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_id	lasg_whitepapers_2016_254
id	lasg_whitepapers_2016_254
authors	Vera Parlac & Branko Kolarevic
year	2016
title	Towards Responsiveness in Architecture
source	Living Architecture Systems Group White Papers 2016 [ISBN 978-1-988366-10-4 (EPUB)] Riverside Architectural Press 2016: Toronto, Canada pp. 254 - 261
summary	Living Architecture Systems Group "White Papers 2016" is a dossier produced for the occasion of the Living Architecture Systems Group launch event and symposium hosted on November 4 and 5 at the Sterling Road Studio in Toronto and the University of Waterloo School of Architecture at Cambridge. The "White Papers 2016" presents research contributions from the LASG partners, forming an overview of the partnership and highlighting oppportunities for future collaborations.
keywords	design, dissipative methods, design methods, synthetic cognition, neuroscience, metabolism, STEAM, organicism, field work, responsive systems, space, visualizations, sensors, actuators, signal flows, art and technology, new media art, digital art, emerging technologies, citizen building, bioinspiration, performance, paradigms, artificial nature, virtual design, regenerative design, 4DSOUND, spatial sound, biomanufacturing, eskin, delueze, bees, robotics
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_id	08c9
authors	Verbeke, J. and Provoost, T.
year	1997
title	Are Computers, in an Design Office, Used in a Creative Way?
source	Challenges of the Future [15th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-3-0] Vienna (Austria) 17-20 September 1997
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1997.x.r6x
summary	The Leonardo da Vinci project AVOCAAD-stage (Added Value of Computer Aided Architectural Design Stage, with the help of the European Commission) is a placement programm which enables young architects to gain practical experience in the use of computers in design offices, especially during the early phases of the design process. Experiments and the creative use of new possibilities offered by computers are encouraged. Through placements, discussions and experimentation the project gains valuable information on the possibilities of computers during the design process. As a result of these placements we will obtain reports from people in several design offices. We will first give an overview of the main experiences. The authors will then formulate the main results and discuss the possibilities offered by computers for collaboration, what the implications of 3D Modelling are and what the implications can be for the design process. Topics and ideas will be illustrated with presentations of design work.
keywords	Early Design Phases, AVOCAAD, Placements
series	eCAADe
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more	http://info.tuwien.ac.at/ecaade/proc/verpr/verbpr.htm
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_id	d911
authors	Verbeke, Johan and Stellingwerff, Martijn
year	2001
title	A Future Focus on Collaborative Design
source	Architectural Information Management [19th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-8-1] Helsinki (Finland) 29-31 August 2001, pp. 98-103
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2001.098
summary	In this paper, we will report on the experiences and insights discussed during a workshop of the Special Interest Group on Collaborative Architectural Design. Participants from 12 universities and four firms (for architecture, engineering, consultancy and software) brainstormed and discussed on multidisciplinary simultaneous collaborative design and exchanged their ideas on the subject. The effort of the diverse participants covered theoretical, social and technical issues of collaborative architectural design. The topic of the workshop was explored by means of paper presentations, software tests, experiments, different types of brainstorm sessions and the formulation of future scenarios. The combination of junior and senior researchers of each university proved to be fruitful and inspiring for the discussions. As an outcome of these activities a framework for future research in the field will be presented. Special focus will be on the aspects of communication language, communication behavior, communication environment, goals and roles in the context of collaborative design. The name {ACCOLADE} is an acronym of Architectural Collaborative Design. The name brings a number of different words together in a group. E.g. {England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, ...}. The meaning of the word in English is ‘a mark of honour’ and the French meaning of the word is a ‘solemn embrace’. It also refers to the multi-disciplinary design process. These connotations can be useful for a collaboration project in which many different people and parties plan to make a joint design effort.
keywords	Architecture, Collaboration, Design
series	eCAADe
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_id	ecaade2015_ws-dtools
id	ecaade2015_ws-dtools
authors	Verbeke, Johan, Tadeja Zupancic and Henri Achten
year	2015
title	Digital Tools and Creative Practice in Architectural Research
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. 25-28
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.025
wos	WOS:000372316000002
summary	Recent developments in architectural research show a growing focus on research by design and creative practice research. New working modes are being established (in practice as well as in academia) which are a hybrid of traditional research practices in architecture and explorations in practice. In this paper we outline the characteristics, potentials, and possible future implementation of Research by Design and ask some fundamental questions about the implications for the field of CAAD.
