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_id	sigradi2010_209
id	sigradi2010_209
authors	Aroztegui, Carmen
year	2010
title	Superficies adulteradas: el muro en línea y la representación fílmica [Adulterated surfaces: the online wall and conematic representation]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 209-212
summary	Online communities use a “wall” as a place to articulate non - synchronic communication among its members. Such a place, however, poorly explores the metaphor of the wall as a means of enhancing online experiences. Online “walls” do not explore or challenge the richness of a real wall, and they do not embrace new experiences that are only possible in the digital world. In order to tackle these issues, this paper analyzes three movie scenes where the everyday perception of the wall is altered by madness and estrangement. Finally, the paper suggests how these perceptions of the wall could be integrated into interfaces using touch screen technologies.
keywords	online, wall, metaphor, film, representation
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:47

_id	sigradi2010_112
id	sigradi2010_112
authors	Chiarella, Mauro; Zorzón Cecilia Verónica; Paulón Milagros
year	2010
title	Imagen fotográfica y representación. Utilización estratégica de la fotografía digital en las diferentes etapas del proyecto arquitectónico [Photographic image and representation: strategic use of digital photography in different stages of the architecture project]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 112-115
summary	Photography and representation are historically related to the techniques and methods of creating architectural and artistic images. Such visual discourses have ranged from totalities to fragments, linear conical perspectives to computer collages, and static two - dimensional images to interactive and semi - immersed three - dimensional images. In their full - scale introduction of digital photography to architectural projects professionals have not taken advantage of the intrinsic potential of the technology, using only the two - dimensional, simple recording characteristics it inherited from analog photography. This research explores and systematizes procedures, uses, and methods for a strategic incorporation of digital photography into the different stages of architectural projects. The material developed constitutes a new method that may be applied in architectural education.
keywords	photographic image, representation, architectural project
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2010_121
id	sigradi2010_121
authors	Cújar, Vertel Angélica del Carmen; Soto de la Vega Diego Armando; Chica Urzola Juan Ángel
year	2010
title	Objeto virtual de aprendizaje para la didáctica en la enseñanza de modelos M;M;1: infinito y M;M;s: infinito [Virtual learning object for didactics in model teaching: M/M/1: infinite, and M/M/s: infinite]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 121-124
summary	This project presents a virtual learning object (VLO) to be used as systematic tool and virtual Adobe Flash Player, which allows both the public and exhibitors to see more clearly the subject at hand. The study material is based on queuing theory, and will explore a waiting line M/M/1 and infinite population characteristics, which are then transformed to a type M/M/S with infinite population to keep the system charged and to analyze the behavior of management indicators in each case.
keywords	virtual learning object, simulation, queuing theory
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:50

_id	caadria2010_057
id	caadria2010_057
authors	Feng, Han
year	2010
title	Quantum architecture: an indeterministic and interactive computational design system
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2010.619
source	Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / Hong Kong 7-10 April 2010, pp. 619-628
summary	The evolution of computational design technique from mere substitution of hand drawing to customised design algorithms exhibiting a certain degree of intelligence, naturally opens up a new research frontier that studies the relationship between designers and customized design algorithms. Most of current customised architecture design algorithm adopts a deterministic paradigm to raise their design questions, that is to say, given the explicit rules and parameters, only one solution is allowed at each discrete computation step. Due to this deterministic nature, an intuitive and efficient communication between design algorithm and designer is hard to achieve, as there is almost no space for designer to step into the running generative process. This lack of progressive communication channels and the inefficiency of translating perceptual judgment into computer language directly results in the unconscious rejection of non-parameterisable design factors like intuition, aesthetic judgment and associational reasoning that are essential to any design activity. This paper introduces the quantum design paradigm as alternative computation paradigm for constructing an interactive and intuitive design system. An algorithm prototype, probability field, will be introduced to illustrate the logic and possible application of the proposed quantum design paradigm.
keywords	Quantum design paradigm; intuition; algorithm prototype; interactivity; probability fi eld
series	CAADRIA
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_id	sigradi2010_358
id	sigradi2010_358
authors	Figueroa, Pablo; Boulanger Pierre; Londoño Eduardo; Prieto Flavio
year	2010
title	Herramientas virtuales en el Museo del Oro: experiencias y lecciones de la instalación multisensorial [Viurtual tools in the Museo del Oro: experiences and lessons from the multisensory installation]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 358-361
summary	This paper presents an environment that allows museum visitors to not only touch and weigh virtual pieces by means of a haptic device, but also to visualize them in 3D and hear their characteristic sounds. This environment is an example of how new interactive technologies can be used in the field of virtual heritage, and how visitors can be introduced to new technologies. This exhibition was available at the Gold Museum for about eight months; we hope to share some of the insights gained from this experience.
keywords	virtual heritage, Museo del Oro, Colombia, haptics, multimodal booth
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:51

