Academic literature on the topic 'Architectural design proce'

This study aims to develop an efficient planning concept for office space by a projected organisation of social space. The article shows a principle of developing the functional design of an architectural structure and methods of its subsequent assessment. The study was carried out using the example of a section under reconstruction in an industrial building for the functions of a co-working centre. The methods included analysis and acquisition of data on the design of co-working centres with the subse-quent topological analysis of references. This allowed the structure of connections between the ele-ments allocated in space and the functional content of the room to be determined. Based on the ob-tained data, the options for design solutions targeting an office building were formed. For their analy-sis, the tools of space syntax were applied. To visualise the efficiency of the "work" and "rest" pro-cesses, comparative graphs of their behaviour were built, as well as a scheme for evacuation proce-dures. These graphs were used to compile the most effective design concepts. Tracing user routes through human flow simulations revealed vulnerabilities in supply chains and the structure of the ongo-ing social process. The graphs exhibited multiple peak values, meaning that necessary functional zones are missing. After eliminating these vulnerabilities, the built graphs of the key process show an increase of 17% in the level of social efficiency. The evacuation procedures also showed the efficien-cy of the developed layout concepts in reducing the total time for evacuating users. The most effective solution was to locate recreation areas with high attendance in the most accessible places in the framework of an architectural structure.

Osiągnięcia architektury Ameryki Południowej początku XXI w. postawiły architektów tego kontynentu w światowej czołówce w zakresie innowacyjnych i nieortodoksyjnych rozwiązań projektowych. W zasadzie „przyrostowości” (ang. incrementality) wielu widzi podstawy nowych, społecznie zrównoważonych metod projektowania dla architektury przyszłości. Celem artykułu jest analiza przydatności i uniwersalności centralnej cechy niektórych najbardziej docenianych projektów „przyrostowych”, jaką jest umiejętne wprowadzenie procesów nieformalnych (m.in. partycypacji) w silnie sformalizowany i zinstytucjonalizowany proces projektowy. Do analizy projektów i ich szerokiego kontekstu zastosowany jest aparat pojęciowy zapożyczony z teorii postmodernizmu w architekturze i sztuce (szczególnie prac Christophera Alexandra i George’a Dickiego). Pozwala on wyróżnić podobieństwa i fundamentalne różnice między kulturami architektonicznymi oraz przybliżyć odpowiedź na pytanie o możliwość naśladownictwa projektów powstałych w zupełnie innych kulturach w kontekście polskim i europejskim. Incremental architecture and problems of the imitation of informal architectural solutions The achievements of South American architecture of the early twenty-first century have put the architects of this continent at the forefront in the field of innovative and unorthodox design solutions. Many see the basics of new, socially sustainable design methods for the architecture of the future in the principle of incrementality. The purpose of the paper is to analyse the usefulness and universality of the central feature of some of the most appreciated incremental projects, which is the skilful introduction of informal processes (including participation) into a highly formalised and institutionalised design environment. To analyse the projects and their broad context, a conceptual apparatus was used, as applied in the theory of Postmodernism in architecture and art (especially the works of Christopher Alexander and George Dickie). It allows to highlight similarities and fundamental differences between architectural cultures and to take a step closer to answer the question of the possibility of imitating designs created in completely different cultures in the Polish and European context.

Self-education is an essential component of architectural practice. In this work, it marks the field in which an attempt is made to define the relationship between the project, the design process, problems and goals of the project, and the architect's attitude (towards the project). It is a contribution to the organization of knowledge about how the elements dependent on the designer himself affect the shape of the solution being formed and how, consciously, selected attitudes can be used in specific situations.

Based on the analysis of a exhibition building and the study of design patterns, this paper will probe the forms and rules of compositon contained in architecture, and propose the idea of establishing the sustainable architectural metaphor which is suitable for modern design and creation and full of individuality and interestingness.

Many architects and designers coincide that fabric structures have an imperative role to play in creating an ecofriendly future. In recent years, the use of smart textiles has been particularly popular in the construction practices. These are hailed as environmentally friendly, deliberated as architecturally aesthetic and are usually cost effective. There is a growing demand for hybrid textile materials that combine strength and functionality in a lightweight product at a competitive price. These materials are developed with advanced technical interventions. This paper aims to conceptualize the idea of using smart textiles in the interior architecture to ensure sustainability by replacing the conventional architectural finishes. The use of smart textiles that fetches the possibilities offered by both textile and interior design in the present world has been highlighted with examples. Studies illustrate that the use of smart textile materials have several benefits in the built environment in terms of weight, transparency, adaptability, indoor climate, atmosphere and acoustics. Examples are taken from the superlative case studies from all across the world. The research combines the versatile information and explores the diversity of smart textiles, presenting a framework of future prospects for the utilization of the materials in the modern interior design concepts.

