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Programmatic Design Methods in Architecture (GA+TRIZ Solution Search Method)
(2019)
When an architectural design problem is stated, it may take several iterations to evaluate the design alternatives, modify the problem statement and the corresponding solutions and make the final decision. The recursive ...
Generative Reciprocity: A Computational Approach for Performance-Based and Fabrication-Aware Design of Reciprocal Systems
(2020)
Using the capabilities of computation and digital fabrication this thesis provides a basis for a novel process of design to fabrication for reciprocal systems.
In the traditional sense, reciprocal structures combine the ...
Aural Architecture as Affect: Understanding the Impact of Acoustic Environments on Human Experience
(2021)
Architectural design plays a significant role in shaping human experience in buildings through the perception of space. However, architectural characteristics not only result in visual attributes that affect how the occupants ...
Ancestors and Algorithms: Ethnocomputing AI with African & African Diasporic Heritage
(2022)
This dissertation argues the notion of automated “intelligence” that mobilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) orbits around a singular cultural definition of knowing engendered by European colonial values and does not account ...
Influence of Uncertainty in User Behaviors on the Simulation-Based Building Energy Optimization Process and Robust Decision-Making
(2016)
Computer-based simulations have been widely used to predict building performances. Building energy simulation tools are generally used to perform parametric studies. However, the building is a complex system with a great ...
Design for Behavior Change: The Role of Product Visual Aesthetics in Promoting Sustainable Behavior.
(2013)
This dissertation tested the hypothesis that products can be designed in a principled way to induce users to modify their behavior; in particular, it explored how products make people be more environmentally responsible. ...
Knowledge base and database integration in the architectural design process.
(1988)
The purpose of this research was to study the use and management of information by an architect engaged in the design process. This study proposes that a computer-aided design system should allow the designer to: (a) build ...
A model for construction schedule analysis during the design process.
(1988)
Construction schedule analysis is a very broad and complex problem in that it requires a variety of data and problem-solving procedures which are poorly defined by uniform methods. Such an analysis for projects in the ...
Automated learning of programmatic information from plans of existing buildings.
(1989)
Programming is an integral part of the design of any building. A better program reduces the necessity for changes during planning, design, and construction, and results in a design solution which is better suited to current ...
Adaptive Subject Description in Document Retrieval.
(1984)
The central problem in document retrieval is that the subject of a document may be described in many different ways and , similarly, different inquirers may express similar information needs by a variety of different ...