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Papers by Mateus van Stralen
Kybernetes, Sep 7, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective di... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective digital design process that amplifies the potential for novelty to arise. Design/methodology/approach – First the author will explore the metaphorical concept of the house as a machine in two different contexts, the industrial age, and conversational age, discussing how each concept can generate variety in the built environment. Second, the author presents some examples of conversational customization in architecture along with the Woka, an ongoing research project that attempts to create a more conversational design process. Finally, the author will discuss the possibility of conversational customization in design as a possible solution to a more open and intersubjective process in design. Findings – The author finds that a possible way to reach a true paradigm shift in the process of production of architectural space is to use conversation as a design approach, from design to use, shifting the focus from the o...
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SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.816-823, 2016
Blucher Design Proceedings
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](This paper discusses the use of parametrization and digital fabrication in architecture proposing... more This paper discusses the use of parametrization and digital fabrication in architecture proposing a shift from increasing the architect’s control over the final product (determinist paradigm), towards increasing users' interaction. It presents the design process of an experimental interactive object intended to meet the former discussion and test the limits and difficulties that might arise during the process. Such an object was developed by Lagear (UFMG), as a response to the exhibition Homo Faber: Digital Fabrication in Latin America, CAAD FUTURES 2015.
This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic... more This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic city of Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It first introduces the physical and social context of the rehabilitation of the city, in which the cascade, called Ituita, was proposed. Different to the ephemeral character of most urban interactive installations, Ituita intends to become a permanent reference for the citizens, being as much as a playful interface for interaction as a place for raising and putting in evidence issues related to the city. This paper, thus, presents the three different levels of interaction—reactive, pro-active and dialogical—proposed in the interface designed for Ituita. Then, it discusses the possible urban benefit of such a proposal and concludes with assessments of both technological and social slant.
The production of an electronic book at the site www.cienciadosmateriais.org for high school teac... more The production of an electronic book at the site www.cienciadosmateriais.org for high school teachers stimulated the reflection about the advantage of the transmission of the most important scientific theories (atomism and thermodynamics) using Materials Science (MS) as a course study and reaffirmed the power of animation and 3D graphical tools to improve the understanding and the spread of these theories. Supported in these reflections, the electronic book produced differentiates itself, in the way and the manner it was produced in relation to what has been presented on the Internet.
O objetivo do presente trabalho e discutir o potencial da incorporacao de dispositivos tecnologic... more O objetivo do presente trabalho e discutir o potencial da incorporacao de dispositivos tecnologicos digitais a arquitetura atraves da analise de um experimento pratico realizado na Galeria Mamacadela em Belo Horizonte, Brasil. Primeiramente e descrita a experiencia que buscou discutir os conceitos de "Computacao Ubiqua", espacializacao das interfaces digitais e ressemantizacao da arquitetura atraves de projecoes de midias digitais. Na sequencia e feita um analise sistematica do trabalho realizado, discutindo os problemas e potencialidades e situando-o junto a outras experiencias similares. Finalmente busca-se alinhavar uma serie de aspectos conclusivos de forma a equacionar as novas possibilidades advindas da incorporacao de dispositivos tecnologicos digitais a arquitetura. Os recentes avancos das tecnologias digitais e a rapida difusao de informacao na sociedade contemporânea tem tornado dispositivos tecnologicos digitais, como microprocessadores, cada vez mais acessiveis...
Constructivist Foundations, 2016
Blucher Design Proceedings, 2018
Blucher Design Proceedings, 2016
Kybernetes, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective di... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective digital design process that amplifies the potential for novelty to arise. Design/methodology/approach – First the author will explore the metaphorical concept of the house as a machine in two different contexts, the industrial age, and conversational age, discussing how each concept can generate variety in the built environment. Second, the author presents some examples of conversational customization in architecture along with the Woka, an ongoing research project that attempts to create a more conversational design process. Finally, the author will discuss the possibility of conversational customization in design as a possible solution to a more open and intersubjective process in design. Findings – The author finds that a possible way to reach a true paradigm shift in the process of production of architectural space is to use conversation as a design approach, from design to use, shifting the focus from the o...
