't sufficient to maintain recommended levels. The conclusion emphasizes the need for sensor calibration, as well as the proportional relationship between CO2 accumulation in the environment and the quantity of plants required to uphold air quality.
keywords	Internet of Things, Air quality, Big data, Atmospheric Pollutants.
series	SIGraDi
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_id	sigradi2007_000
id	sigradi2007_000
authors	Maganda Mercado, Adriana Gómez (et. al)
year	2007
title	Sigradi 2007: Communication in the Visual Society [La Comunicación en la Comunidad Visual]
source	Proceedings of the 11th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics Graphics / ISBN 13 978-968-7451-15-2] México D.F. - México 23-25 October 2007, 467 p.
summary	In a simple communication model we must talk about the understanding between participants. This is the result of a continuing connection and a dialog of agreements and disagreements in order to arrive at sharing an idea. However, society today is in an evolutionary lapse at an accelerated pace that interjects itself in this process. It is here where social forces distend and generate important ruptures between generations and individuals that fight to prevail or impose new languages and lifestyles. Today's society has become a visual society whose effect has been reinforced through technology in the devices that we use on a daily basis. The daily use of technology and its new languages has marked a disconnection between individuals that must be closed by using a new acculturation and teaching models. Disconnection is a omnipresent modern phenomenon that can be felt as the main effect in what specialists call the digital gap. This gap not only separates generations, but also ideologies with respect to the form in which we perceive, transmit and teach in our society today. This disconnection can be easily understood through a school system that has been designed for a manufacturing and agricultural world. However, many sectors within our society have been in state of constant change and evolution. This situation generates many opportunities where an agile society is required in response to these new local and global challenges. The students of today have, for example, multi-tasking abilities that better assimilate these changes. The researchers, Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj refer to this disconnection as the result of poor communication between digital natives (our present-day students) and digital immigrants (many present-day adults). This phenomenon results in the fact that parents and educators speak the digital dialect as a second language, and because of that are lacking in their models of communication. For example, digital natives prefer a variety of sources with rapid access, while the digital immigrants prefer slower, more controlled sources that are limited and regulated. Nowadays, our educational or production activities in which we find ourselves immersed on a daily basis cause us to participate in a wide range of processes of production, dissemination and analysis of visual forms as part of our final product or service. Much of the work that we elaborate in movies, video and photography explore meaning, perception and communication in context as well as anthropological and ethnographic themes. Using this framework for our society today, the importance of the search for the promotion of the study of visual representation and the media for the greatest development and generation of benefits is brought to the fore. Through the use of images we can describe, analyze, communicate and interpret human behavior. All these settings, full of digital disconnections and reencounters, impact on all the visual aspects of culture, including art, architecture and material objects, influencing the bodily expressions of human beings. We have created a visual society when we put emphasis on the meaning and interpretation of all we receive through our visual sense. Wherever we look, we find objects that have been modified beyond their primary function to communicate messages. In this ecosystem we are consumers and suppliers. The communication and research needed to achieve reconnection, as well as the creation of new forms of production and visual understanding, are the themes on which the works contained in this edition are centered.
series	SIGRADI
type	normal paper
more	http://www.sigradi.org
last changed	2016/03/10 09:55

