Computing the Environment

Brady Peters is Assistant Professor in Computational Design at the University of Toronto, Canada. An expert in computational design and architecture, he was Associate Partner in the Specialist Modeling Group at Foster + Partners in London and he holds a Phd in Architecture from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He is one of the Directors of Smartgeometry and regularly lectures internationally at industry and practice-focused events at the intersection of architecture and new technologies. Terri Peters is an architect and researcher with expertise in sustainable design.?She recently completed a PhD in Architecture on the subject in Denmark. Over the past decade, she has published more than 100 texts about sustainable design and new technologies. As a registered architect in the UK, she has worked on ecological design projects. She teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in sustainable design and holds a Post-Doctoral research position at the University of Toronto.

• FOREWORD VI-IXPhil Bernstein, Yale School of Architecture1. INTRODUCTION—COMPUTING THE ENVIRONMENT: DESIGN WORKFLOWS FOR THE SIMULATION OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 1-13Brady Peters and Terri Peters2. NEW DIALOGUES ABOUT ENERGY: PERFORMANCE, CARBON AND CLIMATE 14-27Terri Peters3. PARAMETRIC ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN: SIMULATION AND GENERATIVE PROCESSES 28-42Brady Peters4. DESIGNING ATMOSPHERES: SIMULATING EXPERIENCE 43-57Brady Peters5. USE DATA: COMPUTING LIFE-CYCLE AND REAL-TIME VISUALISATION 58-73Terri Peters6. NEAR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS: ADVANCES IN SIMULATION AND REAL-TIME FEEDBACK 74-93Terri Peters7. DESIGNING ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATING EXPERIENCE: FOSTER + PARTNERS SPECIALIST MODELLING GROUP 94-105Brady Peters8. MAXIMISING IMPACT THROUGH PERFORMANCE SIMULATION: THE WORK OF TRANSSOLAR KLIMAENGINEERING 106-117Terri Peters9. DESIGNERS NEED FEEDBACK: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE BY KIERANTIMBERLAKE 118-127Terri Peters10. ARCHITECTURE SHAPES PERFORMANCE: GXN ADVANCES SOLAR MODELLING AND SENSING 128-137Terri Peters11. BESPOKE TOOLS FOR A BETTER WORLD: THE ART OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AT BUROHAPPOLD ENGINEERING 138-149Brady Peters12. BIG IDEAS: INFORMATION DRIVEN DESIGN 150-162Brady Peters13. SIMULATING THE INVISIBLE: MAX FORDHAM DESIGNS LIGHT, AIR AND SOUND 162-175Terri Peters14. WHITE ARCHITECTS: BUILD THE FUTURE 176-183Terri Peters15. CORE: INTEGRATED COMPUTATION AND RESEARCH 184-191Terri Peters16. SUPERSPACE: COMPUTING HUMAN-CENTRIC ARCHITECTURE 192-200Brady Peters17. ZHACODE: SKETCHING WITH PERFORMANCE 201-209Terri Peters18. WEWORK: BUILDING DATA FOR DESIGN FEEDBACK 210-217Terri Peters19. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES: TECHNOLOGY DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSES 218-235Brady Peters and Terri Peters, with contributions from Timur Dogan, Werner Sobek, William W Braham, Kiel Moe, Neil Katz, and Mostapha Sadeghipour RoudsariINDEX 236-242