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_id	c915
authors	Weber, Bendicht
year	1992
title	TOOLS RECONSIDERED: SIX AFFIRMATIONS
source	Proceedings of the 4rd European Full-Scale Modelling Conference / Lausanne (Switzerland) 9-12 September 1992, Part B, pp. 49-54
summary	This paper intends to formulate and discuss some unavoidable questions about the use of drawings, models and other tools by architects and other people concerned with architectural projects. These questions are presented as provocative affirmations: Every tool is an obstacle. Every tool is a trap. There is no complete tool. Fast tools shorten the time for reflection. Better tools don't automatically produce better architecture. Every real building betrays previous drawings, models, etc.The article shows that the choice of tools and the manner of their application are not innocent, that - independantly from the working-situation - tools must be considered from a critical standpoint and with particular attention to complementarities between several tools. We finally identify the development, discussion and valuation of concrete spatial qualities as the most difficult stake of such indirect working methods.
keywords	Full-scale Modeling, Model Simulation, Real Environments
series	other
type	normal paper
more	http://info.tuwien.ac.at/efa
last changed	2004/05/04 15:41

_id	ecaadesigradi2019_177
id	ecaadesigradi2019_177
authors	Ostrowska-Wawryniuk, Karolina
year	2019
title	BIM-Aided Prefabrication for Minimum Waste DIY Timber Houses
source	Sousa, JP, Xavier, JP and Castro Henriques, G (eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Volume 1, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 251-258
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.1.251
summary	The continuous housing shortage demands efficient ways of design and construction. In the context of rising construction standards and shrinking manpower, one of the possible answers to the problem is prefabrication oriented towards do-it-yourself (DIY) construction methods, which could contribute to the low and middle income housing supply in the market. The article covers the process of developing an experimental tool for aiding single-family housing design with the use of small-element solid timber prefabrication, suitable for DIY assembly. The presented tool uses the potential of BIM technology adapting a traditionally-designed house to the needs of prefabrication and optimizing it in terms of waste generated in the assembly process. The presented experiment was realized in the Autodesk Revit environment and incorporates custom generative scripts developed in Dynamo-for-Revit. The prototype analyzed an input model and converted it into a prefabricated alternative based on the user- and technology-specified boundary conditions. The prototype was tested on the example design of a two-story single-family house. The results compare the automated optimized model conversion with manual adaptation approach. The implemented algorithm allowed for reducing the construction waste by more than 50%.
keywords	do-it-yourself construction; do-it-yourself house; generative BIM; BIM-aided prefabrication; small-panel timber prefabrication; self-help housing
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
email
last changed	2022/06/07 08:00

_id	30cf
authors	Webster, Anthony C.
year	1996
title	Networked Multimedia Tools for Architectural Engineering
source	Journal of Architectural Engineering -- March 1996 -- Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 11-19
summary	This paper provides a brief history of networked multimedia technology in the United States. The evolution of the Internet and the World Wide Web is outlined. The use of traditional computer technologies byengineering and architectural practitioners and academics is discussed. Use of some new computer technologies by researchers in both professions, including high-speed networks, animated graphicalsimulations, augmented and virtual reality, is also presented, along with a discussion of how they are beginning to be used together on the World Wide Web. Opportunities for refining architectural engineeringresearch, scholarship and practice by expanded use of new networked multimedia technologies are presented. The features of a demonstration testbed networked multimedia package, entitled the FarnsworthHouse Volume are introduced, along with their potential application to some architectural engineering problems. The use of the volume in classes at Columbia University is presented. Advantages anddisadvantages of networked multimedia capabilities embedded in the Farnsworth volume are discussed.
series	journal paper
last changed	2003/05/15 21:45

_id	fc79
authors	Ostwald, J.
year	1995
title	Supporting Collaborative Design with Representations for Mutual Understanding
source	ACM CHI
summary	This paper describes a research effort to investigate cross-cultural collaboration in software development. The work is based on a model of collaborative design that calls for stakeholders (including developers and end-users) to iteratively construct an understanding of design problems and potential solutions through the construction and refinement of design representations. The Evolving Artifact (EVA) software design environment has been implemented to support this process. EVA has been used in a development project in a regional telephone company. A case study of this project will be analyzed to yield guidelines and design principles for constructing representations for mutual understanding.
series	other
last changed	2003/04/23 15:50

_id	d151
id	d151
authors	Otter, A. den
year	2001
title	IMPROVEMENT OF THE DESIGN PROCESS BY INTEGRATED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND THE USE OF COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION
source	Achten, H.H., de Vries, B. and Hennessey, J. (eds). Design Research in the Netherlands 2000, 31-41
series	book
type	normal paper
email
more	http://www.designresearch.nl/PDF/DRN2000_denOtter.pdf
last changed	2005/10/12 15:33

