This repository contains resources and references for the "Data-Driven Design: Foundations of Data-Driven Approaches in Architecture" lecture. The lecture explores the emerging field of data-driven design in architecture and urban planning, emphasizing its potential to create more sustainable, responsive, and human-centered environments.
The lecture covers the following key topics:
- Introduction to Data-Driven Design: Defining data-driven design and its core principles.
- Historical Overview: Examining the evolution of design methodologies and the shift towards data-informed approaches.
- Data: Everywhere & Everything: Exploring the abundance of data and its relevance to architectural design, including GIS, BIM, and spatial data.
- Driven: A Catalyst for Change: Understanding how data can inform decision-making and drive positive change in the built environment.
- Decisions, Not Just Drawings: Emphasizing the importance of using data to optimize building performance, enhance user experience, and address social and cultural needs.
- Statistics: Asking the Right Questions: Highlighting the role of statistics and data analysis in identifying challenges and evaluating solutions.
- Biomimicry: Nature's Data: Exploring how nature-inspired design principles and biomimicry can inform data-driven approaches.
- Tools and Technologies: Introducing various software, platforms, and technologies used in data-driven design, including Rhino, Grasshopper, GIS, photogrammetry, and AI.
- Case Studies: Showcasing real-world examples of data-driven design in architecture and urban planning, such as Masdar City, The Edge in Amsterdam, and the Green Light for Midtown project.
- Challenges and Future Trends: Discussing the ethical considerations, limitations, and future directions of data-driven design, including topics like data bias, privacy, and the integration of emerging technologies.
This repository is organized into the following folders:
- 01-Introduction: Resources related to the definition and core concepts of data-driven design.
- 02-Data-Everywhere: Resources on data abundance, GIS, photogrammetry, and spatial data.
- 03-Driven-Design: Resources on informed decision-making, historical overview, and the impact of data on design.
- 04-Decisions-Not-Drawings: Resources on building performance optimization, user experience, and social/cultural considerations.
- 05-Statistics: Data sources, articles on specific statistical topics, and the importance of asking the right questions.
- 06-Biomimicry: Resources on biomimicry principles, case studies, and nature-inspired design.
- 07-Challenges-and-Q&A: Resources on data trust, bias, ethics, and the limitations of data-driven design.
- 08-Tools-and-Technologies: Resources on BIM, GIS, AI, data visualization, and other relevant software and platforms.
- 09-Case-Studies: A collection of diverse data-driven design case studies, including Masdar City, The Edge, and others.
- 10-Future-Trends: Resources on emerging trends in data-driven design, such as digital twins, AI, and the integration of data from various sources.
This repository contains a curated list of resources, including books, articles, websites, and YouTube videos, categorized by topic:
- Data-Driven Design: How to Use Data to Inform Design Decisions by Andrew Chen
- Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises by Architecture for Humanity
- The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
- Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster by Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz
- Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
- Architecture and Disjunction by Bernard Tschumi
- Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine Benyus
- What is Islamic architecture anyway? by Nasser Rabbat
- From medieval Cairo to modern Masdar City: Lessons learned through a comparative study by Abbas M. Hassan, Hyowon Lee & UooSang Yoo
- فقه العمران by Khaled Azab
- Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
- Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
- Data-Driven Design & Architecture:
- "What is Data-Driven Design & Why is it Important?" by InVision
- "Data-Driven Design: A Simple Way to Make Design Decisions" by UX Collective
- "The Role of Data in Design Thinking" by IDEO
- HBIM & Heritage Conservation:
- "Data-Driven Conservation Actions of Heritage Places Curated with HBIM" by Tugba Saricaoglu and Gamze Saygi
- Various papers on HBIM applications, methodologies, and challenges (see repository for specific titles)
- Islamic Architecture & Urbanism:
- "The Mirage of Islamic Art: Reflections on the Study of an Unwieldy Field" by Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom
- Urban Planning & Sustainability:
- "Green Light for Midtown: Evaluating the Traffic Safety and Mobility Impacts of the Broadway Closures" (NYC DOT report)
- "TECNOLOGÍA DIGITAL EN LA LOCALIZACIÓN DEL SISTEMA DE CAPTACIÓN DE AGUA DE LA FUENTE DEL CUADRADO EN MONTILLA (CÓRDOBA, ESPAÑA) EN EL SIGLO XIX" by Pilar Carranza-Cañadas, et al.