keywords	Research by Design; Creative Practice; Adapt-r; Design Research
series	eCAADe
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_id	cf2011_p011
id	cf2011_p011
authors	Verdonck, Evelien; Lieve Weytjens, Verbeeck Griet, Froyen Hubert
year	2011
title	Design Support Tools in Practice. The Architects' Perspective
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. 769-784.
summary	In recent years, a large number of design support tools (DSTs) have been developed to address the ever increasing complexity and fragmentation of the architectural design process. Despite the omnipresence and the wide variety of DSTs available to architects today, literature reveals that there is still a mismatch between existing tools and design practice. Further examination of this discrepancy might reveal possible strategies for the improvement of tools. Therefore, this study investigates the Flemish architectural practice directly through a large-scale survey including 629 architects (nearly 10% of the population). The survey was based on a practice-oriented conceptual framework, which was developed as a theoretical background for this study. First the nature of the design process was explored through extensive literature review. In addition to this, a study of tools and possible classifications was carried out. Although numerous studies are available that provide a possible classification, most focus on specific design aspects, for instance sustainability or user-centered design. However, there is no general outline of tools available that would be adequate for the purpose of this research. The DSTs included in this study range from sketches and checklists to 3D CAD and simulation software, in other words any instrument intended to support one or more aspects of the design process. The findings from both literature studies were synthesized in the conceptual framework. This framework presents the design process as a linear process, consisting of the conceptual design phase, the preliminary design phase, the building permission phase, and the construction phase. Six categories of tools were defined, according to the roles they play in the design process, namely knowledge-based, presentation, evaluation/analysis, structuring, modeling, and communication. A tool can belong to one or more categories. The mapping of these roles on the design process resulted in the final framework, which was then used as a base for the questionnaire. The survey aimed at gaining insight into the different DSTs and their corresponding roles, as well as the design phases in which they are used or most needed by Flemish architects in architectural practice. In addition to this, the survey contained questions about the influence of tools on design decision-making, and the specific characteristics and qualities the designers prefer for design support tools. A final part of the survey asked about general background information, such as the respondents‚Äô age, size of architectural firm and types of projects usually undertaken. The results of the survey reveal that there are distinctly different needs for each of the roles defined, as well as a specific frequency of use within each design phase. Furthermore, the most popular tools often encompass multiple roles. Additionally, clear expectations for future tools are defined. Finally, the data collected show researchers and tool developers what kind of support designers need in the different stages of the design process, and may help them to develop DSTs accordingly, to maximize their usability and eventually contribute to decrease the gap between tools and practice.
keywords	design tools, architectural design process, survey
series	CAAD Futures
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_id	8d88
id	8d88
authors	Verdy Kwee, Antony Radford, Dean Bruton, Ian Roberts
year	2006
title	Architecture \| Media \| Representations : Survey Data 2006
summary	In the architecture education field, the modes of lecturers‚ deliveries are constantly assessed and rightly so, for their performance and effectiveness in disseminating information or imparting knowledge. This is normally done through institution-wide survey of student satisfaction. But are lectures the only source of knowledge in the process of understanding a particular architecture, for example? As we understand, this is not the case. Interestingly enough, as the attached survey shows, they are not even the preferred ones by most. It could easily be established that architectural information has undergone various manners of representations in publications; most, if not all of which are author-driven in contents and structures. To whatever extent that these publications may have been relied upon as other sources of information and knowledge, it is unusual that there appears to be an absence of assessment of the effectiveness they assume to deliver. It is often found that in such publications, readers are met with irrational expectations of prior understanding of the subject matters that the publications themselves often become beacons which spotlight the positions or commands of knowledge of the authors rather than ones that genuinely guide readers to achieve maximum possible comprehension. Could the reclusive nature of the activity, brought upon by these publications unlike that of the lecture settings, allow them to be easily unquestion-ed/able? Or have they become so effective that their positions are beyond reproach? In the age where a shadow of change is being brought upon by the presence of a more interactive electronic delivery, it is an interesting period to retreat and reassess the position of the current available media in relation to message recipients. Have the available sources of information really been effective? Will/Should Technology see mere replicas of traditional mode of delivery in digital forms? Could we see possible shifts of delivery methods? What should we be prepared for? These questions were springboards that launched the need for the survey. However, the collected data may be used in a few other various manners than to locate the present scenario or serve as basis to drive the future direction/s in architectural information representations.
