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Articles Tagged: Computer-aided design

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SECTION: Features

Brain-Load, Stress Levels, and Visual Complexity: Digital Tools for the Detection of Intangible Human-Environment Interactions

How does the built environment affect our brain? The way we perceive our environments plays a crucial role in how our brains respond to cognitive load. Understanding the impact of spatial complexities on our cognitive processes could inform future design guidelines for more responsive environments.

By Mirna Zordan, Seungwoo Je, May 2024

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COLUMN: INIT

Exploring the Horizon of Computation for Creativity

By Sam Bourgault, Jane E, June 2023

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DEPARTMENT: Milestones

Redefining Creativity

By Deepak Mahto, June 2023

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Why architecture and artificial intelligence?

SECTION: Features

Why architecture and artificial intelligence?

What do architecture and AI have to do with each other? Quite a bit, it turns out, and it is a history that goes back to the origins of AI.

By Molly Wright Steenson, April 2018

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Do digital computers dream?

DEPARTMENT: Back

Do digital computers dream?

By Vasileios Kalantzis, April 2018

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Lots of parts, lots of formats, lots of headache

SECTION: Features

Lots of parts, lots of formats, lots of headache

After three decades of digitally fabricating the world's wildest architecture, Zahner's R&D team discuss trials, tribulations, and a path to personalized production.

By James Coleman, Craig Long, Andrew Manto, Trygve Wastvedt, April 2016

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Island three revisited: O'Neill cylinders and digital materials

Island three revisited: O'Neill cylinders and digital materials

Huge, habitable structures in space are a staple of science fiction, but digital materials could make them a reality.

By Daniel Cellucci, Kenneth C. Cheung, April 2016

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Design Informatics Lab<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DEPARTMENT: Labz

Design Informatics Lab
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

By Feras Alsaggaf, Javier Villarroel, Billy Wong, April 2016

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