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Data science has increased the capacity to analyze buildings, infrastructure, and urban systems, expanding the scope and impact of management and design decisions. The interdependence between users' privacy and the responsible algorithms is essential in the methodology. Here, studies inquire into this issue in the face of the General Law for the Protection of Personal Data and the interdisciplinarity involved in the algorithmic formulation. Three studies are presented based on the use of data generated through the Wi-Fi network on the campus of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. The first considers urban mobility due to the academic community commute until the campus entrances. In the second the pedagogical environment and the relationship between internal journeys and the territory are addressed, focusing on face-to-face interactions. The latest study evaluates the demographic density of academic buildings through the number of Wi-Fi connections as one of the possible instruments for envisioning the resumption of face-to-face activities interrupted due to COVID-19. Kepler.gl is used as a tool for visualization and analysis of the data obtained as it facilitates sharing and speed up information visualization. The results provide a greater understanding of extra-campus mobility and intra-campus human interactions, exposing university territorial fragmentation. There is also a conceptual repositioning of the urban production of Smart Cities, considering the concept uncritical adherence as negative while honoring the campus as a public space for learning and social transformation.

A pesquisa observa as tendências de desenvolvimento dos modelos de universidade com o objetivo de apresentar uma proposta de planejamento fundamentada na perscpectiva do projeto regenerativo. Assim, buscou-se pensar sobre o declínio urbano, bem como quais políticas e iniciativas poderiam ser desenvolvidas para ajudar a remediar os problemas ambientais encontrados em campi e no seu entorno. A metodologia, aplicada no contexto urbano do Campus Sede da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), foi realizada em dois momentos. Primeiramente, com uma abordagem qualitativa e com a utilização das Guias de Projeto Regenerativo para Campus Universitário observou-se os problemas existentes no recorte do estudo. Assim, foi possível elaborar os potencias regenerativos. No segundo momento, os potenciais regenerativos obtidos foram organizados por similaridade de assunto em 10 Tópicos, configurando, dessa maneira, as diretrizes para o projeto regenerativo no Campus Trindade da UFSC. Após a aplicação da presente metodologia, concluiu-se que o conceito e a avaliação do projeto regenerativo permitem fornecer as bases a favor do alinhamento de um novo processo de desenvolvimento, o que concilia os esforços do desenvolvimento humano com a recuperação ambiental.Palavras-chave: Projeto regenerativo, campus universitário, integração, desenvolvimento sustentável.

A 60-year-old Brazilian university campus reflects its development actions throughout history. The degradation of its water streams and automobiles prioritization has significantly impacted the ecosystems’ resilience and the university’s activities. This article explores data analytics and visualization of Wi-Fi authentication processes, whose data have been stored in the last 10 years. This noteworthy connections database is a powerful tool, still overlooked due to the remarkable risks for users’ privacy. Brazil has followed 2018 European regulations to protect data privacy, when working with personal data. Therefore, we present an anonymization process that prevents one to identify and distinguish a subject within a set of subjects of the database. Three studies illustrate our examination of data potential to understand the university’s dynamics. These inquiries present relevant contributions to the process of planning and implementing campus green areas at the rivers’ edges, pedestrian and cycle paths, and places to facilitate interdisciplinary encounters.

This paper aims to present a critical review to the Brazilian national housing program, known as “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” (“My House, My Life”). This critique has two main levels or scales and is presented through a design proposal. On one level, the urban scale, we have discussed the impacts of these housing projects in the city and public spaces. On the other level, the scale of the buildings, we have discussed the restrictions imposed by the government, particularly how they impact energy efficiency and the size of individual units.

This paper aims to discuss the limitations of feedback systems as well as prevailing objective research on energy efficiency. These limitations are examined in a context of contemporary dwellers disconnection to nature’s cycles. The incorporation of subjective issues on energy efficiency research is especially discussed through the work of the architecture scholar Jin Baek, the philosopher Tetsuro Watsusji and the architect Tadao Ando. The design of a Brazilian house exemplifies this discussion through a home automation and information systems associated with architectural features to enhance the attachment between dwellers and natural exterior.

This chapter is part of a research on algorithmic approaches to sustainable urban design. It focuses on the use of computational tools to provide quick and dynamic assessment while planning and discussing interventions in urban areas. The objective is to address the use of algorithmic systems to formulate effective strategies for sustainable urban projects, guided by Transit Oriented Development (TOD) principles. TOD is an urban development model that considers geometric principles and measurable parameters for designing sustainable cities. It advocates the creation of mixed-use neighborhoods within walking distance to a variety of transportation options and amenities, so that basic urban needs are easily accessible. In addition to establish a theoretical framework connecting algorithmic-parametric concepts and geometrical features of TOD, this chapter describes an experimental employment of algorithmic models working on TOD principles, in order to enhance a systematic and dynamic testing and subsequent argumentation for sustainable urban projects.

This paper aims to discuss different possibilities and methodologies within the field of urban acoustics and the use of digital tools. As an attempt to integrate quantitative methods, such as sound mapping and noise control, with qualitative approaches, such as the soundscape studies, new strategies based on performance oriented design will be addressed. The notion of sonic effect as an important tool for integrating different perspectives will hence be discussed as a possible instrument for structuring generative design experiments. A theoretical framework and a possible design workflow are further drawn to possibly articulate future studies.

Walter Benjamin and Rem Koolhaas developed two significant investigations, which explored the culture of Paris and New York through the analysis of their architectural artifacts. Their research projects successfully construct, from a few meaningful components of the built environment, an understanding of the overall city and its society. The objective of this paper is to address the similarities between the research carried out at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the work of these two acclaimed writers. Our group aims to select urban icons, from different moments and areas in Rio de Janeiro, to be studied in order to understand the city evolution in the XX Century. The distinguished Ministry of Education building is the investigation's prototype, analyzed thorough several 3D models and other digital techniques. We conclude that a thorough study of Benjamin's and Koolhaas' work should be considered a primary support for the interrogation of our own investigation.

Este artigo discute o conceito de performance e sua apropriação nas áreas de pesquisa relacionadas à sustentabilidade e ao design computacional, enfocando os processos projetuais dos campos da arquitetura e do urbanismo. Recentemente, termos como “design orientado pela performance” ou “arquitetura orientada pela performance”, sobretudo quando relacionados à sustentabilidade, têm figurado no vocabulário de autores e profissionais na busca por diretrizes de projeto baseadas em processos de simulação e uso sistemático de ferramentas digitais. Nesse contexto, a noção de performance tem sido compreendida principalmente como sinônimo de desempenho, alinhando-se a discursos contemporâneos de eficiência e otimização – considera-se, nessas circunstâncias, que um edifício ou um recorte urbano “performa” quando atende a determinados critérios objetivos de avaliação de sustentabilidade, reduzida a parâmetros matemáticos. Pretende-se neste artigo justamente ampliar essa visão a partir de novas interpretações teóricas, recorrendo à investigação etimológica, pesquisa histórica e revisão de literatura, com base em autores de diferentes áreas e no estudo de caso da competição acadêmica de casas solares, o Solar Decathlon. Espera-se que essa análise inicial contribua para a emergência de novas formas de entendimento do conceito de performance, relativizando a noção de “corpo” que “performa” em diferentes vieses, potencializando assim sua apropriação e utilização no campo da sustentabilidade e do design computacional.