Proceedings of the XVIII Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - SIGraDi: Design in Freedom, 2014
Blucher Design Proceedings, 2018
O principal objetivo desta tese foi explorar possiveis formas de projetar sistemas arquitetonicos... more O principal objetivo desta tese foi explorar possiveis formas de projetar sistemas arquitetonicos dinâmicos que envolvem usuarios e espaco em um processo de design mutuo, continuo e circular. A associacao de design parametrico e fabricacao digital e investigada como uma estrategia de design que permite ao usuario participar do processo de desenho do espaco. A capacidade do design parametrico para gerar variacoes e resultados personalizados, associada a capacidade da fabricacao digital de materializar essa variedade e investigada como uma abordagem projetual que promove diferentes niveis de conversacao. Partiu-se do pressuposto de que abrir os parâmetros de desenho para o usuario, tanto no processo de projeto quanto no uso, permite que o arquiteto inclua o usuario em um processo continuo de desenho do espaco. A arquitetura e entendida como um sistema que envolve pessoas e estruturas em uma relacao dinâmica, de mutua determinacao. Argumenta-se que a aceitacao da inclusao dos usuarios ...
A Revista PIXO tem o prazer de abrir sua 17ª edição com uma série de entrevistas com profissionai... more A Revista PIXO tem o prazer de abrir sua 17ª edição com uma série de entrevistas com profissionais da área de Projeto, Parametria e Tecologia do Brasil. Os entrevistados atuam em diferentes regiões do país: São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul e Rio de Janeiro e são reconhecidos pela proximidade e relevância de suas pesquisas e práticas sobre o tema. O objetivo das entrevistas foi suscitar e reunir conceituações, reflexões e exemplificações sobre o desenho paramétrico e sua utilização no Brasil. O material aqui apresentado foi provocado por quatro perguntas feitas a todos os entrevistados: 1-Como você definiria desenho paramétrico? Como percebeu a introdução do no Brasil? 2- Como conheceu o desenho paramétrico e como o utiliza atualmente? 3-Você poderia nos contar sobre um projeto destaque que usa processos paramétricos? 4- É possível parametrizar os desejos? Entende-se que diversificar e pluralizar as respostas sobre a temática, contribua para a construção do...
This paper presents an experiment on an open source construction system named Woka, which allows ... more This paper presents an experiment on an open source construction system named Woka, which allows anyone to design and produce dwellings using standard CNC techniques. Woka was developed as a dialogical design process that empowers self-builders to act in a more autonomous way, expanding the traditional role of design practice and the way buildings are created. The advent and popularization of new design and fabrication processes have encouraged a flux of new theories and project strategies based on computing, each with its promise of changing the architectural practice. Some of these resulted in intellectually seductive; visually provocative and complex shaped architectures, generating a new formal repertoire, but doesn’t indicate a paradigm shift in the process of production of architectural space, still based on authorship. Woka challenges this traditional process proposing dialogue as a design approach, shifting the focus from the object to intersubjectivity, amplifying the poten...
This article discusses the experience of a design course at the School of Architecture at Univers... more This article discusses the experience of a design course at the School of Architecture at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on the principles of kinetic architecture, parametric design and digital fabrication, together with a proposal for a breakthrough in the design process. The article is written by the two professors of the course, who drafted and conducted the proposal with a group of 14 students, along with a researcher who participated in the critical analysis of the course and the students’ work.
This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic... more This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic city of Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It first introduces the physical and social context of the rehabilitation of the city, in which the cascade, called Ituita, was proposed. Different to the ephemeral character of most urban interactive installations, Ituita intends to become a permanent reference for the citizens, being as much as a playful interface for interaction as a place for raising and putting in evidence issues related to the city. This paper, thus, presents the three different levels of interaction—reactive, pro-active and dialogical—proposed in the interface designed for Ituita. Then, it discusses the possible urban benefit of such a proposal and concludes with assessments of both technological and social slant.
