CAAD Futures 2023
CAAD Futures 2023

 

 

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 July 2023 Pre-conference Welcome - TU Delft Campus
    Info on Welcome Activities can be found here
16:00-18.00 - Optional Campus Tour
18:00-18.30   Optional Welcome Drinks
18.30-19:30   Optional DigiNEB

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 July 2023 TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
     
08:15 - 08:45 - Registrations and Welcoming
     
08:45 - 09:15 Welcome speeches
  Prof. Dick van Gameren Dean of the Faculty of Architecture an the Built Environment
  Prof. Michiel Kreutzer Head of Architectural Engineering and Technology Department
  Prof. Gabriela Celani and Prof. Mine Ozkar on behalf of CAAD Futures Foundation
  dr. Michela Turrin on behalf of CAAD Futures 2023
     
09:15 - 10:05   Session 1 . Algorithmic Design | Chair: dr. Patrick Janssen
    The Marching Shape 3D: Extensions of the Ice Ray Shape Grammar
9:15h Alexandros Tsamis and Constantina Varsami
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
  Between System and Improvisation: The Design Language of Donald Judd’s “100 untitled works in mill aluminum”
9:27h Mahyar Hadighi, Mehrdad Hadighi
  Texas Tech University, USA
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
  Illustrating Algorithmic Design
9:39h Renata Castelo-Branco, Antonio Leitao
  University of Lisbon, Portugal
9:51h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
10:05 - 10:20   Coffee Break
     
10:20 - 11:40   Session 2 . AI-powered Architectural Ideation | Chair: Prof Gerd Kortuem
    Architectural Sketch to 3D Model: An Experiment on Simple-Form Houses 
10:20h Hong-Bin Yang, Mikhael Johanes, Frederick Chando Kim, Mathias Bernhard, Jeffrey Huang
  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Towards Human-AI Collaborative Architectural Concept Design via Semantic AI
10:32h Shuyao Dai, Yang Li, Kazjon Grace, Anastasia Globa
  The University of Sydney, Australia
National University of Singapore, Singapore
  Use of Language to Generate Architectural Scenery with AI-Powered Tools
10:44h Hanım Gülsüm Karahan, Begüm Aktaş, Cemal Koray Bingöl
  Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Altınbaş University, Turkey
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
    The House that Looked like it Should Collapse. Natural Language Processing for Architectural Design
10:56h Nadja Gaudillière-Jami
  Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
  Architectural and Social ‘Word Forms’ Slippage with Deep Learning
11:08h Immanuel Koh
  Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
11:20h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
11:45 - 12:45   Lunch
     
 
12:45 - 13:45
 		 Public Keynote
The Designing Brain
Prof. dr. John Gero
    PUBLIC LINK FOR ONLINE ATTENDANCE - FEEL WELCOME TO JOIN
     
13:45 - 14:15   Break
     
14:15 - 15:35   Session 3 . Performance-based Design | Chair: Prof. Christian Louter
    Enabling Flexible Architectural Design Re-representations Using a Phenotype-based Strategy
14:15h Ling Ban Liang, Bige Tunçer
  Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
  Expanding Performance-driven Parametric Design Spaces Through Data Streams
14:27h Laura Hinkle, Nathan Brown
  The Pennsylvania State University, USA
  A Design Ranking Method for Many-Objective Evolutionary Optimization
14:39h Likai Wang, Do Phuong Bui Tung, Patrick Janssen
  Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
  Optimization Strategies of Architecture and Engineering Graduate Students: Responding to Data During Design
14:51h Stephanie Bunt, Catherine Berdanier, Nathan Brown
  The Pennsylvania State University, USA
    Wieringa Surface: The Implementation of Aperiodicity into Architectural Acoustics
15:03h Ross Cocks, John Nguyen, Brady Peters
  University of Toronto, Canada
15:15h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
15:35 - 16:45   Session 4 . Urban Models and Analysis | Chair: Dr. Achilleas Psyllidis
    Cost-Effective 3D Urban Massing Reconstruction of Public Aerial LiDAR Scans  
15:35h Jinmo Rhee, Brad Williams
  Carnegie Mellon University, USA
    Fine-Grained Long-Term Analysis of Resurgent Urban Morphotypes
15:47h João Paulouro, José Nuno Beirão
  University of Lisbon, Portugal
  Street Voids: Analyzing Street-level Walkability Based on 3D Morphology and Remotely Accessible Urban Data  
15:59h Elif Ensari, José Beirão, Mine Özkar
  New York University, USA
University of Lisbon, Portugal
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
  Visualizing Invisible Environmental Data in VR: Development and Implementation of Design Concepts for Communicating Urban Air Quality in a Virtual City Model
16:11h Clara Larsson, Beata Stahre Wästberg, Daniel Sjölie, Thommy Eriksson, Håkan Pleije
  University West, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
16:23h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
16:45 - 17:00   Coffee Break
     
