Digital Ornaments
The Crossover of Digital Technology & Contemporary Ornamentation
P. Panus (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
J.A. Kuijper – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
P. Medici – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
S. Khademi – Mentor (TU Delft - Architecture and the Built Environment)
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Abstract
The use of artificial intelligence (AI), digital tools and fabrication technologies in architecture has followed a paradigm shift, enhancing its design and construction processes and performances. While it has enhanced the performability and efficiency aspects of architecture, it has removed the aesthetics and symbolism of ornamentation and individuality of buildings. This research questions what the new relationships and arrangements for architecture and ornament are, specifically focusing on the use of AI and digital technology, to understand how these instruments can be used to bring craft, structure, functionality, and symbolism back to contemporary ornamentation in architecture.