metadata for architectural contents in europe

co-funded by the European Commission

Massimiliano CondottaIstituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia , Italy

MTWG - August 2010 - Los Angeles

OVERVIEW

‣ Objectives and approach‣ The MACE classification‣ The MACE Portal

PROJECT OVERVIEW‣ Metadata for Architectural Contents in Europe

‣ Co–funded by the EUeContentPlus program

‣ September 2006 – 2009

‣ Objective: create a common infrastructure for enriching and retrieving educational digital contents - about architecture - stored in European archives

STARTING POINT

Various repositories for architectural contents, but:

‣not interconnected

‣not widely known

‣no single access point

OBJECTIVE

Create a conceptual and technical infrastructure to

‣connect contents via metadata

‣connect existing communities

‣provide federated search and access

‣create a sustainable knowledge network

OAI-PMHHARVESTE

DMETADATA

LOM

INFRASTRUCTURE

CAM–RSS

ATTENTIONMETADATA

CAM

DOMAINMETADATA

COMPETENCEMETADATA

CONTEXT METADATA

WEB SERVICES

FEDERATEDSEARCH

USER MANAGE-MENT

IMPROVED ACCESS

INTEGRATEDWIDGETS

FACETEDSEARCH

EXPERT INDEXERS

ENRICHED METADATA

ARCHITECTURALCOMMUNITY

AUTOMATICMETHODS

MACE PORTAL

THE CELESTIAL EMPORIUMOF BENEVOLENT KNOWLEDGE

An introduction to the MACE index taxonomy

An animal taxonomy from an ancient Chinese encyclopedia, the Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge‣ those that belong to the Emperor

‣ those that are trained

‣ fabulous ones

‣ stray dogs

‣ those that are included in this classification

‣ innumerable ones

‣ those drawn with a very fine camel's hair brush

‣ others

‣ those that have just broken a flower vase

‣ those that resemble flies from a distance Jorge Luis Borges

THE ARCHITECTURAL DOMAIN

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

CI/Sfb

UNIClass

EPIC

MASTERFORMAT

IFC

LIBRARY CATALOGUE

Anglo american Cataloguing Rules 2° Ed

The Dewey bDecimal Classification (DDC)

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

ISO – 12006/2

ISP/PAS 12006/3

CULTURAL HERITAGE

Categories for the description of work (CDWA)

WRA core 4.0

Cataloguing Cultural Object (CCO)

Foundation for Documents of Architecture (FDA)

GLOSSARIES FOR ARTS

The Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)

Thesaurus of Graphic Materials (TGM)

Thesaurus fo Geographic Names (TGN)

ANY CHANCE?

‣ organize this domain‣ via a KOS that:

HOW?

BE COMPLETE

MACE

CDWA

CCO

FDA

AAT

TGM TGN

DDC CI/Sfb

UNIClassEPIC

MASTERFORMAT

ISO – 12006/2

ISP/PAS 12006/3

BE TASK ORIENTED

‣ Extensive use case analysis pointed out the main tasks and the information types

BE COGNITIVELY ADEQUATE

‣ Design … is an ill defined problem …‣ Shaping the problem space and

problem solving flow concurrently

The learner’s standpoint

10THEDREAMTHEDREAMTHEDREAMTHEDREAMTHEDREAMTHE

BEING SOCIAL

DIAGRAM

VISIONARY

PRIMITIVE

FACADE

LAND

RELATIONAL SPACEMODEL

SITUATIONALIST

EXTERNAL VIEWEVENTSVOLUMETRIC

VENTURI

RENDER

LIQUID

PLASTIC

TRANSPARENT

STRONG

DISTORTION

VOIDING

CONNECTING

ADDING

REPEATINGGRID

‣ to support this “architectural-like” browsing system

‣ we need “rules” “criterions” to organize and classify all the aspects of the architectural domain

‣ for this reason we have to develop our own “rules” and “criterions”

WE NEED

‣ an architectural-like intuitive navigation system

‣ to search and browse‣ through concepts‣ in a NON_PASSIVE way

WE NEED

WE NEED

MACE knowledge organization system

‣ an architectural-like intuitive navigation system to search and browse

‣ through conceptsin a NON_PASSIVE way

the architectural projectthe architectural projectthe architectural projectthe architectural project

functionality

constructive

living wellness

technical aspectstechnical aspectstechnical aspectstechnical aspects

the architectural projectthe architectural projectthe architectural projectthe architectural project

functionality

constructive

living wellness

ideas

meaning

technical aspectstechnical aspectstechnical aspectstechnical aspects

poetic artistic aspectspoetic artistic aspectspoetic artistic aspectspoetic artistic aspects

metaphor

functionality

constructiveliving wellness

ideasmeaning

to develop a coherent strategy

to approach the knowledge organization

of such a heterogeneous subject

the various issues have been separated and re-ordered on the basis of two possible end users’ activities:

functionality


ideasmeaning

documentation and technical problem solving activity of the researcher, the architect, the engineer

aiming to deepen descriptive aspects, or searching for documentation to approach technical problem solving

functionality


ideasmeaning

design conception activity of the designer, may he be a professional or a student; an activity influenced by theoretical and personal concerns, ideas, poetic cues.

