Emerging urban aural patterns: Finding connections between emergence in architecture and soundscape eEcology (2016)
Journal Article
Barakat, M., & Weinstock, M. (2016). Emerging urban aural patterns: Finding connections between emergence in architecture and soundscape eEcology

Cities are dynamic, spatial and material systems that exhibit power scaling and selfsimilarity across a range of scales. Spatial designers are informed by mathematical and biological systems and use concepts and processes abstracted from them to anal... Read More about Emerging urban aural patterns: Finding connections between emergence in architecture and soundscape eEcology.

Generic shape grammars for mass customization of ceramic tableware (2015)
Book Chapter
Castro e Costa, E., & Duarte, J. P. (2015). Generic shape grammars for mass customization of ceramic tableware. In Design Computing and Cognition '14 (437-454). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14956-1_25

Research is currently being developed on mass customization of ceramic tableware. The objective of this research is to allow end users to personalize their tableware sets, namely to determine the shape of its elements. The implementation of mass cust... Read More about Generic shape grammars for mass customization of ceramic tableware.

Computational modelling and digital materialization of Alberti’s column system: a reflection on results obtained (2014)
Journal Article
Castro e Costa, E. (2014). Computational modelling and digital materialization of Alberti’s column system: a reflection on results obtained. Joelho. Revista de Cultura Arquitectónica, https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-8681_5_12

We hereby focus the study of the Albertian column system, as part of the Digital Alberti project, a research initiative that aims to shed some light on the influence of Alberti on Portuguese architecture. Starting from Alberti’s treatise on architect... Read More about Computational modelling and digital materialization of Alberti’s column system: a reflection on results obtained.

Digital Casting 2 (2014)
Physical Artefact
Farzadnia, F., Khabazi, Z., Tavafzadeh, M., Eslami, A., & Panjehpoor, H. Digital Casting 2. [Concrete casting]. Online

After couple of experiments on designing and fabricating differentiated moulds for casting purposes, this project has been developed as a 1:1 scale cellular concrete shell project, although its prototype has been realized only. The idea was to design... Read More about Digital Casting 2.

Tableware shape grammar (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Castro e Costa, E., & Duarte, J. P. (2013). Tableware shape grammar. In Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference (635-644)

Mass customization is pointed as a means of improving a company’s competitiveness, which is an essential trait in Europe’s economic situation of today. This paper reports a mockup implementation of the mass customization paradigm to ceramic tableware... Read More about Tableware shape grammar.

Generative modelling of an Albertian capital (2012)
Journal Article
e Costa, E. C., Coutinho, F., Duarte, J. P., & Krüger, M. (2012). Generative modelling of an Albertian capital. Arquiteturarevista, 8(2), 108-120. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2012.82.02

The main objective of the ongoing investigation described in this paper is to produce a Corinthian capital through generative modelling and digital prototyping, and according to Leon Battista Alberti's treatise on architecture, De re aedificatoria. T... Read More about Generative modelling of an Albertian capital.

Modelling Alberti's column system: Generative modelling and digital fabrication of classical architectural elements (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Castro e Costa, E., Coutinho, F., Duarte, J. P., & Krüger, M. (2012). Modelling Alberti's column system: Generative modelling and digital fabrication of classical architectural elements. In Digital Physicality - Proceedings of the 30th eCAADe Conference (469-477)

The research presented further is part of the Digital Alberti research project, which aims to assess the influence of Leon Batista Alberti's theory on Portuguese architecture, through the use of digital technologies. One of the project tasks implied... Read More about Modelling Alberti's column system: Generative modelling and digital fabrication of classical architectural elements.

Urban acoustic simulation: Analysis of urban public spaces through auditory senses (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Barakat, M. (2012, September). Urban acoustic simulation: Analysis of urban public spaces through auditory senses. Paper presented at eCAADe 2012, Prague, Czech Republic

This paper explores the sonic characteristics of urban spaces, with the application of apprehending acoustic space and form theory. The theory defines auditory spaces as acoustical arenas, which are spaces defined and delineated by sonic events. Hist... Read More about Urban acoustic simulation: Analysis of urban public spaces through auditory senses.

Space, Sound, Sensation
Digital Artefact
Meraz, F., & Barakat, M. (2019). Space, Sound, Sensation

Space, Sound, Sensation will consist of a site-specific, interactive sound installation, open to the you free of charge across three days. The installation will be a space in which sound will vary in response to the audience's movements within it. Th... Read More about Space, Sound, Sensation.