Architectural design and ontological crisis

Ontological modelling of form and function for architectural design

Form, function and the relationship between the two serve a crucial role in design. Within architectural design, key aspects of the anticipated function of buildings, or of spatial environments in general, are supposed to be supported by their structural form, i.e., their shape, layout, or connectivity. Whereas the philosophy of form and function is a well-researched topic, the practical relati...

nature and its role in architectural design

nature and the attitude towards nature have been two fundamental concepts historically used in interpretation of world, science and arts resulting to various definitions during different periods of human thought.nature and the attitude towards nature have been two fundamental concepts historically used in interpretation of world, science and arts resulting to various definitions during differen...

From architectural requirements to architectural design

Introduction to Roof garden Strategy in Architectural Design and City

The roof garden has great functioning of smoothing the shortage of land resource in the city and making use of the land resource diversity and efficiently. The modern era, following the fast development of economic and society, people have a high claim to green roof or roof garden. It is an efficient and reasonable way to exploit the open space the roof of the building. From the classic roof ...

Building an Ontological model in Decision Support of Crisis Response

The decision making in crisis response is a very difficult and complex problem in human and society environment. It requires rigorous information and communication-intensive effects, tactful utilized for reducing uncertainty, accurate calculating and comparing costs and benefits, and managing resource in a fashion beyond those regularly available to handle routine problem. However, recently, th...