Interactive design with Unity and Maya. Architects and other designers should be using this softw... more Interactive design with Unity and Maya. Architects and other designers should be using this software.
The integrated studios in which architecture students are paired with engineering and constructio... more The integrated studios in which architecture students are paired with engineering and construction manager students works on the assumption that the common denominator-BIM-is a tool of equal meaning and value to all. This is not the case: each discipline has its own values, procedures, and protocols that bend BIM to its own needs. When these differences are not recognized, design, which has traditionally been the province of architecture, gets short shrift. The BIM process offers the opportunity for cross-disciplinary contamination without sacrificing design emphasis. How to blend engineering student input with architecture student design input so each group learns equally from the other and high quality design outcomes are empowered rather than diminished will be discussed.
To prepare future building professionals for interdisciplinary collaboration, the model of a vert... more To prepare future building professionals for interdisciplinary collaboration, the model of a vertical "Collaborative BIM Studio" was developed and performed in the academic year of 2008/09. Students of six different disciplines -architecture, landscape architecture, construction, structural, mechanical, and lighting/electrical engineering -were given the task to revise the prototype design of an elementary school while using building information modelling (BIM) technology for data collection, analysis, design development, data coordination, and project presentations throughout the semester. They were instructed by faculty of architecture, landscape architecture, and architectural engineering. The studio was evaluated using internal and external observation methods and surveys. The gathering of all design information in coordinated digital models provided the students with tangible experience in team organization and BIM workflow. All disciplines were closely engaged in each other's work, and feedback and synchronous communication were facilitated. Workflow observations and design actions indicated that the planning of model content and workflow at the beginning of a project are critical to successful design collaboration. The integrated environment and the use of BIM led to an intensive collaborative educational experience for both undergraduate and graduate students of the participating disciplines and to mutual understanding of technical, aesthetic and social aspects of a collaborative design process.
Designers, builders and owners are recognizing the value of having more integration in the design... more Designers, builders and owners are recognizing the value of having more integration in the design process to facilitate development of more coordinated construction documents, reduction of field changes as well as sustainable designs which consider overall building performance. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an enabling platform that provides the opportunity to facilitate collaboration and information sharing in design and construction as well as in academic courses. To educate students to contribute to and lead integrated design teams, it is critical that students gain experience during their education in integrated design projects which leverage BIM as a platform for collaboration.
Three dimensional digital design media studio integration began in the late 1980's at Arizona Sta... more Three dimensional digital design media studio integration began in the late 1980's at Arizona State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design and at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Almost a generation later multi-dimensional digital design media is still not well integrated within studios. Students have integrated the two-dimensional world of Photoshop themselves, without the benefit of dimensional control or three or fourdimensional investigations. Pennsylvania State University School of Architecture and
Cities of extreme climate highlight the need for climate sensitive urban design at the site desig... more Cities of extreme climate highlight the need for climate sensitive urban design at the site design scale. Relatively inexpensive energy costs have allowed cities as different climatically as Edmonton, Alberta and Phoenix, Arizona to develop more or less in the same manner. Both cities ignore their unique climate and thus any potential to capitalize on their unique characteristics. Both the Sonoran Desert and the high Canadian Prairie are starkly beautiful natural places. By using site design principles which maximize the positive aspects and minimize the negative aspects of each climate type, both cities could develop as uniquely beautiful and comfortable urban places. Most of the literature to date has focused on interior architectural issues of energy conservation or interior comfort. Some urban planning work has focused on the general issue of climate sensitive urban design. There is need for further research with extreme climate cities to develop site level outdoor design principles which will improve everyday comfort within hot desert and cold winter cities.
