scholarly journals The Future of Architectural Design in the Post-Digital Era

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aimee Buccellato ◽  
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Holly Ferguson ◽  
Charles F. Vardeman II ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Future

Our presentation at the 2016 AIA Intersections Symposium described a multi-disciplinary research agenda that ponders where architecture, as a discipline and a practice, sits with respect to the age of ubiquitous data. That presentation and the synopsis that follows is focused on our on-going development of novel tools and frameworks to advance decision support for building design and construction in this context. A propos to the workshop theme, Innovative Technologies in Design and Delivery, our work is motivated by emerging technologies in computational and data science that may revolutionize the way the built environment is conceived and produced and, consequently, what that means for the Future of Design in a Post-Digital Era.

scholarly journals Stampede Prevention Design of Primary School Buildings in China: A Sustainable Built Environment Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kefan Xie ◽  
Yu Song ◽  
Jia Liu ◽  
Benbu Liang ◽  
Xiang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Step Length ◽  
Mass Center ◽  
Vertical Projection ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Base Of Support

In China, crowd stampede accidents usually take place within crowded areas in middle and primary schools. The crowd stampede risk is particularly related to the architectural design such as the staircase design, the layout of crowded places, obstacles, etc. Through the investigation of building design in several primary schools, the relationship between the sustainable layout of crowded places (e.g., toilets, canteens, playgrounds, staircases) and the crowd stampede risk of students are introduced via agent-based simulations. In particular, different experimental scenarios are conducted on stairs in the primary buildings. The evacuation processes are recorded by video camera and spatial stepping characteristics (e.g., foot clearance, step length, mass center, the distance between the mass center and ankle, and etc.) are extracted from the video. Dynamic steady ability is investigated by adopting the margin of stability, quantified by the instantaneous difference between the edge of the base of support and extrapolated vertical projection of the mass center. Based on the sustainable built environment principles and historical data of students, this paper focuses on an in-depth analysis of the staircase design aiming at preventing the crowd stampede risk.

Study on the Specificity of Modern Prison Building Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Yi Kun Song
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Management System ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Prison Management ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Theoretical System ◽  
The Future ◽  
Set Up

Prison building is a most important part (hardware) of prison management system. It plays a significant role in the development of prison. Architectural design of prison is a multi-field and multi-subject research topic. China’s researches on this area, which is lack of independent and mature theoretical system, fall behind western countries’. Our architectural design and construction of prison are advancing in the dark. This thesis tries to propose the author’s ideas and suggestions based on the design specificity and management mode of China’s prison. The author hopes to set up the principles and methods of architectural design of prison and provide theoretical suggestions for the design and research of prison buildings in the future.

Is Architectural Pedagogy Prepared for Buildings of the Future?

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy L. Hemsath
Keyword(s):  
Design Education ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
The Future ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Architectural Pedagogy

Assuming that buildings in our near future can achieve carbon neutrality, what next? More importantly, what is necessary in the short term to transform the way we design and think about buildings to achieve carbon neutrality and beyond? Can architectural pedagogy deal with how buildings integrate with the larger community and ecosystem around them, how buildings are constructed and/or manufactured to optimize resource use, and how they adapt to changes and are repurposed to meet future needs? Pedagogy for this future is about instilling a way of thinking about environmental design that is both conscious of and active in energy and carbon emissions, but also the health, wellbeing, and productivity of building occupants. Expounding on these questions, this paper will analyze current architectural curriculum and recent student design competitions against the U.S. Department of Energy’s Future of Buildings initiative. The discussion of the gap analysis results shows a deficiency about thinking about architectural design for the future. The paper will highlight where our design education succeeds and falls short toward preparing students. Additionally, thinking about this future context will highlight beneficial and detrimental aspects of the current pedagogical landscape to further whole-building design concepts to achieve a carbon neutral future for the built environment.

scholarly journals The impact of water in architectural thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
Gábor Heckenast ◽  
Marcel Ferencz ◽  
András Tibor Kertész
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
The Future ◽  
Natural Element ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe focus of this research is the connection between architecture and water, how this natural element has formed the way of thinking. To give a complex answer, it is required to observe this complex topic from different aspects: time, space (with macro and micro space typology), meaning, technology, art and architectural design method, which all together can create a network of ideas. This outlined network could provide a theoretical basis for a new complex design method – from the building scale to the urban scale – for the upcoming challenges of built environment in connection with water in the future.

