TY  - GEN
AU  - Deutsch, Randy
TI  - Convergence : the redesign of design 
U1  - 720.285 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - West Sussex
PB  - John Wiley & Sons Ltd
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
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
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