[eBook Code] Convergence (eBook Code, 1st)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7

INTRODUCTION: DESIGN IN A TIME OF SIMULTANEITY, SUPERINTEGRATION, AND CONVERGENCE 8-19

Convergence Defined 8

Convergence Paradigms 13

Convergence Questions 18

CHAPTER 1 10 FACTORS LEADING TOWARD CONVERGENCE 20-39

Convergence and Integration 21

Convergence and Consolidation 21

Convergence and Automation 22

Convergence and Efficiency 23

Convergence Triggers 25

10 Factors Bringing About Convergence 25

Challenges to Convergence 36

CHAPTER 2 DATA AND INTUITION 40-63

A Look Back at the Data 41

Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data 47

Architecture Starts with Intuition 49

The Limits of Data in Architecture 51

The Convergence of Everything 53

What Convergence Works Against 55

Data and Intuition in Design Tools 60

CHAPTER 3 ANALYTICS AND MODELS 64-91

Integrated Analytics 64

Modeling and Simulation 71

Energy Modeling 72

Compliance Modeling 74

Geodesign, GIS, and BIM 77

Does Technology Facilitate Convergence? 79

Data, Accessibility, and Convergence 85

The Point Where All of the Intelligence Converges 85

CHAPTER 4 PARAMETRICS AND COMPUTATION 92-117

BIM Tools 93

Challenges to the Convergence 98

Computational Tools 99

On the Evolution of a Parametric/Computational Convergence 103

Simulation and Automation 107

The Algorithm of Everything 109

Algorithms and Machine Learning 112

CHAPTER 5 VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL 118-141

Advances in Virtual Reality 119

VR and Reality Capture 121

Reality Computing 125

Uses for VR in Architecture 125

VR and AR in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction 126

Leveraging Video Games in AEC 129

Implementing Encapsulated Knowledge 130

BIM and Gaming 132

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and

Machine Vision for BIM 133

Nature Abhors a Convergence 134

CHAPTER 6 CONCEPTION AND CONSTRUCTION 142-165

"When Does Design End and Construction Begin?" 143

Buildings as Documents 153

Fusing the Computational and Material 154

Convergence of Technology and Construction 154

CHAPTER 7 DESIGN AND FABRICATION 166-191

Your Next Building Will Be Manufactured 167

Reasons for a Design/Fabrication Convergence 168

Drones and Robots 169

Cross-Discipline Knowledge of Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science, and Management 173

Toward an Architecture of Everything 177

CHAPTER 8 PRACTICAL AND INEFFABLE 192-215

Ideation Is Almost Antithetical to Automation 192

Between Firmness, Commodity, and Delight 195

Start with Utter Practicality 211

EPILOGUE: AN IMPENDING PERIOD OF INTENSE CHANGE THE SOFTWARE OF EVERYTHING 216-225

INDEX 226-232