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DESIGN AGENCY
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the
Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
USC School of Architecture, Los Angeles
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ACADIA 2014
DESIGN AGENCY
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the
Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture
October 23 25, 2014
Los Angeles, California
University of Southern California
University of California, Los Angeles
Southern California Insitute of Architecture
Editors
David Gerber University of Southern California
Alvin Huang University of Southern California
Jose Sanchez University of Southern California
ACADIA 2014
DESIGN AGENCY
PROCEEDINGS
1
PREFACE
Michael Fox ACADIA President
INTRODUCTION
David Gerber University of Southern California
Alvin Huang University of Southern California
Jose Sanchex University of Southern California
CONFERENCE KEYNOTES
Will Wright
Casey Reas
Marc Fornes
Greg Otto
11
DESIGN AGENCY
21
SESSION INTRODUCTION
23
IGEO
33
43
81
EVERYONE IS AN ARCHITECT
91
POLYOMINO
101
111
An Alternative Ontology of
Programmatic Paradigms for Design
Kyle Steinfeld
Carlos Sandoval
63
75
PRODUCTIVE HYBRIDS
MULTI-SCALAR AGENT-BASED
COMPLEX DESIGN SYSTEMS
Renee Puusepp
53
BOUNDED AGENCY
Claudia W. Otten
117
125
EUCLIDS WEDGE
135
MESH AGENCY
145
EMERGENT INACTIVITIES
Mark Ericson
Gwyllim Jahn
Tom Morgan
Stanislav Roudavski
153
CONTEXT-AWARE
MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
Negotiating Intensive Fields
Rodrigo Shiordia Lopez
David Gerber
237
247
FABRICATION AGENCY
165
SESSION INTRODUCTION
167
CENTENNIAL CHROMAGRAPH
177
189
SNAP-FIT JOINTS
199
219
229
POST-FORMING COMPOSITE
MORPHOLOGIES
PARAMETRIC AGENCY
279
SESSION INTRODUCTION
281
291
ILLUSTRATED PROGRAMMING
301
DIGITAL WALLPAPER
311
SMART NODES
vi
267
NEARLY MINIMAL
Kory Bieg
209
257
BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES
MASS REGIMES
317
DIGITALLY DESIGNING
COLLABORATION
399
327
SIMPLEXITY
Unitized FRP Faade Systems
Mark Cabrinha
Jeff Ponitz
333
PARAMETRIC PLANTING
339
347
357
365
Gven zel
409
SEEING IS DOING
417
PERISTALSIS
427
435
PNEUSYSTEMS
445
INSPIRE
453
Corentin Fivet
Denis Zastavni
COMMUNICATING CLIMATE-SMART
SCENARIOS WITH DATA-DRIVEN
ILLUSTRATIONS
Nancy Yen-wen Cheng
Brian Lockyear
375
TEMPORAL AGENCY
387
SESSION INTRODUCTION
389
Brad Bell
Nathan Barnes
Austin Ede
T. Cord Read
463
473
LE CUBE DAPRS
479
487
555
507
565
523
531
539
573
ADDITIVE FORMWORK
579
ROBOTIC PRODUCTION
IMMANENT DESIGN
Rhett Russo
517
ROBOTIC FABRICATION OF
ACOUSTIC BRICK WALLS
Maximilian Vomhof
Lauren Vasey
Fabio Gramazio
Matthias Kohler
Stefan Bruer
Kurt Eggenschwiler
Jrgen Strauss
SESSION INTRODUCTION
Alisa Andrasek Session Chair
497
TOWARDS A DIGITAL
ANISOTROPIC MATERIALITY
Daniel Rhomberg
Peregrine Buckler
Andrei Gheorghe
Maya Pindeus
Clemens Preisinger
Stefan Thanei
AUGMENTED AGENCY
MATERIAL AGENCY
495
549
TEXTILE EFFECTS
BUG-OUT FABRICATION
589
CONFIGURATIONS OF INTENSITY
Mirco Becker
DATA AGENCY
599
SESSION INTRODUCTION
601
609
ACOMODATING CHANGE IN
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
Robert Vierlinger
Klaus Bollinger
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619
627
637
647
653
671
ROBOTHERMODON
661
719
SELECTIVE INTERFERENCE
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
731
SESSIONAL CHAIRS
Experimental Methods
of Architectural Applications
Marco Corazza
Viral Doshi
Axel Krner
Mehnaj Tabassum
735
ACADIA ORGANIZATION
736
CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT
AND PRODUCTION CREDITS
737
741
SPONSORS
PREFACE
embrace a world where the lines between the physical and dig-
the future, but designing the platform for the future. Such a posi-
tion is both noble and profound, for it means the architect must
understand people well enough to not only design for them but to
our technological living trends that they are defining each other
design the interfaces and tools for them so that they in turn can
become designers.
