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2015 Washington DC USA 2015 Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design Edited by Holly Samuelson, Shajay Bhooshan, and Rhys Goldstein 2015 Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design Edited by Holly Samuelson Shajay Bhooshan Rhys Goldstein Cover & Layout by John Yee 2015 Proceedings of the Symposium for Architecture and Urban Design Holly Samuelson, Shajay Bhooshan, and Rhys Goldstein, editors © 2015 SIMULATION COUNCILS, INC. Responsibility for the accuracy of all statement in each paper rests solely with the author(s). Statements are not necessarily representative of, nor endorsed by, The Society for Modeling and Simulation International. Permission is granted to photocopy portions of this publication for personal use and for the use of students provided credit is given to the conference and publication. Permission does not extend to other types of reproduction nor to copying for incorporation into commercial advertising nor for any other profit-making purpose. Other publications are encouraged to include 300- to 500-word abstracts or excerpts from any paper contained in this book, provided credits are given to the author and the conference. For permission to publish a complete paper write: The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), 2598 Fortune Way, Suite I, San Diego, CA 92081, USA. ISBN: 978-1-329-04938-3 II Contents Preface 1 Session 1: Human Behavior 5 Simulating Human Behavior in Not-Yet Built Environments by Means of Event-based Narratives 7 Davide Schumann, Yehuda E. Kalay, Seung Wan Hong, and Davide Simeone Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Inha University; Sapienza University of Rome. Session 2: Building Information and Data 15 Capturing an Architectural Knowledge Base Utilizing Rules Engine Integration for Energy and Environmental Simulations 17 Holly Ferguson, Charles F. Vardeman II, and Aimee P. C. Buccellato University of Notre Dame. Digital Campus Innovation Project: Integration of Building Information Modeling with Building Performance Simulation and Building Diagnostics 25 Zixiao Shi, Aly Abdelalim, William O’Brien, Ramtin Attar, Peter Akiki, Katie Graham, Barbara van Waarden, Steve Fai, Alex Tessier, and Azam Khan Human-Building Interaction Lab, Carleton University; Carleton Immersive Media Studio, Carleton University; Autodesk Research. Forensically Discovering Simulation Feedback Knowledge from a Campus Energy Information System 33 Clayton Miller and Arno Schlueter Institute of Architecture, ETH Zurich. III Session 3: Design Optimization 41 Multiobjective Optimization of Structure and Visual Qualities 43 Kirk Martini Department of Architecture, University of Virginia. Decomposition Strategies for Building Envelope Design Optimization Problems 51 Steve Barg, Forest Flager, and Martin Fischer Stanford University. Optimizing Creatively in Multi-Objective Optimization 59 Yassin Ashour and Branko Kolarevic EVDS, University of Calgary. A Multi Agent System for Design Simulation Framewok: Experiments with Virtual Physical Social Feedback for Architecture 67 David Jason Gerber, Evangelos Pantazis, Leandro Marcolino, and Arsalan Heydarian University of Southern California. Session 4: Occupant Tracking and Visualization 75 Exploratory Sequential Data Analysis for Multi-Agent Occupancy Simulation Results 77 Simon Breslav, Rhys Goldstein, Azam Khan, and Kasper Hornbæk Autodesk Research; University of Copenhagen. Occupant-Aware Indoor Monitoring for Enhanced Building Analysis 85 Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Stelios Krinidis, Anastasios Drosou, Dimitrios Tzovaras, and Spiridon Likothanassis Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras; Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas Thermi-Thessaloniki. IV A System for Tracking and Visualizing Social Interactions in a Collaborative Work Environment 93 Mani Williams, Jane Berry, Asha Rao, and Nathan Williams Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT University; School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University; Qinlao Design. ((MODYPLAN)) - Early Stage Hospital Simulation with Emphasis on Cross-Clinical Treatment Chains 97 Gabriel Wurzer, Wolfgang E. Lorenz, Matthias Rössler, Irene Hafner, Niki Popper, and Barbara Glock Vienna University of Technology, DWH Simulation Services. Session 5: Impact Minimization 101 Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms for the Minimisation of the Life Cycle Footprint and Life Cycle Cost of the Refurbishment of a Residential Complex’s Envelope: A Case Study 103 Yair Schwartz, Rokia Raslan, and Dejan Mumovic University College London. Optimization of Passive Cooling Control Thresholds with GenOpt and EnergyPlus 111 Alexandra R. Rempel and Stephen J. Remington School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Department of Physics, University