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Humanizing Digital Reality

Design Modelling Symposium Paris 2017

  • Answers questions about the influence of humans in controlling CAD and how much human is in control of its surroundings

  • Poses new challenges to match the complex algorithms that we use for city planning to their expectations for living

  • Questions whether inventions reverse the humanly controlled algorithms into a space where humans are controlled by the algorithms

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Table of contents (56 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXI
  2. Material Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
    2. Computational Material Cultures

      • Achim Menges
      Pages 5-11
  3. Structural Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-15
    2. Make Complex Structures Affordable

      • Jean-François Caron, Olivier Baverel
      Pages 17-24
  4. Data Farming

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-29
    2. Data Morphogenesis

      • Kasper Jordaens
      Pages 31-39
    3. Mutually Assured Construction

      • Usman Haque
      Pages 41-46
  5. Data Shaping Cities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-57
    2. What Big Data Tell Us About Trees and the Sky in the Cities

      • Fábio Duarte, Carlo Ratti
      Pages 59-62
  6. Thermodynamic Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-83
    2. The Tool(s) Versus The Toolkit

      • Chris Mackey, Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari
      Pages 93-101
    3. Capturing the Dynamics of Air in Design

      • Jane Burry
      Pages 103-110
  7. Scientific Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
    2. Stone Morphologies: Erosion-Based Digital Fabrication Through Event-Driven Control

      • Steve De Micoli, Katja Rinderspacher, Achim Menges
      Pages 113-124
    3. Designing Grid Structures Using Asymptotic Curve Networks

      • Eike Schling, Denis Hitrec, Rainer Barthel
      Pages 125-140

About this book

This book aims at finding some answers to the questions: What is the influence of humans in controlling CAD and how much is human in control of its surroundings? How far does our reach as humans really go? Do the complex algorithms that we use for city planning nowadays live up to their expectations and do they offer enough quality? How much data do we have and can we control? Are today’s inventions reversing the humanly controlled algorithms into a space where humans are controlled by the algorithms? Are processing power, robots for the digital environment and construction in particular not only there to rediscover what we already knew and know or do they really bring us further into the fields of constructing and architecture?

The chapter authors were invited speakers at the 6th Symposium "Design Modelling Symposium: Humanizing Digital Reality", which took place in  Ensa-Versailles, France from 16 - 20 September 2017.   

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles, Versailles, India

    Klaas De Rycke

  • University of the Arts, Berlin, India

    Christoph Gengnagel

  • Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Champs sur Marne, Australia

    Olivier Baverel

  • Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

    Jane Burry

  • School of Architecture + Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Caitlin Mueller

  • ENSA Paris-Malaquais, Paris, France

    Minh Man Nguyen

  • Philippe Rahm architects, Paris, France

    Philippe Rahm

  • The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Humanizing Digital Reality

  • Book Subtitle: Design Modelling Symposium Paris 2017

  • Editors: Klaas De Rycke, Christoph Gengnagel, Olivier Baverel, Jane Burry, Caitlin Mueller, Minh Man Nguyen, Philippe Rahm, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6611-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6610-8Published: 02 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4915-7Published: 23 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6611-5Published: 15 September 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 684

  • Number of Illustrations: 82 b/w illustrations, 402 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Building Construction and Design, Solid Mechanics, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, Energy Efficiency

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Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
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