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The Colors of Black: Digital Computation as a Spectrum of Knowledge
No full text(Introduction) The title refers to the seminar Computation is the new Black. Updating the Making of Architecture organized by Prof. Marco Hemmerling at the School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering (AUIC) of the Politecnico di Milano in January 2016, and the contents to some issues presented in the public speech prepared for that meeting.Computation has always been an obsession for architects and not only in the digital era. Throughout long history, formulas, ratios, and golden proportions have worked as helpful tools and sometimes even as exorcisms against the fear of failures in building as well as in investigating architecture. Already acting, since the fight of Abacus masters against the apparent contradiction between Euclidean ‘ratios’ and perspectival ‘cross ratios’, computational needs could be also found in the origin of Descriptive Geometry, the first modern operational connector among design,
industry, and construction. As Robin Evans argued [7], indeed, this discipline proposed a cross fertilization between analytic (numerical) and synthetic (graphical) approaches, conducting visual representation from the world of Art to the world of Science and Technology. However, only geometrical shapes could be accurately defined and controlled, while strategies and processes remained unrevealed. Black
is Black. The revolution of digit, instead, has offered “neutral” units as supportive syllables for any kind of information, manageable through algorithms. Many aspects and categories of parameters could be then incorporated and related in the body of representational models, dynamically developed, and widely shared via network. Therefore, together with spatial data, time, and any other informative dimension
could increase the syncretism of the models, paying homage to the Juri Lotman’s idea of semiosphere. Moreover, they could be analytically recalled or re-organized at any time. Colors of Black would then appear, like those of white in a Newton’s light spectrum, that is, a spectrum of knowledge
Preface
No full text(Incipit) The impact of digital technologies is perceptible on many levels, and since the process of implementation of such technologies is still in progress, it will also determine our future. Predicting the future has always been a dream of man. Nevertheless, it is till the case, perhaps fortunately, that the future remains unpredictable. Over recente years, however, computational tools and methods in architectural design and construction have developed rapidly and now allow for an approximation and simulation of the future in our profession. (...)
Geometry and Graphics for the Graphic Identity of a Conference on Gometry and Graphics: about the ICGG2018 Conference Logo
No full textStarting with the organizing of The 18th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, soon, the
feeling of a need for a dedication arose, together with the need for a certain visual identity of the
Conference. These have been the two levers inspiring the design of the ICGG2018 Conference Logo, as
represented in Figure 1. In order to refer to the present digital character of Geometry and Graphics, a
further input was assumed, that the Logo could be generated from a digital three-dimensional object. At
the end, as the Logo tries to synthesize, we would like to propose a double dedication for the Conference,
to Leonardo Da Vinci, after whom our Campus is named and to whom we would pay homage as a genius
among the greatest showing the widest power of Geometry and Graphics in investigation and creativity
between Science and Art, and to Giulio Natta, professor at the Politecnico di Milano and Nobel prize in
Chemistry in 1963 - together with Karl Ziegler -, as a mentor of the profound function - and beauty! - of
Geometry and Graphics in Science and Technology, even at the invisible scale of the molecular world.
Consequently, in the graphic synthesis, starting from a spatial version of Leonardo’s homo ad circulum
diagram, the sphere (symbolizing the macro cosmos) appears covered by a molecular pattern, inspired by
the Natta’s patterns of the isotactic and syndiotactic polypropylene, and inscribed inside an ideally cubic
frame (symbolizing the micro cosmos), with the outline of the homo (the man) meeting the two mentioned
structures at the base, where the first carbon atom of the chain is located, metaphorically representing the
basic brick of organic life, while from the designated viewpoint, located at the base level and looking
upwards, the overall outline of the linear frame would allude to the letter “M”, the first letter of the word
Milan. According to the extension of the molecular chain, the distribution of atoms was parametrically regulated
in order to have several densities in the pattern on the spherical surface. Furthermore, from the digital
model, various objects could be physically fabricated, for instance, a totem at human scale, or small
templates and the Conference souvenir (Figure 2), while the image of the Logo always reappears looking
at those objects from the designated viewpoint. The concept and design are by Author, intending to do
this as the ICGG2018 executive chair, parametric modelling and animations by Matteo Cavaglià, master
student in Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, digital branding by Umberto Tolino and Andrea
Manciaracina, researchers at the Department of Design of the Politecnico di Milano, who also developed
the Conference website www.icgg2018.polimi.it. Further details are presented and discussed in the final contribution. The dedication and Logo aim at
remarking the wide spectrum of the scientific focus of the Conference as well as the identity of this 18th
edition, which celebrates the 40th anniversary from the first meeting held in 1978 at the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver. At that time the title was International Conference on Descriptive
Geometry (ICDG); the subsequent denominations, that is, International Conference on Engineering
Computer Graphics and Descriptive Geometry (ICECGDG, from 1984 to 1988), and International
Conference on Geometry and Graphics (ICGG, since 2000) respond to the wish to be in step with the
times, respectively, in relation to the revolutionary and pervasive diffusion of the digital as well as to its
links with the classical knowledge, and in accordance with the present widening thematics characterizing
research, applications, and education in the field of Geometry and Graphics
Preface
No full textThis Book of Abstracts publishes the preliminary scientific contributions submitted for the 18th
International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, celebrating the 40th anniversary from the first
edition held in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia in 1978.
