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e-Design in Architecture Conference Proceedings 1st ASCAAD International Conference In cooperation with the Architecture Department College of Environmental Design KFUPM, Dhahran Saudi Arabia Sponsored by Al Oula Development 7-9 December 2004 dc © King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 2004 1st ASCAAD International Conference Dhahran, 2004 416 pp.; 16.5 × 23.5 cm 1. Congress 2. Congress I - Title ISBN 1ST ASCAAD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Copyright © 2004 by the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, medium or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Registered at King Fahd National Library Under Legal Deposit No. on Printed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Printing Press In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate ِ ٍ َﺗﱠ ُـﻘﻮْ ﻟﻠـֹד َـﻪ َﻳُ َـﻌـﻠﱢُﻤ ُﻜُﻢ ﻟﻠـֹד ُـﻪ َﻟﻠـֹד ُـﻪ ﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ َﺷﻲ َﻋﻠِ ٌﻴﻢ ْ So Fear Allah; for it is Allah that teaches you, and Allah is well acquainted with all things. v Acknowledgements All praise is to Allah; Peace and blessings upon Prophet Mohammad. The first ASCAAD international conference has been an enormous undertaking that would not have been possible to be successfully completed without the assistance and cooperation of ASCAAD organizing committee; Useful and fruitful feedback from Review Committee members to enhance the quality of paper submissions; Generous hosting by the Architecture Department at the College of Environmental Design, KFUPM including Organizing, Scientific, Technical, Administration & Financial, Social, Publication and Registration committees for making the event a great success; and Al Oula Development for exclusively sponsoring the Conference. Special thanks are due to the administration at KFUPM for their kind support and encouragement including H.E. The Rector Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Vice Rector of Academic Affairs Dr. Abdulaziz A. Al-Suwaiyan, Dean of College of Environmental Design Dr. Soliman A. Almohawis and Chairman of Architecture Department Dr. Abdulgader Amir. Furthermore, special thanks are due to all individuals, committees and organizations that have been helpful in the development and implementation of the first ASCAAD international conference on “e-Design in Architecture”. vi Committees of ASCAAD 2004 Conference Conference Co-Chairs Dr. Jamal Al-Qawasmi Dr. Thamer Al Rugaib Chair of Scientific Committee Dr. Rabee M. Reffat Conference Manager Dr. Nabeel Koshak Conference Site Coordinator Dr. Abdulgader Amir Main Organizing Committee Dr. Abdulgader Amir Chairman Dr. Jamal Al-Qawasmi Member Dr. Rabee M. Reffat Member Engineer Nahedh Al-Sourani Member Dr. Nabeel Abdulgader Koshak Member Dr. Ashraf M. Salama Member Mr. Yahya Al-Najjar Member Mr. Khaled Sherbini Member Scientific Committee Dr. Rabee M. Reffat Chairman Dr. Jamal Al-Qawasmi Member Dr. Nabeel Abdulgader Koshak Member Dr. Abdulgader Amir Member Technical Committee Engineer Nahedh Sourani Chairman Engineer Abdul Rahman Al-Harthi Member Engineer Ibrahim Al-Khaldi Member Mr. Abdul Shaheed Salem Member Dr. Obaid Saad Al-Abdali Member Mr. Abdul Fatah Al-Janabi Member vii Administration & Financial Committee Dr. Jamal Al-Qawasmi Chairman Dr. Rabee M. Reffat Member Mr. Khaled Sherbini Member Mr. Hassan Bal-Faqih Member Mr. Mohammad Al-Ghaseb Member Social Committee Dr. Ashraf M. Salama Chairman Mr. Yahya Al-Najjar Member Mr. Hassan Al-Nazhah Member Professor Ellahi Ishteeaque Member Mr. Abdul Majeed Al-Jarouf Member Mr. Hattan Jameel Fairaj Member Mr. Mohammad Al-Ghaseb Member Publication Committee Mr. Yahya Al-Najjar Chairman Mr. Shaibu Bala Garba Member Dr. Richard W. Lukens Member Mr. Khaled Sherbini Member Registration Committee Mr. Khaled Sherbini Chairman Mr. Hassan Bal-Faqih Member Mr. Hattan Jameel Fairaj Member Mr. Mohammad Al-Ghaseb Member viii Review Committee Rabee M. Reffat Chair of Scientific Committee King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Members Abdulgader Amir King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Adel Abdou King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Ahmad Rafi Mohamed Eshaq University of Multimedia, Malaysia Bob Martens Vienna University of Technology, Austria Branko Kolarevic University of Pennsylvania, USA Ellen Do University of Washington, USA Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco Texas A&M University, USA Henri Achten Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Jamal Al-Qawasmi King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Jin-Yeu Tsou Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mark Gross University of Washington, USA Nabeel Koshak Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia ix Robert J. Krawczyk Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Shaibu Garba King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Thamer Al Rugaib King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia Tom Kvan University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tom Maver University of Strathclyde, UK xi Foreword e-Design in Architecture Computing has become one of the most important transformations of contemporary professions including architectural education and practice. Most recently the focus within the architectural profession is shifting from the relevance of drawing in pencil to the conceptual relationship between electronic and digital architecture and the architecture of the built environment. It is important to examine the computer's cognitive implications on architecture and whether there are emerging new modes of thinking about architecture, space and form of the built environment. Information technologies and the construction industry are coming together in ways once unimaginable, and their union is changing what people do inside buildings, as well as how buildings are designed and built. The process of architectural design aims to define a physical form that will achieve certain functional and behavioral objectives in a particular context. The use of computers at various stages of the design process has implications for the way designing is carried out. Research in CAAD (Computer Aided Architectural Design) especially electronic design (e-design) has the potential to significantly enhance both the architectural design process and its outcome and the architectural education. This Conference Proceedings can contribute in identifying various issues related to e-Design in Architecture and their potential impacts on architectural education and practice. The Conference Proceedings includes 23 refereed research papers from researchers and professionals coming from 13 countries worldwide. I commend and thank the authors for their response to the reviewers’ feedback and thanks to Mr. Shakeel Ahmed at the KFUPM Press who helped me greatly while editing this Conference Proceedings. Rabee M. Reffat, Ph.D. Chair of Scientific Committee Table of Contents Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................................................... v Committees of ASCAAD 2004 Conference....................................................................................... vi Review Committee....................................................................................................................................................... viii Foreword................................................................................................................................................................................. xi Section I: Computational Models in Design and Decision Support A Computer-Aided System for Site Selection of Major Capital Investments Neil N. Eldin and K.A. Eldrandaly............................................................................................... 3 Spirospaces in Architectural Design Luis F. Barrionuevo, Roberto Gómez López, and Roberto Serrentino 13 Modeling with Gestures: Sketching 3D Virtual Surfaces and Objects Using Hands Formation and Movements Edison Pratini ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 Design Generation of the Central Asian Caravanserai Sumbul Ahmad and Scott C. Chase.............................................................................................. 43 A Java Program Model for Design-Idea Exploration in Three Dimensions Wael A. Abdelhameed.................................................................................................................................... 59 Section II: Design Data Management and Sustainable Buildings Digital Building Surveying and Planning in Existing Building Frank Petzold and Dirk Donath ...................................................................................................... 73 Issues of Integrating Building Codes in CAD Hassan M. Satti and Robert J. Krawczyk............................................................................... 89 A Case Based Architectural Design Application for Residential Units Dina Taha, Samir Hosni, Hisham Sueyllam, Bernd Streich, and Michael Richter ............................................................................................ 109 Computer Aided Sustainable Design A. Bennadji, H. Ahriz, and P. Alastair .................................................................................... 125 Overview