Acoustic design and optimization of an organic architecture, a cross disciplinary design of an open-space airport case study

Architectural innovation, both at morphological and technological scale, have increased the importance of new methodologies and tools for the building performance analysis. New organic shapes have decreased the reliability of traditional specialistic knowledge, highlighting the importance of new methodologies to manage complex models and analyse the indoor comfort. The aim of this paper is to present a case study of the acoustic design of an organic open-space airport, realized integrating architectural and acoustic concepts in the design workflow. The building, characterized by a curvilinear plan, a wavy suspended ceiling, and a tilted façade, behave as a single tall, large volume containing different small low-height closed service boxes. This architectural approach leads to a mixture of functions in the same large volume with a resulting complex problem of acoustic optimization. To that end, different studies have been conducted from the protection from external noise to the optimization of the reverberation time, and to the design of the speakers. Considering the geometric complexity, different tools and a particular methodology have been used to properly model the building and to optimize the use and the placement of acoustic absorbing materials.

10 ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARCHITECTS SHOULD KNOW

В наш цифровой век появляются бесчисленные архитектурные технологии, которые меняют наш дизайн. В то время как некоторые из этих креативных технологий довольно новые, другие относительно старые, но стали свидетелями огромного развития в последнее время. Эти технологии неизбежно изменят облик архитектуры, какой мы ее знаем. Итак, вместо того чтобы бороться с неизбежным, почему бы не принять его и не извлечь из него максимум пользы? В этой статье мы рассмотрим 10 креативных технологий, которые оказывают огромное влияние на современную архитектуру. In our digital age, countless architectural technologies are emerging that are changing our design. While some of these creative technologies are fairly new, others are relatively old, but have witnessed tremendous development recently. These technologies will inevitably change the face of architecture as we know it. So, instead of fighting the inevitable, why not embrace it and make the most of it? In this article, we will look at 10 creative technologies that have a huge impact on modern architecture.

The Immersive Guitar Project: Imagining Possibilities for Enriching Audience Experience Through Architectural Innovation

This article introduces The Immersive Guitar (TIG) Project, a proposed sonic performance installation that doubles as an intimate acoustic venue. The TIG Project responds to several needs, highlighting relations between place and performance, music and architecture. The needs concern a rarity of suitable, intimate spaces for acoustic performance and an appeal for more creative solutions in the provision of such spaces, which would afford novel ways of accessing performing arts experiences. This article introduces the proposition and provides project background and rationale.

Influence of virtual reality and 3D printing on architectural innovation evaluation based on quality of experience evaluation using fuzzy logic

In the last few years, the construction industry’s primary energydem and in developed economies accounted for 30%–40%, and technological innovation is considered to be an urgent need for the transformation and upgrading of the construction industry. New technological innovations are continually changing the way the construction industry is implemented. In the construction industry, artificial intelligence is beginning to change all aspects of the construction industry, in the field of equipment planning, overall layout, safety, management and other fields have caused many changes. The integration of new technologies has revolutionized the traditional construction industry, such as virtual reality technology and 3D printing technology. In this work, we propose a categorization for assessing Virtual reality and 3D printing of Architectural Innovation on the basis of quality of experience (QoE) metric Evaluation of virtual environment using Fuzzy Logic (FL) System. The simulation result is analysed based on the comparative analysis of user experience with Fuzzy logic estimation for perception of virtual environment. The result analysis validated that the proposed FL system replicates the user valuation for architecture innovation applications more precisely and accurately thus FL is efficient method for predicting the inclusive QoE of a virtual reality and 3D printing. This paper will recapitulate the expansion of the two techniques in the manufacture engineering, demeanor examination on the presentation of diverse skills in architectural innovation, as well as explain through real cases how these two techniques have an influence on the improvement of the manufacture engineering. Simultaneously, this paper discourses the limitations of technology mixing and put advancing opinions on the future development of the manufactureengineering.

Architectural Search and Innovation

Product innovation can result from the novel design and combination of product components as well as from changing the underlying architecture: that is, the way components interact with each other. Even though previous studies have shown that architectural change can constitute a powerful source of innovation, little insight exists on how organizations should engage in architectural search itself. In this paper, using computer simulation, we explore underlying mechanisms of architectural search. We find that contrary to search for component combinations, architectural search provides greater performance improvements the narrower the search scope, regardless of product complexity. Moreover, our theory and findings suggest a more differentiated typology of architectural innovation. Although narrow architectural search often leads to pure architectural innovations that do not require substantial component changes, broader architectural search often leads to composite architectural innovation (i.e., architectural innovations that typically render existing component designs suboptimal but allow for new high-performing component combinations to arise). Lastly, although narrow architectural search outperforms broad architectural search in the long run, in the short run broad architectural search can have performance advantages.

Recruitment of Archaeal DTD is a Key Event in the Emergence of Land Plants

Land plant evolution is a major leap in the history of life that took place during the Neoproterozoic Era (∼800 Mya). Charophyceae, a class of rhyzophytic green algae emerged as a land plant with innovations in biochemical, cytological and developmental adaptations and played a crucial role in establishing life on the land1,2. One such striking architectural innovation is “root” that experience harsh environmental assaults such as floods, waterlogging and therefore is the epicentre for anaerobic fermentation, which produces toxic acetaldehyde3. Here, we show that such produced acetaldehyde makes N-ethyl-adducts on a central component of translation machinery aa-tRNA. The Plant kingdom is unique among life forms in possessing two chirality-based proofreading systems represented by D-aminoacyl-tRNA deacylases (DTD1 and DTD2), derived from Bacteria and Archaea4. We identified a unique role of archaeal derived chiral proofreading module DTD2 that selectively deacylates N-ethyl-D-aminoacyl-tRNAs (NEDATs) in plants. NEDAT deacylase function is exclusive to DTD2, as no other proofreading modules with similar substrates like canonical DTD1 and peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase (PTH) can clear NEDATs. Thus, the study elucidates the cause of hypersensitivity of DTD2 knockout plants for both ethanol and acetaldehyde. We further show NEDAT elimination is rooted in Archaea which possess the biosynthesis machinery for ethanol fermentation similar to plants. While absent in other algal branches, DTD2 can be identified in plants from land plant ancestors-Charophytes onwards. DTD2 is the only gene that has only archaeal origin among the genes ascribed for architectural and genomic innovations that happened in the land plant ancestors. The work has uncovered an important gene transfer event from methanogenic archaea to the charophytes in the oldest terrestrial ecosystem bog that contains excess of D-amino acids and deprived of oxygen.