- "Embodied Carbon in Building Materials" by BuildingGreen
- "The Impact of Office Design on Business Performance" by Emerald Insight
- "Wind Effects on High-Rise Buildings" by CTBUH
- "The Benefits of Green Spaces for Cities" by Smart Cities Dive
- Data Ethics & Social Impact:
- "Data Trust: Why It Matters and How to Build It" by Gartner
- "Understanding and Mitigating Bias in Data and AI" by IBM
- "The Hidden Biases in Big Data" by Harvard Business Review
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Data Sources & Visualization:
- World Bank Data, Statista, Kaggle, Gapminder, Our World In Data, Data.gov, datacommons.org, Pew Research Center
- "Storytelling with Data" by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
- "The beauty of data visualization" by David McCandless (TED Talk)
- RawGraph, Data Visualisation Project
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Organizations & Institutions:
- The Biomimicry Institute, AskNature, NYC Open Data
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Software & Platforms:
- ArcGIS, QGIS, Agisoft Metashape, RealityCapture, Autodesk Forma, Cesium, ESRI, Web World Wind
- OPTIMIZATION AS A DESIGN'S TOOL IN ARCHITECTURE
- Rhino User Webinar: Harnessing the power of generative design to shape better cities
- Rhino User Webinar: The future generation of NET ZERO buildings from Zaha Hadid Architects
- Data-Driven Urban Design
- Data Driven Design
- Stanford Seminar - Mobile, Social, and Fashion: Three Stories from Data-Driven Design
- Data Driven Design
- Open UP Summit 2019 Sujin Lee - The Seven Myths of Data-Driven Design
- Informed Data Driven Computational Design - Rick Titulaer - ARUP - CDFAM 24 Berlin
- Computational Design Across Scales and Disciplines: Mina Konaković Luković
- Rhino User Webinar: Cloud-based Architectural Workflows with Rhino.Compute (English)
- food4Rhino webinar: Monoceros - A Discrete Assembly Toolkit for Architects and Designers (English)
- food4Rhino webinar: Wasp - Combinatorial Design Toolkit
- Autodesk Forma channel
- Adaptive Voroni Landscape Design in Grasshopper
- Rhino User Webinar: Utilising Multimodal LLMs in Grasshopper's Parametric Design Workflows
- How This Desert City Stays Cool With An Ancient Air Conditioning System
- Greenlight for Midtown Project
- World's Greenest Office Building Is Dutch: The Edge
- Bloomberg's European Headquarters
- Songdo International Business District
- How a Slime Mold designed the Tokyo Railway System
- The Insane Biology of: Slime Mold
- Heather Barnett: What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime
- Slime Mold Grows Network Just Like Tokyo Rail System
- What We Can Learn From Nature | Janine Beynus
- Biomimicry is more than just good design.
- Mimicking This Tiny Glass Sponge For Stronger, Lightweight Modular Building Materials
- Nature-inspired architecture | Austris Mailitis | TEDxRiga
- Biomimicry: Design Inspired by Nature
- Evolutionary algorithms: and their creative applications on urban design and architecture
- Experiments with LIVING SLIME have jaw dropping results! - BBC
- See How Termites Inspired a Building That Can Cool Itself | Decoder
- The beauty of data visualization - David McCandless
- The Value of Data Visualization | The Power of Visual Storytelling
- 2022 Wrapped - Data Visualisation
- Creating Beautiful and Meaningful Visualizations with Big Data
- Coding Adventure: Sound (and the Fourier Transform)
- What is the Meta logo?
- OnSiteXR with spatial computing on HoloLens 2 - construction sites visualized in Mixed Reality
- Make Art With The Wave Of A Hand Thanks To This Installation | Future Blink
- Circle of Life / Breathtaking Immersive Experience of Nature and Light
- ENTROPY / A Mind-Blowingly Beautiful IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE by Limelight
- Light art installation by Claudia Bueno
- Max Cooper - Order From Chaos (official video by Maxime Causeret)
- Photogrammetry and Capturing Reality
- GIS Cesium
- GIS ESRI
- The Eden Project UK | The Largest Greenhouse In the World
- Project Story • The Gherkin
This repository is intended to be a supplementary resource for the "Data-Driven Design" lecture. You can explore the folders and resources based on your interests. Each folder contains relevant readings, links, and potentially other materials like images or datasets.
Contributions to this repository are welcome. If you have suggestions for additional resources or improvements, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.
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For any questions or inquiries related to this lecture or repository, please contact Mohammad Latif at latif@lavartstudio.com
www.lavartstudio.com Pentland Close, Leicester, UK