Computing the Environment: Digital Design Tools for Simulation and Visualisation of Sustainable Architecture

by Brady Peters

Computing the Environment presents practical workflows and guidance for designers to get feedback on their design using digital design tools on environmental performance. Starting with an extensive state-of-the-art survey of what top international offices are currently using in their design projects, this book presents detailed descriptions of the tools, algorithms, and workflows used and discusses the theories that underlie these methods. Project examples from Transsolar Klimaengineering, Buro Happold�s SMART Group, Behnish Behnisch Architects, Thomas Herzog, Autodesk Research are contextualized with quotes and references to key thinkers in this field such as Eric Winsberg, Andrew Marsh, Michelle Addington and Ali Malkawi.

256 pages, ebook

Published March 14, 2018

Reviews

[Mateusz Płoszaj-Mazurek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good cross - section of different approaches to analytical sustainable design.
First part of the book gives an overview on different tools available to architects - with focus on Grasshopper plugins - Ladybug and Honeybee. Then the second half tells the story of different projects and how the sustainability analyses shaped them.
Definitely worth reading!