TECHNE Issue 01

The first issue of TECHNE, an annual publication of student work from the Department of Architecture at the New York City College of Technology. Edited by faculty members Ting Chin and Jason Montgomery, this issue includes contributions from Dean Kevin Hom, Shelley E. Smith, Ting Chin, Michael Duddy, Wendel Edwards, Claudia Hernandez-Feiks, Tim Maldonado, Harold Morales, Anthony Clemente, Patricia Paredes, Gareth Enahoro, Janil Castillo, Lia Dikigoropoulou, Andrea Garrido, Mario Alulema, Tasnuva Ahmed, Jasmine Cato, Marco Dwyer, Elvis Williams, Jean Louis Steevenson, James Rigley, Laura Calle, Moshin Alam, Carlos Mo Wu, Alondra Ramos, Tomasz Piasecki, Ekaterina Sanko, Diego Vega, Tim Maldonado, Alexander Aptekar, Jason Montgomery, Sergio Zapata, Daniel Otto, Michelle Matthews, Aaron Hollander, Shenier Torres, Nataly Bautista, Keith Alfaro, Vladislav Valentinov, Farhana Rahman, Brendan Sigvardsson Cooney, Paul King, Joseph Vidich, Patrick Delorey, Charles Walker, Omar Teles, Ariel Ortiz, Yael Malaev, Khadeeja Din, Chantal Manning, Brian Lall, Loyra Nunez, Eric Ramirez, Esteban Beita, Margarita Salas, William Valdez, Amira Joelson, Agustin Maldonado, Vesselin Milev, Raymond Jimenez, Danny Mieles, Vlad Dunda, Vera Orlova, Sauda Belkaus, Charles Able, Severino Alfonso, Zachary Downey, Anne Leonhardt, Anatoly Plotkin, Kwong Liu, Maksim Drapey, Maciej Stelmach, Ariel Mejia, Andriy Boychuk, Rafael Aquino,Mahshid Kandi, Kento Kawai, Evgenia Melnikova, Irina Nechaeva, Trung Nguyen, Jonathan Rincon, Rawle Smith, and Erick Ramirez. Table of Contents INTRODUCTIONS A Word From The Dean: Kevin Hom, Dean of the School of Technology and Design Introducing The Department: Shelley E. Smith, Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Architectural Technology TECHNĒ: Ting Chin, Assistant Professor REFLECTIONS Anticipation: Michael Duddy, Assistant Professor What is Architecture?: Lia Dikigoropoulou, Assistant Professor Experiencing Architecture: Andrea Garrido An Architectural Pilgrimage: France Mario Alulema A Change of Heart: Tasnuva Ahmed Remembering Prof. Berensmann: Tim Maldonado, Professor PEDAGOGIES Teaching Architecture: Alexander Aptekar, Assistant Professor; Wendel Edwards, Associate Professor; Claudia Hernandez, Substitute Professor; Paul King, Associate Professor; Tim Maldonado, Professor PERSPECTIVES Learning Architecture: Janil Castillo, Anthony Clemente, Gareth Enahoro, Harold Morales, Patricia Paredes VISUAL STUDIES + FOUNDATIONS DESIGN SEQUENCE Process+ Workflow in Architectural Education: Jason Montgomery, Assistant Professo

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Conceptualizing the Co-Existence of Formal and Informal Institutions Within Planning

Conceptualizing the Co-Existence of Formal and Informal Institutions Within Planning Hazem Abu-Orf Faculty of Applied Engineering and Urban Planning, University of Palestine, Gaza, PalestineThe background to this study is addressing how formal and informal institutions might intersect in planning. This article has at its aim addressing not only the effects that formal and/or informal institutions have but also how both shape each other. In fulfilling this aim, analysis in this study adopts qualitative research methods, including qualitative interviewing, direct observation and archival records, which are applied to the Nicosia Master Plan that is considered in this study as a particular case study because it arguably helps this study to fulfill its aims. The perspective of formal/informal ‘dialectics’, marked by a ‘mutual-shaping’ exercise, is applied to this case study. Its application reveals several arguments as follow. First, formal institutions are found in this study to be blocked from mobilizing any development, however, remain the key determinant. The second argument concerns informal institutions that have been found to adopt strategies capable of mobilizing development, nevertheless, these strategies could not obviate the central role of formal institutions. Thirdly, formal institutions formalize informal institutions by ‘absorbing’ the latter into their hierarchy while equally denying any degree of autonomy, nor a role assigned, to informal institutions. Altogether, the findings revealed in this study stress the importance of the political and economic contexts of power that are key to how the formal/informal ‘dialectics’ occur.University of Palestine, www.up.edu.p

Review: Artificial Intelligence for Liquid-Vapor Phase-Change Heat Transfer

Artificial intelligence (AI) is shifting the paradigm of two-phase heat transfer research. Recent innovations in AI and machine learning uniquely offer the potential for collecting new types of physically meaningful features that have not been addressed in the past, for making their insights available to other domains, and for solving for physical quantities based on first principles for phase-change thermofluidic systems. This review outlines core ideas of current AI technologies connected to thermal energy science to illustrate how they can be used to push the limit of our knowledge boundaries about boiling and condensation phenomena. AI technologies for meta-analysis, data extraction, and data stream analysis are described with their potential challenges, opportunities, and alternative approaches. Finally, we offer outlooks and perspectives regarding physics-centered machine learning, sustainable cyberinfrastructures, and multidisciplinary efforts that will help foster the growing trend of AI for phase-change heat and mass transfer

