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_id	ecaade2013_273
id	ecaade2013_273
authors	Weston, Mark and Greenberg, Dan
year	2013
title	Passive Energy Devices in Ceramics
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.2.147
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. 147-151
summary	Buildings with scales, buildings that sweat: this paper proposes two strategies for a materially grounded, performance-based architecture which leverages the strengths of computation and CNC fabrication against the basic properties of traditional ceramics.
wos	WOS:000340643600014
keywords	Building performance, CNC tooling, computer aided manufacture, ceramics, passive energy design
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2013_245
id	ecaade2013_245
authors	Weston, Mark and Greenberg, Dan
year	2013
title	Sweetgum Panels
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2013.1.569
source	Stouffs, Rudi and Sariyildiz, Sevil (eds.), Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference – Volume 1, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18-20 September 2013, pp. 569-573
summary	The paper describes a novel technique for creating flat, bi-layer, compliant mechanisms for adaptive building components to be used in solar shading. Micro-actuation of these periodic, flexible devices cause innumerable three-dimensional micro-loops to erupt in the panel surface, permitting passage of diffused light while maintaining visual privacy and shade.
wos	WOS:000340635300059
keywords	Compliant mechanisms; biomimicry; passive energy design; solar shading; autonomous control; computer aided manufacture; parametric modeling.
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia13_455
id	acadia13_455
authors	Weston, Mark
year	2013
title	CNC Sponge-Forming and Parametric Slip Casting: Experiments in the hybridization of computation and traditional craft for architectural ceramics.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.455
source	ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 455-456
summary	This project seeks to integrate ceramics, a traditional manufacturing technique, with parametric three-dimensional modeling, a digital technique, to produce a hybridized system of manufacture which bridges the gap between the handcrafted object and industrial processes for the creation of highly material architectural devices. Outlined are a series of empirical queries, through built prototypes, for the design and implementation of complex ceramic devices for architecture.
keywords	Tools and Interfaces, Ceramics, Process, Computation, CNC tooling, Computer Aided Manufacture, Parametric Modeling
series	ACADIA
type	Research Poster
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_id	acadia08_222
id	acadia08_222
authors	Westre, Aaron
year	2008
title	Complexity Machine 1: A 3D Modeling Application Implementing Behavioral Simulation
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2008.222
source	Silicon + Skin: Biological Processes and Computation, [Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) / ISBN 978-0-9789463-4-0] Minneapolis 16-19 October 2008, 222-229
summary	Complexity Machine 1 is a software application developed by the author as a Master of Architecture thesis project at the University of Minnesota. The software acts as a platform for exploring three dimensional form produced via behavioral simulation. Specifically, the behaviors are modeled on emergent group dynamics found commonly in nature such as flocking, chasing, and evading. Though various commercial softwares and numerous small-scale architectural projects exist in this area, Complexity Machine 1 is intended as a freely available and generic platform for exploring the formal implications of these emergent behaviors. The simulated behaviors are governed by a variety of parameters and a set of eight simple rules. Formal results are influenced by these parameters and rules; along with scale, color, and geometric settings. The flexibility of the software allows users to investigate a vast array of potential forms, adjust settings in real time, and export the results for further manipulation. Complexity Machine 1 continues to be refined and improved towards the goal of providing an easy to use platform to designers for exploring forms that emerge from complex group behavior.
keywords	Behavior; Complexity; Emergence; Flocking; Simulation
series	ACADIA
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_id	ecaade2008_027
id	ecaade2008_027
authors	Wetzel, Jean-Paul; Belblidia, Salim; Bignon, Jean-Claude
year	2008
title	Proposition of a Model Using Parametric Operations as an Aid to the Creation of Architectural Forms
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2008.051
source	Architecture in Computro [26th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-7-2] Antwerpen (Belgium) 17-20 September 2008, pp. 51-58
summary	In the early stage of creation, the architect tests his working hypotheses by making many adjustments while designing. During the sketching phase, the existing modelling tools are not compatible with the iterative nature of this process. So the challenge lies in the definition of a model which will allow the whole creative process with its various coming and going during the phase of conception. In this article, we are going to define a data structure model allowing the simultaneous exploration of several possible solutions, which seems more in line with a creation process.
