digital design tools beyond aesthetics
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Digital Tools Beyond Aesthetics
Mass Creativity & The Enablement of Emergence
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1. Bla Bla (oh well…)
2. Case Study (leads nicely to subsequent point)
3. Beta.Speckle (the thing i am actually supposed to speak about)
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$ whoami
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2009 FTW
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2008-2013 Parametric Design Tutor at Various Parametric Design Workshops
2010-2012 MSc @ TU Delft (Hyperbody)
2012-2013 Research Assistant @ ABK Stuttgart
2013-2014 Research Assistant @ TU Berlin
2013-2015 Architect @ Bogdan & Van Broeck (Brussels)
2015 now Marie Curie Researcher @ The Bartlett, UCL
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two0t me your questions @idid
actually just want more followers
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Emergent Creativity(Bla Bla)
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William Blake
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designers are part of the swarm of decision makers whose actions lead to the crystallisation
of the built environment
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design != isolated creation process
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design emerges from a myriad of interactions between human and non-human actors
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Interactive Negotiation Tool
PPP Feasibility Study / Brussels, Belgium
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Project Brief (…)
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Usually, the deliverables are
historical & contextual analysis gross estimate of maximum and minimum amount of m2
a list of possible functions that can be implemented rough financial feasibility
volumetric studies based on zoning regulations
± 30 A4 pages.
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Nevertheless,this approach did not work out
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StakeholdersReal Estate/Developers The Vlaamse Overheid The Architects/Urbanists
Financial Feasibility Social Impact Political Relevance Architectural & Urban Constraints
Parameters
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GOV
DEV ARCH
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GOV
politicians
policymakers
architects
real estatedept.
banks
investors
CSR
DEV ARCH
GOV
DEV ARCH
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GOV
politicians
policymakers
architects
real estatedept.
banks
investors
CSR
DEV ARCH
SHORT TERM PROFIT
COOLNESS
SOCIAL
IMPACT
QUALITY
RESIDUAL GROUND
VALUE
LONG TERM GAINS
GIN&TONIC
GET R
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Too expensive.
GOV
DEV ARCH
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The stakeholders did not speak the same
language & did not share the same interests
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rather than packaging a set of compromise-eroded finite solutions and delivering those
(instead of “baking” solutions)
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Package the negotiation process itself into a deliverable
(let’s deliver the gh def)
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GOV
politicians
policymakers
architects
real estatedept.
banks
investors
CSR
DEV ARCH
?
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£
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step 1: make a relevant parametric model
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+not shippable to politicians
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s0 much numb3rs
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step 2: make it usableaccessible to all stakeholders, non-technical
and technical alike
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kosten
inkomsten126.309.089
saldo42.429.429
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6.309.089
kosten
inkomsten126.309.089
saldo42.429.429
6.309.089
IRR: 5% IRR EV: 12%
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1. categorise & visualise parameters
2. hide inner-mechanics
3. emphasise end results
4. reveal the flow of information
Strategies
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categorize and visualise parameters
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categorize and emphasise parameters
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+hide the inner mechanics: more than 80% of space taken up by secondary calculations that only 5% of
users understand
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Emphasise the flow of information
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off the chartdatabase
Parameters
IRR somewhere here
Netto Present Value
Profit
Residual ground value
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• users gain a global understanding of the process • they become aware of the trade-offs involved • they appropriate the other stakeholders; point of view
Emphasise the flow of information
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so much coolso happy
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the inability to translate between disciplines leads to friction, dissatisfaction and
compromised results.
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aesthetic & technical exploration
digital design tools currently cater to:
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communication with all stakeholders (including
non-technical ones)
digital design tools should cater to:
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Parametric models can go beyond aesthetic and technical exploration: they can embody a narrative and subsequently be the base of
collaborative decision making
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Beta.SpeckleInnoChain / Bob Sheil / Sean Hanna / Robert Aish
A modular, open source*, universally** accessible, mobile ready*** online solution & performance space explorer
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1. Speckle exports the solution & performance space you define inside Grasshopper in a special file.
2. You upload the file to future.speckle. Now it can be viewed online.
3. Users can now explore the your parametric model in their browser!
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DesignParameters
beta.speckle: online
parametric design software
PerformanceMeasures
DesignProblem
ParametricModel
rinse & repeat
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1. Define the solution space
Which parameters are important to the design? Which parameters can actually allow variation? Which are the
meaningful degrees of freedom?
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2. Define the performance space
Which are the measures of performance that actually interest me? Which are the performance measures
that are of interest to my stakeholders?
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TL;DR
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Viewer Dashboard 1
Dashboard 2
Backend
GrasshopperExporter
DynamoExporter
MODEL API METADATAAPI
ProjectWebsite
USER API
ModelInstances
ModelUploads
UserSessions
SavedInstances
Auth0
C# Component
Node JS, Express, MongoDB
THREEJs, JQueryJavaScript Modulebased architecture
clientserver
server
designer’scomputer
RESTful API
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author
app on a server (nodejs)
client client client client client
exporter
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instead of delivering baked goods, why not deliver the recipe?
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thank you. @idid