_id	403caadria2004
id	403caadria2004
authors	Magdy M. Ibrahim, Robert J. Krawczyk & George Schipporiet
year	2004
title	A Web-Based Approach to Transferring Architectural Information to the Construction Site Based on the Bim Object Concept
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2004.613
source	CAADRIA 2004 [Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / ISBN 89-7141-648-3] Seoul Korea 28-30 April 2004, pp. 613-622
summary	The current means of transferring architectural data to the construction site depends mainly on the drawing either manually or electronically drafted both in physical or digital formats. The printed or manually drafted drawing is being replaced with the digital version that can be accessed with a PDA. There are many benefits of the digital form over the physical form. However the full potential of this medium has not yet been fully exploited. The new CAD paradigm, BIM (Building Information Modeling), suggests that all the building information can be represented as a digital database that constitutes the information about the building elements as three-dimensional geometry, as well as, properties and specifications in the form of objects. This paper describes the process to convey the information about the CAD objects to the construction site through the web by extracting the properties of the objects into an XML file which can be queried for the needed data.
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	ecaade2014_108
id	ecaade2014_108
authors	Magdy M. Ibrahim
year	2014
title	Thinking the BIM Way - Early integration of Building Information Modelling in education
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2014.2.427
source	Thompson, Emine Mine (ed.), Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK, 10-12 September 2014, pp. 427-435
summary	Since Building Information Modelling as a technology depends on recognizing parts of the buildings as objects that can be simulated digitally, to prepare students to grasp the BIM way of thinking, educators can start introducing the concept early in the architectural curriculum without using the real tools. The researchers monitored the students' progress over a period of time while they were using different 3 dimensional CAD tools in several situations such as design studio visualization and construction document production until eventually the same group of students have been introduced formally to a real BIM tool. The research tries to establish a relationship between the pedagogical techniques and the success of the students to grasp what BIM is about and the development of their ability to use it fruitfully. Comparisons between their performances should shed the light on the best method to use in order to prepare students for the use of BIM.
wos	WOS:000361385100045
keywords	Bim; cad; education; pedagogy; objects
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	ecaade2020_192
id	ecaade2020_192
authors	Maghool, Sayyed Amir Hossain, Homolja, Mitra and Schnabel, Marc Aurel
year	2020
title	Cybernetics Approach to Virtual Emotional Spaces - An electrodermal activity actuated adaptive space
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2020.1.537
source	Werner, L and Koering, D (eds.), Anthropologic: Architecture and Fabrication in the cognitive age - Proceedings of the 38th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 16-18 September 2020, pp. 537-546
summary	In contrast to reductionist investigating of interrelation between emotion and architecture, we have proposed a new concept for creating an adaptive architecture system that employs biosensors and virtual reality (VR). We have generated a dynamic audio-visual Virtual Environment (VE) that has the potential of manipulating the emotional arousal level of the users measured via electrodermal activity (EDA) of skin. Much like the second-order cybernetics system, our simulations have actuators, sensors, and an adaptation mechanism, whereby participant's real-time biofeedback is interpreted and loops back into the simulation to moderate the user experience. The results of our preliminary test show that our system is capable of manipulating the emotional arousal level of the participants by using its dynamic VE.
keywords	Adaptive architecture; biosensor; virtual reality; cybernetic; emotion; physiological responses
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	ecaade2017_253
id	ecaade2017_253
authors	Magnusson, Frans, Runberger, Jonas, Zboinska, Malgorzata A. and Ondejcik, Vladimir
year	2017
title	Morphology & Development - knowledge management in architectural design computation practice
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2017.2.683
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. 683-690
summary	In this paper we address the problem of knowledge management in architectural design computation practice, reflecting on our practice at Dsearch - a design computation network within White arkitekter. As a means to investigate relevant aspects of visual scripting, we introduce the notions of code, algorithm and note. We also introduce two different modes of operation within architectural practice: morphology and development - which help us distinguish the diverse knowledge types typically occurring in the structure of visual scripts. We describe two sets of tools developed by Dsearch to continuously integrate planning and documentation with design development work. The main conclusion from our practical experience of this approach is that it allows critical reflection into an efficient workflow. This constitutes a new kind of practice based and action oriented knowledge that can be curated in the form of design narratives.
keywords	design computation; architectural practice; knowledge management; visual scripting; Grasshopper
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	2720
authors	Magyar, Peter and Temkin, Aron
year	2000
title	Developing an Algorithm for Topological Transformation
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. 203-205
summary	This research intends to test the architectural application of Jean Piaget’s clinical observations, described in the book: The Child’s Conception of Space (Piaget, 1956), according to which topology is an ordering discipline, active in the human psyche. Earlier attempts, based on the principles of graph-theory, were able to cover only a narrow aspect of spatial relations, i.e. connectivity, and were mostly a-perceptional, visually mute. The “Spaceprint” method, explained and illustrated in co-author’s book: Thought Palaces (Magyar, 1999), through dimensional reduction, investigates volumetric, 3D characteristics and relationships with planar 2D configurations. These configurations, however, represent dual values: they are simultaneously the formal descriptors of both finite matter and (fragments of) infinite space. The so- called “Particular Spaceprint”, as a tool of design development in building, object, or urban scales, with the help of digital technology, could express - again simultaneously - qualities of an idea-gram and the visual, even tactile aspects of material reality. With topological surface-transformations, the “General Spaceprints”, these abstract yet visually active spatial formulas can be obtained.
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:55

