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_id	sigradi2018_1869
id	sigradi2018_1869
authors	Borda Almeida da Silva, Adriane; dos Santos Nunes, Cristiane; Curth Goulart, Stefani; Harter Silva, Bethina
year	2018
title	Impressions of a touristic route: between the null-dimensional and the three-dimensional
source	SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 638-643
summary	This paper reports the experience of a public university digital manufacturing laboratory in producing tactile models to support a tourist route in a historic center. The report includes the reflection on the social and formative, cultural and professional meaning attributed to this production. For this, it uses the theory of the climbing of abstraction, by Vilém Flusser, problematizing the dimensional logic of the media used. This is the representation of the architectural set of the surroundings of a square. Architecture students were involved in the production of the models which were validated by visually impaired individuals.
keywords	Tactile models; Universal design; Digital manufacturing; Architectural heritage; Tourist route
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2018_1492
id	sigradi2018_1492
authors	de Oliveira Junior, Jair Antonio; Hunold Lara, Arthur; Moretti Meirelles, Célia Regina
year	2018
title	A Shelter in extreme environments: Prototyping of the riverine house in the Amazon
source	SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 661-667
summary	This article aims to contribute to the debate in the production of lightweight architectural structures, focusing on the dwelling, as well as design processes in extreme areas, resulting in the understanding of their formation processes. The report of the process of prototyping and BIM modeling of a floating riverfront housing, Solimões floodplain area, the city of Manacapuru, Amazonas in Brazil. In the context of the shelter, vernacular, what would be the most appropriate design processes for the complexity of social and environmental parameters, traditional technological resources in counterpart to the processes of the Digital Age, as a hybrid process, proposing mediation between traditional and scientific knowledge.
keywords	Environment; BIM; Prototyping; Housing; Amazon
series	SIGRADI
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_id	acadia23_v3_169
id	acadia23_v3_169
authors	Kanngieser, AM
year	2023
title	Ethics and Ecocidal Listening: Oceanic Refractions as an Artistic Case Study
source	ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 3: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9891764-1-0]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 24-32.
summary	In 2018 I was invited to visit the archipelago of Kiribati, located in the Pacific Ocean around 1000 miles from Hawaii. A big ocean state, Kiribati holds a land mass of around 315 sq. miles and an oceanic economic zone of 1,328,890 sq. mi. Tarawa, the most inhabited of the islands peaks at around 3 m above sea level. I went to Kiribati in part to meet with Dr Teweiariki Teaero, a renowned scholar, poet and educator who had directed the Oceania Center at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji for many years before returning to his homeland where at the time he had been planning on running for government. Teweiariki spoke with me at length about the status of Kiribati as one of the already most critically affected frontline nations. I asked him what was a lesson for non-Pacific Islanders to learn about understanding everyday life there. He said to me “Two ears, one mouth, don’t talk too much. Learn to listen more. Not only to hear, but to be able to develop another thing and that is to be able to interpret. These things are different, they occur at different levels. The hearing and the interpretation of the sound…it’s very much part of our world” (Teaero 2018).
series	ACADIA
type	keynote
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last changed	2024/04/17 14:00

_id	sigradi2018_1315
id	sigradi2018_1315
authors	Schmitt Soster, Sandra; Pratschke, Anja; do Nascimento Inocêncio, Maria Vitória; Cardoso, Maria Clara
year	2018
title	Virtual Paths: Collaborations in Narratives of Cultural Heritage of São Carlos-SP
source	SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 955-960
summary	The "Virtual Paths: Collaborations in Narratives of Cultural Heritage of São Carlos" Extension Project sought to analyze the use of the QR Code, which directs the user to an online portal containing information about historical buildings in São Carlos, to complement the dissemination of the city's cultural heritage. As a pilot case, during the year of research, QR Codes were developed for the São Carlos Railway Station. This process seeks to diversify the dissemination of information on heritage and promote greater engagement of the local community, as an invitation to an augmented tour through the monuments of the city.