keywords	survey, media, representations, architectural information
series	other
type	normal paper
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last changed	2006/07/05 05:36

_id	ecaadesigradi2019_593
id	ecaadesigradi2019_593
authors	Vermillion, Joshua and de Salvatierra, Alberto
year	2019
title	Physical Computing, Prototyping, and Participatory Pedagogies - Make-a-thon as interdisciplinary catalyst for bottom-up social change
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. 359-366
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2019.1.359
summary	This paper describes a recent make-a-thon event to engage architecture students with physical computing systems while working with engineering and entrepreneurship students. Focusing on the scale of the object or device, the pedagogical goals were to create a productive, transdisciplinary exchange--a pluralistic blend of design charrette, engineering hackathon, and entrepreneurial pitch competition. The Arduino platform and active learning methods were deployed in order to engage with a novice, diverse group of students, leading to outcomes that were responsive to the ever-shifting technological landscape and could be spun into future commercial ventures.
keywords	Physical Computing; Prototyping; Pedagogy
series	eCAADeSIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2007_140
id	ecaade2007_140
authors	Vermisso, Emmanouil
year	2007
title	The Dancing Curve
source	Predicting the Future [25th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-6-5] Frankfurt am Main (Germany) 26-29 September 2007, pp. 473-481
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2007.473
summary	In his work ‘Cybernetics’, mathematician Norbert Wiener (1941) pointed to the interdisciplinary areas between the sciences as a promising field for research; embracing this notion of ‘synthesis’ fifty years later, the research discussed here uses the cornice, a typical element of Classical Architecture as the role-model for a series of experiments with light and shadow in nurbs software. This process encourages the development of digital design methodologies that go beyond current stylistic boundaries and hopes to set a possible threshold towards future design-based exploration.
keywords	Style, classical, organic, synthetic, assembly, curve,
series	eCAADe
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_id	sigradi2013_115
id	sigradi2013_115
authors	Verri Bastian, Andrea
year	2013
title	Vetorização Automática de Ortofotos [Data visualization; Design history; Usage context, Experience; Knowledge.]
source	SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 166 - 169
summary	The architectural documentation is a means of perpetuating the memory for future generations, traditional techniques applied in most studies conducted in Brazil, using direct measurements on the monument. The Photogrammetry, like lifting technique, allows metric and morphological recovery of an object without direct contact with it, and as a product of 2D - orthophotos. The focus of this work is the automatic vectorization of orthophotos, presenting experiments done with software for automatic feature extraction from orthophotos, aiming to test tools and procedures that can speed up the process for generating drawings refund.
keywords	Photogrammetry; Orthophoto; Vectorization
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 10:02

_id	sigradi2021_125
id	sigradi2021_125
authors	Villa Carrero, Juan Manuel and Portilla Delgado, Henrry Urley
year	2021
title	Design of Self-Organized Structural, Based on the Phenomenon of Crystalline Particle Aggregation
source	Gomez, P and Braida, F (eds.), Designing Possibilities - Proceedings of the XXV International Conference of the Ibero-American Society of Digital Graphics (SIGraDi 2021), Online, 8 - 12 November 2021, pp. 253–264
summary	This article deals with the design of structures with the quality of self-organization, applying emergency phenomena in particle aggregation, where a transformation of energy takes place towards structures and states of great complexity from rules of low level of sophistication, when there is an exchange of matter and energy with the outside, and are far from equilibrium. This I+D+i design project focuses on the scientific method, which means observing the phenomenon to answer: What training principles attributable to self-organization underlie the studied phenomenon? and, thus, being able to hypothesize or simulate a model from a Grasshopper environment fed with oversampling methods through Machine Learnig techniques, which allows us to question: How to apply the principles of formation resulting from the emergency phenomenon studied, to the design of self-organized structures? The results conclude that the quality of self-organization of these emerging structural systems is directly proportional to the similarity between their parts, their nesting capacity, the energy levels with which they interact, and their environment, which allows progress in research at scales and open up new future design and manufacturing possibilities.
