Parametric pattern design for manually knitted textile panels

Previous research indicated that museums have historically prioritized their formal and physical features at the expense of accommodating visitors’ needs which has negatively affected visitors’ museum experience. A shortage in interactive spatial experiences in some historical museums in Egypt led to a decrease in the rate of visits and visitor’s satisfaction. Museums’ interior design has a significant impact on people’s emotions as well as their museum experience. Furthermore, prior research has indicated that parametric design can convey emotional interactive spatial experiences when applied to different interior design elements. Such elements can include the building’s roof, floor, or walls. This research aims to create a set of guidelines for enhancing visitors’ emotional and interactive spatial experiences in historical museums using parametric interior roof design solutions. The research adopted a mixed method approach. A qualitative approach was implemented by reviewing the precedent literature. This was followed by a case study in the Egyptian context and a computer-generated model of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was developed. Two parametric roof alternatives were tested along with the existing roof of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo by using Virtual Reality on a sample of 67 participants. The quantitative approach was achieved by distributing questionnaires among participants and analyzing the acquired data. The results showed that the application of parametric designs could develop interactive relaxing or engaging museum spatial experiences. This study could benefit architects, interior designers, and relevant specialists in the design process to enhance the museums’ spatial emotional interactive experience by using parametric design.

Applying urban parametric design optimisation processes to a hot climate: Case study of the UAE

As a follow-up research, this research aims to develop a Swarm Intelligence-based parametric facade symmetric pattern design process using Interactive Genetic Algorithm from Genetic Algorithm in order to drawing out Swarm Intelligence-Based Parametric Facade Pattern Design Methods, which are so called ‘Population Position’, Three Behaviors’, and ‘Flow’, developed by Oh, Y. E. and Lee, H. S. (2021). This study’s method is first, to theoretically review Genetic Algorithm as a design process platform, often utilized in Biomimicry, second, to find out basic elements making up a parametric facade pattern design, to be compared with Interactive-Genetic Algorithm process and parametric facade pattern design process for building as a design process platform, and to develop Swarm Intelligence-based parametric facade symmetric pattern design process using Interactive-Genetic Algorithm, third, to step on the developed design process, while showing each step’s element with generated results by the design methods, fourth, to compare and analyze the developed design process with previous researches in several aspects. It means to have built a systematic form as a parametric facade pattern design process for generating Swarm Intelligence-based parametric facade pattern designs. This paper will be expected to help designers and architects get inspired by parametric facade pattern designs generated through the developed design process and come up with creative and various idea in their design process.

In recent years, with the continuous development of urbanisation, the proportion of interior design in public buildings has been increasing year by year. At the same time, there is a tendency in many places for the interior spaces of public buildings to be upscale and retro. This indicates that people are paying more and more attention to the spiritual aspect of their lives, in addition to the materialistic pursuit of enjoyment. The current phenomenon of overdecoration in society can lead to excessive luxury and wastefulness. In these wasteful interiors, the beauty of the building itself is lost. In addition, this type of interior design is not only expensive but also poses certain safety risks to some extent. In the modern society, public buildings are essential places for public activities. To be specific, they are closely linked to public services and social management attributes. As a result, public buildings usually play a decisive role in facilitating communication and cooperation between various persons. Thus, the construction requirements of public buildings are currently increasing and the structural shapes of buildings are becoming more complex. In addition, the level of technology and the use of public buildings are becoming increasingly demanding. As a result, it is quite important to examine how modern and emerging technologies can be applied to public building design in order to improve its effectiveness. At the same time, with the continuous and rapid development of China’s economy and the promotion of the concept of environmental protection, the greening of public buildings has become an object of concern and research. There are many different types of existing public buildings in China, and in the design process, the energy consumption of the building throughout its life cycle and its impact on the surrounding environment are not fully considered, resulting in problems such as high energy consumption and poor indoor comfort in the actual use of the building. However, the demolition and reconstruction of buildings can lead to waste of resources and environmental pollution. Therefore, it is feasible and necessary to study the application of green building technologies in the design of public buildings. This study models the effectiveness of public building interior design based on BIM technology from the perspective of integrated design as well as parametric design. This model enables the interior design of public buildings to become energy efficient, emission reducing, and environmentally sustainable. After all, the integration of architecture and interior design can reduce unnecessary decorative waste. In addition, this model can also respond to the government’s efforts to develop an ecological civilisation, creating a new way of living that is resource efficient.