keywords	Decision tree, historical operations of forms
series	eCAADe
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_id	ddss2008-34
id	ddss2008-34
authors	Wetzel, Jean-Paul; Salim Belblidia et Jean-Claude Bignon
year	2008
title	Specification and implementation of a parametricoperator : Folding
source	H.J.P. Timmermans, B. de Vries (eds.) 2008, Design & Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, ISBN 978-90-6814-173-3, University of Technology Eindhoven, published on CD
summary	In the early stage of creation, the architect tests his working hypotheses by making many adjustments while designing. During the sketching phase, the existing modeling tools are not compatible with the iterative nature of this process. So the challenge lies in the definition of a model which will allow the whole creative process with its various coming and frowing during the phase of conception. We will illustrate this model by implementing a parametric operator allowing the action of folding. Its parametric specificity will enable the architect, in the design phase, to make the numerous moves alterations required to obtain an optimal shape.
keywords	Parametric design, Morphologic operators, folding
series	DDSS
last changed	2008/09/01 17:06

_id	c88f
authors	Wezel, Ruud H.J. van
year	1994
title	Beyond Tools for Architecture
source	Proceedings of the 6th European Full-scale Modeling Association Conference / ISBN 90-6754-375-6 / Wageningen (The Netherlands) 6-9 September 1994, 103 p.
summary	The theme of the Vth E.F.A. conference was 'Beyond Tools for Architecture'. This theme was chosen reference to the IVth meeting in Lausanne and to trigger the participants to present their research results, the teaching aspects and the development plans for their simulation laboratories. The theme was also meant to offer a critical reflection on the question for whom, with whom and for what reasons space simulation is put into practice.
keywords	Model Simulation, Real Environments
series	other
more	http://info.tuwien.ac.at/efa
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_id	caadria2019_070
id	caadria2019_070
authors	White, Michael, Haeusler, M. Hank and Zavoleas, Yannis
year	2019
title	Planting Design by Simulated Competition - A computational-ecological model for the selection and distribution of plant species on urban roof terraces
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.2.031
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. 31-40
summary	This paper investigates ecologically-inspired computational strategies for the intelligent performance based landscape design of urban rooftop gardens. Plant communities in nature form resilient layouts that maximise use of available resources through a process of competitive pressure. Simulating these processes could allow us to design vegetation systems for the built environment that are adapted to variables on site, while meeting our design goals. This paper uses an agent-based model to ask if simulated ecological competition can be used as a computational method for producing effective planting layouts for urban roof terraces. A case study will be conducted to review the performance of the simulation. Through further research we will examine whether these strategies can also optimise for benefits including increased biodiversity, favourable microclimate, and reduced energy and water use.
keywords	Computational Landscape Architecture / Ecology; Urban Heat Island; Rooftop Terrace Gardens; Emergence; Climate Change
series	CAADRIA
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_id	ecaade2021_247
id	ecaade2021_247
authors	Wibranek, Bastian, Liu, Yuxi, Funk, Niklas, Belousov, Boris, Peters, Jan and Tessmann, Oliver
year	2021
title	Reinforcement Learning for Sequential Assembly of SL-Blocks - Self-interlocking combinatorial design based on Machine Learning
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2021.1.027
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. 27-36
summary	Adaptive reconfigurable structures are seen as the next big step in the evolution of architecture. However, to achieve this vision, new tools are required that enable autonomous configuration of given elements based on a specified design objective. Various approaches have been considered in the past, ranging from rule-based methods to evolutionary optimization. Although successful in applications where search heuristics or informative objective functions can be provided, these methods struggle with long-term planning problems. In this paper, we tackle the problem of sequential assembly of SL-blocks which has the character of a combinatorial optimization problem. We explore the applicability of deep reinforcement learning algorithms that recently showed great success on combinatorial problems in other domains, such as board games and molecular design. We highlight the unique challenges presented by the architectural design setting and compare the performance to evolutionary computation and heuristic search baselines.
