Parametric Urban Design Thinking: Shared Patterns in Design by Algorithm and Design by Drawing

2021 ◽  
pp. 0739456X2110536
Author(s):  
Olgu Çalışkan ◽  
Yavuz Baver Barut ◽  
Gökhan Ongun
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Parametric Design ◽  
Design Analysis ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Specific Context

The paper suggests a focused examination of the processes of drafting-based design and parametric design in urbanism. It discusses how spatial design’s settled cognition would differ by using algorithmic systems through the altered relationships between the basic operations in design. To reveal the commonalities and distinctions between the two design methods, the authors present the detailed documentation of the workshop series, which experimented with both techniques within similar design contexts. By the design analysis, the idea of “parametric thinking” is revisited in the specific context of urban design.

scholarly journals Urban Design for Super Mature Society

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-154
Author(s):  
Davisi Boontharm
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Technical Problem ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
New Town

This paper aims to discuss an experience in teaching and learning urban design-research studio at The international Program in Architecture and Urban Design, Meiji University, Japan, in 2018. The studio attempted to address a specific context of the advanced aging and shrinking of the city in Japanese society through urban design thinking. By applying a research-led teaching method which requires students to search and respond to the resource approach to sustainable urban regeneration, the studio seeks creative and responsive ideas which could create an alternative to the decline of urban fringe in a specific context of an old new town suffering from the advanced aging demography. With our main interest in the research on requalification, the studio was seeking to explore this concept in urban design scale. This design-research studio tried to identify and later applied the keywords with prefix “RE-s” as statement and conceptual thinking in the production of space. The area of investigation is Tama New Town located in Tokyo’s western suburb. It is the largest new town ever developed in Japan during the period of rapid economic growth in the 1970’s. Its design, which adopted the modernist planning concept, has become problematic in today’s situation. Half a century has passed, the new town, which never achieved its goal, has aged and is facing several socio-economic challenges. The aim of this urban design-research studio is to reach beyond just technical problem solving by spatial design and instead exercise the responsive strategic thinking to address the current alarming issues of the aging and shrinking society which, we believe, important to the New Urban Agenda proposed by the UN-Habitat. Here we tried to address specific questions; how should urban design respond to the shrinking society? How can urban design thinking address the situation where there is no “growth” and oppressed with super-aging neighbourhoods? And how can we re-shape the environment that will be less and less inhabitable? Within this studio, students are encouraged to respond critically and creatively in overall strategic planning, urban and architectural design including the design of public space for a sustainable future.

scholarly journals Parametric design analysis of elliptical shroud profile

AIMS Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1147-1169
Author(s):  
Salih Nawaf Akour ◽  
◽  
Mahmoud Azmi Abo Mhaisen
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Parametric Design ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Design Analysis ◽  
Average Wind ◽  
Wind Velocities ◽  
Inlet Length ◽  
Commercial Software Package ◽  
Exact Shape

<abstract> <p>Parametric design analysis for Eccentric Rotated Ellipsoid (ERE) shroud profile is conducted whereas the design model is validated experimentally. A relation between shroud inlet, length and exit diameter is established, different ratios related to the wind turbine diameter are introduced, and solution for different ERE family curves that passes on the inlet, throat, and exit points is studied. The performance of the ERE shroud is studied under different wind velocities ranging from 5–10 m/s.</p> <p>The method used in creating the shroud profile is by solving the ERE curve equations to generate large family of solutions. The system is modeled as axisymmetric system utilizing commercial software package. The effect of the parameters; shroud length, exit diameter, inlet diameter, turbine position with respect to the shroud throat, and wind velocity are studied. An optimum case for each shroud length, exit diameter and location of the shroud with respect to the wind turbine throat axis are achieved.</p> <p>The simulation results show an increase in the average wind velocity by 1.63 times of the inlet velocity. This leads to a great improvement in the wind turbine output power by 4.3 times of bare turbine. One of the achieved optimum solutions for the shroud curves has been prototyped for experimental validation. The prototype has been manufactured using 3D printing technology which provides high accuracy in building the exact shape of shroud design curve. The results show very good agreement with the experimental results.</p></abstract>

scholarly journals Design Thinking for Computer-Aided Co-Design in Architecture and Urban Design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuva Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Design Framework ◽  
Design Communication ◽  
Design Task ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Computer Aided

Bringing the designer’s concept to the non-design expert’s communicative level requires a significant understanding of the communication media. Primarily the design communication depends on the type of the tools used. Virtual tools with their pre-set operability limit the designer’s ways of interaction with the artefacts. This article proposes a framework for designers to interact with non-design experts through an enhanced communicative media. The design framework indicates steps of design thinking to develop the interface by understanding both the virtual artefacts’ perceptual affordance to the users and the design task. The paper discusses about projects tested in three different scenarios, urban design, architecture, and product design. It concludes with the arguments on designers’ role as authors of the system design.

scholarly journals INTEGRATION OF REVEALED KNOWLEDGE INTO DESIGN THINKING: AN URBAN DESIGN STUDIO EXPERIMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Ilya Fadjar Maharika
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Reflective Writing ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Architecture Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Architectural Design Studio

<p class="Keywords">Integration of human knowledge principle has been widespread in the world of Islamic education, including in Indonesia. Partially seen as an attempt to build a school of thought of architecture education, the principle opens the discussion on the discursive level of design thinking. This paper reveals an explorative effort to translate the idea into a class experiment in an architectural design studio. This class experimental research uses a content analysis of students’ reflective writing who involve the design process that deliberately begins with the introduction of revealed knowledge (Arabic: <em>wahy</em>) in Architectural Design Studio 7 at the Department of Architecture, Universitas Islam Indonesia. In conclusion, it has formulated a dynamic and multi-dimensional construction of design thinking based on the integration of knowledge</p>

scholarly journals A Framework for Systemic Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Integrated Systems ◽  
Value Conflict ◽  
Systems Approaches ◽  
Systemic Design

As designers move upstream from traditional product and service design to engage with challenges characterised by complexity, uniqueness, value conflict, and ambiguity over objectives, they have increasingly integrated systems approaches into their practice. This synthesis of systems thinking with design thinking is forming a distinct new field of systemic design. This paper presents a framework for systemic design as a mindset, methodology, and set of methods that together enable teams to learn, innovate, and adapt to a complex and dynamic environment. We suggest that a systemic design mindset is inquiring, open, integrative, collaborative, and centred. We propose a systemic design methodology composed of six main activities: framing, formulating, generating, reflecting, inquiring, and facilitating. We view systemic design methods as a flexible and open-ended set of procedures for facilitating group collaboration that are both systemic and designerly.  

Service Design

2012 ◽  
pp. 211-222
Author(s):  
Satu Miettinen
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Tourism Service

Service design is establishing itself as a method for developing services and service business. Service needs, new ideas and ways to utilise technology are encountered when the customer and the end user participate in the design process. This chapter focuses on service design methods and the process of how service design can help in innovating customer-orientated service concepts for e-tourism. Service design connects the areas of cultural, social and human interaction. Use of design methods acts as a link between the different views in the service design process. Service design is an emerging field where the terminology and methods are still developing. Mager (2009) has pointed out that the need for service design is evident, as economic development has changed dramatically during the last four decades from manufacturing to provision of information and services. Service design looks at service development from the designer’s point of view. Design thinking has the ability to create concepts, solutions and future service experiences for users.

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