Computing in Architectural Design: Re-Thinking the Discourse

Second International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design

25-27 April, 2006 - School of Architecture and Design, American University of Sharjah, UAE

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Program

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Conference Program

 

Day I (Tuesday – April 25, 2006)

Time

Activity

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Opening Ceremony

09:30 - 10:30

Keynote Address: Dr. Miguel Dias
INDUSTRIAL AUGMENTED REALITY: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:30

Session 1
Digital Design Education

(5 papers x 15 minutes presentation + 30 minutes discussion)

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DIGITAL AND TRADITIONAL TOOLS FOR PARTICIPATIVE DESIGN (page 35)
Rashidah AB. Rahman and Alan Day
University of Bath, UK
ADAPTING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION NEED (page 5)
Andreas Luescher and Salim Elwazani
Bowling Green State University, USA
EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION: IS DIGITAL CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THE WAY FORWARD FOR ARCHITECTS? (page 7)
Tahar Kouider
University of Aberdeen, UK
COLLABORATIVE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AS A REFLECTIVE CONVERSATION: AN AGENT FACILITATED SYSTEM TO
SUPPORT COLLABORATIVE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN (page 37)
G. Arjun and J. Plume
The University of New South Wales, Australia
THE DIGITAL DESIGN PROCESS: REFLECTIONS ON ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN POSITIONS ON COMPLEXITY AND CAAD (page 38)
Ali Chougui
University of Ferhat Abba, Algeria

Discussion (30 min.)

12:30 - 14:00

Guidance to AUS Facilities and Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00

Keynote Address: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmitt
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND SCIENCE CITY

15:00 - 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 - 17:15

Session 2
Computer Applications and Future Architecture

(6 papers x 15 minutes + 30 minutes discussion)

DESIGN INFORMATICS: A CASE BASED INVESTIGATION INTO PARAMETRIC DESIGN SCRIPTING AND CNC BASED
MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES (page 12)
Nimish Biloria, Kas Oosterhus and Cas Aalbers
Technical University of Delft and ONL Rotterdam, the Netherlands
DESIGNING WITH MACHINES: SOLVING ARCHITECTURAL LAYOUT PLANNING PROBLEMS BY THE USE OF A CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE AND SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS (page 15)
Thorsten M. Loemker
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
AN ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATIONS OF RAPID PROTOTYPING IN ARCHITECTURE (page 17)
Sajid Abdullah, Ramesh Marasini and Munir Ahmad
University of Teesside, UK
INTEGRATING MASS CUSTOMIZATION WITH PREFABRICATED HOUSING (page 19)
Joseph, C. H. Huang, Robert J. Krawczyk and George Schipporeit
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
AN APPROACH TO 3D CONCEPTUAL MODELLING (page 36)
Chie-Chieh Huang
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
“NOT EVERY NEW MONDAY…”: ON USING COMPUTER-GAMES TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
EDUCATION (page 2)
Frank Petzold and Jan Frohburg
Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany

Discussion (30 min.)

20:00 - 21:30

Conference Dinner at Radisson SAS Resort, Sharjah

 

Day II (Wednesday – April 26, 2006)

Time

Activity

08:30 - 09:30

Keynote Address: Dr. Miguel Dias
REAL-LIFE INDUSTRIAL AUGMENTED REALITY USE CASES

09:30 - 09:45

Coffee Break

09:45 - 11:30

Session 3
Theory and Critical Evaluation

(5 papers x 15 minutes presentation + 30 minutes discussion)

REDEMPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES II: THE SEQUEL (A DECADE LATER) (page 22)
Michael Stanton
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
THE AUTOPOIESIS AND MIMESIS OF ARCHITECTURE (page 24)
George Katodrytis
American University of Sharjah, UAE
PLAN IS DEAD: TO BIM OR NOT TO BIM, THAT IS THE QUESTION (page 26)
Michael A. Ambrose
University of Maryland, USA
FUTURE OF COMMUNICATING DIGITAL DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE: OVERCOMING THE DIVISIVE POWER OF COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (page 27)
Florian Techel
University of Sharjah, UAE
MUSING HEIDEGGERIAN CYBERSPACE (page 32)
Jon Daniel Davey
Southern Illinois University, USA

Discussion (30 min.)

11:30 - 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 - 13:45

Session 4
Visualization and Digital Reconstruction

(6 papers x 15 minutes + 30 minutes discussion)

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE MODELLING IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EDUCATION (page 43)
Bruce Lonnman
American University of Sharjah, UAE
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE AND DIGITAL DATABASES (page 44)
Rasha Ali
The University of Paris, France
DIGITAL RECTIFIED IMAGERY: A SURVEY METHOD FOR DESIGN AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS (page 45)
José Lerma and Salim A. Elwazani
Polytechnic University of Valencia; Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
ADAPTIVE GENERATIVE PATTERNS: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PRAGUE BIENNALE PAVILION (page 47)
Stanislav Roudavski, Giorgos Artopoulos and Francois Penz
Cambridge University, UK
I3-EYE-CUBE: INTERACTIVE INTUITIVE MIXED REALITY INTERFACE FOR VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE (page 49)
Stephen Wittkopf, Teo Sze Lee, Zhiying Zhou
National University of Singapore, Singapore
VIRTUAL 3D CITY MODELS FOR PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE
Kilian Ulm
Cybercity AG, Zurich, Switzerland

Discussion (30 min.)

13:45 – 15:00

Lunch Break

15:00 - 17:00

Session 5
Environmental Quality Modeling and Evaluation

(4 papers x 15 minutes + 30 minutes discussion)

CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM AND THE PRACTICE OF RE-CONSTRUCTION (page 29)
Craig Anz (1) and Akel Ismail Kahera (2)
1 South Illinois University, USA
2 Prairie View A&M, USA
USING SPACE SYNTAX SOFTWARE IN EXPLAINING CRIME (page 52)
Linda Nubani
American University in Dubai, UAE
VISUALIZATION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION FOR PLUMBING CONSTRUCTION QUALITY CONTROL (page 53)
Naai-Jung Shih and Pin-Hung Wang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
EVALUATION OF A HIGHER EDUCATION SELF-LEARNING INTERFACE (page 55)
A. Bennadji (1) and A. Bellakhal (2)
1 The Robert Gordon University, UK
2 Universite Mohammed Khider , Algeria

Discussion (30 min.)

17:00 - 18:00

Conference Closing Remarks

18:00 - 19:45
ASCAAD General Assembly Meeting

20:30 – 22:00

Optional Dinner (pay as you go)

 

Day III (Thursday – April 27, 2006)

Time

Activity

09.00 - 15.00

Conference Trip