keywords	Cultural heritage; Digital media; QR Code
series	SIGRADI
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_id	acadia18_350
id	acadia18_350
authors	Seibold, Zach; Hinz, Kevin; García del Castillo y López, Jose Luis; Martínez Alonso, Nono; Mhatre, Saurabh; Bechthold, Martin
year	2018
title	Ceramic Morphologies. Precision and control in paste-based additive manufacturing
source	ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 350-357
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.350
summary	Additive manufacturing techniques (AMT), commonly referred to as 3D printing, are emerging as a new area of study for the production of ceramic elements at the architectural scale. AMT may allow architectural designers to break from the established means of designing with ceramic elements – a process where designs are typically confined to a limited selection of building components produced by machine, die or fixture. In this paper, we report a method for the design and additive manufacture of customizable ceramic masonry elements via paste-based extrusion. A novel digital workflow allowed for precise control of part design, and generated manufacturing parameters such as toolpath geometry and machine code. 3D scans of a selection of elements provide an initial analysis of print fidelity. We discuss the current constraints of this process and identify several on-going research trajectories generated because of this research.
keywords	work in progress, fabrication & robotics, materials/adaptive systems, digital fabrication, digital craft
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	cf2019_003
id	cf2019_003
authors	Steinfeld, Kyle; Katherine Park, Adam Menges and Samantha Walker
year	2019
title	Fresh Eyes A framework for the application of machine learning to generative architectural design, and a report of activities at Smartgeometry 2018
source	Ji-Hyun Lee (Eds.) "Hello, Culture!" [18th International Conference, CAAD Futures 2019, Proceedings / ISBN 978-89-89453-05-5] Daejeon, Korea, p. 22
summary	This paper presents a framework for the application of Machine Learning (ML) to Generative Architectural Design (GAD), and illustrates this framework through a description of a series of projects completed at the Smart Geometry conference in May of 2018 (SG 2018) in Toronto. Proposed here is a modest modification of a 3-step process that is well-known in generative architectural design, and that proceeds as: generate, evaluate, iterate. In place of the typical approaches to the evaluation step, we propose to employ a machine learning process: a neural net trained to perform image classification. This modified process is different enough from traditional methods as to warrant an adjustment of the terms of GAD. Through the development of this framework, we seek to demonstrate that generative evaluation may be seen as a new locus of subjectivity in design.
keywords	Machine Learning, Generative Design, Design Methods
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2019/07/29 14:08

_id	ecaade2018_331
id	ecaade2018_331
authors	Trento, Armando and Fioravanti, Antonio
year	2018
title	Contextual Capabilities Meet Human Behaviour - Round the peg and square the hole
source	Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 613-620
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.613
summary	To improve environmental wellbeing and productivity, design innovation focuses on human's use-process, evolving individual space to flexible and specialized ones, according to the users' tasks - activity-based. BIM models supports sophisticated behaviours' simulation such as energy, acoustics, although it is not able to manage space use-processes. The present paper rather than a report of a case study or the presentation of a new methodology wants to contribute, together with previous works, in sketching a theroretical framework within which it is possible to compute the interaction between users and spaces (and vice versa). The quest is to reflect on possible paths for engineering knowledge and understanding, providing a BIM system the semantic information required to operate adaptively and achieve robust and innovative goal-directed behavior. Compared to current research on simulation systems, this research approach links Context, intended as spaces capabilities to Actor's Behavioural Knowledge including formalization of personality typologies and profiled behavioural patterns. By means of a classical problem solving metaphor, the "squared peg in a round hole" one, multiple categories for goal achievement are sketched, based on reciprocal Actors and Context behaviour adaptation.
keywords	Use-process Knowledge; Behavioural Knowledge; Use Simulation; Cognitive Computing
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2018_155
id	ecaade2018_155
authors	Zupancic, Tadeja, Herneoja, Aulikki, Schoonjans, Yves and Achten, Henri
year	2018
title	A Research Framework of Digital Leadership
source	Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 641-646
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.1.641
summary	In leading architectural offices where digital technologies have become de facto part and parcel of the architectural design process, it has become pointless to talk about "architectural design" and "digital technology" as separate phenomena. In fact, those offices showcase advances in their designs through combined developments in process, tools, teams, materials, and research. Far from being a passive addition to conventional processes, digital technologies transform the whole spectrum of architectural endeavour. Architects and offices in the front of these development showcase a particular competence set that is distinct from others, which we propose to call "digital leadership." We define "digital leadership" as the "integration of distributed knowledge from social sciences/humanities and digital technologies through the integrative artistic power of Architectural Design applied to the built environment as a real-world research and design laboratory." Although there have been many digital pioneers since the early 1960'ies, we can now see digital leadership as a more mainstream movement. However, there is no unified framework or theoretical understanding of digital leadership. In this paper we report on work carried out on four universities which has the aim to build such a framework.
