L4 – GS – Podcast – 2012-03-12

Gerhard Schmitt – Theory, Experiment, and Simulation

FINAL PRESENTATION | 12/05/11

Final presentation of student works and the virtual model of Altstetten. Video

Download slides: 
Charming Valley
Pure Dynamic
Smart City
Character City

 

 

E06 – WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE MODEL

As the world leader in visual computing, NVIDIA® constantly looks for what’s next and invests in rendering solutions that advance the state of visualization by developing rendering technologies in conjunction with GPU architectures and compute languages. NVIDIA delivers and accelerates a spectrum of possibilities, ranging from the underlying technologies for building or accelerating custom rendering applications, to complete rendering solutions shipping within world leading 3D Design and Entertainment tools.

www.nvidia.com | ‘Advancing the state of visualization’

 

Submission till Friday, May 4th 2012, 18:00 by uploading to the student server
– afp://schmitt-server.ethz.ch/schmitt-stud
– smb:schmitt-server.ethz.chschmitt-stud

Deliverables:

  • one .pdf document with five renderings (overview and zoom in)

 

Please mark each document with your group name.
Naming scheme: E03_Group01_Surname1Surname2… .pdf

With this exercise you will create renderings of your respective future scenario of Altstetten, Zurich.
During the exercise you will get to know the NVIDIA® reality server learn how to develop advanced renderings.

For further help you can use the given Tutorial.

At the Final Presentation on May 7th you will present your results of the Ecotect exercise as well as your urban analysis and your final renderings of your future scenario.

 

Reality Server | Advanced renderings ( 30pts)

  • Please import your future scenario file to the Nvidia reality server and do at least five renderings.

 

Note:
The participation in the exercise is mandatory.
Exercises will be graded. A not submitted exercise will be graded with “failed”.
Support requests by email iaurbansim@arch.ethz.ch are possible anytime.


L07 | VISUALIZATION OF LARGE-SCALE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS | 12/04/30

Realistic city models and revealed information as interactive as they can be.
Lecturer: Lukas Treyer Video

L06 | METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF URBAN PERFORMANCE | 12/04/23 !!CANCELLED!!

!!CANCELLED!!

MID – TERM CRIT | 12/04/16

Presentation of the results of the analysis phase and first conceptideas.
Video

Download slides:
Character_city_presentation
Smart_City
Pure_Dynamics
Charmingvalley

L05 | URBANISM, SYSTEMS AND MODELS | 12/04/02

A primer for an understanding of urban systems and their use in urban planning and urban design.
Lecturer: Jan Halatsch Video

Download slides: L05 Urban models as think tools

E04 – ECOTECT

A GIS is a system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to efficiently, assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).A GIS also includes the people operating the system and the data that go into the system.

Ecotect Analysis offers a wide range of simulation and building energy analysis functionality that can improve performance of existing buildings and new building designs. Online energy, water, and carbon-emission analysis capabilities integrate with tools that enable you to visualize and simulate a building’s performance within the context of its environment.

J.Halatsch about GIS | Autodesk® Ecotect® Analysis

 

Submission till Thursday, March 29th 2012, 18:00 by uploading to the student server
– afp://schmitt-server.ethz.ch/schmitt-stud
– smb:\schmitt-server.ethz.chschmitt-stud

Deliverables:

  • one .pdf document with the Ecotect analysis of your future scenario of Altstetten and short description to each analysis (description below under “Ecotect Analysis”)

 

Please mark each document with your group name.
Naming scheme: E03_Group01_Surname1Surname2… .pdf

With this exercise you will do simulations and building energy analysis with your respective future scenario of Altstetten, Zurich.
During the exercise you will get to know the software Autodesk Ecotect and learn how to deal with the comprehensive concept-to-detail sustainable building design tool.

At the Mid-term Crit on April 16th you will present your results of this Ecotect exercise as well as your urban analysis and your first implementation into the CityEngine.