Kybernetes, Sep 7, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective di... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective digital design process that amplifies the potential for novelty to arise. Design/methodology/approach – First the author will explore the metaphorical concept of the house as a machine in two different contexts, the industrial age, and conversational age, discussing how each concept can generate variety in the built environment. Second, the author presents some examples of conversational customization in architecture along with the Woka, an ongoing research project that attempts to create a more conversational design process. Finally, the author will discuss the possibility of conversational customization in design as a possible solution to a more open and intersubjective process in design. Findings – The author finds that a possible way to reach a true paradigm shift in the process of production of architectural space is to use conversation as a design approach, from design to use, shifting the focus from the o...
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SIGraDi 2016 [Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Argentina, Buenos Aires 9 - 11 November 2016, pp.816-823, 2016
Blucher Design Proceedings
This paper discusses the use of parametrization and digital fabrication in architecture proposing... more This paper discusses the use of parametrization and digital fabrication in architecture proposing a shift from increasing the architect’s control over the final product (determinist paradigm), towards increasing users' interaction. It presents the design process of an experimental interactive object intended to meet the former discussion and test the limits and difficulties that might arise during the process. Such an object was developed by Lagear (UFMG), as a response to the exhibition Homo Faber: Digital Fabrication in Latin America, CAAD FUTURES 2015.
This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic... more This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic city of Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It first introduces the physical and social context of the rehabilitation of the city, in which the cascade, called Ituita, was proposed. Different to the ephemeral character of most urban interactive installations, Ituita intends to become a permanent reference for the citizens, being as much as a playful interface for interaction as a place for raising and putting in evidence issues related to the city. This paper, thus, presents the three different levels of interaction—reactive, pro-active and dialogical—proposed in the interface designed for Ituita. Then, it discusses the possible urban benefit of such a proposal and concludes with assessments of both technological and social slant.
The production of an electronic book at the site www.cienciadosmateriais.org for high school teac... more The production of an electronic book at the site www.cienciadosmateriais.org for high school teachers stimulated the reflection about the advantage of the transmission of the most important scientific theories (atomism and thermodynamics) using Materials Science (MS) as a course study and reaffirmed the power of animation and 3D graphical tools to improve the understanding and the spread of these theories. Supported in these reflections, the electronic book produced differentiates itself, in the way and the manner it was produced in relation to what has been presented on the Internet.
O objetivo do presente trabalho e discutir o potencial da incorporacao de dispositivos tecnologic... more O objetivo do presente trabalho e discutir o potencial da incorporacao de dispositivos tecnologicos digitais a arquitetura atraves da analise de um experimento pratico realizado na Galeria Mamacadela em Belo Horizonte, Brasil. Primeiramente e descrita a experiencia que buscou discutir os conceitos de "Computacao Ubiqua", espacializacao das interfaces digitais e ressemantizacao da arquitetura atraves de projecoes de midias digitais. Na sequencia e feita um analise sistematica do trabalho realizado, discutindo os problemas e potencialidades e situando-o junto a outras experiencias similares. Finalmente busca-se alinhavar uma serie de aspectos conclusivos de forma a equacionar as novas possibilidades advindas da incorporacao de dispositivos tecnologicos digitais a arquitetura. Os recentes avancos das tecnologias digitais e a rapida difusao de informacao na sociedade contemporânea tem tornado dispositivos tecnologicos digitais, como microprocessadores, cada vez mais acessiveis...
Constructivist Foundations, 2016
Blucher Design Proceedings, 2018
Blucher Design Proceedings, 2016
Kybernetes, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective di... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate possibilities for a more intersubjective digital design process that amplifies the potential for novelty to arise. Design/methodology/approach – First the author will explore the metaphorical concept of the house as a machine in two different contexts, the industrial age, and conversational age, discussing how each concept can generate variety in the built environment. Second, the author presents some examples of conversational customization in architecture along with the Woka, an ongoing research project that attempts to create a more conversational design process. Finally, the author will discuss the possibility of conversational customization in design as a possible solution to a more open and intersubjective process in design. Findings – The author finds that a possible way to reach a true paradigm shift in the process of production of architectural space is to use conversation as a design approach, from design to use, shifting the focus from the o...