_id	sigradi2010_281
id	sigradi2010_281
authors	Granero, Adriana Edith; Garcia Alvarado Rodrigo
year	2010
title	Flujo energético en las etapas tempranas del proceso de diseño arquitectónico y la importancia de generar aprendizajes significativos [Energy flow in early stages of architectural design process, and the importance of creating meaningful learning]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 281-284
summary	This proposal seeks to stimulate energy conceptualization in the early stages of architectural design through the visualization of energy conditions as a dialogue in initial design configurations that is based on the integration of two software tools to facilitate meaningful learning. Students today have analytical intelligence that they have acquired through teaching themselves, and this has developed their creativity and their experiential - contextual practice; this permits effective interpretation of symbolic cognition. Digital tools of building, information modeling, and energy analysis can be related to specific features that promote this integrated design learning.
keywords	KEY WORDS: performance views, building information modeling, visual and thermal comfort, integrated design learning, efficiency andoptimization.
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:52

_id	caadria2013_228
id	caadria2013_228
authors	Gün, Onur Y. and Elliot E. Greenblatt
year	2013
title	Tran[s] Quillity: The Dynamically Mediated Façade
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2013.955
source	Open Systems: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2013) / Singapore 15-18 May 2013, pp. 955-964
summary	Media façades grant infinitely many faces to a building and can change the architectural meaning of what a façade is. They can also help to transform the face of the building into an over-size communication device for public (Borras, 2010). Contemporary media façades mostly rely on the content of their screens, and only a small number of them physicality of the screen itself. Precedent building façades that incorporate moving componentsareunable to function as displays. In this paper we present a media façade design, titled“Tran[s]quillity”, in which we fuse reconfigurable building com-ponents with display technologies to achieve a unique design. As well as fulfilling the function of a regular media wall -as a crisp screen- we imagine Tran[s]quillity as a transformable kinetic sculpture that can act as a screen of physical depth to introduce greater functionality and interactivity.
wos	WOS:000351496100098
keywords	Media, Façade, Kinetic, LED, Image processing, Digital, Design, Architecture
series	CAADRIA
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_id	sigradi2010_213
id	sigradi2010_213
authors	Herrera, Pablo C.
year	2010
title	Tecnologías disruptivas: programación y fabricación en Latinoamérica [Disruptive technologies: programming and digital fabrication in Latin America]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 213-216
summary	Since 2008 the preference for using different programming methods (Rhinoscript) had been analyzed using blogs. Searching for answers to explain the negative tendency of this year (from 48,063 to 16,332), a second repository was created (Grasshopper) featuring interactive methods and techniques. It has been discovered that of the five geographic regions analyzed Latin America is the only one that preferred the interactive interface (18% over programming). This shows that we are still keeping a strong dependency on the use of stable and safe technologies over disruptive ones that proved to be more efficient in design and fabrication.
keywords	digital fabrication, scripting, architectural education, rhinoscripting, grasshopper
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:53

_id	sigradi2010_133
id	sigradi2010_133
authors	Herrera, Pablo; Dreifuss Cristina
year	2010
title	Visualización y diagramas de material bibliográfico complejo [Visualization and diagrams of complex bibliographic material]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 133-136
summary	In this paper we present a method of synthesizing data in the narrative discourse of two architecture publications, in order to analyze, compare and explore to what extent it is possible to understand a book on different abstract levels using static data. The information in the book is reorganized and shown in different diagrams, used as a didactic visualization method. This allows the representation of a set of kinetic information that cannot be perceived simultaneously.
keywords	diagrams, visualization, data base, information architecture
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:53