17:00 - 18:20   Session 5 . Urban Design | Chair: dr. Stefan van der Spek
  Transforming Large-Scale Participation Data through Topic Modelling in Urban Design Processes
17:00h Cem Ataman, Bige Tunçer, Simon Perrault
  Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
  AI-assisted Exploration of the Spirit of Place in Chinese Gardens from the Perspective of Spatial Sequences
17:12h Zihao Wang, Xiaofei Zhang
  Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais, France
  A Parametric Tool for Outdoor Shade Design: Harnessing Quantitative Indices and Visual Feedback for Effective and Efficient Climatic Design of Streets  
17:24h Or Aleksandrowicz, Ezra Ozery
  Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
  Urban Shaderade. Building Space Analysis Method for Energy and Sunlight Consideration in Urban Environments
17:36h Francesco De Luca, Abel Sepúlveda
  Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
    Design Space Recommendation: Assisting Users To Manage Complexity In Urban Design Optimisation
17:48h Jing Zhi Tay, F. Peter Ortner, Peng Song, Anna Claudia Yenardi, Zebin Chen
  Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
18:00h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
18:20 - 19:00   Buffet
   
    PUBLIC LINK TO FOLLOW ONLINE THE EVENING PROGRAM: HERE
     
  Public Keynote
19:00 - 20:00 Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
  Prof. dr. ir. Alessandro Bozzon
     
20:00 - 20:15 CAAD Futures Anniversary
Prof. Gabriela Celani
Prof. Mine Ozkar
   
20:15 - 21:00 Invited Talks and Panel Discussion
Michela Magas - Chair, Industry Commons Foundation
Cristiano Ceccato - Director at Zaha Hadid Architects
Mathew Vola - Director Arup, The Netherlands
Kean Walmsley - Software Architect & Senior Manager Autodesk
Maxime Cunin & Thomas Krall - Superworld, The Netherlands
       

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 July 2023 CO-CREATION DAY . Delft Art Centre 
   

A private bus takes the CAAD Futures participants from the Faculty of Architecture to the Delft Art Centre.

Departure: h. 8.20 and h. 8.35 Zuidplantsoen 13, 2628 BZ Delft (South-East side of Faculty of Architecture)
     
9:00 - 10:30 Welcome and Invited Talks
  Introduction and Vision - dr. Michela Turrin and dr. Mariana Popescu 
  Open Science Principles and Meaning - dr. Frank van der Hoeven
  The New Open - Prof. Georg Vrachliotis
    Reproducibility in (digital) Science - dr. Rob Lemmens
     
10:30 - 12:30   Parallel Co-creation Sessions
Coordinated by each Co-creation Team
10:30h TOPIC 1 . Participatory Design in the Metaverse for Sustainable Habitats
Sub-topic . Housing customization approach by generative design and immersive visualization
Contact person: Provides Ng - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CN & Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), UK
Contact Person: Sara Eloy - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
10:30h TOPIC 4 . Machine Learning Data for Architectural Design
Contact person: Seyran Khademi - TU Delft, Netherlands
10:30h   TOPIC 6 . Information Management across the Lifecycle of 3D Objects
Contact person: Eftychia Kalogianni - TU Delft, Netherlands
10:30h TOPIC 7 . Computational Design: a mandatory skill or a specialized role in the AEC?
Contact person: Pieter Schreurs - Royal Haskoning DHV, Netherlands
10:30h

TOPIC 8 . Are graphs the new BIM?
Contact person: Diellza Elshani - University of Stuttgart, Germany
10:30h   TOPIC 9 . AEC Decentralised Autonomous Organisations
Contact person: Theodoros Dounas - ArchiDAO.io & Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
10:30h TOPIC 10 . Algorithmic Community Construction
Contact person: Duane McLemore - Mississippi State University, USA 
10:30h TOPIC 11 . Incremental Media Empowerment: Establishing Voice through Communication Narratives
Contact person: Michelle Pannone - Marywood University, USA
     
