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Article by JuHyun Lee, Ning Gu, and Anthony Williams As one of the emerging Computer-Aided Design (CAD) technologies for digital design and visualisation in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) domain, parametric design potentially offers an innovative way of generating new design solutions. Despite this potential, design strategies associated with algorithmic scripting are not well understood.This paper provides a comprehensive understanding of individual design strategies supporting creative solutions in parametric design, using the combined application of protocol analysis and Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT). The article examines the generative and evolutionary aspects of parametric design that play an important role in the generation of…
This article was published in International Journal of Applied Mathematics And Informatics in 2011 by Milena Stavric and Ognen Marina Computer simulation of evolutionary processes is already well established technique for the study of environmental, biological and economic dynamics. Use of algorithms for generation of virtual entities that will develop its functional and formal properties within the non-linear process of adaptation of complex system is a foundation for new point of view in understanding architecture and urban environment. This paper describes parametric approach in architectural design through elaboration of shift in paradigms in architecture that has brought to the idea of…
LOOM, an Adaptable, Wearable, and Flexible 3D Printed Dress by Maria Alejandra Mora-Sanchez LOOM by Maria Alejandra Mora-Sanchez is an expandable, adaptable, wearable and flexible 3d printed dress that adapts to all body types and body changes. Houston-based designer Maria Alejandra Mora-Sanchez is paving the way for 3D printed textiles with the launch of a new fashion garment in partnership with Cosine Additive. Mora-Sanchez may be new to the world of 3D printed fashion – the young maker is currently in the midst of an industrial design degree at the University of Houston, alongside an internship at Cosine – but…
Mahallat Residential Building No3, designed by Tehran based architecture firm CAAT Studio, is a 3-story residential building with a total area of 290.0 m2 in Mahallat, Iran. Text description provided by the architects. The project is located on a residential periphery of Mahallat, 262 kilometers southwest of Tehran with the hot and dry climate. The area surrounding the city is rich with travertine which is mainly because of the two significant travertine local mines called Hajiabad and Abbasabad. The project was delegated to the architect at a time when the structure and floors plates were already built and the client…
Mediopadana station, is a new high speed train station in Italy between Milan and Bologna designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Reggio nell’Emilia, the capital of the Emilia Romagna Province is today a progressive and prosperous city situated on Italy’s northern flat plain ‘Padana’. In 2002, the City of Reggio Emilia contracted Calatrava to create a new gateway to Reggio Emilia from the north. Reggio nell’Emilia, the capital of the Emilia Romagna Province is today a progressive and prosperous city situated on Italy’s northern flat plain ‘Padana’. In 2002, the City of Reggio Emilia contracted Calatrava to create a new gateway to Reggio…
On 30th October 2014, the Zhuhai Municipal Government officiated the grand opening of the new Zhuhai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, being the first phase of the Shizimen Central Business District in China. Together with the Mayor of Zhuhai, the Chairman of Huafa, the Project’s Chief Designer – Gordon Affleck, and Project Director – Miriam Auyeung attended. The development is strategically located along the Zhuhai waterfront, maximising close proximity to Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau, catalysing economic development of the wider Hengqin Region. Gordon and Miriam led the design team for the complex from the competition winning entry and worked…
MVRDV Designed A Leisure Complex With Golden Facades and Imprints of Surrounding Structures in Seoul, South Korea MVRDV’s The Imprint, a dual structured entertainment facility, sits as the centrepiece of a new tourist hub in Incheon near Seoul, South Korea. The sibling buildings, the Wonderbox and Nightclub, share an architectural language; both becoming an echo of their family, the immediate surrounding buildings. A golden spot floating over the building and the plaza in front boldly marks the Nightclub entrance; a blast of light before the contrasting dark interior. The concrete monolithic forms have no visible windows to the outside world,…
[Originally published 1st quarter 2010, in arcCA 10.1, “Parametrics and IPD.”] Author Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, is a California architect, educator, and scholar. He is Assistant Professor of Design at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS). Phillips has published widely and has received awards, grants, and fellowships for his work from the Getty Research Institute, Graham Foundation, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Canadian Center for Architecture, AIA, ACSA/AIAS, among other institutions. The form of the house is not amorphous, not a free for all form. On the contrary, its construction has strict boundaries according to the scale of…
Arturo Tedeschi is an architect and computational design specialist with more than ten years of experience in the avant-garde segment of architecture and industrial design (furniture, automotive, installations, products, footwear). He works as a consultant for leading companies, providing services and training related to Algorithms-Aided Design, complex geometry, digital fabrication, and data-driven design. He is the author of Parametric Architecture with Grasshopper and AAD Algorithms-Aided Design, the worldwide reference book on algorithmic modeling. He taught and was an invited speaker at Architectural Association School (London), Politecnico di Milano, IUAV (Venice), The University of Sydney, Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation,…
Eilkhaneh by [SHIFT] Process Practice in Tehran, Iran Text description provided by the architects. Tribe House is our try in re-evaluating the lost values of Iranian domestic space. During the twentieth century, Iranians were rapidly modernized without actually understanding or going through the essential steps of modernity. Certain paradigms of domestic life was lost in this transition. In the capital, the city of Tehran, the city was rebuilt substantially in the span of a century. The two-story homes were substituted with four to five-story apartment buildings and urban life style was modified accordingly. Certain traditions in conception and erection of domestic space…