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 Title Optimization Driven Architectural Design of Structures (OPT-ARCH)
Contact Number 689983
Description

     According to UNEP, the building sector is estimated to be worth 10% of the global GDP and employs 111 million people. In addition, buildings use about 40% of global energy, 40% of global resources and emit approximately 33% of global GHG emissions. Finally, the fact that people today spend, on average, more than 80% of their time indoors, enhances its social importance. All the above indicate the necessity to optimize building design. Architects usually name “optimal design” the choice among a very limited set of design alternatives, dictated by their experience and intuition. However, the modern design of structures requires one to account for a great number of criteria deriving from multiple disciplines, often of a conflicting nature. The vast number of alternative choices enhances the possibility of arriving at an optimum with the incorporation of smart, automatic tools in the design process, further guiding designer’s intuition.

   The principal aim of the proposed Network is to create and test methodologies for the application of optimization techniques in different design phases of civil structures by developing strong synergies among a multidisciplinary team of academic experts from Greece, France, Cyprus, Canada, Turkey, Egypt & Jordan and SMEs from France & Greece. A first goal of the project is to exploit the use of shape and topology optimization techniques in computer-aided architectural design. Moreover, the Network wants to exchange ideas, propose formulations that correspond to real-life applications and develop solutions for optimal multi-disciplinary architectural design. Of particular interest are the combination of criteria deriving from structural mechanics, eco-design, bioclimatic design, and acoustic performance. For each topic, joint workshops, seminars and long-term visits will be organized at the coordinating and partner institutions. The results will be published in scientific journals, professional magazines and presented in international conferences.

Start Date 2015
End Date 31/01/2020
Budget 1.620.000 €
Institutional Budget 45.000 €
Coordinator National Technical University of Athens – Greece
Program Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE)
Status Completed
Partners
  • YASAR UNIVERSITESI
  • SHAPE LTD – Greece
  • AMERICAN COMPUTERS ENGINEERS HELLAS ACE – Greece
  • ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE X France 5 UNIVERSITE PARIS DIDEROT -PARIS 7 – France
  • INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE – France
  • UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS UCY – Cyprus
  • GEDIZ UNIVERSITESI GU – Turkey
  • IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Turkey
  • iOPTI S.A.S – France
  • CAIRO UNIVERSITY – Egypt
  • JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Jordan
Institutional  Project Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. Feray MADEN,

(feray.maden@yasar.edu.tr)

 

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