School of Architecture and Planning

Upload posters to Stellar

Hi Class,

Thank you for the wonderful final projects! We are all very proud of the progress you have made. One last thing before the summer, please upload your projects to stellar under the long span roof section. Thanks again everyone for a great semester!

Best,
Shiyu

Announced on 19 May 2014  9:47  p.m. by Shiyu Wei

Office hours changed

Hi Class,

I am changing my office hours to later this week. If you and your teammate would like to go over calculations, layout, or etc. for the roof, you can sign up for a 20 minute slot on the doodle poll. Let me know if you would like to talk but none of these times work for you.

http://doodle.com/ghi7pf3mk2ecy3fz

Best,
Shiyu

Announced on 11 May 2014  12:00  p.m. by Shiyu Wei

Long-Span Roof Project

Hi Class,

The final design project for the long span roof is posted on Stellar. If you already have a partner or are looking for a partner, let us know now. We need to figure out the groups ASAP.

Best,
Shiyu

Announced on 15 April 2014  12:01  p.m. by Shiyu Wei

Lecture: Computational Exploration of the Structural Design Space

" Computational Exploration of the Structural Design Space”

Announcement:
Candidate: Caitlin T. Mueller (Building Technology Program)
Title: Computational Exploration of the Structural Design Space

Date: Monday, April 14, 2014
Time: 2:15 pm
Location: Room 4-349 (map)

Abstract:
This dissertation focuses on computational strategies for incorporating structural considerations into the earliest stages of the architectural design process. Because structural behavior is most affected by geometric form, the greatest potential for structural efficiency and a harmony of design goals occurs when global formal design decisions are made, in conceptual design. However, most existing computational tools and approaches lack the features necessary to take advantage of this potential: architectural modeling tools address geometry in absence of performance, and structural analysis tools require an already determined geometrical form. There is a need for new computational approaches that allow designers to explore the structural design space, which links geometric variation and performance, in a free and interactive manner.
The dissertation addresses this need by proposing three new design space strategies. The first strategy, an interactive evolutionary framework, balances creative navigation of the design space with a focus on performance. The original contributions of this strategy center on enhanced opportunities for designer interaction and control. The second strategy introduces structural grammars, which allow for the formulation of broad and diverse design spaces that span across typologies. This strategy extends existing work in geometry-based shape grammars by incorporating structural behavior in novel ways. Finally, the third strategy is a surrogate modeling approach that approximates the design space to enable fast and responsive design environments. This strategy contributes new ways for non-experts to use this machine-learning-based method in conceptual design.
These three complementary strategies can be applied independently or in combination, and the dissertation includes a discussion about possibilities and techniques for integrating them. Finally, the dissertation concludes by reflecting on its potential impact on design in practice, and outlining important areas for future work.

Announced on 14 April 2014  9:42  a.m. by Shiyu Wei

Class Tomorrow

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder to please show up on time to class tomorrow, we have a special lecture by Patrick McCafferty from ARUP. We will also be visiting the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Building for the second part of class.

Good luck on your beam tests tomorrow, can't wait to see the crushing results.
Shiyu

Announced on 08 April 2014  10:13  p.m. by Shiyu Wei