11:30 - 11:45   Coffee Break
     
12:30 - 13:30   Lunch - BEST PAPER AWARD
     
13:30 - 16:00   Parallel Co-creation Sessions
Coordinated by each Co-creation Team
13:30h TOPIC 1 . Participatory Design in the Metaverse for Sustainable Habitats
Sub-topic . Housing customization approach by generative design and immersive visualization
Contact person: Provides Ng - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CN & Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), UK
Contact Person: Sara Eloy - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
13:30h TOPIC 4 . Machine Learning Data for Architectural Design
Contact person: Seyran Khademi - TU Delft, Netherlands
13:30h   TOPIC 6 . Information Management across the Lifecycle of 3D Objects
Contact person: Eftychia Kalogianni - TU Delft, Netherlands
13:30h TOPIC 7 . Computational Design: a mandatory skill or a specialized role in the AEC?
Contact person: Pieter Schreurs - Royal Haskoning DHV, Netherlands
13:30h

TOPIC 8 . Are graphs the new BIM?
Contact person: Diellza Elshani - University of Stuttgart, Germany
13:30h   TOPIC 9 . AEC Decentralised Autonomous Organisations
Contact person: Theodoros Dounas - ArchiDAO.io & Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
13:30h TOPIC 10 . Algorithmic Community Construction
Contact person: Duane McLemore - Mississippi State University, USA 
13:30h TOPIC 11 . Incremental Media Empowerment: Establishing Voice through Communication Narratives
Contact person: Michelle Pannone - Marywood University, USA
     
14:45 - 15:00   Coffee Break
     
16:00 - 17:30   Co-creation Presentations
     
A private bus takes the CAAD Futures participants from the Delft Art Centre to the Faculty of Architecture (BK).
Departure time: h.17.30 and h.18.00 from Art Centre, arrival at BK 15 minutes after departure.

Before dinner: At BK, the CAAD Futures participants who are interested can join a DigiNEB discussion - Room C at BK.    
     
19:30 - 22:00   Conference Dinner (separate registration required)
     

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 July 2023 TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
     
08:45 - 10:25   Session 6 . Digital Design, Materials, Fabrication | Chair: dr. Cristina Nan
    Augmented Performative Design: A Workflow Utilizing Augmented Reality for Structurally Stable Masonry Design
08:45h Yang Song, Asterios Agkathid, Richard Koeck
  University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
  A Design-to-Fabrication Workflow for Free-Form Timber Structures using Offcuts
08:57h Dominik Reisach, Stephan Schütz, Jan Willmann, Sven Schneide
  ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
    Towards an AI-Based Framework for Autonomous Design and Construction: Learning from Reinforcement Learning Success in RTS Games
09:09h Ahmed Elmaraghy, Jacopo Montali, Marcello Restelli, Francesco Causone, Pierpaolo Ruttico
  ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Algorixon, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  A System for Truss Manipulation with Relative Robots: Designing and Prototyping HookBot
09:21h Burak Delikanlı, Leman Figen Gül
  Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
    Material-in-the-loop Fabrication: A Vision-based Adaptive Clay 3D Printing Workflow on Indeterminate Sand Surfaces
09:33h Ozguc Bertug Capunaman, Emily K. Iseman, Benay Gursoy
  The Pennsylvania State University, USA
  Biologically Informed Design - Towards Additive Biofabrication with Cyanobacteria
09:45h Perla Armaly, Lubov Iliassafov, Shay Kirzner, Yechezkel Kashi, Shany Barath
  Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
  Minimum Mass Cast Glass Structures Under Performance and Manufacturability Constraints
09:57h Anna Maria Koniari, Charalampos Andriotis, Faidra Oikonomopoulou
  Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
10:09h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
10:25 - 10:40   Coffee Break
     
