Living Architecture Fall 2007 Pratt

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Processing code:

import de.bezier.sql.*;
import de.bezier.mysql.*;

import processing.serial.*;


MySQL msql;

Serial myPort;

String table = "airTest";
String[] si = new String[102600];

void setup()
{
size( 100, 100 );

println(Serial.list());
myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[1], 2400);



msql = new MySQL( "SQL06.db4free.NET", "ecovis", "fbitonti", "glight", this );

if ( msql.connect() )
{
// create a table with an id and a word
//
msql.execute( "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + table + " ("+
"id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,"+
"word VARCHAR( 255 )"+
")"
);




msql.query( "SELECT * FROM " + table );

int scount = 0;
while (msql.next())
{
String s = msql.getString("word");
si[scount] = s;
int n = msql.getInt("id");
println(s + " " + n);
float f = float(s);


scount = scount + 1;
}

// need to find out how many rows there are in table?
//
msql.query( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM " + table );
msql.next();
println( "number of rows: " + msql.getInt(1) );
}
else
{
// connection failed !
}


}

void draw()
{

int gg = 0;

while(gg < 636){
int f = int(si[gg]);
if(f>0){

delay(1000);
println("port");
println(myPort.available());

if (myPort.available() == 0) {
delay(1000);
int x = int(si[gg]);
println(x);
myPort.write(x);
println("value");
println(si[gg]);
gg = gg + 1;
// myPort.stop();


}

myPort.clear();
delay(1000);
}

}
}


PBASIC CODE:

' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}

check VAR Byte
proIn VAR Byte

Main:
DO
check = IN3
proIn = IN10

HIGH 2
HIGH 6
HIGH 8
HIGH 11

SERIN 16, 16780, [proIn]
IF proIn > 0 THEN
IF proIn < 13 THEN

'DO WHILE proIN < 13

HIGH 2
HIGH 6
HIGH 8
HIGH 11
PAUSE 9000

' SERIN 16, 16780, [proIn]
' LOOP
' END
ENDIF
ENDIF

IF proIn > 13 THEN
IF proIn < 20 THEN
' DO WHILE proIn > 13
HIGH 2
HIGH 6
HIGH 8
HIGH 11
PAUSE 200
LOW 2
LOW 6
LOW 8
LOW 11
PAUSE 200
HIGH 2
HIGH 6
HIGH 8
HIGH 11
PAUSE 200
LOW 2
LOW 6
LOW 8
LOW 11
PAUSE 500

'LOOP
'END
ENDIF
ENDIF

IF proIn > 20 THEN
IF proIn < 50 THEN
' DO WHILE proIn > 13
HIGH 2
HIGH 6
HIGH 8
HIGH 11
PAUSE 200
LOW 2
LOW 6
LOW 8
LOW 11
PAUSE 200
HIGH 2
HIGH 6
HIGH 8
HIGH 11
PAUSE 200
LOW 2
LOW 6
LOW 8
LOW 11
PAUSE 200
HIGH 2
HIGH 6
HIGH 8
HIGH 11
PAUSE 200
LOW 2
LOW 6
LOW 8
LOW 11
PAUSE 500

'LOOP
'END
ENDIF
ENDIF



LOOP
END

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This is the video of our final working prototype. Tyler, Sergio, and Chie.

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This script allows data from the mysql data base to be compared with a user input in this case a on/off switch.

' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}

check VAR Byte
proIn VAR Byte
checks VAR Byte
cnt VAR Byte

Main:
DO
check = IN3
proIn = IN10

'loop through all tiles

cnt = 0
FOR checks = 0 TO 8

IF IN3 = 0 THEN
cnt = cnt + 1
ENDIF

NEXT

SERIN 16, 16780, [proIn]
IF proIn > 13 THEN
IF cnt > 0 THEN
HIGH 14
ENDIF
ENDIF
IF proIn < 13 THEN
LOW 14
ENDIF


checks = 0

LOOP
END

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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-4369163-2047912?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=solar+yard+light&x=15&y=24

http://store.sundancesolar.com/smalsolpanfo.html

+ Input element(s)
+ Processing
+ Output
+ Materials to be used
+ Size of prototype
+ Site
+ Broader issues the project addresses
+ An answer to the question, "Why responsive kinetic architecture?"

+ The input elements are multiple sensors consisting of two ultrasound sensors and a microphone sensor.

