Research

RESEARCH

Sensor data

TAGGING DATA

Development of standard Processing library template for receiving and transmitting data

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION (AWS)

This AWS is located in West London and collects data for the main environmental parameters in one hour internals. I will be publishing data from this weather station on an annual basis.

ENGINEERING DOCTORATE

A case-study for this investigation is underway in the remote Kielder Forest in North England. The image below is a still taken from a time-lapse recording of a responsive installation designed by my colleague Phil Ayres who is carrying out PhD research at the University of Århus in Denmark.

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Subject: ‘Sarrus Hinge – version 2.0’

Designer: Phil Ayres http://www.philayres.org

Photographer: Robotic camera system (from camera VP 4 of 5).

Location: Latitude N55°07.98" Longitude W02°28.75" Kielder Forest, Northumberland, UK

Date and Time: Sunday 27^th August 2006 14:16 hrs UTC

Notes
‘……. How can I go about reconciling the differences between what I expect to see and what I actually observe?’

I am a candidate for the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) at UCL. My field of interest is responsive Architecture. In particular Architecture that is dynamic in response to its environment. The topic of my current research work is the analysis of responsive Architecture in situ to gather design intelligence. In particular this is investigated through a responsive sculpture that is designed, built, installed, operated, monitored and its design modified iteratively. Two complete iterations have been carried out to date on a remote site in the Kielder Forest.

Below is a process diagram that illustrates an overall iterative design process. The diagram is developed from left-to-right; describing the stages in which project objectives are set, modelled in a computer, synthesised in real components and located on-site. A further stage is to data-capture performance of the site-installation as a source of feedback, this is used to verify the model description and provide evaluation criterion for the objectives.