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Construction Thematic Subnetwork

2007

Sixth EAAE-ENHSA Construction Teachers’ Network Workshop
Emerging Possibilities of Testing and Simulation Methods and Techniques in Contemporary Construction Teaching
Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Department of Architecture, Mons, Belgium,
22-24 November 2007

Final Programme

Thursday 22 November, 2007

 

 

Opening of the Workshop

14:00 - 14:30

 

 

Hugues Wilquin, Mons Faculty of Engineering, Department of Architecture, Head

 

Alain Sabbe, Department of Architecture, Construction Professor

 

Maria Voyatzaki, School of Architecture Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Coordinator of the EAAE-ENHSA Thematic Network of Construction Teachers

 

 

Constantin Spiridonidis, School of Architecture Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Coordinator of the ENHSA Thematic Network

 

 

 

 

 

Session 1: Testing and Simulation

 

 

Chair: LAVERGE, Jelle Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium

 

14:30 - 14:40

 

VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Nathan Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium
Caution: students in the lab!

14:40 - 14:50

 

TZITZAS, Miltiadis, - ALEXANDROU, Eleni, School of Architecture National Technical University of Athens
The Necessity of Physical Modeling

14:50 - 15:00

 

MOSSERI,  Avraham  The David Azrieli School of Architecture, The Faculty of the Arts. Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Vision for the future - Testing and Simulation Methods and Techniques in Construction Teaching  

15:00 - 15:10

 

PHOKAS C., Marios – MICHAEL, Aimilios Faculty of Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Construction Design through the (Micro-) Studio

15:10 - 15:20

 

GORSKI, Jerzy Faculty of Architecture, Warsaw University of Technology
Emerging Possibilities of Testing and Simulation Methods and Techniques in Contemporary Construction Teaching

15:20 – 16:10

 

Coffee break

 

 

 

16:10 - 16:30

 

BOEYKENS, S. - NEUCKERMANS, H. - GEEBELEN, B. ASRO KU Leuven
Integrated testing for BIM

 

16:30 - 16:50

 

SASTRE, Ramon School of Architecture, ETS Arquitectura del Valles, Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, Barcelona
Technology Illiteracy Versus High-Tech Teaching

 

 

 

16:50 - 17:30

 

Debate on the presentations of Session 1

 

 

 

17:40 – 18:40

 

Keynote Lecture by
Fabio GRAMAZIO and Mathias KOHLER Technical University of Zurich,
School of Architecture, Zurich, Switzerland
Informing Architecture

A welcome reception with drinks will follow.

Friday morning 23 November, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Session 2: Environmental Control - Testing and Simulation

 

 

Chair: TZITZAS, Miltiadis, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens

 

 

 

9:00 - 9:10

 

AXARLI, Kleo Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Civil Engineering
The role of simulation techniques in the energy conscious design and construction

9:10 - 9:20

 

LAURO, Giuliana -  MUSTO Manuela Seconda Universita di Napoli, School of Architecture
A simulation model for environmental control. Use in a final laboratory design

9:20 – 9:30

 

AMIRANTE, Maria -  FRETTOLOSO, Caterina Seconda Universita di Napoli, School of Architecture
Mathematical Models Contribution in the Environmental Design Teaching

 

9:30 – 9:40

 

FRANCO, Giovanna Dipartimento di Progettazione e Costruzione dell’Architettura (DIPARC), Facolta di Architettura, Universita degli Studi di Genova
“Energy” and existing buildings: chance or problem for their architectural persistence?

9:40 – 10:00

 

 Coffee break

 

 

 

10:00 – 10:20

 

LAVERGE, Jelle Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium

 

 

Modeling Building Physics: a Tool for Integrated Design

10:20 – 10:40

 

NOGUCHI, Masa Mackintosh School of Architecture, the Glasgow School of Art
The Effects of User-friendly Environmental Design Tools on 
Architecture Students’ Project Outcomes

10:40 - 11:00

 

LAVERGE, Jelle Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium

 

 

Pushing Architectural Quality Further

11:00-11:20

 

PAWLOFSKY Tom – FRITZ Oliver Liechtenstein University of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture

 

 

Cardboard-Buildings 1:1

 

 

 

11:20 - 12:30

 

Debate on the presentations of Session 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:30 - 13:30

 