_id	sigradi2010_108
id	sigradi2010_108
authors	Olmos, Reverón Francisco
year	2010
title	Herramientas virtuales y estrategias interactivas para el desarrollo de habilidades de diseño en el taller de diseño digital [Virtual tools and interactive strategies for design skills development, in a digital design workshop]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 108-111
summary	Computers are very common drawing tools in university design studios, but their potential as training tools in arts and design has not been explored in depth. Therefore, there is little understanding of how to incorporate digital and virtual media as learning tools in design studios. This paper describes the use of training programs in an experimental design course at the university level. This experiment was carried out as part of PhD research performed at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at the Universidad de los Andes in Merida, Venezuela.
keywords	e - learning, virtual studio, design training, virtual environment
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:56

_id	sigradi2012_235
id	sigradi2012_235
authors	Polo, Pablo Herrera
year	2012
title	Reutilizando códigos como mecanismo de información y conocimiento: Programación en arquitectura [Reusing codes as a mechanism of information and cognition: Scripting in architecture]
source	SIGraDi 2012 [Proceedings of the 16th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Brasil - Fortaleza 13-16 November 2012, pp. 74-78
summary	Differently from other regions in the Planet, since 2010, in Latin America textual programming language (Rhinoscripting) is being replaced by its visual equivalent (Grasshopper). This is a consequence of our preference for an interactive platform, and because our design problems are not as complex, so we aim to control geometrical problems or aspects belonging to an product scale instead of an architectural one. Problems emerging when creating code could be improved by modifying and reusing existing solutions as a starting point, since learning would not be centered in the object but in the process of creating it, using a suitable instrument.
keywords	Visual Programming Language; Textual Programming Language; Scripting; Grasshopper; Rhinoscripting
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:57

_id	sigradi2011_091
id	sigradi2011_091
authors	Rodriguez Barros, Diana
year	2011
title	Diseño de Productos y Modelado 3D Hiperrealistico. Un caso de enseñanza y práctica proyectual en entornos digitales [Product design and hyper realistic 3D model. A case of teaching and design practice in digital environments]
source	SIGraDi 2011 [Proceedings of the 15th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Argentina - Santa Fe 16-18 November 2011, pp. 411-414
summary	We present a teaching experience carried out during the second quarter of 2010 in the Industrial Informatics 2 course of FAUD UNMdP Industrial Design Product oriented career, about three-dimensional and communication module. We tackle this practice, developed in the digital workshop environment, from the perspective of Design Thinking through an approach to the multidimensional implicit in the design process. The experience walked through the initial product selection and recognition of coding guidelines for design; redesign, 3D modeling and product prototyping; and result communicating. We consider have obtained multiple and original results to tackle, complement and resolve the design in virtual environments from the individual interests of students.
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:59

_id	sigradi2010_116
id	sigradi2010_116
authors	Rubiano, Mejía Alejandro
year	2010
title	Los kinesiogramas o las imágenes lenticulares: su desarrollo y aplicaciones [Kinesiograms or lenticular images: development and applications]
source	SIGraDi 2010_Proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, pp. Bogotá, Colombia, November 17-19, 2010, pp. 116-120
summary	Kinesiograms represent a new method of animation, and are defined according to grammatical rules. Inspired by Seder and Ord, they offer relevant pedagogic opportunities. Our paper describes the history of how the vision of the world has changed from animated images to optical toys, and explains systemic aspects of each model. It also shows a synthesis of how kinesiograms are used in several different media. The scope of this research includes education, advertising, signals, art, etc. Although globally there is an increased impact of this technology, in our country it is not yet widely available.
keywords	animation, optical illusions, cinetic art, interactivity
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:59