_id	e947
authors	Mahalingam, G.
year	1998
title	Representing architectural design using virtual computers
source	Automation in Construction 8 (1) (1998) pp. 25-36
summary	The concept of the virtual computer is one of the most significant ideas to emerge in the field of computing. Computational models of architectural design, including state models and process models, have been based in the past on the von Neumann model of computer systems. Von Neumann systems are characterized by stored programs and data, and sequential processing on a single processor. The concept of the virtual computer enables us to break away from the von Neumann model in the representation of architectural design. Virtual computers can now be used to represent architectural design using concepts of parallel or networked systems. One of the limitations of modeling architectural design processes on the computer has been the representation of the processes as serial processes. Virtual computers can eliminate that bottleneck. This paper introduces the concept of representing architectural design using virtual computers. The application of the concept in an auditorium design system developed by the author is briefly examined.
series	journal paper
more	http://www.elsevier.com/locate/autcon
last changed	2003/05/15 21:22

_id	ae22
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	2000
title	Enhanced Boundary Representation: A Lingua Franca for Computer-Based Building Performance Simulation?
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2000.012
source	ACADIA Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 12-14
summary	With the realistic visual representation of buildings on the computer having reached maturity, the emphasis has now shifted to the performance simulation of buildings on the computer. The challenge of performance simulation in computer-based models of buildings lies in the integration of various simulation techniques that require different kinds of building representations. Traditional simulation techniques for luminous, acoustic and thermal environments require different building representations. Thepaper proposes that an enhanced boundary representation is a viable, common building representation format for performance simulation of illumination levels, acoustical parameters and thermal comfort, thereby providing a building representation format for multi-domain performancesimulation on the computer. Simulation techniques that have been developed for radiosity-based modeling of illumination in buildings, radiation-based modeling of sound propagation in spatial enclosures, and the modeling of thermal comfort based on mean radiant temperatures, point to a convergence of techniques. These techniques can all work based on an enhanced boundary or surface representation of buildings. The paper suggests that an enhanced boundary representation format, and integrated performance simulation techniques based on radiation, can together serve as a core model for developers of computer-aided design analysis systems.
series	ACADIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	acadia03_038
id	acadia03_038
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	2003
title	Return To Roots: Computational Modeling as a Tool For Architecture
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2003.x.r0r
source	Connecting >> Crossroads of Digital Discourse [Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture / ISBN 1-880250-12-8] Indianapolis (Indiana) 24-27 October 2003, p. 298
summary	In the early stages of their engagement of computer technology, architects approached the technology as an assistive technology that would enhance the practice of architecture. The scope of the engagement was captured in the phrase ‘computer-aided architectural design.’ In the four decades since, the role of computer technology in architecture has gained a marked significance. The scope has now been extended for architects to contemplate ‘totally computer-mediated architectural design.’ The key in the development of digital tools to enhance the practice of architecture has been the facility with which the various tasks involved in the practice of architecture have been represented, enabled or enhanced using computer technology. Tools have always been created for their instrumentality, that is, their ability to assist in performing desired tasks. Given the scope of the engagement of computer technology by architects in the early phases, the assistive nature of tools formed the focus of researchers. The focus on this assistive nature has continued to remain in the minds of researchers who see assistance as the proper role of computer technology in architecture.
series	ACADIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:49

_id	acadia03_035
id	acadia03_035
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	2003
title	Representing Architectural Design Using a Connections-Based Paradigm
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2003.269
source	Connecting >> Crossroads of Digital Discourse [Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture / ISBN 1-880250-12-8] Indianapolis (Indiana) 24-27 October 2003, pp. 269-277
summary	Any making, including a work of architecture, is synthetic in nature and is made by making connections. To base the core of a computational representation of architectural design on connections is to base it on the very core of making. The articulation of the core of architecture, its architectonics, should be based on articulating its connections. This paper probes how connections can serve to represent architectural design. A paradigm consists of a core cluster of concepts that, for a time period, provides a framework to articulate the issues and problems facing a field and to generate solutions. This paper offers a connections-based paradigm to represent architectural design computationally. A number of connections-based strategies for the representation of architectural design have emerged. Modeling frameworks that have been identified include dendograms, bipartite graphs, adjacency graphs, plan graphs, planar graphs, Hasse diagrams, Boolean lattices, and Bayesian networks. These modeling frameworks have enabled the representation of many aspects of architectural design. Is it possible to extract a uniform modeling framework from all these frameworks that enables the computation of architectural design in all its aspects? Using biological analogies, will an integration of these modeling frameworks provide the ‘molecular’ structure of a ‘DNA’ that makes up the architectural ‘genome’? This paper will attempt to answer these questions.
series	ACADIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	3f1d
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	1995
title	The Application of Object-Oriented Computing In The Development of Design Systems for Auditoria
source	University of Florida
summary	This dissertation has a two-part theoretical basis. The first part is that architectural entities like spatial enclosures can be modeled as computational objects in object-oriented design systems. The second part is that spatial forms of auditoria can be generated from acoustical, functional and programmatic parameters. The method used to establish the theoretical basis is the application of the concepts of object-oriented computing in the development of design systems for auditoria. As a practical demonstration of the theoretical basis, two object-oriented design systems for the preliminary spatial design of fan-shaped and rectangular proscenium-type auditoria were developed. In the two systems, the concept of acoustic sculpting is used to convert acoustical, functional and programmatic parameters into architectural parameters used in the spatial design of the auditoria. Statistical, analytical and mathematical methods are used to generate the spatial forms of the auditoria based on the various parameters. The auditoria are modeled as parametric computational objects. The implementation of the systems is described in detail. The systems are true design systems because they involve the creation of spatial information from nonspatial information. The application of acoustic sculpting in the implemented systems is tested with case studies. The results are presented and discussed. These systems serve as indicators of the potential of object-oriented design systems in architecture. The dissertation concludes with a projection of how the object-oriented computing paradigm can benefit the creation of design systems in architecture. Future directions for research and development are outlined.
series	thesis:PhD
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last changed	2003/02/12 22:37