keywords	Reinforcement Learning; Architectural Assembly; Discrete Design; SL-blocks; Dry Joined
series	eCAADe
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_id	caadria2020_022
id	caadria2020_022
authors	Wibranek, Bastian, Wietschorke, Leon, Glaetzer, Timm and Tessmann, Oliver
year	2020
title	Sequential Modular Assembly - Robotic Assembly of Cantilevering Structures through Differentiated Load Modules
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2020.2.373
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. 373-382
summary	The principles of computation, robotics, and modular building elements offer excellent opportunities for automation in architecture. A building system that incorporates these principles could cope with detachable building elements, sequential assembly processes, and algorithmic adaptability. In this paper, we investigate the strategic distribution of weight through a set of modules with different weights to build cantilevering structures. The modules are designed to have self-calibrating qualities, to allow a precisely defined positioning and thus be suitable for a robotic assembly. We implement an algorithm that automatically calculates the position and amount of weight modules. The exact placements are translated into robot instructions. By removing or adding a single module, we stimulate the collapse of the assembled structures, highlighting the precise measures of our approach. This approach may find application in scenarios where it is necessary to build without temporary support while still having a stable construction through each assembly step. Finally, we illustrate a framework to build structures that can easily be disassembled, thus allowing the reuse of the building elements.
keywords	Discretization; Multi Modular Assembly; Automation; Robotics
series	CAADRIA
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_id	cdc2008_403
id	cdc2008_403
authors	Wie, Shaxin
year	2008
title	Poetics of performative space
source	First International Conference on Critical Digital: What Matters(s)? - 18-19 April 2008, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge (USA), pp. 403-417
summary	My project concerns subjectivation, performativity and embodiment, as inflected by notions of process and field. These questions were inspired by recent work in the margins of experimental performance, sound arts, computational media, and philosophy of process. They are informed by, and critically respond to Leibniz’s continuous substance, Whitehead’s “unbifurcated” process ontology, and Petitot’s approach to morphogenesis. Beginning with a concern with the materiality of writing, the project explores the ethico-aesthetics of touch and movement, and poetic architecture or installation events as sites for speculative action. The kind of events I describe, are collective, co-present, embodied, and a-linguistic. The potential for physical contact is a condition for the collective embodied experiences needed to conduct experimental phenomenology. Our events are designed for four or more participants, three to destabilize dyadic pairing, and lower the threshold to improvising being in that space, and a fourth for potential sociality. Having dissolved line between actor and spectator, we may adopt the disposition of an agent of change, or equally a witness of the event. Relinquishing also a categoreal fixation on objects in favor of continua, we inhabit ambient environments thick with media and matter that evolve in concert with movement or gesture.
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_id	acadia09_216
id	acadia09_216
authors	Wiebe, Kimberly; Kensek, Karen; Schiler, Marc
year	2009
title	SonoranSystems: Building Simulation Modeling Using a Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Analogy
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2009.216
source	ACADIA 09: reForm( ) - Building a Better Tomorrow [Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-9842705-0-7] Chicago (Illinois) 22-25 October, 2009), pp. 216-225
summary	Biomimicry is one source of inspiration for innovation in the passive thermal design of buildings and of strategies that decrease the need for auxiliary heating and cooling systems. This paper explores the potential for using analogies drawn from Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) to create a software program that simulates selected building materials to predict temporal building temperature variations.
keywords	Simulation, performance, solar, thermal design, parametric design
series	ACADIA
type	Normal paper
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_id	a89d
authors	Wiederhold, G.