keywords	Digital leadership; Architectural design process; Collaborative environments; Digital ecologies; Human resources
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2022_187
id	sigradi2022_187
authors	Andia, Alfredo
year	2022
title	SynBio-Design: Building new infrastructures and territories with Synthetic Biology.
source	Herrera, PC, Dreifuss-Serrano, C, Gómez, P, Arris-Calderon, LF, Critical Appropriations - Proceedings of the XXVI Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2022), Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 7-11 November 2022 , pp. 1213–1224
summary	Which kind of imagination do we need for the future of our planet? In the past 150 years, we have completely transformed our biosphere. Today we have arrived at points of no return in global warming! The temperature of the Arctic Ocean will increase by 3-5°C by mid-century. This will lead to disastrous ocean acidification, sea-level rise, and worst of all the thawing of the permafrost that will release 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In this paper, we argue that building with biology will be the most important force to transform our planet. Since 2006, Synthetic Biology (SynBio) has surfaced as the fastest-growing technology in human history. SynBio involves emerging techniques that allow us to design, edit, and engineer all kinds of living organisms. In this paper, we elaborate on its potential development in growing infrastructures and its impacts on architectural thinking.
keywords	Bio-Inspired Design, Synthetic Biology, Bio-Architecture, Climate Change, Biotechnology
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2018_370
id	ecaade2018_370
authors	Abdelmohsen, Sherif, Massoud, Passaint, El-Dabaa, Rana, Ibrahim, Aly and Mokbel, Tasbeh
year	2018
title	A Computational Method for Tracking the Hygroscopic Motion of Wood to develop Adaptive Architectural Skins
source	Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 253-262
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.253
summary	Low-cost programmable materials such as wood have been utilized to replace mechanical actuators of adaptive architectural skins. Although research investigated ways to understand the hygroscopic response of wood to variations in humidity levels, there are still no clear methods developed to track and analyze such response. This paper introduces a computational method to analyze, track and store the hygroscopic response of wood through image analysis and continuous tracking of angular measurements in relation to time. This is done through a computational closed loop that links the smart material interface (SMI) representing hygroscopic response with a digital and tangible interface comprising a Flex sensor, Arduino kit, and FireFly plugin. Results show no significant difference between the proposed sensing mechanism and conventional image analysis tracking systems. Using the described method, acquiring real-time data can be utilized to develop learning mechanisms and predict the controlled motion of programmable material for adaptive architectural skins.
keywords	Hygroscopic properties of wood; Adaptive architecture; Programmable materials; Real-time tracking
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2018_138
id	ecaade2018_138
authors	Abdulmawla, Abdulmalik, Schneider, Sven, Bielik, Martin and Koenig, Reinhard
year	2018
title	Integrated Data Analysis for Parametric Design Environment - mineR: a Grasshopper plugin based on R
source	Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 319-326
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.319
summary	In this paper we introduce mineR- a tool that integrates statistical data analysis inside the parametric design environment Grasshopper. We first discuss how the integration of statistical data analysis would improve the parametric modelling workflow. Then we present the statistical programming language R. Thereafter, we show how mineR is built to facilitate the use of R in the context of parametric modelling. Using two example cases, we demonstrate the potential of implementing mineR in the context of urban design and analysis. Finally, we discuss the results and possible further developments.
keywords	Statistical Data Analysis; Parametric Design
series	eCAADe
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_id	acadia21_530
id	acadia21_530
authors	Adel, Arash; Augustynowicz, Edyta; Wehrle, Thomas
year	2021
title	Robotic Timber Construction
source	ACADIA 2021: Realignments: Toward Critical Computation [Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-986-08056-7]. Online and Global. 3-6 November 2021. edited by S. Parascho, J. Scott, and K. Dörfler. 530-537.
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2021.530
summary	Several research projects (Gramazio et al. 2014; Willmann et al. 2015; Helm et al. 2017; Adel et al. 2018; Adel Ahmadian 2020) have investigated the use of automated assembly technologies (e.g., industrial robotic arms) for the fabrication of nonstandard timber structures. Building on these projects, we present a novel and transferable process for the robotic fabrication of bespoke timber subassemblies made of off-the-shelf standard timber elements. A nonstandard timber structure (Figure 2), consisting of four bespoke subassemblies: three vertical supports and a Zollinger (Allen 1999) roof structure, acts as the case study for the research and validates the feasibility of the proposed process.
