Parametric Sankey: Interactive Mapping of Complex Material Flows for Urban and Architectural Design

Jeffrey Huang, Frederick Chando Kim, Mikhael Johanes

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Abstract

The mapping of flows in a city is essential for understanding urban systems and enabling the transition of the city into a circular economy. However, while tools for the virtual representations of physical volumes and spaces in urban environments have proliferated, effective tools for modeling the underlying flows are still missing. This paper discusses the development of Parametric Sankey, a tool for the trans-scalar representation of flows, and demonstrates its instrumentation in a research design process. The proposed Parametric Sankey tool overlays different flow categories (material, energy, labor, customer, waste, etc.) into one dynamic trans-scalar system, enabling interactive processes between analysis and intervention, and providing thereby an experimental interface to envision future circular cities and architectures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Design and Robotic Fabrication
PublisherSpringer
Pages248-259
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Publication series

NameComputational Design and Robotic Fabrication
VolumePart F2072
ISSN (Print)2731-9040
ISSN (Electronic)2731-9059

Keywords

  • Circular cities
  • Grasshopper
  • Material flows
  • Parametric Sankey
  • Trans-scalar

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