Ergonomics | Genesis Lab

Gamification of Generative Design

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:49:47 +0000

Background and aim:

Participatory design is a necessity especially when multiple stakeholders are to be involved in design and operation of a building. Gamification of design into a combinatorial configuration process provides an interactive medium for stakeholders to be included in decision-making, explore the vast possibilities of modular systems, and easily co-create valid designs.

Research question:

How to formalize architectural design process as a participatory game?

Design objective:

To design and prototype toolsets and tile-sets for combinatorial design games aimed at modular assemblies.

Methods:

Geometric Design and Tessellation
Computational Topology & Geometry (optionally in Python)
Gamification
Ergonomics
Participatory Architectural Design

Generative Configuration Design

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:49:47 +0000

Background and aim:

The spatial configuration of a building can be abstracted as a network of functional spaces that influences the functionality of a building in terms of movements of the occupants, logistic efficiency, feasibility of social distancing, safety of routing, and security. The aim of the research is to propose a systematic way of configuring buildings in 3D to optimally meet functional requirements pertaining to such factors etc.

Research question:

How to computationallyHow to configure a building procedurally given a program of requirements, accessibility, and daylight requirements and complex site constraints?

Design objective:

To design and implement a computational 3D layout methodology.

Methods:

Architectural Engineering
Discrete Optimization
Computational Topology and Graph Theory
Computer Programming (Python)

Human-Space Interaction Modelling

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:49:47 +0000

Background and aim:

Humans and their environment have a reciprocal relation: we constantly build and change our environment and our environment shapes the way we use the space and navigate through it. However, we still lack a comprehensive understanding of how different spatial qualities affect legibility of space and its ergonomy.

Research question:

How can we objectively assess the cognitive and ergonomic comfort of a spatial configuration?

Design objective:

To design and develop a computational framework for assessing the cognitive/ergonomic spatial qualities.

Methods:

Spatial Computing (Computational Geometry & Linear Algebra)
Mathematical Analysis of Visibility
Deep Neural Networks (DNN, Artificial Intelligence)
Computer Programming (Python or C#)