EuropIA
13
“Connecting Brains Shaping the World => Collaborative Design Spaces”
13th International Conference on Advances in Design Sciences and Technology
8th -10th June 2011
Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome
Via Eudossiana 18 – 00184 Rome – Italy
Preliminary Programme
Wednesday, 8th June 2011
Cloister of the Faculty of Engineering
14:00 - 14:30 – Reception - Registration
14:30 - 14:40 – Opening
- Welcome
Fabrizio Vestroni, Dean of Engineering Faculty,
“Sapienza” University of Rome - Opening EuropIA 13 Conference
Gianfranco Carrara
14:40 - 15:10 - Keynote Speaker- Antonino Saggio
15:10 - 16:40 – Session I – Collaborative Design Theory
- An Architectural Design Representation Model
Gianluigi Loffreda, Antonio Fioravanti and Armando Trento - Contribution of neurosciences for understanding the role of trust in it-supported collaborative working environments-the case of projects in the construction sector
Jean-Pierre Briffaut - Studying collaborative design
Caroline Lecourtois
16:40 - 17:00 – Coffee break
17:00 - 18:30 – Session II – Collaborative Management and Modelling for Design
- Towards Development of an Intelligent Virtual Testing Environment for Building Products
Edwin Dado and Reza Beheshti - Modelling practices and usages to improve design of HCI in groupware-oriented services systems. Application in the AEC sector
Daniel Zignale, Gilles Halin and Sylvain Kubicki - Collaborative Maintenance and Construction of Buildings Supported on Virtual Interactive Models
Alcinia Zita Sampaio, Ana Rita Gomes, Augusto M. Gomes, Joana P. Santos and Daniel P. Rosário - Design conversations in the interconnected HIS
Tomás Dorta, Yehuda Kalay, Annemarie Lesage and Edgar Pérez
Thursday, 9th June 2011
Cloister of the Faculty of Engineering
9:00 - 11:00 – Session III – Generative and Parametric Design - 1
- Parametric Design and Construction: the “Tall Tree and the Eye” sculpture
Chiara Tuffanelli - Design Intercalated: The AtFab Project
Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher - Non-standard architecture with standard elements. Parametric design with constraints
Thierry Ciblac - Variant Generation and Convergence in Computational Design Processes based on Horst Rittel´s Design Methodology
Manuela Irlwek and Achim Menges
11:00 - 11:20 – Coffee break
11:20 - 13:20 – Session IV – Sustainable/Green Design and Construction Systems
- Communication Processes in Low Carbon Airport Terminal Design and Management
Maria Antonietta Esposito and Irene Macchi - A method for shape optimization in sustainable residential buildings
Frida Bazzocchi, Vincenzo Di Naso, Giuseppe Grazzini and Aurora Valori - Smart Energy Efficiency Control in Existing Buildings by a BIM Interoperable Process. The Politecnico di Torino Case Study
Enrico Macii and Anna Osello
13:30 - 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 - Keynote Speaker- Yehuda Kalay
15:00 - 16:30 – Session V – Generative and Parametric Design - 2
- An experimental pavilion for the Campus Emilie
Marco Hemmerling - A Generative System to support architectural and urban design
Giuseppe Pellitteri and Raimondo Lattuca - Collaborative Parametric Architectural Design
J.C. Hans Hubers
16:30 – 16:50 – Coffee break
16:50 - 18:20 – Session VI – Ontology, BIM and IFC Representations
- Public Space Patterns: Modelling the language of urban space
Nuno Montenegro, José Nuno Beirão and José Pinto Duarte - Building Information Modelling: Major Adaptation Barriers in Swedish Bridge Sector
Paulos Wondimu, Hamid Hassan, Rasmus Rempling and Mattias Roupe - Knowledge Management System for Architectural Virtual Heritage: e-Warisan SENIBINA experience
Ahmad Rafi, Azhar Salleh, Yun Yi, Dita Octavia and Aliff Afiq
20:30 - 22.30 – Conference Dinner
Friday, 10th June 2011
Cloister of the Faculty of Engineering
9:30 - 10:00 - Keynote Speaker- Maurizio Lenzerini
10:00 – 11:30 – Session VII – Collaboration in Case Studies
- Towards Use Cases in Sparse Architectural Data Exchange
Gabriel Wurzer - Evaluating Project Management Interface Visualization on Small Display Devices
Lucio Campanelli - eLearning for Knowledge Management in Collaborative Architectural Design
Umberto Nanni and Marco Temperini
11:30 - 11:50 – Coffee break
11:50 - 13:20 – Session VIII – Final Discussion
- Discussion, proposals and conclusions
Khaldoun, Gianfranco Carrara
13:20 - 13:30 – Closing EuropIA 13 Conference
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