_id	ecaade2007_086
id	ecaade2007_086
authors	Oxman, Neri
year	2007
title	FAB Finding
source	Predicting the Future [25th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-6-5] Frankfurt am Main (Germany) 26-29 September 2007, pp. 785-792
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2007.785
summary	The distinction between material behavior (mechanics) and material response (electronics) in the framework of responsive building skins has promoted unique design protocols for integrating sensor technologies into material components. Such a distinction results in the implementation of remote sensing devices post the process of material fabrication. Sensors are commonly perceived as electronic add-on patches which initiate mechanical output with response to electrical input. This work seeks to establish a novel approach to the integration of electronics in building skins which prioritizes material selection, behavior and fabrication given a required task, over post-production sensor application. The term “FAB Finding” is proposed to describe an instrumental methodology facilitating the coupling of CNC fabrication processes with material organization and behavior. It offers a design mentality which emphasizes the nature and the effects brought about by the use of specific fabrication processes which are by definition inherent in the design product and its behavior. A light-sensing inflatable skin system is developed as a working prototype demonstrating such an approach.
keywords	Digital fabrication, material behavior, form-finding, sensors, responsive skin
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 08:00

_id	ecaade2016_144
id	ecaade2016_144
authors	Wendell, Augustus, Altin, Burcak Ozludil and Thompson, Ulysee
year	2016
title	Prototyping a Temporospatial Simulation Framework:Case of an Ottoman Insane Asylum
source	Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, 22-26 August 2016, pp. 485-491
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2016.2.485
wos	WOS:000402064400048
summary	Effectively communicating the history of a complex building site using only conventional presentation techniques can be limiting. It is a challenge to present temporal changes in the site simultaneously within a spatial framework. Whereas 2D drawings typically used in architectural historical scholarship are many times cleaned abstractions, 3D models might create an illusion of "recreated reality." Both representation types distance the reader from the primary sources rather than being a mechanism to bring the reader closer to the sources. This paper reports on an interactive simulation of a fin-de-siecle Ottoman insane asylum in Istanbul. Our response to these challenges incorporates to the simulation both the temporal aspect (spanning the life of the asylum and the daily life within) and primary documents by using temporally aware 3D models and keyed descriptive markers for building programming.
keywords	Unity3D; Simulation; Digital Humanities; Game Engine; Temporal; Architectural History
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:57

_id	ecaadesigradi2019_393
id	ecaadesigradi2019_393
authors	Wendell, Augustus, Ozludil, Burcak and López-Salas, Estefanía
year	2019
title	Calculating Movement - An Agent Based Modeling System for Historical Studies
source	Sousa, JP, Xavier, JP and Castro Henriques, G (eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference - Volume 1, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019, pp. 541-550
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.1.541
summary	Simulating human movement and actions in historical spaces/landscapes is a complex task. It requires not only the recreation of spaces that no longer exist, but more challenging the recovery of actions performed in the past. These actions can provide insights into important aspects such as how people inhabited, used, perceived, lived, sensed, and shaped these spaces. This research aims to show a framework to approach studying human movement, using an Agent Based Modeling (ABM) system. Our ABM tool has methods for creating, managing, and choreographing the movement of agents through 3D models. A number of iterative tests, both agent-to-agent and agent-to-model, enable the system to produce scholarly quantitative data in historical spaces. We highlight the use of this system through two case studies, one at an architectural scale and the other at landscape scale.
keywords	Agent Based Modeling; Art and Architectural History; Simulation
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	acadia07_182
id	acadia07_182
authors	Oxman, Neri
year	2007
title	Rapid Craft: Material Experiments towards an Integrated Sensing Skin System
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, 182-191
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2007.182
summary	The distinction between matter (mechanics) and information (electronics) in the context of responsive building skins has promoted unique design protocols for integrating sensor technologies into material components. Such a distinction results in applications of remote sensing after the process of material fabrication. Sensors are commonly perceived as electronic patches which initiate mechanical output with response to electrical input. This work seeks to establish a novel approach to the application of electronics in building skins, which prioritizes material selection, behavior, and fabrication technology in relation to the required task, over postproduction sensor integration. The term “Rapid Craft” is proposed to describe such design protocols which couple material behavior and fabrication in the design of responsive skins. Rapid Craft is a designation for the incorporation of craft materialization knowledge within the framework of CNC processes of fabrication. A light-sensing inflatable skin system is developed as a working prototype, which demonstrates such an approach.
series	ACADIA
email
last changed	2022/06/07 08:00