keywords	self-organization, emergency phenomenon, Design, complex structures, Energy, Arcitecture
series	SIGraDi
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_id	ecaade2015_332
id	ecaade2015_332
authors	Vinšová, Ivana; Achten, Henri and Matejovská, Dana
year	2015
title	Integrating BIM in Education: Lessons Learned
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. 127-131
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2015.2.127
wos	WOS:000372316000016
summary	Although we teach BIM since 2006 at the Faculty of architecture at Czech Technical University in Prague, the education has never been fully integrated into the curriculum of the school. In 2013/2014 this changed, and three tracks were initialized to integrate BIM: (1) teaching BIM in the first year; (2) applying BIM in a selected first year design studio; and (3) applying BIM in a selected third year Bachelor graduation design studio. The implementation of the work is described, results are presented, and we draw conclusions for future work.
series	eCAADe
type	normal paper
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more	https://mh-engage.ltcc.tuwien.ac.at/engage/ui/watch.html?id=ed86b00e-6f80-11e5-bc5a-63b53b0dc061
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_id	ecaade2024_34
id	ecaade2024_34
authors	Vissers-Similon, Elien; Dounas, Theodoros
year	2024
title	Spatial Interpretation in a Text-to-image Accelerated Architectural Design Process
source	Kontovourkis, O, Phocas, MC and Wurzer, G (eds.), Data-Driven Intelligence - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2024), Nicosia, 11-13 September 2024, Volume 2, pp. 527–536
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2024.2.527
summary	The introduction of diffusion models – artificial intelligence models originally used as text-to-image generators – poses several questions for the architectural design process. Firstly, could diffusion models enhance those design processes? Secondly, what is the relationship between innovative image generators and traditional methods of representation derived from projectional geometry? This paper studies the results of such an accelerated design process by 76 masters students of architecture, which lasted 6 weeks and covered the sketch, preliminary and final design stages. We define spatial interpretation moments as the inflection points the during human-machine interaction when the designer translates 2D images into 3D spatial design concepts. The spatial interpretation moments mostly occur in the transition from sketch to preliminary design and during preliminary design. Spatial interpretation moments’ inherent opportunity is to use diffusion models both as a communication and a design tool to rapidly test spatial design intentions. This paper showcases examples of the captured spatial interpretation moments regarding the designer’s ability to actively design and the impact of spatial dimensions, spatial composition and spatial abstraction. Moreover, this paper suggests the use of annotations to capture spatial interpretation moments for future research and proposes boundaries to investigate the relationship between diffusion models and other methods of representation.
keywords	Diffusion Models, Midjourney, Enhanced Design Process, Human-Machine Interaction, Generative Design
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2024/11/17 22:05

_id	caadria2015_066
id	caadria2015_066
authors	Vital, R. and J. Cory
year	2015
title	Digital Documentation integrated in BIM for Building Reuse and Sustainable Retrofit
source	Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2015) / Daegu 20-22 May 2015, pp. 407-416
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2015.407
summary	Architectural survey is an evolving field in architecture that has been affected during the past decades by the technological advancements in the field of 3D data acquisition. Data acquired from laser scanning and photogrammetry, for the purposes of documentation can be integrated in the BIM data base of the project and contribute as the first stage in the sustainable process of building reuse and retrofit and for an appropriate design intervention for a building under preservation. This paper presents the case study of the documentation and design intervention of a building under preservation in Ramat Gan, Israel. All phases of the design process were integrated into a comprehensive BIM data base: the digital documentation of the building, through laser scanning and photogrammetry, the architectural geometry, the structural information, the HVAC and electrical planning. This case-study demonstrates how the compilation of the various phases in a BIM database facilitated a smooth workflow in a complicated project under preservation, allowed for an immediate coordination between the various consultants and resulted in a non-invasive design intervention.
keywords	Laser scanning; BIM; digital survey; retrofit; preservation.