things are everywhere in our lives and many of them are already
are confusing to say the least and while todays internet supports
Looking at CES this year however, we are starting to see all of the
made their way into mainstream. The disconnect lies in the realiza-
has begun to infiltrate not just our devices and objects but our
terconnected world digital world means that data sets can also be
In a sense, such a connected world is in a unique position to reposition the role of the architectural designer. In the paraphrased
that it may evolve. What has made the ubiquitous phone so pow-
wealth of possibilities, not only at the scale of the building, but also
and what standards and protocols will work their way to the fore, and
and cities in the future. The platform is ripe to foster unique applica-
tions that are tied to our living trends which are both affected by and
affect digital technology. In addition to the amazing and innovative
NOTES
i Neil Leach (ed.), Urban Architecture (UA), No 97, September 2012, p. 8.
web, mobile and spatial interfacing and they are also still evolving.
before mobile devices and web interface technologies changed every aspect of our lives. While the first wave connectivity focused on
http://electronicdesign.com/embedded/
understanding-protocols-behind-internet-things
viii Understanding The Protocols Behind The Internet Of Things:
http://electronicdesign.com/embedded/
understanding-protocols-behind-internet-things
ix Jennifer Stein, Scott S. Fisher, Greg Otto, IOT2010 Workshop, University of Southern
California, LA, CA, 2010.
x Jennifer Stein, Scott S. Fisher, Greg Otto, IOT2010 Workshop, University of Southern
California, LA, CA, 2010.
xi Ishii, Hiroshi and Ullmer, Brygg (1997): Tangible Bits: Towards Seamless Interfaces
between People, Bits and Atoms. In: Pemberton, Steven (ed.) Proceedings of the
ACM CHI 97 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference March 22-27, 1997,
Atlanta, Georgia. pp. 234-241. Available online
xii Hornecker, Eva (2009). Tangible Interaction. Retrieved 16 August 2013 from http://
www.interaction- design.org/encyclopedia/tangible_interaction.html
xiii Data cycle: Behind MITs SENSEable Cities Lab http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/
archive/2011/04/features/data-cycle/page/3
xiv Behnaz Farahi, Alloplastic ArchitectureL The Design of an Interactive Tensegrity
Structure, Proceedings to ACADIA conference, 2013.
INTRODUCTION
David Gerber University of Southern California
Alvin Huang University of Southern California
Jose Sanchez University of Southern California
The theme of the 24th annual ACADIA conference is DESIGN
novel integrations from science and the media arts. The conference theme is intended to highlight experimental research and
projects that exhibit and explore new paradigms of computing
in architecture. It is a title that has proven to be provocative
and even controversial in the understanding of how we define
perhaps redefining not only the term design but the culture of
AGENCY implies that there is always a feedback, an interdependence between the designer and the designed.
DESIGN AGENCY is encapsulated in software while thousands of players explore a vast search-space. The desire and
perseverance of the community is in perpetual dialogue with
the constraints of the system.
The recent emphasis on fabrication in the architecture profession has proven that the algorithmic notion of agency is
also true for fabrication, materials and systems of production.
Architectural practices encapsulate an organization of knowledge that can operate to not only mediate the constraints of
form and perfomance but also those of economy and feasibility. The work of ACADIA 2014 Keynote speaker Zaha Hadid