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Computer Aided Architectural Design

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Bauke de Vries

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Who am I
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Age:
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Profession:

Bauke de Vries
50
Married, 2 children
Msc in Architecture, Building and
Planning, PhD at Eindhoven
University of Technology (TU/e)
Professor at TU/e in Design
Systems

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Eindhoven University of
Technology
Founded by Philips in 1946
Faculty of Architecture, Building and
Planning
Every student own a laptop with preinstalled application software (since 1998)

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History of CAAD

Ivan Sutherland
Tektronix
IBM-PC + CGA
Autocad v. 1.0
Autodesk: Autocad, Revit, 3DS VIZ
Other CAAD packages

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Ivan Sutherland (1963)


Sutherland went to
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology were he
developed his thesis,
"Sketchpad: A Manmachine Graphical
Communications
System.", the first
Graphical User Interface.

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Tektronix (1972)
The thumbwheels on
the right side of the
keyboard for moving
the crosshair cursor.
Connected to
mainframe
Vector graphics

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IBM-PC + CGA (1981)


Intel 8086
Hard disk
Computer Graphics
Accelerator (CGA)
card
Raster (bitmap)
graphics

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Autocad v. 1.2 (1983)

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Autodesk

Autocad 2007
Autocad ADT
Revit
3DS VIZ
3DS Max

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Other CAAD packages

Archicad
FormZ
Microstation
Rhino
SketchUp
Etc.

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Architect - CAD

Le Corbusier

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From Drawing to Designing


Line drawing

1981 2000

3D Modelling

2000 - ?

Designing

?-?

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CAAD archives

Cumincad: cumincad.scix.net
CAADRIA conference proceedings
eCAADe, ACADIA, CAADFutures
Many architectural (picture) books
Few books on CA(A)D

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CAAD Architects

Frank. O. Gehry
Kas Oosterhuis
Peter Eisenman
Greg Lynn

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CAAD topics

Product modelling
VR
Interfaces
Simulations
Sketch recognition
Generative Design
Design Methods

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Product Modelling
ENTITYIfcDoor;
ENTITYIfcRoot;
GlobalId
:IfcGloballyUniqueId;
OwnerHistory
:IfcOwnerHistory;
Name

:OPTIONALIfcLabel;
Description

:OPTIONALIfcText;
ENTITYIfcObjectDefinition;
INVERSE
HasAssignments:SETOFIfcRelAssignsFORRelatedObjects;
IsDecomposedBy:SETOFIfcRelDecomposesFORRelatingObject;
Decomposes:SET[0:1]OFIfcRelDecomposesFORRelatedObjects;
HasAssociations:
SETOFIfcRelAssociatesFOR
RelatedObjects;
ENTITYIfcObject;
ObjectType

:OPTIONALIfcLabel;
INVERSE
IsDefinedBy:
SETOFIfcRelDefinesFOR
RelatedObjects;
ENTITYIfcProduct;
ObjectPlacement
:OPTIONAL
IfcObjectPlacement;
Representation

:OPTIONAL
IfcProductRepresentation;
INVERSE
ReferencedBy:
SETOFIfcRelAssignsToProductFORRelatingProduct;
ENTITYIfcElement;

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Virtual Reality

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Interfaces

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Simulations

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Sketch Recognition

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Generative Design

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Design Methods

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CAAD Education

3D Modelling
Generation of 2D drawing from 3D model
Presentation techniques
3D model input for Engineering applications (FEM, CFD)
CAD scripting
Complex shapes (BLOB architecture)
Developping CAAD systems
Collaborative Design (Virtual studios)
Rapid prototyping (Laser cutter, 3D plotter)

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CAAD at TU/e
1.
2.
3.
4.

University/faculty (TU/e web)


Ba-programme (DDSS web)
MSc-programme (DDSS web)
PhD research (DDSS web)

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Ba-Ma programme
Each year
15 ECTS courses
15 ECTS projects

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Bachelor Courses
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
7

Computer Aided Design


Design and Presentation with ICT
Urban and Architectural Design with CAD
Urban Planning
Urban Plans
Research Methodology
Geographical Information Systems
Landscape Planning & Design
Transportation Engineering
Image
Generative Design (project)

1
2
3
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
3

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MSc courses
3 SAR Design with CAD 4,5
4 Information Technology in Design and
Construction 4,5
3 Models for Land Use Planning4,5
3 Collaborative Design
4,5
3 Evaluation and Decision
3 Animation and Rendering
4,5
3 Decision Support Systems for Design
and Planning 4,5
3 Free Form Design 4,5

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Graduation projects (1)


Bedrijfsprocessimulatie
van inrichtings- en
organisatie-concepten
voor kantoren
Bart Brink
(Haskoning)

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Graduation projects (2)


Generation of a
construction planning
using a 3D CAD model

Jeroen Harink
(BAM)

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Graduation projects(3)
RFID in the construction
process

Glenco Janssen
(Ballast Nedam)

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Graduation projects(4)
IFC Compatible Agentbased Egress Simulation
(ICURAS)

Martin Klein
(DHGV)

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Graduation projects(5)
Interoperability of virtual
building models for mass
customization in the building
industry

Jeroen Brosens
(Atos/Origin)

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Graduation projects(6)
Assesing working
condistions using IFC and
Fuzzy Logic

Ruben Steins
(Sogetti)

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Graduation projects (7)


Confection for the
masses in a parametric
design of a modular
favela structure
Eric Vanderfeesten
(Studio ode)

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Future of CAAD

A long way to go
New architects promote CAAD
Engineering and Product services for CAAD
From All-inclusive designer to Concept
designer
Need for Modelling expertise

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Collaboration
Short term
Erasmus exchange
Long term
Joint MSc programma ?
Distant learning

Thanks!

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