At that time it was the International Conference on Descriptive Geometry (ICDG), but in the second
edition organized in Beijing in 1984, the name began to change, until the International Conference on
Engineering Computer Graphics and Descriptive Geometry (ICECGDG) appeared in the 4th edition held in
Miami in 1990, aiming at keeping the scientific event in step with the times, given the pervasive diffusion
of the digital, and with the aim of widening the disciplinary spectrum of interest for the meeting.
In due course, the revolutionary power of the computerized geometry and graphics, and the new
sensitivity towards the role of geometry and graphics in about every theoretical and operational field,
claimed for a more representative denomination, reflecting the ever widening thematics that the
conference intended to pursue.
Then, in 2000 the 9th edition was finally organized as an International Conference on Geometry and
Graphics (ICGG), taking the name from the International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG),
constituted in 1990 and promoting the event biannually at different venues around the world. By the way,
I had the privilege to participate as a guest speaker in the Panel Session on The Taxonomy of Geometry
and Graphics, which concluded the 8th edition held at the University of Austin in Texas, and contributed
to the decision to give a new name to the Conference.
The references mentioned above maybe useful for those who are new to the ICGGs Conferences, will
more info can be found in the welcome addresses, as well as in a brief introduction to ISGG community
and to ICGG dedication and logo at the beginning of the book.
A series of scientific abstracts authored by the Guest Lecturers introduce the volume, representative of
the variety of topics and research inherent to Geometry and Graphics, carried out in the three regions of
the world, Asia/Australia/Oceania, Europe/Near East/Africa, North America/South America, according
to the geographic areas mapped by the ISGG.
All the scientific abstracts submitted by the authors are organized by topics, namely Theoretical Graphics
and Geometry, Applied Geometry and Graphics, Engineering Computer Graphics, Graphics Education,
and the new topic Geometry and Graphics in History, proposed for this edition. Poster abstracts and the
graphic boards presented in the poster sessions at the Conference on the mentioned topics conclude
the volume. On the Conference website, available at the web address www.icgg2018.polimi.it, a series of
sub-topics is also listed, together with a statement inviting prospective authors to submit papers even
if not strictly related to the topics listed, which is consistent with the aim to promote Geometry and
Graphics worldwide and in all the interested fields of research, education, industrial applications and
profession, as one can also read on the official webpage of the International Society for Geometry and
Graphics at the web address www.isgg.net.
The full contributions, full paper and full posters, have been included in the Proceedings, published by
Springer, and indexed as Scopus records in the series Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. As well as the rich series of Forewords offered for this special edition, also published in this Book of
Abstracts.
As in our tradition since 1997, an extended version of some selected contributions, recommended by the
Session Chairs during the Conference, will also be published on the Journal for Geometry and Graphics
(JGG), webpage www.heldermann.de/JGG/jggcover.htm.
Being the 40th anniversary of the Conference, we like to recall the preface to the first Proceedings
published in 1978, where professor Stephen Slaby of the Princeton University referred to the genuine
spirit of geometry. As we can clearly see, this powerful spirit, and let us say, the spirit of geometry and
graphics, seems to be universally, and even strongly, confirmed nowadays.