series	ACADIA
type	project
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last changed	2023/10/22 12:06

_id	acadia18_394
id	acadia18_394
authors	Adel, Arash; Thoma, Andreas; Helmreich, Matthias; Gramazio, Fabio; Kohler, Matthias
year	2018
title	Design of Robotically Fabricated Timber Frame Structures
source	ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 394-403
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.394
summary	This paper presents methods for designing nonstandard timber frame structures, which are enabled by cooperative multi-robotic fabrication at building-scale. In comparison to the current use of automated systems in the timber industry for the fabrication of plate-like timber frame components, this research relies on the ability of robotic arms to spatially assemble timber beams into bespoke timber frame modules. This paper investigates the following topics: 1) A suitable constructive system facilitating a just-in-time robotic fabrication process. 2) A set of assembly techniques enabling cooperative multi-robotic spatial assembly of bespoke timber frame modules, which rely on a man-machine collaborative scenario. 3) A computational design process, which integrates architectural requirements, fabrication constraints, and assembly logic. 4) Implementation of the research in the design and construction of a multi-story building, which validates the developed methods and highlights the architectural implications of this approach.
keywords	full paper, fabrication & robotics, generative design, computation, timber architecture
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	sigradi2018_1628
id	sigradi2018_1628
authors	Agirbas, Asli
year	2018
title	The Use of Multi-Software in Undergraduate Architectural Design Studio Education: A Case Study
source	SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 1059-1064
summary	In the architectural design process, instead of using the computer programs effectively, the ability of choosing the most suitable program for the purpose takes place. However, different programs used in the design process serve different purposes. Therefore, the use of more than one program throughout the project design process arises. Every day the number of programs used increases rapidly. Hence, the designers find difficult to adapt this speed. The same applies to the students of architectural design studio course. Therefore, in this study with undergraduate architecture students, a pilot study focusing on the use of multi-software was conducted within the scope of architectural design studio. The process and outputs were evaluated.
keywords	Use of multi-software; Contextual design; Architectural design education; CAAD
series	SIGRADI
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_id	sigradi2018_1619
id	sigradi2018_1619
authors	Agirbas, Asli
year	2018
title	Creating Non-standard Spaces via 3D Modeling and Simulation: A Case Study
source	SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 1051-1058
summary	Especially in the film industry, architectural spaces away from Euclidean geometry are brought to foreground. The best environment in which such spaces can be designed, is undoubtedly the 3D modeling environment. In this study, an experimental study was carried out on the creation of alternative spaces with undergraduate architectural students. Via using 3D modeling and various simulation techniques in the Maya software, students created spaces, which were away from the traditional architectural spaces. Thus, in addition to learning the 3D modeling software, architectural students learned to use animation and simulation as a part of design, not just as a presentation tool, and opening up new horizons for non-standard spaces was provided.
keywords	3D Modeling; Simulation; Animation; CAAD; Maya; Non-standard spaces
series	SIGRADI
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_id	acadia22pr_124
id	acadia22pr_124
authors	Ago, Viola; Tursack, Hans
year	2022
title	Understorey - A Pavilion in Parts
source	ACADIA 2022: Hybrids and Haecceities [Projects Catalog of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-7-4]. University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. 27-29 October 2022. edited by M. Akbarzadeh, D. Aviv, H. Jamelle, and R. Stuart-Smith. 124-129.
summary	In the summer of 2018, our collaboration was awarded a University Design Fellowship from the Exhibit Columbus organization to design, fabricate, and build a large pavilion in Columbus, Indiana as part of a biannual contemporary architecture exhibition. Our proposal for the competition was a pavilion that would double as an ecological education center. Our inspiration for this program was triggered in part by our reading of Jane Bennett’s materialist philosophy outlined in her book Vibrant Matter (2009). Through Bennett’s lens, our design rendered our site’s context as an animate field, replete with pre-existing material composites that we wanted to celebrate through a series of displays, information boards, and artificial lighting. In this, the installation would feature samples of local plants, minerals, and rocks, indigenous to Southern Indiana.
