Non-Linear Model in Architectural Design for Sustainable Social Housing: Case Study Ovča Housing Project Belgrade

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Dušan Stojanović ◽  
Pavle Stamenović
Keyword(s):  
Linear Model ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Spatial Needs

The aim of this paper is to reconsider the conventional approaches in architectural design for social housing that lead to low adaptability of architecture regarding spatial needs of its inhabitants. This research explores the potential of nonlinear model in architectural design of sustainable social housing. Sustainability is commonly interpreted through categories of socio-economic availability, notwithstanding the fact that demands of contemporary living greatly exceed the scope of this definition. One of the methods to integrate sustainability into social housing design is to incorporate specific users’ needs into the design process itself. The aim is to specify the common ground for negotiation between all actors in the process. Such a platform could enable multiple options allowing flexibility and a higher level of quality, as well as the comfort of sustainable living. This design approach is developed in the case study project for Ovča social housing community in Belgrade. This project is conceived as an infrastructural system that precedes the building as a finite architecture, therefore anticipating inhabitants’ involvement in the design process. The non-linear model of architectural design is enabled trough a drawing as a tool of communication. Since it is carried out according to previously defined values, this iterative procedure establishes a specific set of outputs that can later be evaluated and modified in accordance to users’ spatial needs. Therefore, the drawing becomes a tool that allows a variety of designing processes while the most important role still belongs to the architect and the user. Such iterative design process creates preconditions that enable the inhabitants to appropriate the space of living, which legitimizes the aim to transfer the design process from conventional towards the non-linear model of architectural design.

A NON-LINEAR MODEL FOR OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF IRRIGATION WATER AND LAND UNDER ADEQUATE AND LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALY

2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pietro Rubino ◽  
Anna Maria Stellacci ◽  
Roberta M. Rana ◽  
Maurizia Catalano ◽  
Angelo Caliandro
Keyword(s):  
Linear Model ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Water Supplies ◽  
Non Linear

scholarly journals The Prism of Change

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Bruun
Keyword(s):  
Linear Model ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Institutional Values ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Way

Abstract This article presents and discusses the communicative behaviour in the continuity texts produced by public service television providers in Denmark in the digital era. Based on a case study of the two main channels, DR and TV 2, the article argues that, after previous trends towards convergence in the way the two providers communicate, the present developments exhibit a divergence. Three major differences are found in the efforts to (1) hold on to and ‘herd’ the viewers within the scope of products and platforms, (2) strengthen the provider–viewer relationship, and (3) stand out with a distinctive set of institutional values. The findings are interpreted as a consequence of the challenges and opportunities facing the providers in terms of funding and in terms of meeting public service obligations, in a situation of tension between a traditional linear model of broadcasting and an emerging non-linear model.

scholarly journals Evidence-based design utilized in hospital architecture and changing the design process: a hospital case study

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Suining Ding
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Staff Retention ◽  
Design Process Model ◽  
Hospital Architecture

As a new paradigm in healthcare design in the 21st century, evidence-based design (EBD) has played a critical role in the changing hospital architectural design process and shaping new images of hospital architecture. Evidence-based design is research informed, and its results affect not only patients' clinical outcomes but also medical facility operational efficiency and its staff retention and satisfaction. This research investigated how EBD was implemented in hospital architectural design and how traditional design process was modified to incorporate credible research evidence through a case study at Grand River Hospital in the United States. This study took a qualitative approach with grounded theory methodology. The methods used for this research were multiple sources of data collection through document reviews, observations, and interviews. Findings revealed that the investigation for EBD needs to focus on environment-behavior studies especially in the development of explanatory theory. This study also recommended a modified cyclical design process model for integrating EBD. This redefined design process model requires collaborations with all stakeholders by adding visioning sessions, multiple design charrettes, mock-ups, and the functional performance evaluation to help to implement research evidence and make design decisions to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Topological interlocking in architecture: A new design method and computational tool for designing building floors

