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0000-0002-7159-426X
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University of New South Wales
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Architecture | Architectural computing and visualisation methods | Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design) | Architecture | Architecture Management | Data visualisation and computational (incl. parametric and generative) design | Design practice and methods |
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-03-2015
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 12-2013
DOI: 10.1260/1478-0771.11.4.393
Abstract: This paper presents a protocol study which compares designers' behaviors when unexpected discoveries appear in a parametric design environment (PDE) and a traditional geometry modeling environment (GME). From the view of design situatedness, designers tend to adapt and respond to the design situation as it continuously changes during the design process. The hypothesis is that when unexpected discoveries appear, these changing design situations can significantly affect designers' cognitive activities. In this study, we are interested in exploring designers' behaviors in responding to these unexpected discoveries in PDEs, and further, to compare those behaviors in GMEs. An experiment was conducted in which five designers completed two similar design tasks respectively in a PDE and a GME. Applying the research method of protocol analysis, designers' behaviors in response to unexpected discoveries in these two design environments are compared and discussed.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2015
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 18-10-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 28-02-2023
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS13030644
Abstract: Characterising and predicting socio-spatial experience has long been a key research question in space syntax research. Due to the lack of synthesised knowledge about it, this review conducts the first systematic scoping review of space syntax research on the relationships between spatial properties and experiential values. Adopting the “Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses” (PRISMA) framework, this review of space syntax research identifies 38 studies that examine socio-spatial experiences in architectural, medical, and urban spaces. The data arising from this systematic review are used to identify trends in this sub-field of research, including the growth of socio-spatial methods and applications in urban analytics since 2016 and key methodological approaches, characteristics, and factors in space syntax research about socio-spatial experience. The research identified using the systematic framework employs a mixture of descriptive, correlation, and regression methods to examine the dynamic effects of spatial configurations on human experiences. Arising from the results of the review, the article further identifies a collective, predictive model consisting of five syntactic predictors and three categories of experiential values. This article, finally, examines research gaps and limitations in the body of knowledge and suggests future research directions.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 19-08-2016
Abstract: This article develops a new research framework and method combining cognitive and linguistic approaches to investigate parametric design. At the core of this new approach is a dual-coding system for protocol analysis, which can formally capture both cognitive and linguistic characteristics of the design process. In this article, the method is applied to the analysis of the results of a design experimental undertaken by a set of Australian and Swedish architects working in idually in a parametric environment. The results of the experiment demonstrate the effectiveness of the dual-coding system and, with the support of linkography, facilitate the in-depth exploration of design cognition and its relationship to spatial language. This method directly contributes to a new insight into the role of language in design.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-11-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2022
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0726-0.CH003
Abstract: This chapter combines experimental data and established design theory to examine four issues associated with design cognition that contribute to an improved understanding of creativity and teamwork in design. Drawing on data developed from two parametric design experiments undertaken by the authors, this chapter investigates the implications of (i) cognitive space, (ii) design strategy, (iii) design productivity and (iv) spatial representation, for in iduals, and by inference, for groups and educators. Through this process the chapter develops a deeper understanding of the cognitive challenges facing design teams and educators of those teams.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-12-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 26-06-2023
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS13071613
Abstract: During the first century BC, the famous Roman architect, Vitruvius, defined architecture as encompassing three essential properties: firmitas (firmness), utilitas (utility), and venustas (attractiveness or beauty) [...]
