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“robert stuart smith”

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  • Behavioural Production

    Semi-Autonomous Approaches to Architectural Design, Robotic Fabrication and Collective Robotic Construction

    by Robert Stuart-Smith ...
    Autonomous manufacturing and cyber-physical systems are key enabling technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4) which are currently being incorporated into the building design and construction industries. These emerging IR4 technologies have the potential to effectively improve construction affordability and productivity, address current and future building demand, and reduce the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • Performance Assessment Strategies

    A computational framework for conceptual design of large roofs

    by Michela Turrin ...
    Using engineering performance evaluations to explore design alternatives during the conceptual phase of architectural design helps to understand the relationships between form and performance; and is crucial for developing well-performing final designs. Computer aided conceptual design has the potential to aid the design team in discovering and highlighting these relationships; especially by means ... Read more

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  • Foundations of Robotics

    A Multidisciplinary Approach with Python and ROS

    Edited by Damith Herath, David St-Onge ...
    This open access book introduces key concepts in robotics in an easy to understand language using an engaging project-based approach. It covers contemporary topics in robotics, providing an accessible entry point to fundamentals in all the major domains. A section is dedicated to introducing programming concepts using Python, which has become a language of choice in robotics and AI. The book also ... Read more

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  • Matter: Material Processes in Architectural Production

    Edited by Gail Peter Borden, Michael Meredith ...
    Beginning with material, this book revolves around physical material making and design decisions that emerge from material interaction.Combining essays from both practice and academia, this book presents some of the most significant projects and thoughts on materiality from the last decade. Beautifully illustrated with a great deal of technical information throughout, it shows work, technical ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Digitalization and Sustainable Manufacturing

    Twin Transition in Norway

    Edited by Sverre Gulbrandsen-Dahl, Heidi C. Dreyer, Einar L. Hinrichsen, Halvor Holtskog, Kristian Martinsen, Håkon Raabe, Gabor Sziebig ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Production and Operations Management
    The manufacturing industry is facing massive changes driven by digitalization and sustainability. It is being redefined to meet the UN SDGs with the creation of new materials, processes and machinery. The drive for digitalization in order to use resources more effectively and efficiently adds to the complexity of this twin transition. This book presents results from 8 years of research with 15 ... Read more

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  • Softspace

    From a Representation of Form to a Simulation of Space

    Edited by Sean Lally, Jessica Young ...
    This well-illustrated book unites essayists and emerging architectural practices to examine how digital tools are increasingly being used in architectural design, not only to show form, structure and geometries but also to visualize and simulate energies and material qualities such as air, gas, sound, scent and electricity.Softspace takes stock of current advancements in design and research, while ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Responsive Landscapes

    Strategies for Responsive Technologies in Landscape Architecture

    by Bradley E Cantrell, Justine Holzman ...
    The sensing, processing, and visualizing that are currently in development within the environment boldly change the ways design and maintenance of landscapes are perceived and conceptualised. This is the first book to rationalize interactive architecture and responsive technologies through the lens of contemporary landscape architectural theory.Responsive Landscapes frames a comprehensive view of ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Sensing Machines

    How Sensors Shape Our Everyday Life

    by Chris Salter ...
    How we are tracked, surveilled, tantalized, and seduced by machines ranging from smart watches and Roombas to immersive art installations.Sensing machines are everywhere in our world. As we move through the day, electronic sensors and computers adjust our thermostats, guide our Roombas, count our steps, change the orientation of an image when we rotate our phones. There are more of these ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Building Dynamics

    Exploring Architecture of Change

    Edited by Branko Kolarevic, Vera Parlac ...
    Buildings are increasingly ‘dynamic’: equipped with sensors, actuators and controllers, they ‘self-adjust’ in response to changes in the external and internal environments and patterns of use.Building Dynamics asks how this change manifests itself and what it means for architecture as buildings weather, programs change, envelopes adapt, interiors are reconfigured, systems replaced. Contributors ... Read more

    $101.99 USD

  • Advancing Wood Architecture

    A Computational Approach

    Edited by Achim Menges, Tobias Schwinn, Oliver David Krieg ...
    In light of environmental challenges architecture is facing, wood is no longer regarded as outmoded, nostalgic, and rooted in the past, but increasingly recognized as one of the most promising building materials for the future. Recent years have seen unprecedented innovation of new technologies for advancing wood architecture.Advancing Wood Architecture offers a comprehensive overview of the new ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Technology, Design and the Arts - Opportunities and Challenges

    Edited by Rae Earnshaw, Susan Liggett, Peter Excell, Daniel Thalmann ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This open access book details the relationship between the artist and their created works, using tools such as information technology, computer environments, and interactive devices, for a range of information sources and application domains. This has produced new kinds of created works which can be viewed, explored, and interacted with, either as an installation or via a virtual environment such ... Read more

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  • Heritage Building Information Modelling

    Edited by Yusuf Arayici, John Counsell, Lamine Mahdjoubi, Soheir Hawas, Khaled Dweidar, Gehan Nagy ...
    Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being debated, tested and implemented wherever you look across the built environment sector. This book is about Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM), which necessarily differs from the commonplace applications of BIM to new construction.Where BIM is being used, the focus is still very much on design and construction. However, its use as an ... Read more

    $67.99 USD