For the reasons mentioned, this Book of Abstract is addressed to all the participants and guests who
have a direct interest in Geometry and Graphics, as well as in any fields, however related to Geometry and
Graphics. For the same reasons it can be of interest for scholars, researchers, teachers, PhD students,
students in general, as well as professionals. We also hope that the book may somehow reach other
readers, stimulating interest in Geometry and Graphics. The SCOPUS indexing provided by Springer
should be of help in this direction.
This publication is the result of the generous joint effort of a large community of authors submitting their
contributions; chairs and co-chairs, namely Yasushi Yamaguchi, Baoling Han, Ema Jurkin, Aura Conci,
members of the steering and program committees, and reviewers, who have respectively led, supported,
and collaborated in the reviewing process.
The local editorial activity has particularly benefited from the engagement of some members of the
Conference committee, who helped me in preparing the final editorial master, they are my colleagues
Giampiero Mele, Daniela Oreni, Barbara E. Piga, Nicole De Togni, Matteo Romanato. I would also thank
for their advice the colleagues Raffaele Ardito, Dario Angelo Maria Coronelli, Damiano Cosimo Iacobone,
Roberto Notari, Graziano Mario Valenti, and the Conference Staff and the Offices at the Politecnico di
Milano in relation to the administrative aspects of the event. My special personal gratitude goes to Mrs.
Sarah Pye for the competent support in the translation of some key documents, and for her frequent
prompt helps on the matter. And my students Matteo Cavaglià, Chiara Gargan, Innocent Hembi Hembi,
Freeda Jane Madius, Aurora Moreschi, Hanxi Xie, Di Yan, Yangxing Zhang, for their admirable kind
availability.
Hoping this book will offer you a pleasant immersion-test into the fascinating universe of Geometry and
Graphics
Welcome Address by the Executive Chairman of the ICGG2018
No full textWith profound sentiments of honor and happiness, as Executive Chairman of the ICGG2018, I address
my warmest welcome to all the participants of The 18th International Conference on Geometry and
Graphics, on the special occasion of the celebrations of its 40th anniversary in Milano!
This edition is held in Italy at the Politecnico di Milano and here granted and organized at the
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DASTU) under the auspices of the International
Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG), financially supported by the aforementioned institutions,
together with the Japanese Society for Graphics Science (JSGS), the School of Architecture Urbans
Planning Construction Engineering (AUIC), the Department of Mathematics of the Politecnico di
Milano (DIMAT), the Postgraduate Program BIM Courses (DASTU), and other generous sponsors
listed on the ICGG2018 webpage http://www.icgg2018.polimi.it. The conference has also obtained
the patronage of the Unione Italiana per il Disegno (UID) and the following Italian patrons: Istituto
Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere; Istituto di Studi Superiori dell’Insubria Gerolamo Cardano;
Fondazione Fratelli Confalonieri; Associazione Guido Ucelli Amici del Museo Nazionale della Scienza e
della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. As a significant symbolic link to its origins, and as a good wish for
the 40th anniversary, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Engineering Design Graphics
Division (EDGD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), which respectively
organized and sponsored the fist edition in 1978, have also honored us with their patronage.
Patrons and Sponsors are listed by active links to the corresponding websites on a dedicated section
of the ICGG2018 webpage www.icgg2018.polimi.it.
Personally speaking, the responsibility of undertaking the organization of such an important event
will be part of the unforgettable records of my academic career, as well as a private memory. I
wish that something of this feeling could also pervade our welcome participants, delegates and
accompanying persons.
When at the 17thICGG in Beijing, at the beginning of August 2016, quite unexpectedly the events
started moving in the direction of a Conference in Europe again in 2018, and namely in Italy at the
Politecnico di Milano, it was clear that the time to organize the event was much shorter than usual,
and in addition the upcoming 40th anniversary would increase our concern. On the other hand
some occurrences of numbers and coincidences -a kind of kabbalah as we liked to say- seemed
to encourage us: indeed, eighteenth edition would have been in two thousand and eighteen, the
40th anniversary would be in the 20th from my first attendance in 1998 at the Austin Conference,
the last with the old name ICECGDG and in turn celebrating then the 20th anniversary from the
Vancouver’s edition in 1978, which again coincided with an anniversary, namely the 50th of the American Society for Engineering Education. The proposal was immediately supported by the Head
of the Department DASTU, with the agreement of the Rector of the Politecnico di Milano. Finally,
although it was not possible to announce the Venue of the 2018 meeting at the closing ceremony in
Beijing; thanks to the support of the Politecnico di Milano and the guidance of ISGG, the generous
engagement of Chairs and Co-Chairs, Members of Steering and Program Committees, as well as to
the special dedication of some members of our Local Organizing Board and Staff, and students, the
Conference was scheduled and organized, and it ended up being one of the greatest participation
in the series. My heartfelt thanks go to all the individuals and institutions contributing to make this
result possible.
