This paper reports on an investigation into how base isolation can produce benefits for the architectural design of hospitals. If a relatively new technology such as base isolation can be coupled with interdisciplinary collaboration from the birth of a project, it seems possible to achieve an improvement not only in their seismic, but also in their architectural design. The methodology adopted ...

Improvements and new developments in the fields of sensor and computer technology have had a major impact on photogrammetry. Nowadays a variety of cameras and photogrammetric systems is available. The application of a S-VHS camcorder together with a system for Digital Photogrammetry and Architectural Design in architectural photogrammetry is demonstrated on a practical object. The imaging syste...

With the development of China’s economy, all sectors society have increasing expectations for caliber professionals. As one their primary roles, higher vocational colleges should cultivate industrial talents with craftsman spirit, in order to supply skilled talents. Taking course Architectural Decoration Construction Technology as an example, this paper explores connotation analyzes necessity e...

This paper a design-lead investigation into the making of textiles membranes for a behaving architecture. Presenting two probes, the installation of Vivisection and the architectural models of Strange Metabolisms, the paper explores how textiles as a technology of assemblage can bring together multiple and varied fibretypes allowing for the bespoke specking of an architectural surface. Employin...

The innovations and improvements in digital imaging sensors and scanners, computer modeling, haptic equipments and e-learning technology, as well as the availability of many powerful graphics PCs and workstations make haptic-based rendering methods for e-learning documentation with 3-D modeling functionality feasible. E-Learning documentation is a new term in computing, engineering and architec...

This article presents an application of Augmented Reality technology for interior design. Plus, an Educational Interior Design Project is reviewed. Along with the dramatic progress of digital technology, virtual information techniques are also required for architectural projects. Thus, the new technology of Augmented Reality offers many advantages for digital architectural design and constructi...

Architectural synthesis tools map algorithms to architectures under real time constraints and quickly provide estimations of area and performance. However, these tools do not take the VLSI circuit interconnection cost into account whereas this cost becomes predominant with the technology decrease and the application complexity increase. A new methodology that enables the interconnection cost to...

From the perspective of a specialist in environmental health and as a son of an architectural and architectural photography innovator, the author of this essay reviews the ways that photographers approach architecture. It argues that the Internet and digital technology should be used to document how architecture accommodates what clients do and how they interact as well as documenting brief est...

Software architectures should be amenable to changes in user requirements and implementation technology. The analysis of the impact of these changes can be based on traceability of architectural design elements. Design elements have dependencies with other software artifacts but also evolve in time. Crosscutting dependencies may have a strong influence on modifiability of software architectures...