+ The processing includes a code written for the Basic Stamp 2 microcontroller that includes “If… And” operators to respond to certain input data.

+ The output consists of a flexinol wire and servo.

+ Materials used is polycarbonate, Flexinol wire, wood,

+ Size of prototype will be roughly 24” x 36”.

+ The site is in between a men’s and women’s restroom in a social environment.

+ This project addresses issues of privacy, revealing and concealing that responds to occupancy.

+ It creates an intuitive solution to mediating two environments that in today’s society is separate and apart.

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_input
people, light

_processing
reading(s) of the surrounding natural/unnatural light exposure and interference of “constant light”

the user engaging the system in a provocative way

_output
covered area specific to users location

increasing awareness of waiting passenger(s)

_materials
unknown

_size
umbrella with ability to expand to small canopy

_site
dekalb bus route poles and covered stops

_issues
remarking on the lack of spatial qualities at bus stop

offering protection in unsheltered environment

increasing awareness

_why responsive kinetic architecture?
ideas about the ability of an aware system to adapt accordingly to specific usage but we as a group feel that this question is still unanswered


shawn,sean,karl,regine

+ Input element(s)
Online Database that contains the quality of air in various cities.

+ Processing
We will use our ability to process large data sets to make connections between values associated with air quality to provoke an understanding about air quality in a particular region, possible relative to a particular carbon producing social behavior or geographical location.

+ Output
We will output our data in the form of a magnetic field that can produce subtle variations in the surrounding environment.

+ Materials to be used
Electromagnets, metal cables, metal rods, pic microcontroller, and a laptop.

+ Size of prototype
Our prototype will operate somewhere between the scale of a wall panel and small piece of furniture.

+ Site
We are currently considering applying the project as an instillation that can operate in the context of an interior public space.

+ Broader issues the project addresses
The project should address environmental issues concerning air quality as well as address larger issues concerning the ever expanding data landscape created by telecommunications, and how architecture can interface with that landscape.

+ An answer to the question, "Why responsive kinetic architecture?"
Kinetic architecture can help us find a way to communicate complex ideas that may span multiple dimensions beyond traditional notions of space.

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+ Input element(s)
 light sensor and/or photovoltaics
+ Processing
 Depending on the amount of light detected by the sensor or the electricity
 generated by the photovoltaics, a certain percentage of the modules in the
 facade will be activated.
+ Output
 Opaque surface in which the dimensions are transformed by flexinol wire.
 This is the module to be repeated along a plane to create a facade condition.
 Together, the modules act in changing the porosity of the facade.
+ Materials to be used
 aluminum, plastic, fiber glass, fabric
+ Size of prototype
 6" - 9" x 6" - 9" x 6" - 9"
+ Site
 any south facing facade
+ Broader issues the project addresses
 the facade porosity in response to the amount of sunlight
+ An answer to the question, "Why responsive kinetic architecture?"
 to better serve the inhabitants of the building

Prototype 8



Prototype 4


Prototype 2


Prototype 3




Prototype 6

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Ambient conditions such as subtle altercations to our physical environment can provide an effective method to communicate through many different senses with out overloading our sensual ability to process data.

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Privately Owned Public Space
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/priv/mndist1.shtml


Transportation systems through which people experience large expanses of the city rapidly could produce an enviroment in which we can distribute an ambient communication system.



Public parks may provide an appropriate context for displaying air quality data.

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This map shows the locations in NYC where you can access free wireless internet. These points of free internet access can be used to deploy our technology through the city allowing us to produce ambient conditions throughout the urban environment.

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I thought everyone might find this interesting.

http://www.philipbeesleyarchitect.com/sculptures/0635hylozoic_soil/hylozoic.html

The artist also has videos on you tube if you type in his name
Phillip Beesley

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This week we investigated options for output by creating an electromagnet. Goal of this investigation was to create a magnetic device which receives input from arduino and triggers a mechanism or some sort.

Before starting this prototype, we were thinking of making a small container that filled with iron filing, which create a field that changes its intensity by receiving input from arduino.

We thought that changing polarity would also change the condition, however it did not seemed to matter so much.

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urbanaarch.com
biothing.org



urbanaarch_web from thetarbre on Vimeo.

biothing()Invisible from thetarbre on Vimeo.

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07_004_USsensor+FWire+Servo from thetarbre on Vimeo.




07_002_USsensor+Motor from thetarbre on Vimeo.


