TY - GEN
T1 - On the shores of architecture
AU - Grobman, Yasha
AU - Kozlovsky, Roy
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper explores the implications of complex geometry enabled by computational technology to architectural theory and practice. It reviews the different design paradigms engaged breaking the horizontality of the floor and ceiling or fusing them together. It argues that current advances in fluid dynamics simulations open a new frontier in the conception of the usable architectural surface, in which the architectural product is no longer a fixed object, but the interaction between a fluid, changing environment and built form. The paper presents a case study in which computational fluid dynamics are utilized to reconvert a disused breakwater into a 'blue garden'. The morphology of the breakwater and its texture are calculated to produce the conditions amiable for supporting a varied marine ecosystem, and to shape the waves to generate aesthetically meaningful sensations. The essay discusses the technical and conceptual challenges of controlling the non-linear behaviour of fluids. It then speculates on the theoretical ramifications of having the surface interact with exterior forces and the subject's imagination to produce an event enfolding in time.
AB - This paper explores the implications of complex geometry enabled by computational technology to architectural theory and practice. It reviews the different design paradigms engaged breaking the horizontality of the floor and ceiling or fusing them together. It argues that current advances in fluid dynamics simulations open a new frontier in the conception of the usable architectural surface, in which the architectural product is no longer a fixed object, but the interaction between a fluid, changing environment and built form. The paper presents a case study in which computational fluid dynamics are utilized to reconvert a disused breakwater into a 'blue garden'. The morphology of the breakwater and its texture are calculated to produce the conditions amiable for supporting a varied marine ecosystem, and to shape the waves to generate aesthetically meaningful sensations. The essay discusses the technical and conceptual challenges of controlling the non-linear behaviour of fluids. It then speculates on the theoretical ramifications of having the surface interact with exterior forces and the subject's imagination to produce an event enfolding in time.
KW - Coastal infrastructure
KW - Computational fluid dynamics
KW - Curvilinear surfaces
KW - Habitat engineering
KW - Performance design theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904695814&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.52842/conf.caadria.2014.853
DO - 10.52842/conf.caadria.2014.853
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AN - SCOPUS:84904695814
SN - 9789881902658
T3 - Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2014
SP - 853
EP - 862
BT - Rethinking Comprehensive Design
PB - The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
T2 - 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia - Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture, CAADRIA 2014
Y2 - 14 May 2014 through 17 May 2014
ER -