_id	sigradi2011_140
id	sigradi2011_140
authors	Sanchez Cavazos, Maria E.; Sifuentes Solis, Marco A.
year	2011
title	Percepción y Manipulación del Espacio en Proyectos Arquitectónicos dentro de una Sociedad Compleja [Perception and Manipulation of the Space in Architectonic Projects within a Complex Society]
source	SIGraDi 2011 [Proceedings of the 15th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Argentina - Santa Fe 16-18 November 2011, pp. 223-226
summary	This research consisted on determining, analyzing and evaluating the factors that impact the ability to perceive and manipulate the architectonic space with the use of digital tools for Architectonic Design Workshop students at the U.A.A. The purpose of the research was to validate the model (MUHDyA) (CP+CM) (Sánchez, 2010), which presents a proposal about the use of digital and analogical tools in the acquisition of perceptive and manipulative skills (specific architectonic skill indicated by Tuning Latin America); considering that, the formation by skills is the answer of the architecture schools towards a complex society. Palabras calve
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:59

_id	ecaade2010_110
id	ecaade2010_110
authors	Santo, Yasu; Frazer, John Hamilton; Drogemuller, Robin
year	2010
title	Co-Adaptive Environments: Investigation into computer and network enhanced adaptable, sustainable and participatory environments
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2010.677
source	FUTURE CITIES [28th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-9-6] ETH Zurich (Switzerland) 15-18 September 2010, pp.677-686
summary	This paper presents research in response to environmental concerns we face today. In a search for a better method to manage spaces and building resources consumed excessively through traditional top-down architectural solutions, the research began by speculating that the building spaces and resources can be managed by designing architectural systems that encourage a bottom-up approach. In other words, this research investigates how to design systems that encourage occupants and users of buildings to actively understand, manage and customise their own spaces. Specific attention is paid to the participation of building users because no matter how sophisticated the system is, the building will become as wasteful as conventional buildings if users cannot, or do not want to, utilise the system effectively. The research is still in its early stages. The intension of this paper is to provide a background to the issue, discuss researches and projects relevant to, but not necessarily about, architecture, and introduce a number of hypothesis and investigations to realise adaptable, participatory and sustainable environments for users.
wos	WOS:000340629400073
keywords	Adaptive; Interactive; Participatory; Tangible; Ubiquitous
series	eCAADe
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_id	cf2011_p060
id	cf2011_p060
authors	Sheward, Hugo; Eastman Charles
year	2011
title	Preliminary Concept Design (PCD) Tools for Laboratory Buildings, Automated Design Optimization and Assessment Embedded in Building Information Modeling (BIM) Tools.
source	Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2011 [Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures / ISBN 9782874561429] Liege (Belgium) 4-8 July 2011, pp. 451-476.
summary	The design of laboratory buildings entails the implementation of a variety of design constraints such as building codes; design guidelines and technical requirements. The application of these requires from designers the derivation of data not explicitly available at early stages of design, at the same time there is no precise methodology to control the consistency, and accuracy of their application. Many of these constraints deal with providing secure environmental conditions for the activities inside laboratories and their repercussions both for the building occupants and population in general, these constraints mandate a strict control over the building‚Äôs Mechanical Equipment (MEP), in particular the Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. Due to the importance of these laboratory designers are expected to assess their designs not only according spatial relationships, but also design variables such as HVAC efficiency, air pressure hierarchies, operational costs, and the possible implications of their design decisions in the biological safety of the facility. At this point in time, there are no practical methods for making these assessments, without having constant interaction with HVAC specialists. The assessment of laboratory design variables, particularly those technical in nature, such as dimensioning of ducts or energy consumption are usually performed at late stages of design. They are performed by domain experts using data manually extracted from design information, with the addition of domain specific knowledge, the evaluation is done mostly through manual calculations or building simulations. In traditional practices most expert evaluations are performed once the architectural design have been completed, the turn around of the evaluation might take hours or days depending on the methods used by the engineer, therefore reducing the possibility for design alternatives evaluation. The results of these evaluations will give clues about sizing of the HVAC equipment, and might generate the need for design reformulations, causing higher development costs and time delays. Several efforts in the development of computational tools for automated design evaluation such as wheel chair accessibility (Han, Law, Latombe, Kunz, 2002) security and circulation (Eastman, 2009), and construction codes (ww.Corenet.gov.sg) have demonstrated the capabilities of rule or parameter based building assessment; several computer applications capable of supporting HVAC engineers in system designing for late concept or design development exist, but little has been done to assess the capabilities of computer applications to support laboratory design during architectural Preliminary Concept Design(PCD) (Trcka, Hensen, 2010). Developments in CAD technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) have opened doors to formal explorations in generative design using rule based or parametric modeling [7]. BIM represents buildings as a collection of objects with their own geometry, attributes, and relations. BIM also allows for the definition of objects parametrically including their relation to other model objects. BIM has enabled the development of automated rule based building evaluation (Eastman, 2009). Most of contemporary BIM applications contemplate in their default user interfaces access to design constraints and object attribute manipulations. Some even allow for the application of rules over these. Such capabilities make BIM viable platforms for automation of design data derivation and for the implementation of generative based design assessment. In this paper we analyze the possibilities provided by contemporary BIM for implementing generative based design assessment in laboratory buildings. In this schema, domain specific knowledge is embedded in to the BIM system as to make explicit design metrics that can help designers and engineers to assess the performance of design alternatives. The implementation of generative design assessments during PCD can help designers and engineers to identify design issues early in the process, reducing the number of revisions and reconfigurations in later stages of design. And generally improving design performance.
keywords	Heating ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Building Information Models (BIM), Generative Design Assessment
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2012/02/11 19:21