of Oregon. Toward Pre-Simulated Guidelines for Low-Energy High-Rise Residential Design in Megacities 119 Holly Samuelson, Apoorv Goyal, Sebastian Claussnitzer, Alejandro Romo-Castillo, Yujiao Chen, Arpan Bakshi Graduate School of Architecture, Harvard University; LMN Architects; SOM. V Session 6: Fabrication and Architecture 129 A Digital Design and Fabrication Library 131 Stylianos Dritsas Singapore University of Technology adn Design. Aware Design Models 137 Martin Tamke CITA: Centre for Information Technology and Architecture. Curve-Folded Form-Work for Cast, Compressive Skeletons 145 Shajay Bhooshan, Vishu Bhooshan, Ashwin Shah, Henry Louth, and David Reeves Zaha Hadid Architects. Session 7: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Ventilation 153 A Physical and Numerical Simulation Strategy to Understand the Impact of the Dynamics in Air for the Design of Porous Screens 155 Mani Williams, Rafael Moya, Daniel Prohasky, Mehrnoush Latifi Khorasgani, Simon Watkins, Mark Burry, Jane Burry and Philip Belesky RMIT University; University of Melbourne. Assessing the Energy and IAQ Potential of Dynamic Minimum Ventilation Rate Strategies in Ofﬁ ces 163 César Porras-Amores and Spencer Dutton Technical University of Madrid; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A Comparative Study of Mixed Mode Simulation Methods: Approaches in Research and Practice 173 Priya Gandhi, Gail Brager, and Spencer Dutton Center for the Built Environment, UC Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. VI Session 8: Solar Shading 181 A New Approach to Modeling Frit Patterns for Daylight Simulation 183 Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari and Anne Waelkens Thornton Tomasetti | CORE Studio. Remote Solving: A Methodological Shift in Collaborative Building Design and Analysi 189 Matthew R. Naugle and Mostapha Roudsari Thornton Tomasetti | CORE Studio. ComfortCover: A Novel Method for the Design of Outdoor Shades 197 Christopher Mackey, Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari, and Panagiotis Samaras Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Pennsylvania; University College London. Session 9: Design Methods 205 Simulating Human Visual Experience in Stadiums 207 Roland Hudson and Michael Westlake Universidad de Los Andes; Populous. Self-Organizing City: Experiments Using Multi-Agent Model and Space Syntax 215 Ming Tang University of Cincinnati. Computing Curve-Folded Tessellations Through Straight-Folding Approximation 221 Suryansh Chandra, Axel Körner, Antiopi Koronaki, Rachelle Spiteri, Radhika Amin, Samidha Kowli, and Michael Weinstock Zaha Hadid Architects; University of Stuttgart; AA School of Architecture. VII Session 10: Energy Modeling 229 Analyzing Indoor Comfort Conditions through Simulation and On-Site Measurements 231 Raghuram Sunnam, Annie Marston, Zhuzhou Fu, and Oliver Baumann Baumann Consulting; Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University. Approaching Biomimetics: Optimization of Resource Use in Buildings Using a System Dynamics Modeling Tool 239 Mercedes Garcia-Holguera, Grant Clark, Aaron Sprecher, and Susan Gaskin McGill University. Development of a Modeling Strategy for Adaptive Multifunctional Solar Energy Building Envelope Systems 249 Nicholas Novelli, Justin Shultz, and Anna Dyson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Presenting Author Biographies 257 Organizing Committee 265 Sponsors 267 Cover Image Credits 269 Author Index 271 VIII Preface It has been our pleasure to chair the sixth Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD 2015), in Alexandria, Virginia, near Washington DC. SimAUD continues to bring together top researchers and practitioners in the fields of architecture, urban design, urban planning, building science, visualization, and systems engineering, with the overarching goal of achieving a positive and lasting impact on society though the simulation-aided design of compelling and sustainable built environments. This year saw outstanding participation from the community: a record 103 abstracts were contributed; among these a record 63 manuscripts were completed and peer-reviewed, several of which featured accompanying data sets or videos; and a full program of 30 papers were ultimately accepted and included in the proceedings. Top international universities such as UCL, RMIT, the Technion, ETH Zurich, EPFL, SUTD, Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and many others are represented in the final program. Also prominently featured in the accepted works are design schools such as the Architectural Association and CITA, and design and engineering practices such as Thornton Tomasetti, Zaha Hadid Architects, LMN Architects, Populous, SOM, and Baumann Consulting. Among the program’s highlights are several papers on optimization from both the design

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