People

prof. Dr. Henri Hubertus Achten

Head of design studio Achten – Pavlíček

Research projects

Responsible person
duration of the project
2023-2026
Responsible person
duration of the project
2021
Annotation
Concrete 3D prinitng should take into account local temperature and humidity. Change of local conditions has impact to print quality. You can mitigate this effect by amount and temperature of water mixed with concrete. In this project I would like to get equipment to measure these values and come up with ideal amount and temperature of water mixed with concrete for different local temperatures and humidities.
Responsible person
duration of the project
2021
Annotation
What is effective communication? How can an architect streamline a communication relationship by digitally sketching while saving resources such as time, money, energy during the design process? In the third year of my research, I would like to make an experiment with several cases of architects working with and without digital sketches. Where does it make their workflow and communication with clients more effective? In the second part, I would like to use this grant for a questionnaire survey of the client part of the relationship. How they perceive digital sketches. By intersecting these two sets, I want to obtain criteria: efficiency factors in the relationship between architect and client.
Responsible person
duration of the project
2020
Annotation
The project focuses on the categorization and mapping of architectural digital sketches / visualizations made by the architect in the design process of the analysis, concept, design and presentation phases for the client. The research also follows the research of Kateřina Nováková "Collaborative sketching". And it is connected with the results of Ladislav Fialková's research "data-mining". There are two successful SGS solvers in the team. The results will be beneficial for further research of the dissertation as well as for the Institute of Digital Design and Modeling
Responsible person
Fialka Sobková, L.
duration of the project
2020
Annotation
Mobility models might be a dynamic indicator of urban life.The computer science research group FEE has developed a digital city data model based on programmed agents. In our research we would compare the data from the above-described agent-based model of multimodal mobility of Prague with the data that we obtained from the smartphone application. The application maped the coordinates and movement mode of its users. We will compare the information from both data sources. Data from this model used among other Institute of Planning and Development of Prague, therefore we consider the research to be necessary for further practice. The result of the research will be a presentation presented at a prestigious international conference and an article published in the periodical review (we assume a publication in conference proceedings). It is also possible to publish a professional text in the periodical "International Journal of Transport Development and Integration", where we were invited to publish a presentation at the conference "Wessex - Sustainable City 2019".
Responsible person
Fialka Sobková, L.
duration of the project
2019
Annotation
Mobility models might be a dynamic indicator of urban life. The computer science research group FEE has developed a digital city data model based on programmed agents. The data provided by this model was used by the Prague Institute for Planning and Development as a basis for the design of the public space of Klárov and Revoluční Street. The scientific work compares data from the digital model with the data obtained from the wifi networks. The work will include an interview - findings from architect's practice. The architect will be questioned how they worked with the data from the agent based model and integrateed them into the final design. The result will be a presentation presented at a prestigious international conference and an article published in the periodical review (we assume a publication in conference proceedings).
Responsible person
Petrš, J.
duration of the project
2019
Annotation
The rise in technology is not just changing fabrication in architecture but increasingly providing opportunities for animating the materiality of architecture offering responsive, performative and adaptive design possibilities for the built environment. A fundamental challenge when using robotic elements is their suitability to safe, and comfortable use in proximity to the human body, as we concentrate on user - building interaction and experience. This workshop will offer a developed kit of parts to allow networked local and adaptive interaction between architectural elements, as well as configuration of these elements made from meta-materials, while using soft actuation techniques. Research and prototyping we have conducted and that we plan on testing through this workshop, suggest that soft actuators are preferred over rigid actuators when it comes to robotic applications for physical human interaction and delicate object manipulation. Through this workshop, we plan on testing these principles and passing what we have learned in our research work in the Czech Republic and abroad onto FA students. The aim is to create a functional interactive installation (1: 1 prototype), which will be presented to the public and its results published in a paper at an international conference.

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