Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2005

The book contains the proceedings of the 11th CAAD Futures conference which took place at Vienna University of Technology, June 20-22, 2005. The papers in this book cover a wide range of subjects and provide an excellent overview of the state-of-the-art in research on Computer Aided Architectural Design.§The following categories of articles are included:§- Building information modelling and construction management;§- Design methods, process and creativity;§- Digital design, representation and visualization;§- Form and fabric: Computer integrated construction and manufacturing;§- Human-machine interaction design: Connecting the physical and the virtual;§- Knowledge based design and generative systems;§- Linking education, research and practice;§- Virtual heritage, reconstruction and histories.§Information on the CAAD Futures Foundation and its conferences can be found at: Information about the 2005 Conference and this book is available from: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/cf2005.CAAD Futures is a biennial conference that aims at promoting the advancement of Computer Aided Architectural Design in the service of those concerned with the quality of the built environment. The conferences are organised under the auspices of the CAAD Futures Foundation. The series of conferences started in 1985 in Delft, and has since travelled through Eindhoven, Boston, Zurich, Pittsburgh, Singapore, Munich, Atlanta and Tainan.§The book contains the proceedings of the 11th CAAD Futures conference which took place at Vienna University of Technology, June 20-22, 2005. The papers in this book cover a wide range of subjects and provide an excellent overview of the state-of-the-art in research on Computer Aided Architectural Design.§The following categories of articles are included:§-Building information modelling and construction management;§-Design methods, process and creativity;§-Digital design, representation and visualization;§-Form and fabric: Computer integrated construction and manufacturing;§-Human-machine interaction design: Connecting the physical and the virtual;§- Knowledge based design and generative systems;§-Linking education, research and practice;§-Virtual heritage, reconstruction and histories.§Information on the CAAD Futures Foundation and its conferences can be found at: Information about the 2005 Conference and this book is available from: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/cf2005.