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 26-03-2020
Abstract: This paper develops a statistical approach to measuring and guiding grammatical applications using a descriptive shape grammar, ‘Murcutt Grammar’. Normalised Distance ( ND) is proposed to identify the level of disparity of each design instance. Alternative design instances are generated using rule transition paths that illustrate the transition sequences of the grammar application (transition probability). The results demonstrate that this approach is significant for the way it clearly generates design instances with their grammatical levels of disparity, as well as for generating more appropriate design instances in the language. This shape grammar approach is applicable to design research more generally in the field of architecture.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-07-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 19-04-2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-09-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-02-2017
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-12-2020
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS10120242
Abstract: Decision-making in design is a cognitive process wherein alternatives are generated and evaluated, potentially enabling a more creative design process. In recent years parametric design’s heightened capacity for automatically generating and evaluating options has been celebrated by researchers and designers, but it has also placed an increased emphasis on decision-making activities which have not previously been studied in this context. This paper conducts the first in-depth protocol analysis of the decision-making process (DMP) in parametric design. Using empirical data, it identifies three parametric DMPs at the conceptual design stage: (i) “conclusive” DMP, (ii) “confirmative” DMP, and (iii) “simulative” DMP. The results of this research indicate that while conclusive DMP generates and evaluates design alternatives, its “forward incrementation” approach has only limited potential for creativity. The confirmative DMP develops three creative operation loops in parametric design, suggesting it may be an important creative process. The simulative DMP simultaneously addresses ergent and convergent thinking, also indicating potential creative operations and outcomes. The identification and analysis of these DMPs contributes to developing new knowledge about the processes used in parametric design and their capacity to support creative results.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2022
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 14-06-2023
DOI: 10.1108/ARCH-02-2022-0034
Abstract: In the 1947 article, The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa , Colin Rowe famously compared the spatial and geometric properties of buildings by two architects: Palladio and Le Corbusier. Many of Rowe's observations in this article have since been extensively debated but not rigorously tested. This paper examines Rowe's proposition that Palladio's villa plans possess greater intelligibility and cellularity than Le Corbusier's villa plans. Two established computational techniques, axial line analysis and isovist analysis, are adopted in this paper to quantify and compare the properties of intelligibility and cellularity in the four villas that Rowe used to construct his argument: Malcontenta , Rotunda , Stein , and Savoye . While acknowledging methodological limitations, the results of this paper do not support Rowe's claims, but they do lead to a unique quantitative examination of spatial configurations and properties of four famous villa plans. This is the first paper to quantitatively examine Rowe's claims that Palladian villas possess greater intelligibility and cellularity than Le Corbusier's villas.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 29-08-2018
Abstract: This paper presents a hybrid approach that selectively merges aspects of both the theories of Shape Grammar and Space Syntax to investigate spatial design patterns. The paper describes the development of a generic Justified Plan Graph (g-JPG) grammar. This grammatically nuanced, syntactically derived approach is then demonstrated through a more specific JPG (s-JPG) grammar to identify spatial design patterns in the rural domestic architecture of Glenn Murcutt. The results are then discussed in terms of Murcutt's architecture from four perspectives: grammatical transformation of syntax, epistemological questions, similarity or disparity and finally in terms of JPG variations. The findings of this paper suggest that the combined analytic approach facilitates the exploration of both the grammatical and syntactical genotypes of sets of architectural designs.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-05-2021
DOI: 10.3390/S21103417
Abstract: Since architect Nicholas Negroponte first proposed a vision of responsive architecture smart environments have been widely investigated, especially in the fields of computer science and engineering. Despite growing interest in the topic, a comprehensive review of research about smart environments from the architectural perspective is largely missing. In order to provide a formal understanding of smart environments in architecture, this paper conducts a systematic literature review of scholarly sources over the last decade, focusing on four related subjects: (1) responsive architecture, (2) kinetic architecture, (3) adaptive architecture and (4) intelligent buildings. Through this review, the paper identifies and examines interactive and collective behaviors in smart environments, thereby contributing to defining the properties of creative, smart spaces in the contemporary digital ecosystem. In addition, this research offers a means of systematically characterizing and constructing smart environments as interactive and collective platforms, enabling occupants to sense, experience and understand smart spaces.