To prepare students from the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) professions for i... more To prepare students from the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) professions for interdisciplinary collaboration, accrediting boards of many disciplines require collaboration as a learning content while they are commited not to dictate which disciplines should collaborate and which setting (studio, seminar or lecture) is appropriate (ABET 2009, NAAB 2009). Attempts at studio collaboration between departments of architecture, landscape architecture, architectural engineering, civil engineering, and other design disciplines have been ongoing for decades . They are challenged with coordinating different learning objectives, curricula schedules and teaching responsibilities, as well as different research and design cultures. However, facing the current increase of design complexity, as apparent in integrated practice and sustainability, it seems more urgent than ever to shift toward intensified academic collaboration of the various disciplines involved in the design and construction process. Also, the use of building information modelling (BIM) is becoming widespread in the AEC professions, and it is increasingly expected from graduates to know this technology. Concluding from these observations, the motive for the "Collaborative BIM Studio" described in this paper was twofold: first, to investigate a new interdisciplinary teaching model with BIM as an underlying design and organization tool that might better prepare future building professionals for collaboration across the disciplines; and second, to explore the strengths and weaknesses of current BIM technologies for addressing changing design demands.
... MacIntosh II True-Color Visual Simulation Project: A Proposed Elevated Rail System for Metrop... more ... MacIntosh II True-Color Visual Simulation Project: A Proposed Elevated Rail System for Metropolitan Phoenix. by Madis Pihlak , John F. McIntosh , and Sharad Mistry pp. 165-169 Purchase Information Permissions for Reuse Document type: Conference Proceeding Paper. ...
… architectural knowledge and media in the …, Jan 1, 1990
30 The Thousand-Acre Sketch Problem John Mclntosh School of Architecture Madis Pihlak Department ... more 30 The Thousand-Acre Sketch Problem John Mclntosh School of Architecture Madis Pihlak Department of Planning College of Architecture and Environmental Design Arizona State University Introduction An unusually large sketch problem in urban design was given to an undergraduate studio ...
Interactive design with Unity and Maya. Architects and other designers should be using this softw... more Interactive design with Unity and Maya. Architects and other designers should be using this software.
The integrated studios in which architecture students are paired with engineering and constructio... more The integrated studios in which architecture students are paired with engineering and construction manager students works on the assumption that the common denominator-BIM-is a tool of equal meaning and value to all. This is not the case: each discipline has its own values, procedures, and protocols that bend BIM to its own needs. When these differences are not recognized, design, which has traditionally been the province of architecture, gets short shrift. The BIM process offers the opportunity for cross-disciplinary contamination without sacrificing design emphasis. How to blend engineering student input with architecture student design input so each group learns equally from the other and high quality design outcomes are empowered rather than diminished will be discussed.
To prepare future building professionals for interdisciplinary collaboration, the model of a vert... more To prepare future building professionals for interdisciplinary collaboration, the model of a vertical "Collaborative BIM Studio" was developed and performed in the academic year of 2008/09. Students of six different disciplines -architecture, landscape architecture, construction, structural, mechanical, and lighting/electrical engineering -were given the task to revise the prototype design of an elementary school while using building information modelling (BIM) technology for data collection, analysis, design development, data coordination, and project presentations throughout the semester. They were instructed by faculty of architecture, landscape architecture, and architectural engineering. The studio was evaluated using internal and external observation methods and surveys. The gathering of all design information in coordinated digital models provided the students with tangible experience in team organization and BIM workflow. All disciplines were closely engaged in each other's work, and feedback and synchronous communication were facilitated. Workflow observations and design actions indicated that the planning of model content and workflow at the beginning of a project are critical to successful design collaboration. The integrated environment and the use of BIM led to an intensive collaborative educational experience for both undergraduate and graduate students of the participating disciplines and to mutual understanding of technical, aesthetic and social aspects of a collaborative design process.
Designers, builders and owners are recognizing the value of having more integration in the design... more Designers, builders and owners are recognizing the value of having more integration in the design process to facilitate development of more coordinated construction documents, reduction of field changes as well as sustainable designs which consider overall building performance. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an enabling platform that provides the opportunity to facilitate collaboration and information sharing in design and construction as well as in academic courses. To educate students to contribute to and lead integrated design teams, it is critical that students gain experience during their education in integrated design projects which leverage BIM as a platform for collaboration.