This study combines historical and quantitative methods to determine the market response to a major nineteenth century American urban architectural form-the speculatively built row house. The paper estimates a hedonic price index which decomposes the original purchase price of the row house into a set of prices for the characteristics of the house, including detailed architectural features. In turn, the estimated prices for the architectural features reveal the market's response to the aesthetic design. With more than 3,500 row houses, its tree-lined streets, and scattered parks, Boston's South End is the largest Victorian residential district remaining in the United States. The homogeneity of the brick bowfront row house form, coupled with the variety of architectural features, provides an unusual opportunity to test the effect of architecture on market values. We find that variables for lot size, house size, and location within the neighborhood explain 74 percent of the price of a row house. Architectural style and features account for an additional 14 percent of the price of the house and are more highly valued when they differentiate a row house from its neighbors. These are significant results, for they provide systematic statistical evidence that architectural design matters in the marketplace. "But tell me: When you say; 'The value of a building,' do you really lay more stress on the subjective value than the dollar value?" "On both. For human nature determines that subjective value, sooner or later, becomes money value; and the lack of it, sooner or later, money loss. The subjective value is far higher, by far the more permanent; but money value is inseparable from the affairs of life; to ignore it would be moonshine."

Paolo Tombesi sets out a very interesting thesis that Asia will become the ‘back office’ of Western design practice in, ‘A true south for design? The new international division of labour in architecture’ (arq 5/2, pp.171–180). There are many instances of this happening already, though mainly in engineering and in US style architectural practice where documentation consists of the application of rules-based methods and the work used to be done by ‘tracers’. Practices with computer-based standard detailing can have schematic drawings worked up overnight and corrections similarly serviced. UK architectural practice is largely done without back offices or standard solutions and drafting help must be closely supervised. Price competition from the South may well become a factor for change.

Este artículo persigue una amplificación de la comprensión de las técnicas de arquitectura, vinculándolas a una “ecología de lo invisible”: la atención prestada a variables cualitativas existentes en el contexto, apenas perceptibles y a menudo desestimadas por los regímenes de valor asentados. Este proceder –que podría ser rastreado en el diseño arquitectónico a lo largo de la historia– ha adquirido un valor nuevo, tras la crisis económico-financiera, como crítica a los modelos de desarrollo que dominaron en el cambio de siglo, lo cual también dificulta su comprensión. Para aclarar este punto, se analizan sus claves en tres proyectos fechados en los años precedentes a la crisis: la propuesta de Cedric Price para el concurso Design of Cities en Manhattan (1998), la remodelación de la plaza Léon Aucoc (1996) y la Escuela de Administración de Empresas (2006), ambas en Burdeos, de Lacaton & Vassal. Si los dos primeros han sido leídos como formas de “no intervención”, asociados a una renuncia a diseñar y construir, el tercero escapa a esta lectura, lo cual nos ayudará a reconsiderarlos en clave propositiva. La metodología de análisis se fija en los proyectos y en cómo han sido mediados en diversos canales y para diferentes públicos, desde las revistas especializadas a las “imágenes pobres” compartidas en las aplicaciones web de servidores de mapas. El análisis evidencia el papel crucial de la edición que, al privilegiar ciertos discursos, orienta consecuentemente las prácticas.

In this paper, a new methodology to compare the robustness of sensor structures employed in radiofrequency design for test (RF DFT) architectures for RF integrated circuits (ICs) is proposed. First, the yield loss and defect level of the test technique is evaluated using a statistical model of the Circuit under Test (obtained through non-parametric statistics and copula theory). Then, by carrying out the dispersion analysis of the sensor architecture, a figure of merit is established. This methodology reduces the number of iterations in the design flow of RF DFT sensors and makes it possible to evaluate process dispersion. The case study is a SiGe:C BiCMOS LNA tested by a single-probe measurement.

Houses are fascinating because they seem to occupy a pivotal position in the spectrum of human construction. They are, perhaps, located right on the watershed between what is generally understood as ‘architecture’ and what is considered as just ‘building’. They allow us to probe the very definition of what architecture is perceived to be. Using the typology of the dwelling - and three examples from three architectural practices - we examine differing responses to context, climate and the vernacular, documenting and evaluating commonalities and differentials in design approaches. The examples are a holiday home in Dungeness by NORD, an artists’ residence and studio on Loch Fyne by GMA and a house on the Isle of Lewis by studioKAP.