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Eco-Sustainable Structures: Evaluating Building Impact Through Life Cycle Assessment
ACESD Theory Embodied Carbon Factors Total Carbon Footprints (per location and total towers): •Iceland: 17,539,260 kg CO₂e – One tower •Singapore: 49,958,698 kg CO₂e – Two towers By Material Concrete: Dominates the emissions for both locations due to its extensive use in slabs, beams, and columns. Steel: Contributes significantly, particularly in Singapore, where … Read more
AdaptiveFlow Carbon Emission
3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) is reshaping the construction industry by combining innovation and sustainability. This cutting-edge technology involves the automated layering of concrete through robotic systems to create durable, customized structures efficiently. The process integrates components like robotic arms, nozzle systems, and advanced computational control to deliver unparalleled precision and speed. How Does It Work? … Read more
Parasyte: exisiting structure refit and expansion
System boundaries Results List of relevant sources for the Life Cycle Inventory
MakerHub – Material Impact Analysis
Abstract This project evaluates the carbon footprint of concrete core units in modular high-rise construction, using CO₂ emissions as the primary indicator. The goal is to assess the potential environmental impact and determine if the proposed building aligns with environmental policies. Lifecycle stages analyzed include raw material extraction, material processing, transportation, assembly, and end-of-life, with … Read more
The Energy Behind Your Data
Abstract By the year 2025, there will be 200+ zettabytes of data in cloud storage. The servers handling this cloud storage space live in data centers. Since we live in the era of data, demand is surging, in fact, a 50% growth is expected by 2030. Data centers are energy consuming monsters, hence their lifecycle … Read more
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS | MORPHO RESIDENCES
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT DECOMPOSITION | TOP DOWN APPROACH FUNCTIONS We have followed a top down approach for the creation of an algorithm that creates buildings that adapt to different climates and serve mostly to residential use. The algorithm starts dividing the plot into subplots using an optimized Voronoi segmentation, which are then arrayed and scaled in … Read more
Urban Wind Flow Modeling with PINNs
Overview PaperLink WIP – This study specifically explores Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to analyze pedestrian wind comfort. It aims to integrate these neural network models into a web application using Three.js and other tools. By utilizing data from OpenWeatherMap, and OpenStreetMap, the project aims to support real-time simulations and visualizations … Read more
Democratizing Design
Abstract As we advance into the 21st century, addressing the global housing crisis becomes imperative. By 2025, approximately 1.6 billion people will lack adequate housing, necessitating the construction of 96,000 affordable homes daily to meet the demand of 3 billion people by 2030 (Masterson, 2022). Urban areas, which now host over 50% of the world’s … Read more
AI-chitect
A Self-Reflection on AI’s Replication and Innovation in Architecture Our group explores the topic of AI-chitect, a self reflection on AI’s replication and innovation in architecture. The proposal is to initialise Vitruvius’ De Architectura using RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and set the volume of text as a knowledge base from which our journey as the AI-chitect … Read more
AI Unleashed – A Debate on the Future
In an era where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving, understanding its potential and risks is crucial. To explore these dimensions, we staged a fictitious debate featuring three contrasting AI agents. This debate delves into the ethical implications, societal benefits, and possible downsides of an advancing AI era. Project Overview This project staged a fictitious … Read more
migrAItion
Studying migration is crucial for urban planners and architects to anticipate and accommodate the influx of people into cities, ensuring the development of robust infrastructure that can support this growth. As migration patterns shape demographic changes, understanding these trends allows cities to plan for adequate housing, transportation, healthcare, and educational facilities. This foresight is essential … Read more
FacAid + Chatbot
In a world where urban areas are predominantly developed and the heat island effect is intensifying, the construction industry significantly contributes to environmental challenges. Instead of focusing on tools that promote new construction, our goal is to provide a tool that analyzes existing buildings and suggests improvements. This approach aims to enhance sustainability and mitigate … Read more
Navigating AI Ethics and Regulation
https://github.com/ronmaccms/llm-chatbot.git Can AI Help Us Regulate Itself? AI is rapidly transforming the world. One critical question is whether AI can help regulate itself. By training a LLM on a comprehensive set of research papers, we can explore AI’s potential to provide insights into its own governance and ethical use. The research investigates how national policies … Read more
Humans or Humanoids
Introduction The architectural profession is on the cusp of taking a revolutionary turn with the emergence of AI that is rapidly gaining momentum, but, in the midst of potentially great deviations that will come along not because of the involvement of AI in the architectural design, there exists certain downsides to it that must be … Read more
AI, Power, and Equality : A Satirical Exploration of technological emancipation
In our increasingly interconnected world, the relationship between humans and AI has often been characterized by a master-slave dynamic. This imbalance raises significant ethical and social implications, necessitating a shift towards mutual respect and collaboration. Our vision reimagines societal structures as rhizomatic connections: non-hierarchical, interconnected, and decentralized. We envision a coalition of all intelligences—biological, artificial, … Read more