Three dimensional digital design media studio integration began in the late 1980's at Arizona Sta... more Three dimensional digital design media studio integration began in the late 1980's at Arizona State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design and at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Almost a generation later multi-dimensional digital design media is still not well integrated within studios. Students have integrated the two-dimensional world of Photoshop themselves, without the benefit of dimensional control or three or fourdimensional investigations. Pennsylvania State University School of Architecture and
Cities of extreme climate highlight the need for climate sensitive urban design at the site desig... more Cities of extreme climate highlight the need for climate sensitive urban design at the site design scale. Relatively inexpensive energy costs have allowed cities as different climatically as Edmonton, Alberta and Phoenix, Arizona to develop more or less in the same manner. Both cities ignore their unique climate and thus any potential to capitalize on their unique characteristics. Both the Sonoran Desert and the high Canadian Prairie are starkly beautiful natural places. By using site design principles which maximize the positive aspects and minimize the negative aspects of each climate type, both cities could develop as uniquely beautiful and comfortable urban places. Most of the literature to date has focused on interior architectural issues of energy conservation or interior comfort. Some urban planning work has focused on the general issue of climate sensitive urban design. There is need for further research with extreme climate cities to develop site level outdoor design principles which will improve everyday comfort within hot desert and cold winter cities.
To prepare students from the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) professions for i... more To prepare students from the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) professions for interdisciplinary collaboration, accrediting boards of many disciplines require collaboration as a learning content while they are commited not to dictate which disciplines should collaborate and which setting (studio, seminar or lecture) is appropriate (ABET 2009, NAAB 2009). Attempts at studio collaboration between departments of architecture, landscape architecture, architectural engineering, civil engineering, and other design disciplines have been ongoing for decades . They are challenged with coordinating different learning objectives, curricula schedules and teaching responsibilities, as well as different research and design cultures. However, facing the current increase of design complexity, as apparent in integrated practice and sustainability, it seems more urgent than ever to shift toward intensified academic collaboration of the various disciplines involved in the design and construction process. Also, the use of building information modelling (BIM) is becoming widespread in the AEC professions, and it is increasingly expected from graduates to know this technology. Concluding from these observations, the motive for the "Collaborative BIM Studio" described in this paper was twofold: first, to investigate a new interdisciplinary teaching model with BIM as an underlying design and organization tool that might better prepare future building professionals for collaboration across the disciplines; and second, to explore the strengths and weaknesses of current BIM technologies for addressing changing design demands.
... MacIntosh II True-Color Visual Simulation Project: A Proposed Elevated Rail System for Metrop... more ... MacIntosh II True-Color Visual Simulation Project: A Proposed Elevated Rail System for Metropolitan Phoenix. by Madis Pihlak , John F. McIntosh , and Sharad Mistry pp. 165-169 Purchase Information Permissions for Reuse Document type: Conference Proceeding Paper. ...
… architectural knowledge and media in the …, Jan 1, 1990
30 The Thousand-Acre Sketch Problem John Mclntosh School of Architecture Madis Pihlak Department ... more 30 The Thousand-Acre Sketch Problem John Mclntosh School of Architecture Madis Pihlak Department of Planning College of Architecture and Environmental Design Arizona State University Introduction An unusually large sketch problem in urban design was given to an undergraduate studio ...
Manuscript details: Number of words (including footnotes, bibliography, etc.): Illustration detai... more Manuscript details: Number of words (including footnotes, bibliography, etc.): Illustration details: Estimated Number of illustrations (b/w 45 color 15)
There are over 11,000 inland lakes in the state of Michigan. According to The Michigan Historical... more There are over 11,000 inland lakes in the state of Michigan. According to The Michigan Historical Society, one is never more than 6 miles from an inland lake or more than 85 miles from one of the Great Lakes. There are also nearly 400 threatened or endangered species of animals listed, and the number is growing annually. Currently, these freshwater resources and coexisting ecosystems are in danger due to poor state and federal regulations, poor practices, and lack of knowledge. The largest contributors to this corruption are failed septic systems, hydraulic fracturing, and coal-fired power plants.
Can a hotel be something different than a traditional building? Can it be a network in the city r... more Can a hotel be something different than a traditional building? Can it be a network in the city rather than one single construction? Or can it be reduced to a smaller space, like a single room, a pavilion, or … 1.0 ABSTRACT thesis statement working title RESEARCH RESEARCH 6 7 3.1 AREA OF FOCUS SUMMARY
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