TY - GEN
T1 - Environmental Catalysts for a Computational Urbanism
AU - Hardy, Steven
AU - Lundberg, Jonas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - It is perhaps no longer relevant to discuss digital tools purely as means in themselves; the growth of abstract systems or computational patterns for their own sake simply strain justification in light of real-world concerns such as climate change and economic crises. While growing concerns over climate change have necessitated an increased interest in sustainable urbanism and design, sustainability has done little to yet alter the morphological and typological consequences of architectural space (Hardy, 2008). In a series of overlapping research projects and design studio briefs, students, research assistants and we worked with the iterative and variable processes of Rhinoscript, McNeel’s Grasshopper and Bentley’s Generative Components to explore the possibilities of changing environmental extremes (specifically flooding) as catalysts for providing new urban morphologies and spatial organizations. Working between the master plan and the individual housing unit, we investigated arrays of terrace homes in the London Thames Valley flood zones while simultaneously exploring the potential for computational generation and parametric optimization.
AB - It is perhaps no longer relevant to discuss digital tools purely as means in themselves; the growth of abstract systems or computational patterns for their own sake simply strain justification in light of real-world concerns such as climate change and economic crises. While growing concerns over climate change have necessitated an increased interest in sustainable urbanism and design, sustainability has done little to yet alter the morphological and typological consequences of architectural space (Hardy, 2008). In a series of overlapping research projects and design studio briefs, students, research assistants and we worked with the iterative and variable processes of Rhinoscript, McNeel’s Grasshopper and Bentley’s Generative Components to explore the possibilities of changing environmental extremes (specifically flooding) as catalysts for providing new urban morphologies and spatial organizations. Working between the master plan and the individual housing unit, we investigated arrays of terrace homes in the London Thames Valley flood zones while simultaneously exploring the potential for computational generation and parametric optimization.
KW - adaptive vs. mitagative
KW - Computational urbanism
KW - environmental formations
KW - formative strategies
KW - parametric design
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85127903275
SN - 9780954118396
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 805
EP - 814
BT - Future Cities
A2 - Schmitt, Gerhard
A2 - Hovestad, Ludger
A2 - Van Gool, Luc
A2 - Bosché, Frédéric
A2 - Burkhard, Remo
A2 - Coleman, Suzanne
A2 - Halatsch, Jan
A2 - Hansmeyer, Michael
A2 - Konsorski-Lang, Silke
A2 - Kunze, Antje
A2 - Sehmi-Luck, Martina
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 28th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2010
Y2 - 15 September 2010 through 18 September 2010
ER -