Some names need to be mentioned. From the ISGG, Hans-Peter Schröcker, member of the Board of
Regents organizing with Manfred Husty the 16thICGG in Innsbruck, especially for the initial detailed
recommendations and advice, and Hirotaka Suzuki, ISGG treasurer and organizer of the 14thICGG in
Kyoto, for visiting in advance our Conference Venue. Here in Milano, in my University, I cite Pierfranco
Galliani, to whom no words would suffice for diverse appropriate advice on every aspect of the
Conference; Dario Angelo Maria Coronelli, Luisa Rossi Costa, and Damiano Cosimo Iacobone, for the
help on the program; Federico Alberto Brunetti for movies and photographs; Susanna Sancassani
and Bruno Aliprandi for the support on the online services; Mascia Sgarlata and Cristina Giannetto
for the relations with institutions and services; Gloria Paoluzzi, Giuseppe Piampiano and Gianluca
Ferrante for the administrative issues. And many others, including colleagues, students, and friends
could be mentioned for their kind encouragement and help. On the private side my grateful thoughts
go to my wife Francesca Scherillo, for her lovely patience, her constant wise presence, and help.
At the Austin’s Conference in 1998, just after my PhD, I was the only Italian delegate. I met there,
for the first time, Hellmuth Stachel, Kenjiro Suzuki, and Guner Weiss, who have since then been key
reference persons in the process of fostering the international relationships between the Italian
scientific community and the ISGG. Over time, the number of the Italian participants has gradually
increased, until becoming the highest one after those of the organizing countries in the last two
editions, and the highest in this edition. The engagement of the Unione Italiana per il Disegno (UID)
and the personal commitment of the president in office Vito Cardone in front of the Italian academic
community have been crucial in this process, during which also the affiliation of the UID as an
institutional member of the ISGG, between 2013 and 2014, could be finally possible. In this period
I had the great privilege –and I still have it today- to be member, at the same time, of the Board of
Regents of the ISGG and of the Commission for the International Relationships of the UID.
The present Conference is held at the Politecnico di Milano, at the Leonardo Campus, the main
historical district of our University, where participants attend the technical sessions and most of the
plenaries, and can also relax in the gardens and public spaces of the Campus, which is in the urban
area of Città Studi and Lambrate. The Opening Ceremony at the Triennale di Milano and the Closing
Ceremony at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci”, involve two
relevant cultural institutions of our City, both located in the city center, where participants can enjoy
masterpieces of Modern Art and History of Science and Technique. According to the Conference
focus, 7 Invited Speaker of high scientific profile coming from various disciplinary fields related to
Geometry and Graphics will open and close the scheduled working sessions. Several plenary sessions
are also scheduled, including poster sessions, round tables with the session-chairs, a panel session,
and of course opening and closing ceremony, aiming at further stimulating the scientific cross
fertilization in our international community during the Conference days. The annual meeting of the
ICGG Board of Regents is also part of the official program. More than 280 scientific contributions
have been submitted to the review, by about 450 authors from 43 Countries of the Five Continents,
concerning Geometry and Graphics in several disciplinary fields, about 80% of them are published on the Proceedings, grouped according to the following ICGG2018 topics: Theoretical Graphics, Applied
Geometry and Graphics, Engineering Computer Graphics, Graphics Education, and Geometry and
Graphics in History, a new topic added for this edition. As in our Conference tradition, a welcoming
party, a conference dinner, a conference tour and accompanying persons’ tours are also organized,
including a leave taking snack at the end of the closing ceremony.
As also the Conference Logo tries to synthesize, we liked to dedicate this conference to Leonardo
Da Vinci, after whom our Campus is named and to whom we would pay homage as a genius among
the greatest showing the widest power of Geometry and Graphics in investigation and creativity
between Science and Art, and to Giulio Natta, professor at the Politecnico di Milano and Nobel
prizewinner for Chemistry in 1963, together with Karl Ziegler, as a mentor on the profound function
- and beauty! - of Geometry and Graphics in Science and Technology, even at the invisible scale of
the molecular world: from these thoughts the choice to include Geometry and Graphics in History in
the list of the 2018 conference topics. On the Conference website, the 3D configuration originating
the graphic logo appears, suspended and oscillating in the virtual graphic space of the webpage, as
a clear sign of the present statute of Geometry and Graphics, digital and still human centered.