07_003_USsensor+FWire.

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Each sensors detects and converts the vibration transmitted through different entities to voltage. This piezo element can act as a vibrational input not only as a speaker. This sensor can get larger voltage than condenser microphone so there is no need to amplify it.


Piezo element: detection of vibration transmitted through the objects
Condenser Microphone: detection of vibration transmitted through the air



07.5_knockDetection_vibrationSensor from thetarbre on Vimeo.

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http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/stamps/web-BSM-v2.2.pdf

http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=6&m=225685


' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}

'This program will monitor the sound falling on a microphone,
'toggling a number of lights whenever a very loud sound is heard.

INPUT 1
INPUT 2
INPUT 3
#DEFINE pcell = 0
#DEFINE pcellpin = 0

time VAR Byte

OUTPUT 1
OUTPUT 2
OUTPUT 3

read_pcell:
RCTIME 0,1,time
DEBUG DEC time, CR
GOTO read_pcell
'////////////////////
is_light1_on:
IF time>1 THEN light1_on '<== See above regarding B2

light1_off:
IN1=0
GOTO is_light2_on

light1_on:
IN1=1

'/////////////
is_light2_on:
IF time>1 THEN light2_on '<== See above regarding B2

light2_off:
IN2=0
GOTO is_light3_on

light2_on:
IN2=1
'////////////
is_light3_on:
IF time>1 THEN light3_on '<== See above regarding B2

light3_off:
IN3=0
GOTO is_light4_on

light3_on:
IN3=1
'////////////
is_light4_on:
GOTO read_pcell

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using a data set from http://www.dec.ny.gov/airmon/index.php

We are not allowed back end access to the websites data however, we did devise a way for importing the data downloaded off the site into our own mysql data base. that can then be used to control a led on our breadboard.

The processing script will find the data on the internet download it into an array and then cycle through that array sending out each value to the micro controller through the serial port. the micro controller then reads the output from the PC and determines if it is over a certain threshold. If the value is greater than the threshold it will turn on the led and if the output is bellow a certain threshold it will turn the led off.

Processing script:

import de.bezier.sql.*;
import de.bezier.mysql.*;

import processing.serial.*;


MySQL msql;

Serial myPort;

String table = "airTest";
String[] si = new String[636];

void setup()
{
size( 100, 100 );

println(Serial.list());
myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[1], 2400);



msql = new MySQL( "SQL06.FREEMYSQL.NET", "ecovis", "fbitonti", "housebed202", this );

if ( msql.connect() )
{
// create a table with an id and a word
//
msql.execute( "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS " + table + " ("+
"id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,"+
"word VARCHAR( 255 )"+
")"
);




msql.query( "SELECT * FROM " + table );

int scount = 0;
while (msql.next())
{
String s = msql.getString("word");
si[scount] = s;
int n = msql.getInt("id");
println(s + " " + n);
float f = float(s);


scount = scount + 1;
}

// need to find out how many rows there are in table?
//
msql.query( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM " + table );
msql.next();
println( "number of rows: " + msql.getInt(1) );
}
else
{
// connection failed !
}


}

void draw()
{

int gg = 0;

while(gg < f =" int(si[gg]);">0){

delay(1000);
println("port");
println(myPort.available());

if (myPort.available() == 0) {
delay(1000);
int x = int(si[gg]);
println(x);
myPort.write(x);
println("value");
println(si[gg]);
gg = gg + 1;
// myPort.stop();


}

myPort.clear();
delay(1000);
}

}
}

pbasic Script:

' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}

check VAR Byte
proIn VAR Byte

Main:
DO
check = IN3
proIn = IN10

SERIN 16, 16780, [proIn]
IF proIn <> 13 THEN
LOW 14
ENDIF


LOOP
END

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This scheme might begin to combine a servo and a strand of flexinol wire to operate and a readings from two ultrasound sensors. The performative aspects of the piece revolve around the window. Using the two ultrasound sensors to detect a person's position in front of the window, location in relation, distance away, the 'transparency' system adapts itself to give you a clear view. The idea is that the farther one is from the window, the more closed the system. Ultimately, it would be closed if no one is present. One could make the argument that a system like this could be desirable for energy conservation. If the room is not occupied, what is the advantage to having the sunlight rush through the window and heat up the space!? This system combines a provocative installation which has practicality in mind.
tyler.chie.sergio

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