series	CAADRIA
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_id	672b
authors	Vélez Jahn, Gonzalo
year	2000
title	Arquitectura Virtual: Fronteras (Virtual Architecture: The Border)
source	SIGraDi’2000 - Construindo (n)o espacio digital (constructing the digital Space) [4th SIGRADI Conference Proceedings / ISBN 85-88027-02-X] Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 25-28 september 2000, pp. 126-131
summary	This paper seeks to provide an updated vision about activities occurring in the area of Virtual Architecture, while identifying an important trend in that area, and pointing a way towards future development of architectural objects based on its ultimate virtual existence. It also forecasts the future rise and boom of the architectural designers of the virtual. As such, this paper is structured according to three basic parts. (1) Basic concepts, environment and evolution. (2) Current state and limitation of virtual architecture. . (3) Foreseeable future- new professional opportunities. // As the focal point in this presentation, this third part presents recent advances identified in the research activity concerning the subject of PermanentVirtual Architecture: multi-user models, inhabited television, mixed realities among others. A number of considerations are also included regarding new design activities opportunities in this new area apparently opening to architectural designers within a foreseeable future.
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 10:02

_id	6cfe
authors	Wagter, H.
year	1986
title	A New Generation Needs New Tools (A Proposal for a Joint Effort)
source	Teaching and Research Experience with CAAD [4th eCAADe Conference Proceedings] Rome (Italy) 11-13 September 1986, pp. 323-327
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1986.323
summary	After an introduction describing the present situation on computer- programs used in learning environments, some remarks are made on what future programs should look like. Although the design and the building process are both extremely complex, a proposal is made to carry out a project in a joint effort among ECAADE members to achieve a new generation of learning tools. These tools should also be of good service in a consulting environment.
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	2d0b
authors	Wagter, H.
year	1988
title	CAD-Techniques in Architecture and Building Design, a Realistic Overview
source	CAAD futures ‘87 [Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-444-42916-6] Eindhoven (The Netherlands), 20-22 May 1987, pp. 7-14
summary	Giving an overview on CAD-techniques in architecture and building design might seem a bit superfluous. Every mentioned subject will be worked out in this conference in much more detail than is possible in the context of this very first paper. Nevertheless it will be useful to sketch a framework. It gives an opportunity to participants to compare, and will help to judge the different influences of the conclusions in the right context. For the authors it might mean that they can fill in their own place, and that their introductions can be short so there will be more time available for in depth explanations. It must be stated that CAAD-Futures theme is at the design part of the building process as mentioned in its announcement "it takes stock of current developments in CAAD and attempts to anticipate the direction of future developments and their relevance to and impact on architectural practice and education, the building industry and the quality of the built environment".
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2003/05/16 20:58

_id	acadia23_v2_482
id	acadia23_v2_482
authors	Wan, Linxiaoyi; Liu, Jingyang; Bard, Joshua; Cupkova, Dana
year	2023
title	Towards Adaptive Additive Manufacturing: Image-based Monitoring for Binder Jet 3D Printing of Coarse Composite Concrete Powders
source	ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 2: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference for the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9891764-0-3]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 482-492.
summary	In the context of concrete 3D printing, this study explores the possibility of image-based monitoring for quality evaluation and improvement in powder-based binder jetting proce- dures for the use of coarse powders. The project's main goal is to create an integrated feedback loop that incorporates an image-based monitoring system into the printing process. This allows for real-time analysis for quality control and simultaneous incorpo- ration of coarse, composite powders. The overarching goal is to expand the possibility of binder jetting towards more diverse powder sources that would enable a circular economy and material reuse. This study investigates how coarser concrete powder and composite mixing ratios affect the printing process, thus laying the groundwork for the future use of hybrid materials instead of just using homogeneous standard powders. In this framework, image-based monitoring aids in more adaptive printing processes in addi- tive manufacturing, which will ultimately help us create 3D-printed structures that are produced with higher accuracy and sustainablility. These developments will also signifi- cantly impact 3D concrete printing in building applications, encouraging innovation and better performance in the additive manufacturing sector.
series	ACADIA
type	paper
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_id	ecaade2022_129
id	ecaade2022_129
authors	Wang, Likai, Janssen, Patrick, Bui, Tung Do Phuong and Chen, Kian Wee
year	2022
title	A Rapid Design Optimization Framework - Strategies for the fast evaluation of design options
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 1, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 619–628
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.1.619
summary	This paper presents a framework for rapid design optimization, which is aimed to support the iterative design optimization process. The framework consists of Rhino-Grasshopper and an evaluation server. In order to speed up the optimization process, three strategies are implemented in the framework, including parallel execution, early abortion, and multi-resolution simulations. To examine the efficacy of the developed framework, a case- study design optimization is conducted, and different combinations of the strategies are tested and compared. The case study investigates the impact of the adopted strategies on the optimization process in terms of search efficiency and effectiveness, and the result of the case study also demonstrates that optimization can be significantly improved by the use of the adopted strategies.