My sincere thanks go to Otto Röschel, the ISGG President in office in 2016, when it has been proposed
to organize the ICGG2018 in Milano, and to the members of the ISGG Board of Regents, for their trust
in us, as well as in me personally, and to Yasushi Yamaguchi, the estimeed present President in office
of the ISGG, for his secure leadership and reliable support.
My deepest gratitude is addressed to all the participants to the ICGG2018, authors, delegates,
students, and accompanying persons, adults and often kids, since without their interest,
engagement, and participation, this Conference, one of the most attended up to now, would have
simply not been possible.
I sincerely hope that you all could have rich and profitable academic benefits from the 18th
International Conference on Geometry and Graphics, a memorable experience at our University, and
an enjoyable time in Milano.
Once more, also on behalf of the ICGG2018 Organizing Board, WELCOME
Preface
No full textThis book publishes the scientific contributions submitted for the 18th International
Conference on Geometry and Graphics, celebrating the 40th anniversary from the
first edition held in Vancouver at the University of British Columbia in 1978.
At that time, it was the International Conference on Descriptive Geometry
(ICDG), but in the second edition organized in Beijing in 1984, the name began to
change, until the International Conference on Engineering Computer Graphics and
Descriptive Geometry (ICECGDG) appeared in the 4th edition held in Miami in
1990, aiming at keeping the scientific event in step with the times, given the
pervasive diffusion of the digital, and with the aim of widening the disciplinary
spectrum of interest for the meeting.
In due course, the revolutionary power of the computerized geometry and
graphics, and the new sensitivity towards the role of geometry and graphics in about
every theoretical and operational field, claimed for a more representative denomination,
reflecting the ever-widening thematics that the conference intended to
pursue.
Then, in 2000, the 9th edition was finally organized as an International
Conference on Geometry and Graphics (ICGG), taking the name from the
International Society for Geometry and Graphics (ISGG), constituted in 1990 and
promoting the event biannually at different venues around the world. By the way,
I had the privilege to participate as a guest speaker in the Panel Session on
The Taxonomy of Geometry and Graphics, which concluded the 8th edition held at
the University of Austin in Texas, and contributed to the decision to give a new
name to the Conference.
The references mentioned above may be useful for understanding the structure
of the Proceedings for those who are new to the ICGGs Conferences.
A series of scientific essays authored by the Guest Lecturers introduces the
volume, representative of the variety of topics and research inherent to Geometry
and Graphics, carried out in the three regions of the world, Asia/Australia/Oceania,
Europe/Near East/Africa, and North America/South America, according to the
geographic areas mapped by the ISGG. All the scientific contributions submitted by the authors are organized by topics,
namely Theoretical Graphics and Geometry, Applied Geometry and Graphics,
Engineering Computer Graphics, Graphics Education, and the new topic Geometry and
Graphics in History, proposed for this edition. Poster papers presented in the plenary
poster sessions at the Conference on the mentioned topics conclude the volume. On the
Conference website, available at the web address www.icgg2018.polimi.it, a series of
subtopics is also listed, together with a statement inviting prospective authors to submit
papers even if not strictly related to the topics listed, which is consistent with the aim to
promote Geometry and Graphics worldwide and in all the interested fields of research,
education, industrial applications and profession, as one can also read on the official
webpage of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics at the web address
www.isgg.net.
As in our tradition since 1997, an extended version of some selected contributions,
recommended by the Session Chairs during the Conference, will also be published on the
Journal forGeometry andGraphics (JGG),webpagewww.heldermann.de/JGG/jggcover.htm.
Being these the Proceedings of the 40th anniversary of the Conference, we like to
recall the preface to the first Proceedings published in 1978, where professor Stephen
Slaby of the Princeton University referred to the genuine spirit of geometry. As we
can clearly see, this powerful spirit, and let us say, the spirit of geometry and
graphics seem to be universally, and even strongly, confirmed nowadays.