_id	sigradi2011_220
id	sigradi2011_220
authors	Velandia, Diego
year	2011
title	Modelado digital y diseño paramétrico como opción en la experimentación, desarrollo, visualización y toma de decisiones para estudiantes de arquitectura: Experiencias en un curso electivo [Digital modeling and parametric design]
source	SIGraDi 2011 [Proceedings of the 15th Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics] Argentina - Santa Fe 16-18 November 2011, pp. 436-439
summary	An elective course called architectural visualization and simulation was proposed in 2010. Introduce and integrate digital media into learning processes in architecture was the main objective. Interacting in 3-dimensional with digital models of projects, integrating a lot of information and physical variables in a digital model and parameterize a project to digital modeling were the specific objectives related to the concepts of visualization and simulation. Familiarization with the interface and application of parametric modeling, lighting and mapping in projects of the students were some of the results shown by students at the end of the course.
series	SIGRADI
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_id	269b
id	269b
authors	Andrea Carnicero, Gustavo Fornari & Carlos Pereyra
year	2004
title	ARQUITECTURA, CINE Y LITERATURA: LA SEDUCCIÓN DE LA GEOMETRÍA
source	Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of Mathematics & Design, Special Edition of the Journal of Mathematics & Design, Volume 4, No.1, pp. 27-34.
summary	¿Estamos presenciando un nuevo paradigma hacia otra forma de concebir la matemática?. El presente ensayo pretende indagar, a través del análisis y discusiones sobre diferentes obras literarias, cinematográficas y proyectos arquitectónicos, clásicos y contemporáneos, la relación entre la arquitectura y la literatura a partir de las estructuras matemáticas que los sustentan y cómo estas se han modificado o evolucionado a partir de los cambios tecnológicos de las últimas décadas. Relacionaremos la literatura y la arquitectura contemporánea pos revolución digital, con sus propiedades de nolinealidad y de fragmentación. Nuestra línea de investigación se centra en cuáles pueden ser las aportaciones esencialmente nuevas de la cultura digital a la producción de la arquitectura y la literatura, partiendo de su base estructural. La era informática trae con ella implicaciones que desestabilizan los conceptos tradicionales de espacio y tiempo. Nos preguntamos cuáles son los cambios en las estructuras textuales a partir de la era digital, cuáles son las nuevas estructuras geométricas, cómo influyen estas nuevas geometrías en la arquitectura, en el cine y en la literatura, en esta era de la información y qué rol ocupa la matemática en este cambio. El desarrollo de las ciencias contemporánea ha generado teorías que transforman nuestro conocimiento del universo. Caos, Teoría de la complejidad, Fractales son términos que caracterizan estos conceptos. En arquitectura estas teorías han tenido importancia en la producción de arquitectura "no-lineal" por medio de el uso de computadoras, especialmente en trabajos de arquitectos como Frank Gehry, Zevi Hecker, Greg Lynn, ARM y O.C.E.A.N UK, entre otros. En esta época informatizada la relación de la arquitectura con las demás ciencias (como la física y la matemática), con otros códigos como el lenguaje (por ejemplo en la narración) y con los límites del pensamiento filosófico, pueden hallarse hoy, tanto en el repertorio del deconstructivismo, en el repertorio “minimalista”, como en las abstracciones de los jóvenes nacidos con la computadora, que emulan cintas de Moebius, topologías “no euclideanas”, “estructuras líquidas” o ya en el campo de la literatura formas virtuales como en Calvino o dimensiones paralelas, bifurcadas, etc. como en Cortázar o Borges. Sin embargo, podemos preguntarnos si esta proliferación exuberante es el desarrollo de un organismo sólidamente construido, que adquiere cada día más cohesión y unidad en su propio crecimiento o si, por el contrario, no es más que el signo exterior de una tendencia a un fraccionamiento cada vez mayor, debido a la naturaleza misma de las matemáticas y si éstas no se estarán convirtiendo en una torre de Babel de disciplinas autónomas, aisladas unas de otras, tanto en sus principios como en sus métodos e incluso en su lenguaje. En una palabra, hoy, en esta tendencia, ¿estamos presenciando un nuevo paradigma hacia otra forma de concebir la matemática?.
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type	normal paper
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last changed	2005/04/08 17:14