_id	a732
authors	Wenz, Florian
year	1997
title	Babylon S M L XL - The Missing Language of Cyberspace
source	CAAD Futures 1997 [Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-7923-4726-9] München (Germany), 4-6 August 1997, pp. 749-756
summary	We first discuss the future role of the CITY as a main generator of cultural fiction and suggest a superimposition of the PHYSICAL city and the DIGITAL city. We then draw parallels between the original intentions behind the World Wide Web and Hyper Text Markup Language and its expected follow up CYBERSPACE and Virtual Reality Markup Language. The development of three-dimensional SEMANTIC CODES for interactive environments is identified as one main task of the future. Within this framework, Babylon S M L XL, a series of research experiments conducted at the Architectural Space Laboratory at the professorship is investigating concepts and methods. The images display some scenes from this work in chronological order, while the captions provide content descriptions and META CODE abstractions.
series	CAAD Futures
email
more	http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/~wenz/babylon
last changed	1999/04/06 09:19

_id	ecaade2011_161
id	ecaade2011_161
authors	Weston, Mark
year	2011
title	Anisotropic Operations: A study in directed material weakening for solar shading
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.595-602
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2011.595
wos	WOS:000335665500069
summary	Deliberately introduced unidirectional material weakening is explored as a means of producing material properties which exploit natural material tendencies rather than as a means to compensate for them. Such anisotropic operations take natural systems as a point of departure for man-made approaches to the augmentation of building performance in the realm of solar shading, but also for the creation of materially complex architectural environments.
keywords	Solar shading; materiality; sustainability; biomimicry; anisotropy
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/05/01 23:21

_id	ijac201210107
id	ijac201210107
authors	Weston, Mark
year	2012
title	Anisotropic Operations
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 10 - no. 1, 105-120
summary	Deliberately introduced unidirectional material weakening is explored as a means of producing material properties which exploit natural material tendencies rather than as a means to compensate for them. Such anisotropic operations take natural systems as a point of departure for man-made approaches to the augmentation of building performance in the realm of solar shading, but also for the creation of materially complex architectural environments.
series	journal
last changed	2019/07/30 10:55

_id	ijac201412202
id	ijac201412202
authors	Weston, Mark; Dan Greenberg
year	2014
title	Voluptuous Devices; Exuberent Materiality Toward Energy Austerity
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 12 - no. 2, 117-128
summary	This paper proposes strategies for performance-based architectural devices characterized by a distinct material exuberance.The engineered predictability of typical building systems is challenged in favor of biological performance modes ruled by scales, sweat, and curves rather than shipping, manufacturing, and commerce. In the realm of traditional ceramic hand- making and manufacture, computation and CNC fabrication are two powerful tools which position the craftsman at the helm of a hybrid endeavor for smart materials.
series	journal
last changed	2019/05/24 09:55

_id	037a
authors	Oxman, R.E.
year	1996
title	Design by re-representation: a model of visual reasoning in design
source	Design Studies - Vol 18, No 4, pp. 329-347
summary	The conception of design as a sequential process of description and redescription in the development of designs is presented. Re-representational theory (RRH) is introduced and the cognitive mechanisms which enable re-representation in design are explicated. A theory of re-representation and multiple representations in design is proposed. The concept of adaptation developed in CBR is exploited to formalize transformations in the re-representation process. An empirical research was constructed to study the cognitive abilities which underlie the creative phenomena of re-representation in design adaptation. On the basis of the findings of the experiment, a model of design re-representation is developed and presented. The main concepts of the model, multiple representation and re-representation, are shown to provide a powerful basis for the understanding of creative behavior in design.
series	journal paper
email
last changed	2003/04/23 15:50

_id	ijac20075208
id	ijac20075208
authors	White, Martin; Petridis, Panagiotis; Liarokapis, Fotis; Plecinckx, Daniel
year	2007
title	Multimodal Mixed Reality Interfaces for Visualizing Digital Heritage
source	International Journal of Architectural Computing vol. 5 - no. 2, pp. 322-337
summary	We have developed several digital heritage interfaces that utilize Web3D, virtual and augmented reality technologies for visualizing digital heritage in an interactive manner through the use of several different input devices. We propose in this paper an integration of these technologies to provide a novel multimodal mixed reality interface that facilitates the implementation of more interesting digital heritage exhibitions. With such exhibitions participants can switch dynamically between virtual web-based environments to indoor augmented reality environments as well as make use of various multimodal interaction techniques to better explore heritage information in the virtual museum. The museum visitor can potentially experience their digital heritage in the physical sense in the museum, then explore further through the web, visualize this heritage in the round (3D on the web), take that 3D artifact into the augmented reality domain (the real world) and explore it further using various multimodal interfaces.
series	journal
last changed	2007/08/29 16:23

