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Nicolai Steinø and Esben Obeling has co-authored a research article with Karima Benbih, Virginia Tech University, Washington, which has been published in the italian academic online journal Planum. The Journal of Urbanism. no. 26, vol. 1, 2013.
The article entitled “Using Parametrics to Facilitate Collaborative Urban Design: An Attempt to Overcome some Inherent Dilemmas”, was presented at the research conference “Cities to be Tamed?” at Politecnico di Milano in November 2012.
Read the article here (pdf) or online by clicking below.
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Nicolai Steinø and Esben Obeling have authored an article on parametric urban design as a communication tool in urban design processes. The article has been accepted for the Hybrid City 2 conference in Athens, May 23-25, 2013.
The article discusses three aspects. First, parametric urban design is explained as a concept and why it is a potentially powerful communication tool for urban design processes. Second, it gives a concrete example of the implementation of parametric urban design, along with a discussion of pros and cons. Finally, a number of potential implications of this approach are listed as a basis for further research.
Read the article here.
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Nicolai Steinø, MA Arch, PhD, GDBA, is an associate professor at Aalborg University where he works with CityEngine in his research and teaching. He explores the software’s potential in relation to communicative design processes.
Visualization of spatio-architectural aspects of urban space and scenario building are both central elements of user participation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Until now, these elements have been partially adversary, as well as time and resource demanding. With dynamic design tools like CityEngine, it is possible to visualize different scenarios in real time, thus significantly improving communicative design processes.
The other speaker at the seminar is Gert van Maren from ESRI’s R&D 3D team in Zürich.
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Shaping Design Teaching is new book on form-making, edited by Nicolai Steinø og Mine Özkar.
The book presents an overview of form-making as it is taught in different architecture and design programs across the world. This diverse collection of pedagogical experiences will certainly be of interest to architecture and design instructors as well as their students.
With a few exceptions, such as the emphasis on materiality in the Bauhaus curriculum, the modernist tradition emphasises form and space at the beginning of the design process while the definition of materials are left to a second phase, and often to a second professional, the structural engineer.
Today, material properties and the computer-controlled production processes used to achieve them not only contribute to spatial definitions but allow the emergence of unexpected possibilities. Structural and environmental performances are no more a direct consequence of geometry, but are intentionally embedded in the materials which buildings are made of.
The book addresses the challenge of educating architects that are ready to operate in this new order. Hands-on experience with physical materials is therefore a central theme throughout the book. The compilation starts with a theoretical overview by Rivka Oxman, one of the most acknowledged authors in the field. Next, examples of educational experiences with different levels of abstraction are described in detail.
The book ends with a thorough analysis from a pedagogical perspective. I believe this book can have a transforming influence in architecture schools that are still rooted in modern educational practice.
Shaping Design Teaching is published by Aalborg University Press.
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