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Hyper A Residential Integrative Modeling

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MaCAD 2024-2025

In today’s rapidly evolving architectural landscape, integrative modeling stands out as a transformative approach to designing residential projects. Our team’s recent exploration, guided by advanced computational methodologies and Building Information Modeling (BIM), demonstrates the profound impact of integrating Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit for creating efficient, accurate, and sustainable residential solutions. Integrative modeling In this Integrative … Read more

Form follows Data

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MaCAD 2024-2025

Introduction Facades are vital architectural elements, functioning as the interface between a building’s interior and exterior while reflecting broader design strategies. Vitruvius emphasized the concept of Venustas, the aesthetic appeal achieved through harmonious proportions and calculated symmetries, as central to the role of facades in conveying beauty and balance. In modern architecture, facades transcend their … Read more

Digital tools for Integrative Modelling – Hyper A Facade

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MaCAD 2024-2025

The Facade Team Team Vision Group Topic Kinetic Component  Envelope Development Hyper Building A is a self-sustaining, energy-efficient project designed to seamlessly integrate into Japanese culture. The design follows the 15-minute walk theory, organizing the building into distinct neighborhoods to promote accessibility and community interaction. The vision for this project is centered around energy efficiency, … Read more

Voxelizator

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MaCAD 2024-2025

This project explores voxelization, a process that converts 3D geometries into structured voxel grids. Voxel-based representations are widely used in computer graphics, simulations, architecture, and scientific visualization. What is Voxelization? Voxelization is the transformation of a 3D model into a grid of small cubic units called voxels (short for volumetric pixels). This technique is commonly … Read more

BENCH DESIGNER

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MaCAD 2024-2025

WHY BENCH DESIGNER? Furniture design has always been a balance between functionality and aesthetics, but traditional methods often leave little room for personalization. The Bench Designer was created to change that—giving users the freedom to design their own bench with real-time customization and instant feedback. Customization in furniture is becoming more important as people seek … Read more

EVOL: Building Volume Evaluator

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MaCAD 2024-2025

What is EVOL? EVOL is a site maximum building volume evaluator, designed for architects, designers, developers, and anyone interested in quickly assessing a site’s building potential. By integrating zoning regulations, solar exposure considerations, and urban density parameters, EVOL provides an efficient and interactive method to visualize the maximum buildable volume for a given site. Instead … Read more

ADU Generator

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MaCAD 2024-2025

Intuitive app that let’s you visualize in real time the location, size, and cost estimate of an ADU in your plot. General Description: ADU stands for Accessory Dwelling Unit. ADUs are becoming very popular in the United States, as a way for homeowners to build an additional(s) living unit in plots zoned for single-family use. … Read more

Parking Generator

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MaCAD 2024-2025

Introduction Effortlessly generate optimized parking layouts by simply importing the plot boundary. Our intelligent algorithm automatically designs parking lots that maximize space utilization while ensuring smooth traffic flow and accessibility. Upload Rhino Files Option to upload any land layout in .3dm format the script will solve the parking for this land First step shift Option … Read more

The Housing Problem in Spain

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MaCAD 2024-2025

As a starting point in the Cloud Based Data Management course, we were asked to address a current problem for the final project by using the knowledge acquired during the seminar. The topic chosen in my case was the housing problem in Spain. Access to affordable housing has become one of Spain’s most pressing social … Read more

HYPERBUILDING_A Data Team Integrative Modeling

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MaCAD 2024-2025

Introduction The Data team’s role in the Hyper A project is to calculate the performance metrics of each Design Team.  Each Design Team provides the Data Team the component values for needed to calculate their metrics.  These component values are cumulative for their entirety of their design. For example, the Industrial Team’s Primary Metric is … Read more

Integrative Structural Modelling

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MaCAD 2024-2025

The Structural Innovation Behind Hyper-Building B As cities continue to grow vertically, the need for adaptive, resilient, and expressive structural systems becomes increasingly vital. The Hyper-Building B project, developed as part of the Integrative Modeling Seminar at MaCAD, embraces a forward-thinking approach that integrates Japanese aesthetics, parametric design, and high-performance structural engineering. The structural team … Read more

OptiBIPV

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MaCAD 2024-2025

What & Why ? OptiBIPV is an app designed to enhance an integrated design approach for photovoltaic facades right from the early design stages. In today’s building design, balancing aesthetics with the growing demand for energy production is more important than ever. OptiBIPV enhances collaboration for a more sustainable environment, helping architects, facade designers, and … Read more

The Yoga Pavilion Designer

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MaCAD 2024-2025

Team member: Giorgia Wolman Link to Project: https://datamgmt25.iaac.net/ An online app that allows you to create and customize your own yoga pavilion in real-time. It’s designed to give you full creative control, making the design process simple and intuitive. Figure 1: The Yoga Pavilion Designer App Display Key Tools For Achieving Flexibility: Modify Petal Number: 4 … Read more

Seats and Sightlines

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MaCAD 2024-2025

The App The purpose of the app is to help Step 0 of designing a stadium. This is a complex subject, in fact FIFA has a 1300 page handbook capturing the explicit requirements for every aspects of the design, down to the finest details, which is driven by benchmarked operational needs. The scope of the … Read more

Integrating BIM Data within Hyperbuilding-B

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MaCAD 2024-2025

As members of the data team for Hyperbuilding-B, we focus our integrative assignment on functional zoning and the extraction of structural and environmental data from our building zones. Functional Zoning The team B hyperbuilding is a series of towers joined by lower floor podiums and bridges of fluid forms that all follow the same structural … Read more

Design Your Kitchen with Our Kitchen Planner App

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MaCAD 2024-2025

Introduction Designing a kitchen can be overwhelming. From layout planning to cost estimation, ensuring everything fits perfectly requires time and effort. That’s why we created the Kitchen Planner App – an interactive tool that helps you design your kitchen effortlessly while estimating costs in real-time. Key Features of the Kitchen Planner 1. Adjustable Kitchen Dimensions … Read more