Diverse Auto-Curriculum is Critical for Successful Real-World Multiagent Learning Systems

Multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) has achieved a remarkable amount of success in solving various types of video games. A cornerstone of this success is the auto-curriculum framework, which shapes the learning process by continually creating new challenging tasks for agents to adapt to, thereby facilitating the acquisition of new skills. In order to extend MARL methods to real-world domains outside of video games, we envision in this blue sky paper that maintaining a diversity-aware auto-curriculum is critical for successful MARL applications. Specifically, we argue that \emph{behavioural diversity} is a pivotal, yet under-explored, component for real-world multiagent learning systems, and that significant work remains in understanding how to design a diversity-aware auto-curriculum. We list four open challenges for auto-curriculum techniques, which we believe deserve more attention from this community. Towards validating our vision, we recommend modelling realistic interactive behaviours in autonomous driving as an important test bed, and recommend the SMARTS/ULTRA benchmark.Comment: AAMAS 202

Education in the Age of Complexity: Building Systems Literacy

In the 21st century, transdisciplinary approaches to research and problem solving rooted in complexity theory and complex systems methodologies offer hope for understanding and solving previously intractable problems. However, in the face of daunting modern challenges like a broken health care system, growing social and economic inequity, and climate change, the knowledge and skills required to understand and ultimately solve problems across interdependent complex systems are distinctly lacking in our collective practice. The underlying premise of this study is that if modern society is to deal effectively with interconnected challenges across ecological, social, political, and economic systems, our education system must prepare students to grapple with complexity. This research expands upon previously identified core complex systems knowledge, skills, and dispositions to contribute rich description to a working definition of the term systems literacy, develop a theory of how one becomes systems literate, and offer access points for educators entering the world of complexity. The study employed complexity-informed grounded theory methods including data from semi-structured interviews with complex systems scholars and educators across a wide range of academic disciplines. Additional data was gleaned from texts and online resources produced by systems educators and complexity scholars. The three resulting journal articles were designed to consolidate much of what is known about complex systems into a package that is useful for educators, school leaders, and other stakeholders. Together, these articles contribute to an understanding of how curricula and instruction might better emphasize the dynamic nature of interdependent complex systems and the agency of individuals and collectives to innovate, engage in authentic problem solving, and participate in actively preserving and reshaping the world in which we live

Implementation of Building Information Modeling in Infrastructure Construction : Lessons from Norway and Vietnam

Industrialization, innovation, and infrastructure are important drivers in improving employment and income (United Nations, 2015b). To meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, developing countries need to invest more in research and innovation that aims to improve their infrastructure (United Nations, 2015a). More basic infrastructure, such as roads, information and communication technology (ICT) systems, and electrical power grids, is essential to improving standards of living and protecting the environment in developing countries (ibid.). Construction researchers have found that the use of ICT increases construction efficiency. Adwan and Al-Soufi (2016) classified 21 sets of ICT technologies used in construction, including web-based platforms, Building Information Modeling (BIM) based technologies, CAD- and 3D CAD–based technologies, virtual reality, and video conferencing. Among these, BIM is an information system that facilitates digital collaboration in construction. BIM provides an environment for data sharing based on 3D models, and it has been used to increase productivity and quality of building construction. In the context of transportation infrastructure, BIM reduces errors, provides better understandings of projects, and improves project performance (SmartMarket Report, 2017). In my construction industry experience, 3D modeling was applied to infrastructure projects that include roads, bridges, and railways. 3D models of infrastructure, such as that related to railways (stations and line alignments) and bridges, was used to detect design clashes and support communication with stakeholders. More broadly, BIM implementation is rapidly increasing in the context of infrastructure construction (Bradley et al., 2016), and examples include the integration of 3D infrastructure models with other technologies, such as geographic information systems, global positioning systems, laser scanners, and photogrammetry (Bradley et al., 2016; Costin et al., 2018). Researchers have also reported on BIM applications in different phases of the infrastructure life cycles (ibid.). In general, BIM supports infrastructure construction by reducing costs and risks and increasing reliability (Costin et al., 2018). The trend of rising use shows BIM’s potential to benefit the infrastructure sector. Infrastructure is critical if developing countries are to achieve their Sustainable Development Goals, which motivated me to explore BIM implementation in that context. Since developed countries is leading in BIM use, this thesis explores whether they can learn from the experiences of more advanced countries. To identify useful lessons, I conducted a comparative analysis of BIM implementation in a developed and a developing contexts. Moreover, BIM-related innovation communities were studied to understand how BIM practices can be further strengthened in infrastructure projects. This thesis focused on the following research question: “How can the implementation of Building Information Modelling be improved to support infrastructure projects in a developing context?”publishedVersio