Integrating Building Technology and Computation into Urban Design: A Contextual Approach

Varma, Urvi

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Title

Integrating Building Technology and Computation into Urban Design: A Contextual Approach

Author(s)

Varma, Urvi

Contributor(s)

Anushree ParkhiProf. Yun Kyu Yi

Issue Date

2024

Keyword(s)

Architecture

Abstract

The project gives an overview of how the power of technologyand data can be harnessed to create context responsive andneed specific urban interventions. It highlights reliability on data based approaches for accountable design by integrating simulation models to validate obtained results. Various Grasshopper based plug-ins like Ladybug, Honeybee and Wasp helped in simulating human comfort conditions for the obtained aggregation.The results established that computationally generated designmodels can be responsive to human comfort. Although theprocess is driven by data and computation it takes into account designers instincts and creative sensitivity. The described methodology would help to achieve an equitable allocation of the urban spaces in the cities. The project proposes an utopian vision where context specific aggregations proliferate across the city to bring balanced growth in the urban realm. Each aggregation is arepresentative image of the community and motivate communities to work towards upliftment of the neighborhood. The research image shows the proliferation of varying aggregation throughout the city of Chicago. In this manner the proposed methodology integrated technology and computation to develop human centric urban design.

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Language

eng

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