_id	5d15
authors	Clayton, M.J., Song, Y., Han, K., Darapureddy, K., Al-Kahaweh, H. and Soh, I.
year	2001
title	Data for Reflection: Monitoring the Use of Web-Based Design Aids
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2001.142
source	Reinventing the Discourse - How Digital Tools Help Bridge and Transform Research, Education and Practice in Architecture [Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture / ISBN 1-880250-10-1] Buffalo (New York) 11-14 October 2001, pp. 142-152
summary	Web technology provides a new way of generating information about design processes. By monitoring student use of Web-based design aids, it is possible to collect empirical, quantitative evidence regarding the time and sequence of activities in design. The research team has undertaken several software development projects to explore these concepts. In one project, students can use a Web browser running alongside CAD software to access a cost database and evaluate their designs. In a second project, students use a browser to record their time expenditures. They can better document, plan and predict their time needs for a project and better manage their efforts. In a third project, students record the rationale supporting their design decisions. The information is stored in databases and HTML files and is hyperlinked into the CAD software. Each tool provides facilities to record key information about transactions. Interactions are documented with student identification, time of activity, and kind of activity. The databases of empirical information tracking student activity are a unique substantiation of design process that can feed back into teaching and the creation of ever better design tools.
keywords	Design Methods, Empirical, Web, Cost Estimating, Time Management
series	ACADIA
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_id	cf2005_2_36_65
id	cf2005_2_36_65
authors	LIAO Kai and HAN Chia Y.
year	2005
title	Collective Pavilions: A Generative Architectural Modelling for Traditional Chinese Pagoda
source	Learning from the Past a Foundation for the Future [Special publication of papers presented at the CAAD futures 2005 conference held at the Vienna University of Technology / ISBN 3-85437-276-0], Vienna (Austria) 20-22 June 2005, pp. 129-138
summary	This paper investigates generative architectural modelling for traditional Chinese architecture and aims to explore and extend the potential of adaptive computing for architectural design methods. The design manners analysis of traditional pagodas architectures is made in a holistic view and under historical perspective. We propose a descriptive model and generative system for the design of traditional Chinese pagodas, by which each pagoda is defined as a collection of style-matched and form-coordinated pavilions and described by both topological graphs and variant geometrical units. Our approach models both of the building geometry and space organization/spatial patterns of pagodas separately. The generative mechanism consists of a framework of grammar-based design and parametric, recursive shape computation. Accordingly, the generative algorithm is also made of two levels, the topology of spatial patterns and the shape geometrical parameters that characterize pavilion variations. The algorithm for computing the former is based on GP (Genetic Programming) and the latter GA (Genetic Algorithms). To explore the collective behaviour of a group of pavilions, multi-agent modelling approach is incorporated in composition patterns search. A prototype system, 'glPagoda', using the OpenGL graphics library for rendering and visualization, has been developed and implemented on PC windows platform.
keywords	pagoda, grammar-based design, multi-agent modelling, generative design system
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2005/05/05 07:06

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