_id	60a5
authors	Oxman, R.E.
year	1999
title	Educating the designerly thinker
source	Design Studies, Vol 20 No 2
summary	This paper presents a hypothesis about design education that is framed within and derived from cognitive theories of learning. The relevance of design thinking and cognitive approaches to the development of pedagogical approaches in design education is presented and discussed. A conceptual model for design education that emphasizes the acquisition of explicit knowledge of design is proposed. The acquisition of knowledge is achieved through the explication of cognitive structures and strategies of design thinking. The explication process is constructed by exploiting a representational formalism, and a computational medium which supports both the learning process as well as the potential re-use of this knowledge. Finally, an argument is presented that the measure of learning, generally equated with the evaluation of the product of designing, can instead be based upon evaluating learning increments of acquired knowledge.
series	journal paper
email
last changed	2003/04/23 15:50

_id	ecaade2015_33
id	ecaade2015_33
authors	Oxman, Rivka and Gu, Ning
year	2015
title	Theories and Models of Parametric Design Thinking
source	Martens, B, Wurzer, G, Grasl T, Lorenz, WE and Schaffranek, R (eds.), Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, 16-18 September 2015, pp. 477-482
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.477
wos	WOS:000372316000054
summary	Due to significant recent design-related technological developments, design theories and processes are undergoing re-formulation and an epistemological shift. The tools and practices of parametric design are beginning to impact new forms of Parametric Design Thinking (PDT). The present work is motivated by the need to explore and formulate the body of theoretical concepts of parametric design. It is built around the intersection of three areas of knowledge: cognitive models of design, digital models of design, and parametric tools and scripts. The work identifies forms of cognitive mechanisms in parametric design; types of logical flow of information that can be applied in digital processes for performance-based design; generative design and form finding. It explores the impact of parametric models and tools upon styles of design thinking from conception to production. These are presented as a body of knowledge in the search for thinking and process models of PDT in design.
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 08:00

_id	2006_636
id	2006_636
authors	Wierzbicki-Neagu, Madalina and Ram Michael Wierzbicki
year	2006
title	Mediated Space and Kinetic Architecture - The Synergy of Co-development
source	Communicating Space(s) [24th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9541183-5-9] Volos (Greece) 6-9 September 2006, pp. 636-639
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2006.636
summary	This paper intends to explore structured approaches towards the research and development of performative architectural solutions that can fulfill the criteria of ‘mediated space’. Mediated space is intended to engage occupants of its boundaries in a proactive and interactive way. Altering the local microclimate and its physical parameters as well as the dynamic, responsive audiovisual ambience are examples of many imaginable methods of providing the perceptible output layer for mediated space.
keywords	mediated space; synergy; kinetic structures; controlling; algorithms
series	eCAADe
email
last changed	2022/06/07 07:57

_id	83b7
authors	Oxman, Rivka E. and Gero, John S.
year	1988
title	Designing by Prototype Refinement in Architecture
source	Amsterdam: CMP, 1988. pp. 395- 412 : ill. includes bibliography
summary	Design knowledge in the form of a priori knowledge is put forward as an essential ingredient in knowledge-based design. The concept of the prototype in design is introduced and different strategies for refinement processes are discussed. The concept of a generative prototype is proposed as a way to represent a generative design description in knowledge-based design systems. The refinement process is considered a successive classification of prototypes and subtypes, by executing design operations associated with the type. The application of these approaches is implemented in a system called PRODS: A PROtotype-based Design System. Finally, issues such as the role of prototypes and other forms of reasoning for creative design are discussed
keywords	prototypes, knowledge base, design process
series	CADline
email
last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

_id	a685
authors	Oxman, Rivka E.
year	1990
title	Prior Knowledge in Design : A Dynamic Knowledge-based Model of Design and Creativity
source	Design Studies. January 1990. vol. 11: pp. 17-28 : ill. includes bibliography
summary	The incorporation of precedents into a present design situation by adaptation, restructuring and reformulation depends upon processes of typification and generalization. The function of prototypes as a characteristic form of generalized and structured knowledge in design is described. A precedent-based design model employing memory-based reasoning is proposed. It is argued that typological concepts can serve as a matching level between situation types and solution types. In such an approach both the organization of structured knowledge and the mechanisms of matching to prior knowledge such as cross-indexing and analogy appear to be of seminal importance. A memory-based reasoning process in routine, innovative and creative design is postulated. This is based on concepts of dynamic and episodic memory. Relevant work in the fields of memory organization, machine learning and analogical reasoning is considered with respect to its significance to the field of knowledge-based design
keywords	prototypes, reasoning, knowledge base, design
series	CADline
email
last changed	2003/06/02 13:58

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