ITcon Special Issue

CAAD and innovation

editor(s) Dr Bhzad Sidawi
associate Professor, College of Architecture and Planning,
University of Dammam, KSA

Dr Neveen Hamza
Lecturer in Architecture, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK
summary The concepts and applications of Computer Aided Architectural Design (CAAD) have a predominant presence and impact on architectural design innovation and creativity. ASCAAD, in its 6th international conference, invited the learnt society of academics, researchers and professionals to debate the ubiquitous emerging role of CAAD in underpinning innovative design thinking processes and research in design education.

Papers in this special issue

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1Sidawi B, Hamza N (2012).
Editorial: Special issue on CAAD and innovation,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 237-238, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/14
2von Mammen S, Taron J M (2012).
A Trans-Disciplinary Program for Biomimetic Computing and Architectural Design,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 239-257, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/15
3Davide Simeone, Antonio Fioravanti (2012).
An ontology-based system to support agent-based simulation of building use,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 258-270, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/16
4Rongrong Yu, Ning Gu, Michael Ostwald (2012).
Using situated FBS ontology to explore designers' patterns of behavior in parametric envrionments,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 271-282, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/17
5Taron J M (2012).
Structurally intelligent swarms,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 283-299, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/18
6Timothy L Hemsath (2012).
Using Prototyping to Teach digital fabrication techniques,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 300-307, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/19
7Sidawi B, Hamza N (2012).
Intelligent knowledge-based repository to support informed design decision making,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 308-318, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/20
8Ibrahim M S, Bridges A, Chase S C, Bayoumi S H, Taha D S (2012).
Design grammars as evaluation tools in the first year studio,
ITcon Vol. 17, Special issue CAAD and innovation, pg. 319-332, http://www.itcon.org/paper/2012/21