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7/28/2019 Urban Ecologies Information and Complexity
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OCAD U ResearchSponsored by Autodesk
Bruce Hinds, CarlHastrich, Ian Clarke
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Thanks to all our open
minded students willing
to play!
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After a while, the whole concept of a national grid for electricitywill seem to be as outdated as the concept of phones with wires...Any buildings with air conditioning will generate at least someof its own power from solar tiles on the roof, and gradually gridoperators in most places will begin to announce 10-year phase-
out plans, advising their customers of the last likely date reliablegrid electricity will be available. By then, most people will begenerating most of their own energy anyway, and the fading out...will be an inevitability. Your kids will see this.
Vinay Gupta - printed in The Alpine Review; Scenarios
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Occupants are generally treatedas passive participants withinan environment controlled by acentralized automation system.Attar, from Cole, Brown 2009
Image credit: Michael Lokner
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User
Building
Context
An Investigation of Relationships
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Natural Models for Inspiration
Image credit: USFW PacifcImage credit: Carl Hastrich Image credit:v4vjk
Individual Colony Community
Increase in complexity
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Image credit: Carl Hastrich
Image credit: BaldBoris Image credit: Manitoba Asssociation of Architects
Barrel Cactus - Current Goal of Sustainable Architecture
Isolated and independant,reliant entirely on physiologicalstrategies for survival.
Swiss Re - London Manitoba Hydo Place - Manitoba
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Fantastic pioneer species of
future cities. But to regenerate
our cities, buildings must
connect and contribute.
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Image credit:v4vjk
Image credit: IDEO
Termite Colony - Active Participation
Image credit: Herman Miller
The structure functions likelungs, acting as an extension ofthe organisms physiology, an
extended phenotype.
Furniture layout is designedto facilitate organizationalbehaviour.
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The next step is for the
participation to extend tophysiological systems.
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Image credit: USFW Pacifc
Coral Reef - Community through Nutrient Flow
While nutrient poor, thecommunity is so diverse it isable to use energy efciently
which then supports the increaseof diversity. It is an example ofcircular cause and effect.
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Efciency and regeneration
will occur through networkingresource ow.
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Impact on Energy Efciency in Ecology
energy used
by organisms
Increase in complexity
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Patch Dynamics: Diversity increases Efciency
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Evolution of Buildings in a Regenerative City
Old Paradigm
Buildings asConsumersBuildings drawing (perceived)
abundant enegy
Current Paradigm
Buildings asConservatorsIndependant buildings drawing
minimal resources
Emerging Paradigm
Buildings asContributorsInter-dependant & connected
buildings exchanging resources
Singledirection
of ow,
resources
abundant.
Singledirectionof ow,
resources
conserved.
Multi-directionalow,
resources
generated.
Increase in complexity
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Our Research Overview - Building Science Review
Building Centric
Efficiency is the quantitative measureof achieving human needs - identifiedthrough predetermined standards.
Technologically driven according to pre-
defined standardized metrics (i.e. Ashrae)
with a goal of static, consistent performance.
Building:
Pre-determined function.
Occupant Centric
Comfort is the qualitative humanperception of their environment.
A deeper understanding of user
satisfaction, health and engagement
is evolving building performance.
Research suggests desire for personalized,
individualized performance. Therefore
metrics for building performance
are tailored and are informed
according to input from the user.
Individual:
Adaptive / Interactiveservices.
Eco-Centric
Distribution of resources within asystem via diverse relationships.
Dependant on deep understanding
of occupant centric building
performance and the value of an
ecological/systems framework.
Research suggests an evolving,
interconnected framework. Emphasis
on context and time, specifically the
relationships between information.
Community:
Exchange of Resourcesin a network.
Current trajectory of research
Future trajectory of research
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OCAD U ResearchSponsored by Autodesk
Thank you,Carl Hastrich - [email protected] Hinds - [email protected] Clarke - [email protected]