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Data-Driven Architecture: Delving into 4 Building Information Tools

ArchDaily

2 Architecture is a multifaceted discipline influenced by diverse sources of data and information, which play a fundamental role in shaping architectural production. This made it possible to determine the optimal orientation of buildings, resulting in benefits such as better use of sunlight and greater thermal comfort.

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Strategy: Building that Broadcasts Real-Time Information

MLL Atelier

Have you ever thought about a building skin being used to broadcast real-time information? Perhaps it doesn’t have to be a direct broadcast, but rather an interpretation of information — a sort of architectural information visualization.

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Farm buildings inform Sonoma ADU by Schwartz and Architecture

Deezen

Its design was informed by surrounding farm structures "How might we use the qualities of these decaying yet compelling utilitarian buildings as the jumping off point for a modern wine country design?"

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The Rise of Information Visualization in Architecture

MLL Atelier

Information visualizations will appear in many places as their simplicity will be quite valued. Look for their emergence within buildings as designers will be better able to optimize their architecture for occupant use.

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Tadao Ando unveils serpent-informed watch for Bulgari

Deezen

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has created a snake-informed watch as the latest addition to Bulgari 's Serpenti range. Other recent watches by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architects include a piece by Rafael Moneo for Cauny and a square watch informed by a swimming pool by Álvaro Siza.

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How Architecture Space Can Thrive by Pulling Information Patterns

MLL Atelier

Buildings today continue to move from static to fluid design, and this fluidity is expressed by integrating not only new materials with amazing behavioral properties, but also by pulling information patterns from a building’s context.

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Hewitt creates residential tower in Seattle informed by stack of magazines

Deezen

Local architecture studio Hewitt has unveiled the 33-storey-high Skyglass residential block in downtown Seattle , which was informed by an offset stack of magazines. It has a base of the building that relates to the pedestrian, the street and the block in this smaller scale, immediate context," said Nagele.