 

Ecotect Analysis ( 30pts)

  • Please do the Ecotect Analysis with one of your created building block. For further help use the Ecotect tutorial.
  • If you have not yet implemented your own project into the CityEngine, then please use the given file from the student server under 01_Materials -> 01_CE_file_Ecotect.
  • For submission you have to do the Ecotect Analysis in your group with your own future scenario of Altstetten.
  • Please hand in images with the following information:
    a. Two shadow images (one for the 21st of June and one for the 21st of December) with the Daily Sun Path and the Annual Sun path.
    b. Two shadow ranges images (one for the 21st of June and one for the 21st of December). The rages have to go from 9:00 to 17:00.
    c. An image with the Sun path Diagram for each day.
    d. Two images for the Solar Access Analysis without setting the grid (one for summer and one for winter). 
    e. Two images for the Solar Access Analysis with the grid on the xy plane base (one for summer and one for winter). 
    f. Two images for the Solar Access Analysis with the grid on a facade (one for summer and one for winter). 
    g. An image of the Daylight factor analysis on the xy plane base.
    h. An image of the Daylight factor analysis on a facade.
    i. One image of the Spatial Visibility Analysis.
    j. One image of the wind flow analysis. (optional)
    k. One image of the acoustic analysis.
    Remember to set up at the beginning the Location and the Weather data.

 

Note:
The participation in the workshop is mandatory.
Support requests by email iaurbansim@arch.ethz.ch are possible anytime.


L04 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR CITY MODELING | 12/03/26

This lecture gives an introduction to GIS and its applications in urban planning and urban design.
Lecturer: Jan Halatsch Video

Download slides: L04_Geographic Information Systems for City Modeling

E03 – Collaborative City Design

Participation implies that planning is not a purely technocratic exercise in which policies and decisions are made by professionals in conjunction with authoritarian political power holders or even by elected representatives alone. Collaborative planning implies a process of debate, deliberation and consensus-building (i.e. joint decision-making). The underlying rationale for these approaches can be traced to democratic theory, which holds that active citizenship has intrinsic value. (…) The result is considered to be more appropriate policy and fewer implementation problems.

UNHABITAT | ‘Planning sustainable cities’

 

Submission till Thursday, March 15st 2012, 18:00 by uploading to the student server
– afp://schmitt-server.ethz.ch/schmitt-stud
– smb:\\schmitt-server.ethz.ch\schmitt-stud

Deliverables:

  • one Poster of the Architectural Programming with your chosen future Scenario. Find the given layout on the student server (afp://schmitt-server.ethz.ch/schmitt-stud/New_Methods_in_Urban_Simulation/FS12/01_Materials/E03_AP_PosterLayout/120308_AP_Poster_Folder).
  • create a new density map for your future scenario in Altstetten by using the existing zoning law map of Zurich. link to map
  • one .pdf document with an urban analysis of your scenario (ca. 4 maps: open space/green space, building types, infrastructure…) and short description.
  • one .pdf document with sketches of the nine defined building types of your scenario.

 

Please mark each document with your group name.
Naming scheme: E03_Group01_Surname1Surname2… .pdf

 

With this collaborative workshop we start our project work in the case study area of Altstetten, Zurich.
Your work will contribute to the project on Sustainable Urban Patterns (SUPat) within the transdisciplinary National Research Programme 65 (NRP65 ‘New Urban Quality’).

You will compose an architectural programming matrix by developing and defining urban scenarios. Each requirement refers to a dimension card or to a impact variables card.
A figurative Design Code Catalog, as introduced in Lecture 2 and 3, will be developed for the four future scenarios (Character City, Smart City, Pure Dynamic, Charming Valley).
Combining your findings of this collaborative workshop with your procedural modeling skills earned in the CityEngine tutorials in exercise 1 and 2 you will be able to set up a first CityEngine model on a building scale in the upcoming project work.

At the Midterm-Crit on April 16st you will present your results as well as your implementation in CityEngine.

 

Design Code Catalogue ( 30pts)

  • Form groups of 2 people and choose one of the 4 future scenarios. The groups will be confirmed right after the collaborative workshop on March 12th.
  • Create an architectural programming matrix with the resultant cards of the collaborative workshop. You can use the all in one printer in front of our office (H32.3) to scan the cards. Find on the student server a given layout (.indd file) for the poster (afp://schmitt-server.ethz.ch/schmitt-stud/New_Methods_in_Urban_Simulation/FS12/01_Materials/E03_AP_PosterLayout/120308_AP_Poster_Folder). You just have to change the cards.
  • Create a new density map for your future scenario in Altstetten by using the existing zoning law map of Zurich. Please adjust your new zones for the respective scenario.
  • Carry out an urban analysis on your future scenario and develop 4-6 maps of your results (open space/green space, districts, building types, infrastructure…). Please comment your analysis in a short description.
  • Do some quick sketches of the nine defined building types of your future scenario.
Find further information and necessary links above under “deliverables”.

 

Note:
The participation in the workshop is mandatory.
Support requests by email iaurbansim@arch.ethz.ch are possible anytime.