_id	ec57
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	1997
title	Representing Architectural Design Using Virtual Computers
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.1997.051
source	Design and Representation [ACADIA ‘97 Conference Proceedings / ISBN 1-880250-06-3] Cincinatti, Ohio (USA) 3-5 October 1997, pp. 51-61
summary	The concept of the virtual computer is one of the most significant ideas to emerge in the field of computing. Computational models of architectural design, including state models and process models, have been based in the past on the von Neumann model of computer systems. Von Neumann systems are characterized by stored programs and data, and sequential processing on a single processor. The concept of the virtual computer enables us to break away from the von Neumann model in the representation of architectural design. Virtual computers can now be used to represent architectural design using concepts of parallel or networked systems. One of the limitations of modeling architectural design processes on the computer has been the representation of the processes as serial processes. Virtual computers can eliminate that bottleneck. This paper introduces the concept of representing architectural design using virtual computers. The application of the concept in an auditorium design system developed by the author is briefly examined.
series	ACADIA
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	cd26
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	1998
title	The Algorithmic Auditorium- A computational Model for Auditorium DesignThe Algorithmic Auditorium- A computational Model for Auditorium Design
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.1998.143
source	CAADRIA ‘98 [Proceedings of The Third Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / ISBN 4-907662-009] Osaka (Japan) 22-24 April 1998, pp. 143-152
summary	Auditorium design is a complex task. Various programmatic, functional and acoustical parameters have to be resolved in the spatial design of an auditorium. This ongoing research project deals with the development of a computer-aided design system for the preliminary spatial design of proscenium type auditoriums. The concept of “acoustic sculpting” is used to generate the spatial form of the auditorium from programmatic, functional and acoustical parameters. These parameters are incorporated using a combination of mathematical, empirical and statistical methods. The generation of the spatial form of the auditorium is implemented as an algorithm that is executed on the computer. The spatial form of the auditorium generated by the system is exported as a computer model for design development and acoustical analysis.
keywords	Auditorium Design, Acoustic Sculpting, Computational Modeling, Virtual Computers, Software-ICs
series	CAADRIA
email
more	http://www.caadria.org
last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	cf2007_129
id	cf2007_129
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	2007
title	Discovering Computational Structures in Architecture
source	Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / 978-1-4020-6527-9 2007 [Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / 978-1-4020-6527-9] Sydney (Australia) 11–13 July 2007, pp. 129-137
summary	The linkage between the worlds of Architecture, which involves the design and construction of the built environment, and Computer Technology, which involves practical applications of computation, still has a vast, as yet untapped potential. What if the implications of the linked term, ‘computer-architecture,’ are explored to reveal its full scope? This paper describes a unique method to analyze and code works of Architecture in a way that enables one to discover hidden computational structures in the works of Architecture. The case being made here is that the inherent structures of architecture may be computational structures as well.
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2007/07/06 12:47

