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Vox Populi: The Crowdsourced Building

Moyer, Craig E
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9523-0778
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1463130553

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2016, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
Architectural Design is a costly and time consuming endeavor in terms of the process of generating new building designs. By reducing the time it takes for designers to create iterative building shapes, the costs associated can be dramatically reduced. This thesis investigates a computer-assisted crowdsourcing method for the design of buildings. A novel approach to User Interfaces as well as preferences of architects and non-architects are investigated through a dynamic User Interface which manipulates the building in real time. This thesis found through a sampling of 9 males and 9 females of varying backgrounds and demographic profiles that architects overwhelmingly prefer building forms with flat roofs, while non-architects prefer the latter. Additionally, the preferences of men and women were investigated and confirmed. Men independent of background were found to prefer curvilinear building forms with flat roofs while women overwhelmingly prefer sharp, angular forms with gabled roofs. While the crowdsourced method reveals that significant time savings can be had if the models are prepared correctly, this study also confirmed the architectural preferences of different demographic groups as they relate to building form.
William Williams, M.Arch. (Committee Chair)
Udo Greinacher, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
77 p.
Architecture
Shape Grammar; Crowdsourcing; Architectural Design; Building Form; Parametric Design; Architecture

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  • Moyer, C. E. (2016). Vox Populi: The Crowdsourced Building [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1463130553

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Moyer, Craig. Vox Populi: The Crowdsourced Building. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1463130553.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Moyer, Craig. "Vox Populi: The Crowdsourced Building." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1463130553

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