Vastgoed en ICT, een vooruitblik

De ontwikkelingen in de ICT-sector worden gekenmerkt door twee richtingen: miniaturisering en netwerken. Elektronica verschuift van een dominante positie in de leefomgeving naar een onzichtbare, maar alom aanwezige. Ontwikkelingen in de nanotechnologie maken het mogelijk sensoren en rekeneenheden zo klein en goedkoop te fabriceren dat deze kunnen worden verwerkt in bouw- en verbruiksmateriaal. Ook is de opmars van de draadloze netwerken interessant. Ze maken in principe de toegang tot informatiesystemen vanaf iedere plek op aarde mogelijk

Multiple sketch users in DDDoolz.

This paper presents DDDoolz, a desktop-VR three-dimensional voxel sketchtool. DDDoolz is developed in the Design Systems Group to explore the use of Virtual Reality technology in the early design stage. The aim is to offer a sketch-like environment in VR with an unobtrusive interface. The paper presents DDDoolz, how it is used in education and with partners in architectural practice, and some future developments. As an extension to current functionality, the possibility of multiple users at the same time will be developed in the system for the {ACCOLADE} workshop

The Idea Space System - Words As Handles To A Comprehensive Data Structure

The Idea Space System is a CAAD system that supports an architect in the early phase of the design process, by reducing fixation in the process and enhancing the ‘flow’ of work. Mostly in the field of CAAD research, the emphasis lies on sketching or modelling. However the architect uses multiple representations in developing the design. In this research the focus lies on the use of words. The Idea Space System captures all design data and then uses the words to provide the architect with new associations and relations between words (real time), which stimulate the generation of new ideas. Architecture students have used our first prototype of the Idea Space System in a small experiment. This gave us better insight in the ideas and relations made by the architect in the early phase of the design process and what kind of feedback preferred. Afterwards a study was done about the representation of the feedback. In this paper we focus on the textual input provided by the architecture students and the description of the Idea Space System, handling this textual input and providing the architecture students with the proper feedback

Simulation of Project Information Exchange

A formal model of the information exchange process during a (building) project is presented. The process description consists of the required input and output for each actIvity in the project. The model is implemented by means of colored Petri Nets. Simulation of the model for a specific project shows any hidden inconsistency or incompleteness in the project description. From the simulation an activity network, time schedule and message exchange diagram can be deduced for the project