_id	caadria2008_15_session2a_125
id	caadria2008_15_session2a_125
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy
year	2008
title	A Case For Architectural Computing: Computing Using Architectural Constructs
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2008.125
source	CAADRIA 2008 [Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia] Chiang Mai (Thailand) 9-12 April 2008, pp. 125-131
summary	This paper is about the potential of architectural computing. Architectural computing is defined as computing that is done with computational structures that are based on architectural forms. An analysis of works of architecture reveals the embedded forms in the works of architecture. A uniform, connections-based representation of these architectural forms allows us to derive computational structures from them. These computational structures form the basis of architectural computing. In this paper a case is made for architectural computing, ideas are provided for how it could be done, and the benefits of architectural computing are briefly explored.
keywords	Architectural computing: architectural programming language; intentional programming; connections-based paradigm
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	ijac20032201
id	ijac20032201
authors	Mahalingam, Ganapathy; Kavasseri, Rajesh G.
year	2004
title	Improving Objective Digital Images with Neuronal Processing: A Computational Approach
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 2 - no. 2
summary	This paper describes an experiment where an imagerecorded with a digital camera is processed using anelectro-physiological model of a neuron. Theluminosity level of each pixel of the source image istreated as the stimulus for an individual neuron, andthe source image is transformed into a responseimage based on the processing behavior of theHodgkin-Huxley neuronal model. It is seen thattransformation of the image through neuronalprocessing yields (i) more evenly balanced levels ofluminosity and (ii) a more ‘subjective’ rendering of theenvironment than what was photographed with thedigital camera.The CCD (charge coupled device) –based digital camera reveals its limitation as a linearrecording device that does not have a balanceddynamic range.The neuronal processing of the imageadds non-linearity and a balanced range to theluminosity levels in the image, rendering it closer to a‘subjective’ perception of the scene.
series	journal
email
more	http://www.multi-science.co.uk/ijac.htm
last changed	2007/03/04 07:08

_id	ijac201816407
id	ijac201816407
authors	Mahankali, Ranjeeth; Brian R. Johnson and Alex T. Anderson
year	2018
title	Deep learning in design workflows: The elusive design pixel
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 16 - no. 4, 328-340
summary	The recent wave of developments and research in the field of deep learning and artificial intelligence is causing the border between the intuitive and deterministic domains to be redrawn, especially in computer vision and natural language processing. As designers frequently invoke vision and language in the context of design, this article takes a step back to ask if deep learning’s capabilities might be applied to design workflows, especially in architecture. In addition to addressing this general question, the article discusses one of several prototypes, BIMToVec, developed to examine the use of deep learning in design. It employs techniques like those used in natural language processing to interpret building information models. The article also proposes a homogeneous data format, provisionally called a design pixel, which can store design information as spatial-semantic maps. This would make designers’ intuitive thoughts more accessible to deep learning algorithms while also allowing designers to communicate abstractly with design software.
keywords	Associative logic, creative processes, deep learning, embedding vectors, BIMToVec, homogeneous design data format, design pixel, idea persistence
series	journal
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last changed	2019/08/07 14:04

_id	cf2005_1_12_237
id	cf2005_1_12_237
authors	MAHDAVI Ardeshir
year	2005
title	Space, Time, Mind: Toward an Architecture of Sentient Buildings
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. 23-40
summary	This paper describes a specific vision of a sentient building and a specific path to its realization. A sentient building is defined here as one that possesses a representation of its own context, components, systems, and processes. It can autonomously maintain and update this representation, and it can use this representation toward real-time self-regulatory determination of its own state.
keywords	sentient buildings, computational models, environmental controls
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2006/11/07 07:27

_id	ddssar0223
id	ddssar0223
authors	Mahdavi, A, Suter G. and Ries, R.
year	2002
title	A Representation Scheme for Integrated Building Performance Analysis
source	Timmermans, Harry (Ed.), Sixth Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning - Part one: Architecture Proceedings Avegoor, the Netherlands), 2002
summary	This paper presents a representational scheme for integrated building performance analysis. The underlying research work was motivated by the need for seamless exchange of structured design information.A comprehensive and widely accepted industry standard suitable for exchanging design information among the various AEC (Architecture/Engineering/Construction) applications has yet to emerge. As a contribution to this on-going discussion, we present a specific approach to the integration problem in building product modeling. This approach can be viewed as pragmatic or bottom-up in the sense that itwas driven by the informational needs of related individual domains (particularly in the early stages of design) rather than by a quest for a universally applicable solution. In this paper, we describe a schemawhich emerged from the SEMPER effort, a multi-year project aimed at supporting detailed performance analysis for early design in the energy, life-cycle analysis, lighting, and thermal comfort domains. Thisschema relies on a representational division of labor between a shared building model, and various disciplinary (domain) models. Specifically, we present a documentation of the shared object model together with disciplinary models for the energy, light, acoustics, and life-cyle assessment domain.
keywords	building product models, building performance, integration
series	DDSS
last changed	2003/08/07 16:36

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