Dear Colleagues,
I am posting this call for papers on behalf of the editors of the
Journal of TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN (TAD). TAD is a new
journal which aims to bridge work between the simulation work and the
design world. Please consider submitting any relevant work!
Warm regards,
Alstan
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J. Alstan Jakubiec
Assistant Professor
Architecture and Sustainable Design
Singapore University of Technology and Design
8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372
telephone: +65 6499 4530, e-mail: john_jakubiec at sutd.edu.sg
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Dear Colleagues,
The Editorial Board of the Journal of *TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE +
DESIGN (TAD) *announces the Call for Papers for ISSUE 2 ? *SIMULATIONS. *
This publication will be of value to yourself and your colleagues and we
encourage the wide circulation of this announcement.
We look forward to receiving your papers ? *DEADLINE MARCH 1^st , 2017. *
*ISSUE 2.0: Simulations: Modeling, Measuring, and Disrupting Design*
*Download the Call for Papers*:
http://tad-journal.org/documents/TAD_SimulationsCfP_20160721.pdf
The simulation of physical reality is a necessary preoccupation of the
architect, engineer, builder and systems specialist. For centuries,
simulations have existed in the form of heuristic techniques used in
establishing rules of thumb for architecture and design. These drawings,
physical mock-ups, models, and other forms of mediated representations
were surely satisfactory, but rarely optimal. In the twenty-first
century, architecture benefits from the availability of near-immediate
performance simulations executed during the design process and enabled
by advanced computation software and rapid prototyping. In this context,
prescriptive codes and standardization give way to hybrid models that
integrate design goals, site and climate conditions, available
resources, and building systems. Whether used for construction
sequencing, parametric design comparisons, or structural, lighting, air
flow and energy analysis, these simulations generate large amounts of
complex performance data requiring a rigorous interpretation of results.
All good simulation models however, ?whether made of sticks or
bits?necessarily simplify in order to isolate and test relationships.
Increasingly, digital simulation platforms operate as scripted add-ons,
linking simulation engines to design software and embedding default
values for building-based parameters. So doing, they rapidly generate
performance data albeit with less user specified information. Feedback
is immediate, results are plentiful, and queries are customizable, even
when user expertise is limited. And while it appears the integration of
data and performance in design has never been more accessible, the
process is also more susceptible to false results from incorrect
parameters and the blind acceptance of black box output. As we embrace
the role of simulations in supporting generative design, we invite a
critical evaluation of their assumptions, fidelity, limits, and potentials.
Designing increasingly smarter, integrated, and efficient systems
requires a nuanced understanding of the benefits and constraints of
simulations. How might we assess whether they truly result in better
performing buildings? Rarely studied post construction and almost never
evaluated from the perspective of end-users, how do we know if completed
works of architecture actually perform to their simulated measures? What
are the standards by which we might validate and establish consensus for
parameters needed to construct increasingly elaborate models? How might
methodologies in collateral fields inform our approaches to
architectural simulations? And most critically, in what way are
designers expanding the objectives of a practice historically driven by
engineering economy? Beyond measuring ?efficiencies?, how can
simulations disrupt the process of design itself by transforming the
very way in which we communicate, collaborate and legislate? And how
might simulations help us define and generate improved architectural
outcomes?
TAD (TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN) Issue 2, seeks empirical
research, creative design, and critical theory manuscripts that
investigate the role of simulations in the built environment. The issue
aims to question the full spectrum of methodologies, models and
measurement paradigms attendant to simulations of the built environment.
It is equally committed to investigating the potential of this 21st
century technology to disrupt the very practice of design
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*TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN***is a peer-reviewed international
journal dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in the field of
building technology, with a particular focus on its translation,
integration, and impact on architecture and design. TAD solicits,
captures, and shares new knowledge in how we think, make and use
technology within the building arts. Published articles feature primary
research in emerging materials, construction techniques, design
integration, structures, building systems, energy, environmental design,
information technology, digital fabrication, sustainability and
resiliency, project delivery, the history and theory of technology, and
building technology education. Aimed at researchers, educators, and
practitioners, the journal advances and transforms the current discourse
on building based technologies with the goal of expanding, reimagining
and challenging its role for architecture and design.
Contact us with questions at */editors(at)tadjournal(dot)org/*//and
visit */TADjournal.org/* for more information. If you would like to
serve as a paper reviewer, please sign up on our database:
http://tad-journal.org/Volunteer.html
*Editorial Board *
Caryn Brause, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chris Ford, Stanford University
Kyle Konis, University of Southern California
Clare Olsen, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Jeana Ripple, University of Virginia
Franca Trubiano, University of Pennsylvania
Marci Uihlein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrzej Zarzycki, New Jersey Institute of Technology
/Apologies in advance for any cross listings. /
*Franca Trubiano*
*TAD Editorial Board *
http://tadjournal.or
University of Pennsylvania,
trubiano at design.upenn.edu
http://franca-trubiano.squarespace.com
http://www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/graduate/people/franca-trubiano