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Weizmann ◽  
Oded Amir ◽  
Yasha Jacob Grobman
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Structural Systems ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Computational Tool ◽  
Topological Interlocking ◽  
Further Development

This article presents a framework for the design process of structural systems based on the notion of topological interlocking. A new design method and a computational tool for generating valid architectural topological interlocking geometries are discussed. In the heart of the method are an algorithm for automatically generating valid two-dimensional patterns and a set of procedures for creating several types of volumetric blocks based on the two-dimensional patterns. Additionally, the computational tool can convert custom sets of closed planar curves into structural elements based on the topological interlocking principle. The method is examined in a case study of a building floor. The article concludes with discussions on the potential advantages of using the method for architectural design, as well as on challenging aspects of further development of this method toward implementation in practice.

scholarly journals Measurable Mistakes in Architecture the Effect of Designer's Experience on the Propagation of Mistakes in Architectural Design - Residential Buildings in Al Sulaymaniyah City as a Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-111
Author(s):  
Wrya Sabir Abdullah ◽  
Amjad Muhammad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Influential Factor ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Design Values ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

The importance of physical and nonphysical architectural design values made architectural designers need good experience to be experts of architectural values reasonably without neglecting any value in the design process.  The importance of such values made that ignoring any values and mistakes occurs in the design process. Simultaneously, architectural designers' different nature and the difference in their experiences are causing different understandings of the design values, thus causing architectural mistakes. The research problem appears from the randomly propagating of mistakes in contemporary architecture, which is about to become a phenomenon in Al Sulaymaniyah city. The research aims to find the main reasons and influences of making architectural mistakes and propagating such mistakes in the contemporary architectural design depending on randomly selected samples. The study took the factor of "Architectural Designers' Experience" as an influential factor in avoiding the propagation of architectural mistakes. To see architectural mistakes in real existing cases, the research took some of the different types of residential buildings in Al Sulaymaniyah city designed during (2000-2010) as case study to show architects' architectural mistakes in residential buildings

scholarly journals PENDEKATAN DESAIN PARAMETRIK DALAM SAYEMBARA KONSEP DESAIN GEDUNG ASEAN SECRETARIAT (ASEC)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Rendy Perdana Khidmat
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Parametric Design ◽  
Form Finding ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Building Form ◽  
Storey Building

Abstract:. Recent trends and rapid developments in computing gives tremendous impact in many disciplines beside computer science. Architecture is one of disciplines that have undergone an evolution in paradigm as a result of this development. Parametric design is one of the approaches used in architectural design which lead to the advance circumtances in design process. This approach adopts some of designer-friendly programming language where architects can utilize unlimited computation abilities from computers in search of design solutions by designing their parametric definitions or rules. This article will discuss about the parametric approach to the design of multi-storey building buildings. The case study in this research is the design competition of ASEAN Secretariat building (ESAC) organized by Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia (IAI) Jakarta. The Grasshopper platform is used to explore for building form (form-finding) that maximize the view toward its site. A simple radiation analysis is also conducted in this design process using the plug-in called Ladybug + Honey bee and Multi-Objecive Optimization using Octopus plug-in, to look for minimal radiation that is affected by the location of the building form. Keywords: Parametrik desain, Grasshopper, Ladybug + Honey bee, Octopus Abstrak: Tren dan perkembangan yang pesat dalam komputasi banyak mempengaruhi disiplin lain diluar ilmu komputer. Arsitektur adalah salah satu disiplin yang banyak mengalami perubahan dalam paradigma pemikirannya akibat dari perkembangan ini. Parametrik desain merupakan salah satu pendekatan yang digunakan dalam desain arsitektur. Pendekatan ini mengadopsi bahasa pemrograman dimana arsitek dapat memanfaatkan kemampuan menghitung yang tidak terbatas dari komputer dalam mencari solusi desain dengan merancang definisi parametriknya. Artikel ini akan membahas mengenai pendekatan parametrik pada desain bangunan gedung berlantai banyak. Studi kasus pada penelitian ini adalah sayembara desain gedung sekretariat ASEAN Jakarta yang diselenggarakan Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia (IAI) Jakarta. Platform Grasshopper digunakan untuk mencari gubahan masa yang dapat memaksimalkan view dan bentuk terhadap tapaknya. Analisa radiasi sederhana juga dilakukan pada proses ini dengan menggunakan plug-in Ladybug + Honey bee dan Multi-Objecive Optimization dengan menggunakan plugin Octopus, untuk mencari radiasi minimal yang dipengaruhi oleh bentuk dan letak bangunan yang didesain. Kata Kunci: Parametrik desain, Grasshopper, Ladybug + Honey bee, Octopus