For the reasons mentioned, this volume is addressed to all those who have a
direct interest in Geometry and Graphics, as well as in any fields, however related to
Geometry and Graphics. For the same reasons, it can be of interest for scholars,
researchers, teachers, Ph.D. students, students in general, as well as professionals.
We also hope that the book may somehow reach other readers, stimulating interest
in Geometry and Graphics. The SCOPUS indexing provided by Springer should be
of help in this direction.
This publication is the result of the generous joint effort of a large community
of authors submitting their contributions; chairs and cochairs, namely Yasushi
Ya-maguchi, Baoling Han, Ema Jurkin, Aura Conci, members of the steering and
program committees, and reviewers, who have respectively led, supported, and
collaborated in the reviewing process.
The local editorial activity has particularly benefited from the engagement of
some members of the Conference committee, who helped me in preparing the final
editorial master, they are my colleagues Giampiero Mele, Daniela Oreni,
Barbara E. Piga, Nicole De Togni, and Matteo Romanato. I would also thank for
their advice the colleagues Raffaele Ardito, Dario Angelo Maria Coronelli,
Damiano Cosimo Iacobone, Roberto Notari, Graziano Mario Valenti, and the
Conference Staff and the Offices at the Politecnico di Milano in relation to the
administrative aspects of the event. My special personal gratitude goes to
Mrs. Sarah Pye for the competent support in the translation of some key documents,
and for her frequent prompt helps on the matter. And my students Matteo Cavaglià,
Chiara Gargan, Innocent Hembi Hembi, Freeda Jane Madius, Aurora Moreschi,
Hanxi Xie, Di Yan, and Yangxing Zhang, for their admirable kind availability. Finally, as the Editor of the volume, I would like to express my thanks to
Springer, and personally to our Springer’s Editor/Engineering, Pierpaolo Riva, for
the constant support offered during the entire editorial process.
Hoping this book will offer you a pleasant immersion into the fascinating
universe of Geometry and Graphics
The 18th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics. Politecnico di Milano 3 - 7 August 2018 - 40th Anniversary - BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
No full textABOUT THE CONFERENCE - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
We are glad to announce that ICGG 2018, the 18th International Conference on Geometry and
Graphics, will be held at the Politecnico di Milano on August 3-7, 2018. It will start with Opening
Ceremony at the Triennale di Milano, and will end with Closing Ceremony at the Museo Nazionale della
Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci. The Conference is organized biannually at different
venues around the world, under the auspices of the International Society for Geometry and Graphics
(ISGG). The spectrum ranges from fundamental research to geometric real-world applications, and
education. Therefore, the conference aims at providing a forum for presentation and discussion of
both academic and industrial research involving theoretical and applied geometry and graphics as
well as other related fields.
The 18th edition is organized at the Politecnico di Milano, by the Department of Architecture and
Urban Studies DASTU. Politecnico di Milano is an academic community dealing with Architecture,
Urban Studies, Engineering, and Design, then the Conference scope is deeply consistent with
its cultural goals. Pure and applied, analogue and digital Geometry and Graphics are, indeed, of
the greatest importance in our research/education activities and curricula, providing our basic
operational language and supporting our specialized disciplinary semantics.
The official language is English.
Conference webpage: www.icgg2018.polimi.it DEDICATION AND LOGO
As also the Conference Logo tries to synthesize, we liked to dedicate this conference to Leonardo Da
Vinci, genius among the greatest showing the widest power of Geometry and Graphics in investigation
and creativity between Science and Art, and to Giulio Natta, professor at the Politecnico di Milano
and Nobel prizewinner in Chemistry in 1963, together with Karl Ziegler, as a mentor on the profound
function - and beauty! - of Geometry and Graphics in Science and Technology, even at the invisible
scale of the molecular world.
In the graphic synthesis of the logo, starting from a spatial version of the Leonardo’s homo ad
circulum diagram, the sphere (symbolizing the macro cosmos) appears covered by a molecular
pattern inspired by the Natta’s isotactic polypropylene and inscribed inside an ideally cubic frame
(symbolizing the micro cosmos), and the outline of the homo (the man) meets the two mentioned
structures at the base, where the first carbon atom of the chain is located, as a metaphor of the
basic brick of organic life, while due to the designated viewpoint the overall outline of the logo
alludes to the letter “M” of Milan.
