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Providing inhabitants the protected relationship with the matter of air has been the fundamental drive in almost all aspects of architectural productions, while in some cases clear boundaries are implemented for controlled environment, in other situations they are more porous and ephemeral. This paper presents an attempt of challenging volume and boundary relationships in architecture by designing forms of airflow using state of art 3D visual effect technologies. A computational workflow was established for a fourth-year undergraduate architecture topics studio using 3D VFX software. The workflow integrates smoke simulation, motion operation, collision behavior, and raster data processing, outlined in two simulation exercises. The pedagogical investigation aims to inspire innovative typologies of spatial connectivity and separation by designing fixed forms and amorphous mediums simultaneously. It offers an experimental protocol for using airflow as an architectural material in intuitive design processes. The outcomes of the simulation experiments led to discussions of the visual, tactile, olfactory opportunities of the invisible medium in architectural speculations.
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Zhang, C.D. (2022). Digital Hot Air: Procedural Workflow of Designing Active Spatial Systems in Architecture Studio. In: Gerber, D., Pantazis, E., Bogosian, B., Nahmad, A., Miltiadis, C. (eds) Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Design Imperatives: The Future is Now. CAAD Futures 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1465. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1280-1_1
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