Proceedings of the XVIII Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - SIGraDi: Design in Freedom, 2014
Blucher Design Proceedings, 2018
O principal objetivo desta tese foi explorar possiveis formas de projetar sistemas arquitetonicos... more O principal objetivo desta tese foi explorar possiveis formas de projetar sistemas arquitetonicos dinâmicos que envolvem usuarios e espaco em um processo de design mutuo, continuo e circular. A associacao de design parametrico e fabricacao digital e investigada como uma estrategia de design que permite ao usuario participar do processo de desenho do espaco. A capacidade do design parametrico para gerar variacoes e resultados personalizados, associada a capacidade da fabricacao digital de materializar essa variedade e investigada como uma abordagem projetual que promove diferentes niveis de conversacao. Partiu-se do pressuposto de que abrir os parâmetros de desenho para o usuario, tanto no processo de projeto quanto no uso, permite que o arquiteto inclua o usuario em um processo continuo de desenho do espaco. A arquitetura e entendida como um sistema que envolve pessoas e estruturas em uma relacao dinâmica, de mutua determinacao. Argumenta-se que a aceitacao da inclusao dos usuarios ...
A Revista PIXO tem o prazer de abrir sua 17ª edição com uma série de entrevistas com profissionai... more A Revista PIXO tem o prazer de abrir sua 17ª edição com uma série de entrevistas com profissionais da área de Projeto, Parametria e Tecologia do Brasil. Os entrevistados atuam em diferentes regiões do país: São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul e Rio de Janeiro e são reconhecidos pela proximidade e relevância de suas pesquisas e práticas sobre o tema. O objetivo das entrevistas foi suscitar e reunir conceituações, reflexões e exemplificações sobre o desenho paramétrico e sua utilização no Brasil. O material aqui apresentado foi provocado por quatro perguntas feitas a todos os entrevistados: 1-Como você definiria desenho paramétrico? Como percebeu a introdução do no Brasil? 2- Como conheceu o desenho paramétrico e como o utiliza atualmente? 3-Você poderia nos contar sobre um projeto destaque que usa processos paramétricos? 4- É possível parametrizar os desejos? Entende-se que diversificar e pluralizar as respostas sobre a temática, contribua para a construção do...
This paper presents an experiment on an open source construction system named Woka, which allows ... more This paper presents an experiment on an open source construction system named Woka, which allows anyone to design and produce dwellings using standard CNC techniques. Woka was developed as a dialogical design process that empowers self-builders to act in a more autonomous way, expanding the traditional role of design practice and the way buildings are created. The advent and popularization of new design and fabrication processes have encouraged a flux of new theories and project strategies based on computing, each with its promise of changing the architectural practice. Some of these resulted in intellectually seductive; visually provocative and complex shaped architectures, generating a new formal repertoire, but doesn’t indicate a paradigm shift in the process of production of architectural space, still based on authorship. Woka challenges this traditional process proposing dialogue as a design approach, shifting the focus from the object to intersubjectivity, amplifying the poten...
This article discusses the experience of a design course at the School of Architecture at Univers... more This article discusses the experience of a design course at the School of Architecture at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on the principles of kinetic architecture, parametric design and digital fabrication, together with a proposal for a breakthrough in the design process. The article is written by the two professors of the course, who drafted and conducted the proposal with a group of 14 students, along with a researcher who participated in the critical analysis of the course and the students’ work.
This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic... more This paper presents the process behind the design of an interactive Media Cascade in the historic city of Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It first introduces the physical and social context of the rehabilitation of the city, in which the cascade, called Ituita, was proposed. Different to the ephemeral character of most urban interactive installations, Ituita intends to become a permanent reference for the citizens, being as much as a playful interface for interaction as a place for raising and putting in evidence issues related to the city. This paper, thus, presents the three different levels of interaction—reactive, pro-active and dialogical—proposed in the interface designed for Ituita. Then, it discusses the possible urban benefit of such a proposal and concludes with assessments of both technological and social slant.