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 28-11-2022
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS12122080
Abstract: Past historical research on Iranian educational architecture has highlighted three socio-spatial characteristics: (i) the topological variance of spatial properties, (ii) the flexibility of spatial configuration, and (ii) the centrality of outdoor spaces, which remain under scrutiny. This paper aims to quantitatively examine the topological changes in the spatial configurations of Yazd schools over time. The study entails the application of a Justified Plan Graph (JPG) method to quantify and compare the morphological properties of three historical sets of 20 Yazd schools (traditional, transitional and modern, and contemporary). The results confirm the historical changes in the Yazd schools’ flexibility and their outdoor spaces’ centrality, although the variance of spatial properties over time is not clearly observed. In particular, due to the relatively higher centrality values of outdoor spaces, the traditional schools, regardless of their rigid spatial logics, developed more integrated and interactive spatial configurations. As a first historical study on the socio-spatial configuration of Yazd schools, this paper precisely demonstrates the JPG method for this longitudinal spatial analysis.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-10-2023
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 03-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2022
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-01-2022
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-04-2021
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS11040163
Abstract: The design of a building façade has a significant impact on the way people respond to it physiologically and behaviourally. Few methods are available to assist an architect to understand such impacts during the design process. Thus, this paper examines the viability of using two computational methods to examine potential visual stimulus-sensation relationships in facade design. The first method, fractal analysis, is used to holistically measure the visual stimuli of a design. This paper describes both the box counting (density) and differential box counting (intensity) approaches to determining fractal dimension (D) in architecture. The second method, visual attention simulation, is used to explore pre-attentive processing and sensation in vision. Four measures—D-density (Dd), D-intensity (Di), heat map and gaze sequence—are used to provide quantitative and qualitative indicators of the ways people read different design options. Using two façade designs as ex les, the results of this application reveal that the D values of a façade image have a relationship with the pre-attentive processing shown in heat map and gaze sequence simulations. The findings are framed as a methodological contribution to the field, but also to the disciplinary knowledge gap about the stimulus-sensation relationship and visual reasoning in design.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2014
DOI: 10.1260/1478-0771.12.3.263
Abstract: 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 in idual 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 creative designs. An in-depth analysis conceptualises designers' parametric design strategies into problem-forwarding strategy and solution-reflecting strategy. The solution-reflecting strategy focusing on the solution space of designing has potential to produce creative solutions by parametric design. A more in-depth understanding of parametric design strategies supports its effective adaptation to better serve the needs of digital design and visualisation in the AEC industry.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 27-03-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S00004-023-00678-4
Abstract: This study presents an analysis of two aesthetic properties, complexity and ersity , in Palladian architecture. The former highlights the fractal dimension of façade geometry, and the latter its semantic randomness. Along with a methodological description and advice on settings, this study contributes to the discussion about mathematical beauty in architecture.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-02-2023
DOI: 10.3390/FRACTALFRACT7020139
Abstract: In a famous architectural discussion, Colin Rowe links the geometric properties of two sixteenth century villas by Andrea Palladio and two twentieth century villas by the architect Le Corbusier. Rowe observed that different structural systems produced heightened geometric complexity in cross sections through Palladio’s villas and in Le Corbusier’s plans. Rowe also described a particular type of geometric scaling in portions of the four villas which he partially explains as a type of mathematical ‘natural beauty’ akin to the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence. In his writings, Rowe refers to several geometric properties that encapsulate complex, scaled structures, but he lacked a mathematical system to rigorously describe and test his ideas. The present paper utilises the box-counting method for calculating fractal dimensions to analyse 100 images, consisting of architectural plans, sections, and elevations of the four villas and two Fibonacci sequences, to test Rowe’s ideas. Ultimately, the results of this research do not support the majority of Rowe’s claims about geometric complexity in the villas of Palladio and Le Corbusier, but they do provide insights into Rowe’s discussion of geometric scaling and the properties of four famous houses.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-09-2014
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Funder: Australian Research Council
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Amount: $500,000.00
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