year	1992
title	Mediators in the Architecture of Future Information Systems
source	IEEE Computer 25, no. 3: 38-48
summary	The installation of high-speed networks using optical fiber and high bandwidth messsage forwarding gateways is changing the physical capabilities of information systems. These capabilities must be complemented with corresponding software systems advances to obtain a real benefit. Without smart software we will gain access to more data, but not improve access to the type and quality of information needed for decision making. To develop the concepts needed for future information systems we model information processing as an interaction of data and knowledge. This model provides criteria for a high-level functional partitioning. These partitions are mapped into information processing modules. The modules are assigned to nodes of the distributed information systems. A central role is assigned to modules that mediate between the users' workstations and data resources. Mediators contain the administrative and technical knowledge to create information needed for decision-making.
series	journal paper
last changed	2003/04/23 15:14

_id	2006_604
id	2006_604
authors	Wiedmer, Martin; Doris Agotai; Rolf Lenzin and Fabian Kempter
year	2006
title	Compositing Spaces - The Transferring of Space Relevant Film Elements into Computer-Generated Architecture-Related Animation
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2006.604
source	Communicating Space(s) [24th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9541183-5-9] Volos (Greece) 6-9 September 2006, pp. 604-607
summary	The representation of architecture is to an increasing extent expressed by means of computer-generated animation. The medium of architectural animation thus gets closer to the film without taking into consideration its specific design possibilities. Here the research project “Compositing Spaces” starts. It reveals in which fields architectural animation can get an impact from filmic design instruments. On behalf of film analysis precise stage directions to the virtual camera could be developed. In collaboration with visualizers, film professionals and psychologists the project has taken an unexpected turn and led to a form of expression that involves compositing technique. The project takes with the animation of high-resolution visualizations a most promising and low-priced approach.
keywords	architectural animation; film; spatial perception; rendering; compositing
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2011_047
id	ecaade2011_047
authors	Wiertelarz, Kathrin M.
year	2011
title	An exploration in teaching architectural design for construction and fabrication
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2011.035
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.35-42
summary	The intent of this paper is to examine experimental design methods in the field of architecture and their implementation in academic settings. The projects emerged during design research studio at the institute of digital design techniques at the university of Kassel and collaborative workshops with several institutes. The starting point of the teaching concept was a divergence from the usual methods and ways of thinking, allowing for new, innovative solutions to emergence during the design process. The main point was a development of novel spatial modules in coherence with material and structural considerations. The question of materiality becomes a crucial consideration. The characteristics of different materials used for models development did not just influenced geometrical possibilities but also intensify, explore and organize spatial and structural qualities of the projects.
wos	WOS:000335665500002
keywords	Research; Education and Practise; Generative and Parametric Digital Design Aids, Tools for Construction and Production
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia07_250
id	acadia07_250
authors	Wierzbicki-Neagu, Madalina; de Silva, Clarence W.
year	2007
title	Development of Design Workflows for Kinetic Structures Using Fuzzy Logic
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2007.250
source	Expanding Bodies: Art • Cities• Environment [Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture / ISBN 978-0-9780978-6-8] Halifax (Nova Scotia) 1-7 October 2007, 250-261
summary	Kinetic structures offer the means to significantly expand the functional and performance features of traditionally static architectural solutions. However, the added element of motion creates considerable challenges during conceptualization and introduction into existing design workflows. Rigidly foldable shells offer tremendous potential for developing kinetic architectural structures. They require few support points, eliminate sliding overlaps and are relatively easy to mock up as initial concepts. Achieving the desired motion range, however, requires a significant design effort. If performed manually, the motion optimization is tedious and unpredictable. This paper examines possible optimization algorithmic strategies with the use of fuzzy logic. Specifically the paper focuses on the application of fuzzy logic as a tool for effectively negotiating modifications of complex linked geometries while using intuitive, high level statements and directives. Highlighted is the potential of fuzzy logic-based algorithms as tools that can help the transition of existing design workflows into environments that can handle extended challenges involving kinetic geometries.
series	ACADIA
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_id	ec7f
authors	Wigglesworth, James D.