series	ACADIA
type	project
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last changed	2024/02/06 14:06

_id	acadia18_216
id	acadia18_216
authors	Ahrens, Chandler; Chamberlain, Roger; Mitchell, Scott; Barnstorff, Adam
year	2018
title	Catoptric Surface
source	ACADIA // 2018: Recalibration. On imprecisionand infidelity. [Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-692-17729-7] Mexico City, Mexico 18-20 October, 2018, pp. 216-225
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2018.216
summary	The Catoptric Surface research project explores methods of reflecting daylight through a building envelope to form an image-based pattern of light on the interior environment. This research investigates the generation of atmospheric effects from daylighting projected onto architectural surfaces within a built environment in an attempt to amplify or reduce spatial perception. The mapping of variable organizations of light onto existing or new surfaces creates a condition where the perception of space does not rely on form alone. This condition creates a visual effect of a formless atmosphere and affects the way people use the space. Often the desired quantity and quality of daylight varies due to factors such as physiological differences due to age or the types of tasks people perform (Lechner 2009). Yet the dominant mode of thought toward the use of daylighting tends to promote a homogeneous environment, in that the resulting lighting level is the same throughout a space. This research project questions the desire for uniform lighting levels in favor of variegated and heterogeneous conditions. The main objective of this research is the production of a unique facade system that is capable of dynamically redirecting daylight to key locations deep within a building. Mirrors in a vertical array are individually adjusted via stepper motors in order to reflect more or less intense daylight into the interior space according to sun position and an image-based map. The image-based approach provides a way to specifically target lighting conditions, atmospheric effects, and the perception of space.
keywords	full paper, non-production robotics, representation + perception, performance + simulation, building technologies
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	sigradi2018_1508
id	sigradi2018_1508
authors	Akta?, Begüm; Birgül Çolako?lu, M.
year	2018
title	Systematic approach to design builds for freeform façade: AFA Cultural Center
source	SIGraDi 2018 [Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISSN: 2318-6968] Brazil, São Carlos 7 - 9 November 2018, pp. 176-182
summary	The design and construction of the complex, irregularly shaped, and curvilinear building forms are also known as freeform architecture, have gained an interest form architects and engineers. This paper presents how freeform façade designs are defined with its curvilinear geometric characteristics and the systematic approach that is used to design and implement them. The proposed method incorporates product design and integral façade construction approach at AFA Cultural Center freeform façade implementation. Therefore, the paper aims to improve the viability of the proposed method and decreasing the gap between the other disciplines and architects in a systematic way without losing the creativity of the architects.
keywords	Parametric modeling; Systematic approach; Design thinking; System thinking; Freeform façade design
series	SIGRADI
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_id	ecaade2018_232
id	ecaade2018_232
authors	Al Bondakji, Louna, Chatzi, Anna-Maria, Heidari Tabar, Minoo, Wesseler, Lisa-Marie and Werner, Liss C.
year	2018
title	VR-visualization of High-dimensional Urban Data
source	Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 773-780
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.773
summary	The project aims to investigate the possibility of VR in a combination of visualizing high-dimensional urban data. Our study proposes a data-based tool for urban planners, architects, and researchers to 3D visualize and experience an urban quarter. Users have a possibility to choose a specific part of a city according to urban data input like "buildings, streets, and landscapes". This data-based tool is based on an algorithm to translate data from Shapefiles (.sh) in a form of a virtual cube model. The tool can be scaled and hence applied globally. The goal of the study is to improve understanding of the connection and analysis of high-dimensional urban data beyond a two-dimensional static graph or three-dimensional image. Professionals may find an optimized condition between urban data through abstract simulation. By implementing this tool in the early design process, researchers have an opportunity to develop a new vision for extending and optimizing urban materials.
keywords	Abstract Urban Data Visualization; Virtual Reality; Geographical Information System
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2018_172
id	ecaade2018_172
authors	Al-Douri, Firas
year	2018
title	The Employment of Digital Simulation in the Planning Departments in US Cities - How does it affect design and decision-making processes?
source	Kepczynska-Walczak, A, Bialkowski, S (eds.), Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, 19-21 September 2018, pp. 539-548
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2018.2.539
summary	The increased interactivity of digital simulation tools has offered a wide range of opportunities that may provoke a paradigmatic shift in urban design practice. Yet, research results did not provide any clear evidence that such shift seems to exist. Further studies are required to examine the methods and impact of their usage on decision-making and design outcome. To that goal, this research uses the single-case study design that has been pursued in three phases: literature review, online survey, and semi-structured interviews. The results have shown inadequacies, inconsistency, and ineffectiveness of usage of the tools that are most appropriate to the design activities of each phase and thus a limited impact on critical areas of the decision-making. The impact of the tools' usage is found to be correlated with not only the extent of their usage, but also with a variety of procedural and substantive factors such as the plan methodology, extent of tool's usage, choice of the appropriate tool, and planners' skills and capabilities in using those tools.
keywords	Urban Simulation ; Urban Design Practice
series	eCAADe
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