Informed Architecture : Computational Strategies in Architectural Design

Description

This book connects the different topics and professions involved in information technology approaches to architectural design, ranging from computer-aided design, building information modeling and programming to simulation, digital representation, augmented and virtual reality, digital fabrication and physical computation. The contributions include experts’ academic and practical experiences and findings in research and advanced applications, covering the fields of architecture, engineering, design and mathematics. What are the conditions, constraints and opportunities of this digital revolution for architecture? How do processes change and influence the result? What does it mean for the collaboration and roles of the partners involved. And last but not least: how does academia reflect and shape this development and what does the future hold? Following the sequence of architectural production - from design to fabrication and construction up to the operation of buildings - the book discusses the impact of computational methods and technologies and its consequences for the education of future architects and designers. It offers detailed insights into the processes involved and considers them in the context of our technical, historical, social and cultural environment. Intended mainly for academic researchers, the book is also of interest to master’s level students. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Informed Architecture....Pages 3-10 The Colors of Black: Digital Computation as a Spectrum of Knowledge....Pages 11-18 Simple Complexities: An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Computational Design and Architectural Geometry....Pages 19-32 The Algorithms-Aided Design (AAD)....Pages 33-38 Building Information Modeling: The ‘C’ in BIM....Pages 39-52 Open Source Fabrication....Pages 53-64 Robots in Architecture, Research and Development....Pages 65-76 Mass Customization in the Era of Industry 4.0: Towards Immaterial Building Technology....Pages 77-87 Augmented Realities....Pages 89-104 Computation in Architecture: Potential and Challenges for Research and Education....Pages 105-113 Human, Space and Digitization....Pages 115-118 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Design-Build Projects in Academia....Pages 121-122 Twister....Pages 123-128 SunSys....Pages 129-138 Boxel....Pages 139-144 Design to Production....Pages 145-150 Sparkler....Pages 151-156 Karamba....Pages 157-162 Moebius....Pages 163-168 Reciprocal Structure....Pages 169-176 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Origami....Pages 177-183 (Un)Folding Space....Pages 185-193