keywords	Design Optimization, Parallel Processing, Design Evaluation, Performance-Based Design
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2024/04/22 07:10

_id	caadria2025_357
id	caadria2025_357
authors	Wang, Shitong, Zhang, Yulu, Liu, Yige, Zheng, Yifan, Shrestha, Niva, Shi, Bingxin, Zhuo, Xinying and Yuan, Philip F.
year	2025
title	Digital Bamboo Weaving: A study on bamboo pavilion based on generative design and robotic fabrication
source	Dagmar Reinhardt, Christiane M. Herr, Anastasia Globa, Jielin Chen, Taro ?Narahara, Nicolas Rogeau (eds.), ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS - Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference, Tokyo, 22-29 March 2025, Volume 2, pp. 521–530
summary	Bamboo's renewability and excellent properties make it ideal for green architecture. However, traditional bamboo weaving relies on artisanal skills, resulting in limited design variety, inefficiency, and inconsistent quality. This study combines generative design and robotic fabrication to modernize bamboo's application. Using AI-driven performance-based design, the process followed three steps. First, generative models were refined iteratively, producing diverse design options. The optimal design was evaluated for aesthetics, structural feasibility, and robotic constructability, and 3D modeling and structural optimization were performed. Mechanical simulations confirmed its self-supporting capability during weaving. The second step was to adapt robotic tools for bamboo weaving. Material properties were analyzed to simulate motions, and a customized end-effector was developed. Simulations optimized functionality and motion paths for precise operations. Finally, an ABB IRB4600 robotic wove the pavilion. Real-time adjustments during human-robot collaboration ensured alignment with on-site requirements. While the approach proved feasible, challenges like excessive friction and material deformation emerged. Future efforts will improve precision and reduce errors, advancing AI-driven bamboo weaving for Sustainable Construction.
keywords	Bamboo Pavilion, Bamboo Weaving, Iterative Generative Design, Robotic Fabrication, On-site Construction
series	CAADRIA
last changed	2025/03/21 12:07

_id	caadria2025_374
id	caadria2025_374
authors	Wang, Tiansu, Zhou, Ziheng, Bo, Tianyi and Yuan, Philip F.
year	2025
title	Discrete Shell Structure: Intelligent form-finding and fabrication of mycelium-based composites
source	Dagmar Reinhardt, Christiane M. Herr, Anastasia Globa, Jielin Chen, Taro ?Narahara, Nicolas Rogeau (eds.), ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATICS - Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference, Tokyo, 22-29 March 2025, Volume 3, pp. 357–366
summary	This study investigates the integration of mycelium-based composites (MBCs) with computational algorithms to address challenges in sustainable architectural design. While MBCs are valued for their lightweight, biodegradable, and recyclable properties, their application in load-bearing structures is limited by mechanical constraints. By combining material research and computational workflows, this work aims to expand MBCs' potential across diverse architectural scenarios. The material research evaluates the mechanical properties of beechwood particles, straw, and hessian fabric combinations to optimise substrate formulations. Two formulations are identified: BSV, offering lightweight advantages, and BSMLV, exhibiting the highest Young's modulus. These results demonstrate the potential for tailoring MBCs to specific structural requirements. Using form-finding and intelligent classification algorithms, MBC modules with varied mechanical properties were optimally distributed across shell structures, aligning material performance with structural demands. This approach rationalises structural design, reducing reliance on high mechanical performance from MBCs while broadening their application potential. By addressing MBC’s traditional limitations, this study provides a framework that integrates material innovation with computational optimisation. Future research will explore additional substrates and environmental factors to further enhance MBC adaptability, advancing its role in sustainable and scalable architectural applications.
keywords	Shell Structure, Force Diagram, Mycelium-Based Composite (MBC), Reinforcement Learning, Customized modules fabricating
series	CAADRIA
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