Keynote lecture by
Philippe SAMYN Architecte, Ingenieur et docteur en sciences appliquees Belgium,
Les indicateurs de volumes et leurs applications

 

Lunch 13:30-14:30

Friday afternoon 23 November, 2007

 

 

 

Session 3: Form and Structure - Testing and Simulation

 

 

Chair: SASTRE, Ramon School of Architecture, ETS Arquitectura del Valles, Universitat Politecnica Catalunya, Barcelona

14:30 – 14:50

 

VRONTISSI, Maria Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Modeling structural behavior from an architect’s point of view

14:50 – 15:00

 

VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Nathan Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium
Building simulations as design tool: a critical review

 

15:00 – 15:10

 

TIXIER, Nicolas Laboratoire Cresson, Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture de Grenoble
Des spaghettis a la sauce isostatique

15:10 - 15:30

 

OLSSON, Karl-Gunnar Chalmers Univ. of Techn. Goteborg, SWEDEN
OLSSON, Pierre Chalmers Univ. of Techn. Goteborg, SWEDEN
LINDEMANN, Jonas Lund University of Lund, SWEDEN
Form Finding Based on Virtual Force Paths and the supporting computer tools PointSketch and ForcePAD

15:30 - 15:50

 

TIAZZOLDI, Caterina, Nonlinear Solutions Unit Lab, Columbia University, New-York - WHITELAW, Chris Nonlinear Solutions Unit Laboratory, Columbia University, New-York
TIXIER, Nicolas Laboratoire Cresson, Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture de Grenoble
Applied Responsive Device

 

 

 

15:50 – 16:30

 

Debate on the presentations of Session 3

16:30 – 17:00

 

Coffee break

 

 

 

17:00 – 18:00

 

Keynote lecture by
Philippe MOREL, EZCT Architecture and Design Research, Paris, France
The Rising of Global Optimization and its social consequences

 

18:15 – 19:15

 

Keynote lecture by
Hanif KARA, Adams Kara Taylor, A White Young Green Company, London, UK
Tools and weapons...Engineers take

                                               


Saturday morning 24 November, 2007

09:30 – 10:30

 

Keynote lecture by
Vincent SERVAIS Ingenieur du bureau Greisch, Belgium
Modelisation et Ingenierie (the lecture will be delivered in French)

 

 

 

10:30 - 11:30

 

Keynote lecture by
Emmanouel TZEKAKIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Architecture
Testing and simulation_the acoustics design case

 

 

 

11:30 - 12:00

 

Coffee break

 

 

 

 

 

Session 4: Case Studies - Testing and Simulation

 

 

Chair: OLSSON, Karl-Gunnar Chalmers Univ. of Techn. Goteborg, SWEDEN

 

 

 

12:00 - 12:10

 

BASTOS, Jorge Faculdade de Arquitectura - Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa
The Model Span Competition - an American Concept applied in a Portuguese School of Architecture

 

12:10 – 12:20

 

MASLY, Dariusz The Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Gliwice
Reflections on simulation methods and techniques in architectural design: the Polish experience

12:20 – 12:30

 

MICHAEL, Aimilios  - CHRISTODOULIDIS, Marios - PHOKAS Marios
Faculty of Engineering, University of Cyprus,Nicosia, Cyprus
Construction Workshops in Schools of Architecture. A Case Example

12:30 - 12:40

 

DE WEIJER, Henk Academie van Bouwkunst,  Amsterdam
An open platform for form, construction and skin

12:40 - 12:50

 

BLEUS, Jean-Marie Institute Saint-Luc Liege, Department Argenco University, Belgium
Modeling and Testing: From Complexity to Understanding Throughout the Time

 

12:50 - 13:00

 

JUZWA, Nina –WITECZEK, Aleksandra Faculty of Architecture at The Technical University of Gliwice
Form and structure of industrial buildings

13:00 - 13:10

 

RASKOVIC, Ivan Belgrade University, Faculty of Architecture
Structure – Base of an Architectural Form

13:10 - 13:30

 

Debate on the presentations of Session 4

 

 

 

Lunch 13:30-14:30

Saturday afternoon 24 November, 2007

 

 

 

Closing Session

 

 

Chair: Maria Voyatzaki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Architecture, Thessaloniki, Greece

 

 

 

14:30-16:00

 

Round Table Discussion with the chairs of the sessions

 

 

 Debate and Closing of the Workshop

 

 

 

 

 

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