Parametric design is a new architectural design approach which is developing for the last decade. This development is supported by the advance of digital architecture technology, allowing designers to engage in complex geometry modelling and design optimization efficiently using parametric design software. One of parametric design software, Rhinoceros-Grasshopper, has been interconnected to several building simulation packages, which gives new usefulness for architectural design process. Parametric design is likely to be a standard skill that should be possessed by Architect in the future. This study discusses parametric design application for architectural design process and its trend for the context of architectural education in Indonesia. It aims to give a strategy and model instruction for parametric design teaching, especially in the university level. Literature review and Youtube Channel exploration were conducted to discuss the implementation of parametric design. In order to examine the trend of parametric design in Indonesia, the data analysis was conducted based on channel analytics from one of Youtube channel promoting parametric design and survey aiming architecture lecturer.

In a problem-based, digital-intensive learning environment, the increased proliferation of computational tools used for architectural design has led to a fundamental transformation in architectural studios. Many studies have shown that this has significantly led to the change in cognition of design environments in academia. Design decisions are made through a recursive process that is cyclically refined by allowing constant feedback and testing. This paper represents an observational study with an aim to understand the impact of digital mediums on design processes and design outcomes focusing on associative modeling using VPL. It contextualizes the difference, the associative modeling system as a parametric subset brings to design thinking when used as a medium to explore architectural design. It analyzes specific attributes of associative modeling, otherwise native to computational thinking, that contribute to the legibility of the design process. The paper demonstrates how associative modeling allows the design process to be examined and edited at any stage during and even after algorithmic development, bringing in flexibility. It is argued that digital design tool affordances enable students to develop multilayered and more structured design logic that augments cognition bringing more legibility to the design thinking process.

In contemporary architecture, design methodology is in tension between the rise of new digital tools and the persistence of the artisanal creative process. While computational resources offer immediacy, precision and unlimited formal exploration, the artisanal process, ensures cultural roots, conceptual depth, creative intuition and critical thinking. A reflection on how to integrate both approaches without renouncing a committed and identitarian architecture is essential. The adoption of tools such as artificial intelligence or parametric design has led to a digital immediacy that threatens the intellectual rigor of the architect. This contribution offers a critical analysis of these dilemmas, which challenge the foundations of the discipline, opening a dialogue between the design tradition and contemporary digital culture. What does it mean to design in an environment intervened by algorithms? The key lies in enabling the project to emerge from a coherent negotiation between memory and present, local and the global, artisanal and computational. In The Craftsman, Richard Sennett defends the value of the artisanal process, developed through meticulous, patient and iterative practice. The craftsman – and the true architect is one – is guided not only by efficiency, but by an ethical commitment to excellence in making. Creativity arises from the constant dialogue between hand, eye and mind, especially through trial and error. This intellectual reflection finds concrete application in the framework of the European project The Use of AI Tools in Interior Design to Create Aesthetic, Inclusive, and Sustainable Built Environment, involving Krakow University of Technology, Politecnico di Milano, RISEBA University of Applied Sciences, AGH University of Krakow, and CEU Cardenal Herrera University. This European project works as an active pedagogical laboratory, exploring the integration of architectural knowledge and emerging technologies. Thus, artificial intelligence has been incorporated into project-based subjects, prioritising the creation of models or sketches and encouraging thinking. These are subsequently digitised, processed by AI, and post-edited using other tools. Results from student work suggest a hybrid strategy, combining traditional sketching with AI tools throughout the design process, preserving artisanal dimension in the actof designing.

The paper suggests a focused examination of the processes of drafting-based design and parametric design in urbanism. It discusses how spatial design’s settled cognition would differ by using algorithmic systems through the altered relationships between the basic operations in design. To reveal the commonalities and distinctions between the two design methods, the authors present the detailed documentation of the workshop series, which experimented with both techniques within similar design contexts. By the design analysis, the idea of “parametric thinking” is revisited in the specific context of urban design.

The minorities in Yunnan are quite skilled at weaving and embroidering techniques, and they boast the unique materials and special textile art form. With the plant material resources in Yunnan, they are able to create numerous kinds of patterns and drawings on the textile fabric, surrounded by the local rural flavor and intense ethnic characteristics. However, with the social and economic development, together with the opening to the outside world, this ethnic textile activity which reserves much of the primitive style and national characteristics has shrunk and stalled at this moment, turning into the modern manufacturing of commercialization. It is a necessity for the textile art design to embody distinctive nationality and local characteristics before opening to the world. At present, it is of great value to study the textile materials and art forms of the minorities in depth and figure out the whole process from the acquisition and preliminary processing of textile raw material to spinning, weaving, printing and dyeing.

