http://hdl.handle.net/10453/242 2013-05-19T14:35:42Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19388 Adaptive planning for resilient urban water systems under an uncertain future Mukheibir Pierre; Mitchell Cynthia; Mckibbin John; Komatsu Ray; Ryan Heidi; Fitzgerald Cameron Australian Water Association (AWA) Water planners are familiar with some form of variability in climate and demand. However, the uncertainty associated with the frequency and magnitude of the variations, coupled with broader performance expectations, means that long term deterministic planning needs to give way to a new approach. The structured adaptive planning process proposed in this paper aims to meet those objectives and accommodate the uncertainty in the future by developing a portfolio of measures that are both flexible to gradual changes in trends and robust to sudden shocks. A step-by-step process of the planning framework is presented. This is followed by a case study of the inputs and results based on its implementation by the Melbourne water businesses. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19389 Parametric modelling and design processes: Exploring synthesis and evaluation using a Function-Behaviour-Structure perspective Coorey Benjamin; Jupp Julie Herr, C. M., Gu, N.; Roudavski, S., and Schnabel, M. A. In an attempt to extend our understanding of the design process in the context of computational parametric design tools, this paper explores the relationship between and interaction of synthesis and evaluation. In establishing the importance of their coupling in parametric design the paper then explores its consequence on the design process relative to existing models of designing. A tension between designing as planning, search and exploration in parametric design is highlighted together with a conceptual framework, which draws from a situated Function-Behaviour-Structure model of design. The purpose of the framework is to facilitate these different modes of designing and is targeted at the use of parametric tools. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19391 Last Train to Trancentral: From infrastructure to 'info' structure - a case study of embedding digital technology into existing public transport infrastructures Barker Tom; Gardner Nicole; Haeusler Matthias; Tomitsch Martin Herr, C.M., Gu, N., Roudavski, S. and Schnabel, M.A. The research presented in this paper is an investigation into how ubiquitous computing technologies can contribute to improving the quality of existing public transport environments through the integration of responsive technologies. The paper argues that given the significant challenges associated with transport infrastructure expansion including cost, disruption, energy use, and implementation periods augmenting existing transport environments offers alternate measures to manage demand and improve the user experience. The paper proposes improving transport environments by integrating smart, or responsive, digital information into the existing physical fabric in a coherent architectural and spatial context. This approach offers an opportunity to shift away from the static nature of public transport infrastructure to the dynamic notion of public transport 'info' structure. The research uses an architecture graduate studio as a foundation to investigate the objectives. The contribution of this paper is an investigation of ways in which digital technologies and networked communications can transform and augment public transport infrastructure, allowing new forms of intelligent, adaptive, interactive and self-aware architecture to be developed. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/19390 Mediation of Knowledge Construction of Historic Sites through Embodied Interaction Deray Kristine; Day Michael Banissi, E. et al This paper focuses upon the reframing of cultural heritage as bodily experience articulated through narrative based media. The concept of mediation is introduced and explored, as a knowledge intensive process that integrates the production and construction of information interfaces. Such interfaces are negotiated through, and translated by, bodily interaction and bodily reasoning. As such, the mediation process is shaped through the reformulation of kineasthetic, somatic and embodied experiences, that both, customize the interaction process, and shape the resultant outputs that effect construction of knowledge. For enhancement of the mediation process, guidelines for maintaining the integrity of the mediation are discussed. The approach is demonstrated over several projects that explore these concerns through low fidelity prototypes executed in an experimental manner. 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z