year	1989
title	Architectural Modeling at Work
source	Architectural and Engineering Systems. September, 1989. vol. 5: pp. 30
summary	An example how CAD contributes to the creative process of a San-Francisco design firm
keywords	CAD, architecture, practice
series	CADline
last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	ecaade2011_121
id	ecaade2011_121
authors	Wikberg, Fredrik; Ekholm, Anders
year	2011
title	Design Configuration with Architectural Objects: A Platform Organization Model for Industrialized House-Building
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2011.393
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.393-402
summary	The paper presents the intermediate results of an ongoing research project with the aim to develop concepts and tools for architectural design in industrialized house-building. Architectural design aims to enable different “situations” in the built environment involving people, behaviour, experience and environment, with desired technical, functional and aesthetic properties. “Situations” may be represented by configurable modular “architectural objects” that also reflect the variability of an industrialized building system. In three case studies the relevance of the concept of architectural object is investigated; in architectural design, and through modularization, development and organization of technical platforms. The results however also show a need for further research concerning the implementation in a BIM environment.
wos	WOS:000335665500045
keywords	Architectural object; Situation; Design configuration; Industrialised housebuilding; BIM
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia15_69
id	acadia15_69
authors	Wilcox, Glenn; Trandafirescu, Anca
year	2015
title	C-Lith: Carbon Fiber Architectural Units
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2015.069
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. 69-79
summary	C-LITH is the reconsideration of the architectural building unit through the exploration of new composite techniques and materials. Our project develops individual compo- nents that exploit the strength, lightness, and variability possible with carbon ber laments when paired with computation, digital fabrication, and hand assembly. Traditionally, architectural units made of brick or concrete are small and multiple, heavy, dif cult to vary, and are much better in compression than tension. Using carbon ber laments to create variable units allows for larger individual units that can vary in both shape and structural performance as needed. Our units, developed through winding pre-preg carbon ber tow around disposable molds, bene t structurally from the quasi-isotropic properties that are developed through the winding patterns. The specific structural capacities of the units remain to be understood through further testing and analysis, which falls outside the scope of this current research. At this junction, structural capacities have been determined empirically, i.e. will it stand? Most importantly, as a formal study, our units address the use of carbon ber at the scale of architectural production. A majority of the effort involved in materializing C-LITH was the development of a two-fold prototypical manufacturing process that produces the components and assembly. For this we invented a method to quickly and cheaply construct variable cardboard molds that could withstand the wound casting and baking steps, but could also be easily weakened through water immersion to be removed. For the assembly we developed a rigid dummy-jig system to hold the joint plates in position with a high level of precision but could also incrementally absorb the adjustment errors unavoidable in hand assembly systems. Using a simple pin connection the resultant structures can be easily disassembled for transportation and reassembly elsewhere.
keywords	Carbon Fiber Composite, Variability, Fabrication, Computation, Coding, Molds, Jigging, Assembly
series	ACADIA
type	normal paper
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_id	acadia11_204
id	acadia11_204
authors	Wilkins, Gretchen; Zilka, Leanne; Cherrey, John
year	2011
title	Scripted Materials
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2011.204
source	ACADIA 11: Integration through Computation [Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)] [ISBN 978-1-6136-4595-6] Banff (Alberta) 13-16 October, 2011, pp. 204-211
summary	Looking to fabrication technologies as a way to bridge the gap between design and execution, this research tested various methods for the digital optimization of flat sheet materials, specifically those which can be reclaimed from building and manufacturing sites. By reordering conventional design processes to begin with (reclaimed) material constraints we are looking to close the gap in the cycle of sheet material manufacturing and reduce the amount of building waste in architectural projects. This paper will discuss the process of embedding digital information and scripting processes into material systems in order to rethink the relationship between input and output in design, especially in the context of sheet material manufacturing, reclamation, fabrication and distribution. Two projects situated within architectural design studios are cited as examples to this approach, with speculation on how the work might shift the role of ‘craft’ in design and fabrication processes.
series	ACADIA
type	work in progress
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