Chapter 6 - Topology Optimization as a Digital Design Tool

This paper shows the results of a workshop on parametric urban design. A pattern based parametric urban design platform provides a common platform for urban design and analysis by linking GIS with a parametric CAD environment. Urban plans are developed by combining design patterns taken from a large set of parametric urban design patterns acknowledged as a generic urban design language. Urban plan instances are obtained through a specific composition of patterns and a specific assignment of parameters to the patterns. The models provide simultaneous analysis by confronting formal solutions with density indicators that are automatically provided by a set of density calculation patterns.

The rapid evolution of the metaverse is driving the development of new digital design tools that integrate Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies. Core technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) are increasingly combined with BIM to enhance collaboration and innovation in design and construction workflows. However, current BIM–VR integration often remains limited to isolated tasks, lacking persistent, multi-user environments that support continuous project collaboration. This study proposes a BIM-based Virtual World (VW) framework that addresses these limitations by creating an immersive, real-time collaborative platform for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. The system enables multi-user access to BIM data through avatars, supports direct interaction with 3D models and associated metadata, and maintains a persistent virtual environment that evolves alongside project development. Key functionalities include interactive design controls, real-time decision-making support, and integrated training capabilities. A prototype was developed using Unreal Engine and supporting technologies to validate the approach. The results demonstrate improved interdisciplinary collaboration, reduced information loss during design iteration, and enhanced stakeholder engagement. This research highlights the potential of BIM-based Virtual Worlds to transform AEC collaboration by fostering an open, scalable ecosystem that bridges immersive environments with data-driven design and construction processes.

In the past, family of elliptic gears with closed pitch curve includes elliptic gears, high-order elliptic gears, modified elliptic gears, and high-order and two-segment modified elliptic gears. On this basis, this article expands their connotation and unifies them into high-order and multi-segment modified elliptical helical gear (HOMSMEHG), and puts forward the expression of pitch curve. In order to obtain a physical model with real tooth flanks, this article proposed a parametric design approach on the HOMSMEHG based on virtual gear shaping, including decoupling basic parameters, parametric design based on the shaping cutter, and design of shaping linkage models, which had laid a theoretical foundation for designing the HOMSMEHG. Moreover, the realization technology of parametric design was also offered, which had solved the key problem of engineering implementation. Finally, two cases of designing internal and external gears are provided based on virtual gear shaping, which shows that the design approach of the HOMSMEHG and the virtual shaping method proposed in this article are feasible. The tooth flanks of the gears obtained has obvious cutting marks, and conforms to the real ones, which can ensure the reliability of the dynamic or kinematic analysis.

Computational procedures for topological shape design

The study of the multiple design patterns with their different elements, determinants, and forms is considered one of the most important basic factors that affected the formation of the features and identity of modern interior design. Such study aims at analyzing the relation of humans to interior design and exploring the effect of this relation on the design patterns of interior space in which the individual lives. The interior space is a product of an integrated mixture of patterns, elements, determinants and material and non-material influences that affected and were affected by humans. These influences ultimately led to the production of an experience rich with concepts and values ​​that contributed to raising the level of functional and aesthetic potential of the interior space. Thus, the interior space interacts with individuals to form an internal environment characterized by high physical and functional, capacity and unique and distinctive aesthetic appearance. This study attempts to present the concept of modern interior design and its multiple design patterns and to find the integrative relationship between style, function and aesthetics in interior design. It focuses on the modern style of interior design with the purpose of creating a satisfactory design from a functional and aesthetic point of view by relying on analysis, planning and choosing the appropriate design style according to the scientific and practical foundations and determinants that the interior designer resorts to when starting the design process, which contributes to bringing satisfaction and pleasure to the souls of individuals and satisfies their utilitarian and aesthetic needs at the same time. This study used the descriptive analytical approach in its theoretical framework to identify the patterns of modern interior design and their impact on the functional and aesthetic values ​​of the interior space. Then it moved to discussingt the features and principles of each design style and the importance of these patterns in supporting and enhancing the functional and aesthetic aspects of interior spaces with their different types and functions. The study was concluded: with emphasis on the role of multiple design patterns in supporting and enhancing the functional and aesthetic aspects of the interior space according to the foundations and standards defined by each style, and its impact on the interior space and the individual user. Based on these results, this research study called on interior designers to study modern interior design patterns comprehensively and deeply in order to reach a comfortable interior space with features and identity characterized by highly efficient functional values ​​and aesthetic dimensions of a special design character. Keywords: style, Functionality, Aesthetics, Modern interior design.