scholarly journals Data-driven smart sustainable cities of the future: urban computing and intelligence for strategic, short-term, and joined-up planning

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Elias Bibri
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Urban Computing ◽  
The Future

AbstractSustainable cities are quintessential complex systems—dynamically changing environments and developed through a multitude of individual and collective decisions from the bottom up to the top down. As such, they are full of contestations, conflicts, and contingencies that are not easily captured, steered, and predicted respectively. In short, they are characterized by wicked problems. Therefore, they are increasingly embracing and leveraging what smart cities have to offer as to big data technologies and their novel applications in a bid to effectively tackle the complexities they inherently embody and to monitor, evaluate, and improve their performance with respect to sustainability—under what has been termed “data-driven smart sustainable cities.” This paper analyzes and discusses the enabling role and innovative potential of urban computing and intelligence in the strategic, short-term, and joined-up planning of data-driven smart sustainable cities of the future. Further, it devises an innovative framework for urban intelligence and planning functions as an advanced form of decision support. This study expands on prior work done to develop a novel model for data-driven smart sustainable cities of the future. I argue that the fast-flowing torrent of urban data, coupled with its analytical power, is of crucial importance to the effective planning and efficient design of this integrated model of urbanism. This is enabled by the kind of data-driven and model-driven decision support systems associated with urban computing and intelligence. The novelty of the proposed framework lies in its essential technological and scientific components and the way in which these are coordinated and integrated given their clear synergies to enable urban intelligence and planning functions. These utilize, integrate, and harness complexity science, urban complexity theories, sustainability science, urban sustainability theories, urban science, data science, and data-intensive science in order to fashion powerful new forms of simulation models and optimization methods. These in turn generate optimal designs and solutions that improve sustainability, efficiency, resilience, equity, and life quality. This study contributes to understanding and highlighting the value of big data in regard to the planning and design of sustainable cities of the future.

HERITAGE IN THE LIVED ENVIRONMENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND THE GULF REGION

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph John Hobbs
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Spatial Features ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Values

This paper examines how the architectural, social, and cultural heritage of the United Arab Emirates and other Gulf countries may contribute to better development of this region’s lived environment. Modern urbanism has largely neglected heritage in architectural design and in social and private spaces, creating inauthentic places that foster a hunger for belongingness in the UAE’s built environment. The paper reviews recent urban developments in the UAE and the Gulf Region, and identifies elements of local heritage that can be incorporated into contemporary planning and design. It proposes that adapting vernacular architectural heritage to the modern built environment should not be the principal goal for heritage-informed design. Instead we may examine the social processes underlying the traditional lived environment, and aim for social sustainability based on the lifeways and preferences of local peoples, especially in kinship and Islamic values. Among the most promising precedents for modern social sustainability are social and spatial features at the scale of the neighborhood in traditional Islamic settlements. Interviews with local Emiratis will also recommend elements of traditional knowledge to modern settings. 

scholarly journals Scoping Review of Thermal Comfort Research in Colombia

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Medina ◽  
Carolina M. Rodriguez ◽  
Maria Camila Coronado ◽  
Lina Maria Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
The Future ◽  
Art Research ◽  
Occupant Satisfaction

The analysis of thermal comfort in buildings, energy consumption, and occupant satisfaction is crucial to influencing the architectural design methodologies of the future. However, research in these fields in developing countries is sectorised. Most times, the standards to study and assess thermal comfort such as ASHRAE Standard 55, EN 15251, and ISO 7730 are insufficient and not appropriate for the geographical areas of application. This article presents a scoping review of published work in Colombia, as a representative case study, to highlight the state-of-the-art, research trends, gaps, and potential areas for further development. It examines the amount, origin, extent, and content of research and peer-reviewed documentation over the last decades. The findings allow new insights regarding the preferred models and the evaluation tools that have been used to date and that are recommended to use in the future. It also includes additional information regarding the most and least studied regions, cities, and climates in the country. This work could be of interest for the academic community and policymakers in the areas related to indoor and urban climate management and energy efficiency.

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