Architecture and the build environment is not only the technical production of concrete “facts”, but also a

“sign” featuring a message

meaningcontent

perceptionexpression

symbolical contents

metaphorical contents

concepts

project cues

...

project actions

...

perceptive qualities

form characteristics

textures

colors

“sign” featuring a message

MACETAXONOMY

MACE TAXONOMY

IDENTIFICATIONIntervention type, Project type,Functional typology, Form typology

CONTEXTGeographic context,

Urban context

TECHNICAL DESIGNMaterials, Construction form, Building

element,Technological profile, Structure profile,

Systems and equipments,Technical performance,

Maintenance and conservation

CONCEPTUAL DESIGNProject cues, Project actions,

Form characteristics, Perceptive qualities, Relation with the context

CONSTRUCTINGConstruction management,Construction phase,Construction activity,Machinery and equipments

THEORIES CONCEPTSStyles, periods and trends, Theoretical concepts



Urban context









6 categories

MACE TAXONOMY



Urban context









27 “facets”

MACE TAXONOMY


Urban context










terms

2780 base terms (translated in 4 languages)

Hierarchy up to 5At the moment: 800 synonyms



Urban context









church

Ronchamp

Jubilee Church

Hallgrímskirkja

Crystal Church



Urban context









curtain wall

technical drawings

details

functioning theory



Urban context









“hydra” pavilion

water cube

freshwater pavilion

Stretto house

water metaphoric reference



Urban context









Neue NationalgalerieDas Kunstmuseum

transparent

Fondation Cartier

IKMZ

INTERFACE DESIGN

http://portal.mace-project.eu/

MACE INDEXING STRATEGY

adding a classification term to the L.O.

Deconstructivist id = StylesPeriodsAndTrends2450

INDEXING OF CONTENTS

INDEXING OF CONTENTS

MACE PORTAL

CLASSIFICATION TERMS

MACE “INTERNAL

LOM

MACE“EXPANDED

LOM”

PORTAL QUERIES

“INTERNAL” LOM “EXPANDED LOM”

CONNECTING CONTENTS

‣ the classification based on a standardized faceted taxonomy allows a “semantic operability” between contents

‣ thanks to this “semantic operability” is possible to start a conceptual navigation between contents:

‣ a navigation inside a dynamic network of mutual relations between contents

CONCEPTUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CONTENTS

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HOW IMPROVE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT COULD BE USED IN SCENARIOS

LINKED TO TERRITORIES TO IMPROVE

SOCIAL CREATIVITY and

KNOWLEDGE GENERATION ?

Massimiliano CondottaIstituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia , Italy

UNFOLDING VENICE:Browsing and correlation of data in tangible maps.a Venice case study

PROJECT OVERVIEW

‣ funded by IUAV and coordinated by the IUAV Research Unit “Comunicare la conoscenza: Design dell’informazione & Nuove tecnologie per la conoscenza del territorio e dell’ambiente”

‣ developed by the IUAV Research Unit, and in an accompanying course on Tangible Maps in the Interface design program at the University of Potsdam (FHP)

‣ November 2009 – 2010

‣ Credits: (IUAV): Massimiliano Condotta (in charge of the project), Vittorio Spigai, Luigi Di Prinzio

‣ (FHP): Till Nagel, Frank Heidmann, Jula Lakritz, Nadine Patzig, Stefan Rechsteiner, Martin Schissler, and Stephan Thiel.

‣ connecting contents related to geographical location;

‣ a friendly and direct access to data; ‣ free and flexible navigation of

information;‣ relation network between notions has

to be explicated in a visual ways; ‣ a social system opening a space to

increase the social creativity process.

CONCEPTUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN CONTENTS IN A MULTILAYERED INFORMATION SPACE

AN INTERACTIVE TABLE

A MULTILAYERED INFORMATION SPACE

A TANGIBLE OBJECT TO INTERACT WITH THE SYSTEM

VISUALIZATION OF INFORMATION

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THE CONCEPTUAL CATEGORIES USED

THE SELECTION OF INVOLVED TERMS

THANKS!

Q?A!

metadata for architectural contents in europe

Documents

architectural project

architectural contents

technical problem

learners standpoint

technical infrastructure

mace classification

project type

project overview