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View Evaluation in Architectural Design
No full text47 pagesPeople spend approximately 90% of their lives in indoor spaces. This brings a growing need to ensure window views are designed to meet the health and comfort needs of occupants. To meet this requirement, design tools that measure many view features (e.g. nature, visual angles) and evaluate impacts of design decisions (e.g. building massing, window orientation) in the early design phase are needed. This research surveyed living room window view satisfaction on 590 view images with 181 participants to understand the effects of view features given by the tool. Moreover, this paper proposed a new view property computational tool, and aimed to verify its performance and suitability in the early design stage. The author suggests a new window view satisfaction evaluation framework that leverages a supervised machine-learning model, which synthesizes the survey data from the first step and the view parameters extracted from 3d model reconstructions of the 590 different window view samples. This new view satisfaction prediction performance was compared to an existing window view assessment framework. Results showed that prediction performance was generally high for most surveyed responses collected, verifying the reliability of the tool. Comparisons also showed that the tool outperformed the framework, and provided prediction accuracy. Through this research, the author proposed a new way to quantify and promote view quality and visual satisfaction using computational tools targeted toward the early architectural design process
The Visceral Systems
No full text52 pagesArchitecture is the projection of reality in subjectivity. The environment in which we live is not in a vacuumed status but full of noise and textures. Architecture could never be equal to the conditions that architects represent in their rendering images. The space we designed gets distorted according to the temperature changes and becomes weathered over time. The form and atmosphere of space change every moment by having a relationship to the surrounding conditions; each moment of space has its unique quality. We are just unaware of these atmospheric differences as they are so subtle. We could only notice it after a sufficient amount of time
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Architectural Role in Pursuit of Design Justice
No full textValue, as a measure ohvorth and significance, extends beyond rigid definitions and fixed parameters. It is a dynamic concept shaped by individual perspectives and the collective consciousness of society. In the context of architecture, the assigned value should not remain stagnant; rather, it should be an ongoing process that considers and responds to the needs of both humans and the broader environment. This book delves into the exploration of architectural methodologies that critique and pursue approaches centered on the continuity of value. It seeks to challenge existing paradigms and promote design justice by examining how value can influence social, economic, environmental, and empathic aspects throughout the lifespan of architectural projects. By foregrounding the notion of continuity of value, the book recognizes the transformative power of architecture. It explores how the profession can contribute to positive social change, economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, and the fostering of empathy among diverse communities. The book engages with theoretical frameworks, case studies, and practical insights to offer a comprehensive understanding of reimagining value in architecture. Architectural designer, aim at critically examine the role in shaping value within the built environment. By embracing a holistic understanding of value and integrating it into their practice, designers can contribute to a more equitable, sustainable, and empathic architectural landscape. This book aims to inspire a conscious and transfonnative approach to architecture, one that recognizes the inherent power of value and its potential to foster design justice
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
(Re)Thinking Design
No full text27 pagesThis thesis focuses on creating a discourse in architecture that challenges the way we build and proposes new ideas to tackle climate change, and it explores the possibilities and opportunities of building for a more sustainable future through a series of projects developed during the MSAAD program at Cornell University. How can we balance short term human needs with the long term impact on the environment? How can we adapt and respond to this changing world? The work explored here seeks to understand a possible future paradigmchange in the way we build and design, explores mitigation and adaptation strategies for the architecture of climate change and seeks to ignite a conversation about the future of architecture. "Architecture can be a transformative engine for change" - Michael Murphy, MASS Design Group There are many ways in which architecture can make a change in the way we build today. The projects tackle the climate crisis through different approaches: by reducing the footprint of the project, like Microcosm does, by reusing building materials, like InterSection does, by designing for disassembly, like Floating Shelves does, or by exploring solutions for future scenarios, like Metal Straws does
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Micro to Macro
No full text26 pagesIn the developing world, excessive demand for living spaces has depressed architectural value; a design for liveliness is superseded by spaces that have deterred people from having a good quality of life. Not only the overpopulation, but we are inevitably facing more crucial disasters and complex social structures. As a result, the design of cities is increasingly complex. Imprudently built cities without thorough consideration can bring irreversible consequences and become an anthropogenic disaster which makes the impacts get worse. At this point, the most intriguing question then came out of my curiosity and my ambition in resolving the issues of built environments in urban settlements. How architecture contributes to whole cities and neighborhoods? How microscale makes an impact on macroscale? What is the true architecture of urbanism? In the Architecture of the City, Aldo Rossi explained that Urban architecture not only forms a city, but it ultimately becomes the city. In order to investigate designs that could be an answer of my initial questions, knowing beyond city’s planning is significantly necessary. This is a call to explore specific spatial, cultural, and infrastructural practices with a thorough understanding of construction systems to expand possibilities in architectural form and typology, as well as rethink alternate models of urbanization. In essence, my aspiration is to find and reshape architecture that will engender new forms of living characterized by a prominent feature of quality urban life. Spaces of Alterity: (co)Living class could provide me an opportunity to question the fringe between “private” and “public” which I believe is significantly important for designing urban architectural typology. Being a part of the Rural-Urban Building Innovation Lab’s research team allowed me to explore the balance between high-tech and low-tech to hybridize indigenous design to urban architecture which could be a novel architectural approach to challenge crises. A+D studio taught by Jeremy Foster also helped me understand a similar topic more clearly when I read about how Singapore used architecture and infrastructure systems to create a new environment for citizens from one of Jeremy Foster’s readings, Ecologies of Dwelling. Both interestingly reflect my initial questions and create an analogy of how architecture could be an intervention of the city and change on a city scale. Prototypologies studio taught by Jesse LeCavalier also aimed for a better understanding of the potential of a new form of architecture and urban infrastructure. Consequently, all studios and electives then interestingly reflect my initial questions and create an analogy of how architecture could be an intervention of a city and change on a city scale
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