DEDICATION AND LOGO AIM AT REMARKING THE WIDE SPECTRUM OF THE SCIENTIFIC
FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE, AND THE IDENTITY OF THE 2018 EDITION - About the Conference Logo
Concept and Design: Luigi Cocchiarella
Digital Parameterization and Animation: Matteo Cavaglià
Digital Branding: Umberto Tolino and Andrea Manciaracin
Informed Architecture. Computational Strategies in Architectural Design.
No full textThe future is above all a question of design (Vilém Flusser).
The impact of digital technologies is perceptible on many levels, and since the
process of implementation of such technologies is still in progress, it will also
determine our future. Predicting the future has always been a dream of man.
Nevertheless, it is still the case, perhaps fortunately, that the future remains
unpredictable. Over recent years, however, computational tools and methods in
architectural design and construction have developed rapidly and now allow for an
approximation and simulation of the future in our profession. At the same time,
complexity is increasing and the frontiers between the professions are becoming
more and more permeable. This is both a big opportunity and a demanding challenge
as new concepts and promising solutions can only be achieved by interdisciplinary
work, where each field contributes its expertise, methods, and different
points of view. Managing this process requires a holistic approach rather than
focusing on individual aspects. In other words, we are looking for strategies of
integration and a process-oriented perspective in architecture.
Information technology has brought about lasting changes in design and production
processes in architecture. At the same time, our demands in respect of
design and building processes have increased in line with technical possibilities.
Aside from unprecedented geometrical freedom and new fabrication technologies,
there is huge potential to optimize functions, energy usage, and performance of
constructions, buildings, and services.
The programmatic title “Informed Architecture” connects the different topics and
professions involved from a holistic perspective, ranging from Computer-Aided
Design to Building Information Modelling, from Programming to Simulation, from
Digital Representation to Augmented and Virtual Reality, and from Digital
Fabrication to Physical Computation. In this book, experts from these fields contribute
their academic and practical experience and their findings in research and
advanced applications. The interdisciplinary contributions to this book cover the
fields of architecture, engineering, design, and mathematics. In addition to these
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scientific papers, documentation of academic projects illustrates architectural case
studies that were carried out at the East Westphalia University of Applied Sciences
and the Politecnico di Milano. Downloadable interactive digital graphics samples
related to the mentioned projects will be included as supplementary information.
Against this background, the publication not only showcases the broad range and
impact of information technology in architecture from an academic point of view,
but also discusses different teaching methods and future developments in the field.
As such, this book will serve as an inspirational source for students and lecturers
in architecture, design, and engineering as well as a state-of-the-art overview for
researchers and professionals. Moreover, the volume will contribute to interdisciplinary
discourse and aims to foster the critical discussion about the opportunities
and risks for our profession in the digital era.
What are the conditions, constraints, and opportunities of this digital turn for the
conception and making of Architecture? How do processes change and influence
the result? What does it mean for the collaboration and roles of the partners
involved? And last but not least: How does academia reflect and shape this
development and what will come next? Following the sequence of architectural
production—from design to fabrication and construction and the operation of
buildings—the publication discusses the impact of computational methods and
technologies and their consequences for the education of future architects and
designers. Hence, this book aims at an in-depth understanding of the processes
involved and reflects them in respect of our technical, historical, social, and cultural
environment.
Prospective interested readers of the volume are all those academic and professional
operators involved in the above-mentioned fields, including Bachelor’s,
Master’s, and Ph.D. students, to whom this work could be proposed as a textbook,
that is, as a theoretical as well as an operational reference. Marco Hemmerling, Luigi Cocchiarell
Architecture Mathematical Model and Modeling Based on Ancient Chinese Craftsman's Book Taking the Stone Archway as an Example
No full text“Yingzaosuanli” is an ancient Chinese craftman’s handwriting book from the Ming and Qing Dynasties (13th to 18th centuries). It is a design guide for ancient Chinese architecture written in ancient mathematics. By analyzing the text and interpreting architectural terms, it is proved that “Yingzaosuanli” geometry can be re-elaborated by modern parametric mathematical models, in this case, taking advantage of Grasshopper
Simple Complexities: An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Computational Design and Architectural Geometry
No full textThe broad application of computational design and construction technologies has widely changed the use and perception of computer software in architecture. Thus, we have seen a shift from mere drawing-tools towards mighty parametric design methods. These tools have allowed many architects to form the conception and design of very complex architectural projects.
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity. (Christopher Zeeman
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