scholarly journals Shouldn’t All Architecture Be Designed with Empathy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-55
Author(s):  
Helena Sandman
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Sustainable Communities ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Contextual Design ◽  
Empathic Design ◽  
Effective Design

Rapid urbanisation and, as a result fast growing informal areas, increase the need for affordable housing. This urgent need requires new forms of input from the architects active in the Global South. The profession must adapt and evolve. Based on previous research, I argue that to build sustainable communities, the residents must be heard and be part of the development process. To involve residents, architects can use new contextually suitable and effective design methods. The study comprised action research on an affordable housing design project in Zanzibar, Tanzania. This paper presents the early stages of a design process for a project still in progress. A close look at the Zanzibar case reveals four human-centred methods from the design discipline to the architectural design process: applied ethnography, empathic design, contextual design, co-design and participatory design. Through the analyses of these different methods, I explored the importance of empathy while designing in settings with contextual constraints. The study revealed the potential of developing empathic methods from the design discipline in the context of architectural design. Further, it suggests that empathic methods can be used by architects pursuing sustainable development. 

scholarly journals From Architectural Acoustics to Acoustical Architecture Using Computer Simulation

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Marie Due Schmidt ◽  
Poul Henning Kirkegaard
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Acoustic Properties ◽  
Architectural Acoustics ◽  
Acoustic Design ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Acoustic Simulation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right

Architectural acoustics design has in the past been based on simple design rules. However, with a growing complexity in architectural acoustics and the emergence of room acoustic simulation programmes with considerable potential, it is now possible to subjectively analyse and evaluate acoustic properties prior to the actual construction of a building. With the right tools applied, acoustic design can become an integral part of the architectural design process. The aim of this paper is to investigate the field of application that an acoustic simulation programme can have during an architectural acoustic design process and to set up a strategy to develop future programmes. The emphasis is put on the first three out of four phases in the working process of the architect and a case study is carried out in which each phase is represented by typical results – as exemplified with reference to the design of Bagsvaerd Church by Jørn Utzon. The paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the programme in each phase compared to the works of architects not using acoustic simulation programmes. The conclusion of the paper points towards the need to apply the acoustic simulation programmes to the first phases in the architectural process and set out a reverse strategy for simulation programmes to do so – from developing acoustics from given spaces to developing spaces from given acoustics.

CASE STUDY COMPARISONS OF THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ON SOCIAL HOUSING AFTER EARTHQUAKE

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Davis ◽  
Enrique Villacis ◽  
M. Lorena Rodriguez ◽  
Cynthia Ayarza ◽  
Domenica Davila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
First Case ◽  
Practice Approach ◽  
Investigation Process ◽  
Post Disaster

This research seeks to distinguish which factors influence the ecological footprint and what types of construction have the least environmental impact in a post-disaster social housing building. The first case study is a government social housing design, built with bamboo and concrete masonry blocks, and another design by Ensusitio, a private practice approach to social housing built with bamboo and earth. These houses were granted to victims of the April 2016 earthquake in the Ecuadorian coastal region. The investigation process was carried out based on primary research, which was used to understand how Ensusitio carried out the construction process of Meche's house and also based on a secondary investigation of government social housing. With this information, a comparison is made between them to determine which of the two has the least ecological footprint

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