10:40 - 11:45   Session 7 . Spatial Information, Data, Semantics | Chair: dr.Pieter Pauwels
  A Semantic Spatial Policy Model to Automatically Calculate Allowable Gross Floor Areas in Singapore 
10:40h Ayda Grisiute, Heidi Silvennoinen, Shiying Li, Arkadiusz Chadzynski, Martin Raubal, Markus Kraft, Aurel von Richthofen, Pieter Herthogs
  Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore; Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore, Singapore; ETH Zurich, Switzerland
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; The Alan Turing Institute, United Kingdom; Arup, Germany
  Building Information Validation and Reasoning using Semantic Web Technologies
10:52h Diellza Elshani, Daniel Hernandez, Alessio Lombardi, Lasath Siriwardena, Tobias Schwinn,
Al Fisher, S. Staab, A. Menges, T. Wortmann
  University of Stuttgart, Germany
Buro Happold, United Kingdom
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  A Visual Support Tool for Decision-Making over Federated Building Information
11:04h Alex Donkers, Dujuan Yang, Bauke de Vries, Nico Baken
  Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
11:16h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
11:45 - 12:45   Lunch
     
  Public Keynote
12:45 - 13:45 Cognitive Science, Architecture, and Digital Tech
  Prof. dr. Ruth Conroy Dalton 
    PUBLIC LINK FOR ONLINE ATTENDANCE - FEEL WELCOME TO JOIN: HERE
     
13:45 - 14:15   Break
     
14:15 - 15:35   Session 8 . Building Data Analysis, Visualisation, Interaction | Chair: dr. Dennis Pohl
  BIMThermoAR: Visualizing Building Thermal Simulation Using BIM-based Augmented Reality
14:15h Kifah Alhazzaa, Manish Dixit, Wei Yan
  Texas A&M University, USA
Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
  A framework for Monitoring and Identifying Indoor Air Pollutants Based on BIM with IoT Sensors
14:27h Jihoon Chung, Alexandros Tsamis, Dennis Shelden
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
  Coupling Co-Presence in Physical and Virtual Environments toward Hybrid Places
14:39h Davide Schaumann, Noam Duvdevani, Ariel Elya, Ido Levin, Tom Sofer, Ben Drusinsky, Ezra Ozery, Ofek Raz,Tom Feldman
  Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
    Social Signals: An Adaptive Installation for Mediating Space during COVID-19 and Beyond
14:51h Eric Duong, Stefana Parascho 
  École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
    Quantifying Occupant Behavior Uncertainty in Spatio-temporal Visual Comfort Assessment of National Fitness Halls: A Machine Learning-based Co-simulation Framework
15:03h Yu Li, Lingling Li, Pengyuan Shen, Xue Cui
  Harbin Institute of Technology, China; Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
15:15h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
15:35 - 15:50   Coffee Break
     
15:50 - 17:20   Session 9 . Building Massing and Layouts
  Topological Operations: A New Method Toward Retrievable Design Operations
15:50h Yang Li, Rudi Stouffs
  National University of Singapore, Singapore
    A Physics-based Constraint Solver for the Site Layout Optimization of Non-convex Buildings with Multiple Requirements
16:02h Jinmo Rhee, Pedro Veloso
  Carnegie Mellon University, USA
University of Arkansas, USA
  Big Data, Good Data, and Residential Floor Plans
16:14h Martin Bielik, Luyang Zhang,  Sven Schneider 
  Bauhaus University Weimar  
  An Integrated and Interactive 3D Space Planning Framework Considering Collective Multi-Criteria Optimization Based on Multi-Agent Constraints Solving
16:26h Jiaqi Wang, Wanzhu Jiang
  South China University of Technology, China
  Demand vs Design - Comparing Design Proposals to “New Work” - Based Spatial Requirements
16:38h Andreas Mack, Ekaterina Fuchkina, Sven Schneider
  Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany
Nething Generalplaner GmbH, Germany
    The Impact of Spatial Layout on Orientation and Wayfinding in Public Housing Estates Using Isovist Polygons and Shape Matching Algorithms
16:50h Jiahua Dong, Jeroen van Ameijde
  Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
17:02h   Q&A and Panel Discussion
     
 

Public Keynote
17:20 - 18:20 Constructing Multimodal Infrastructure in the Age of AI
  Cristiano Ceccato - Zaha Hadid Architects 
    PUBLIC LINK FOR ONLINE ATTENDANCE - FEEL WELCOME TO JOIN: HERE 
    Berlage Room
     
18:20-18.30
Closing and Announcements
Prof. Gabriela Celani and Prof. Mine Ozkar on behalf of CAAD Futures Foundation
Delegates from CAAD Futures’ Sister Conferences
dr. Michela Turrin on behalf of CAAD Futures 2023
     
19:00 - 20:00   Farewell drinks - Open to All Conference Participants - at Vakwerkhuis in Delft

 

 

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