Daniel Prohasky

RMIT University | RMIT · School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

The application of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies promises much innovation across the manufacturing sector, and has generated great interest in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. This paper presents and reflects upon early prototypes for integrating AM in a construction application, through the design of a prot...

This research focuses on the design of a Robotic solar analysis platform for critical studies which explore dynamic solar light and heat phenomena within the laboratory. This robotic platform gives designers the opportunity to receive rapid feedback from physical models in real-time.The aim of this paper is to propose a solar evaluation platform wi...

For workers in extreme environments, such as firefighters, thermal protective clothing is essential to protect them from exposures to high heat and life threatening risks. This study will investigate the design of a new smart protective clothing system, which incorporates sensors in the undergarment to measure physiological data, such as skin tempe...

The human experience or sense of space is significantly affected by our skins’ sensory interaction with the localised atmospheric conditions or microclimates that our bodies encounter. Design of a pleasant environment for inhabitants requires a better understanding of microclimates and the many complex phenomena in their formations and subsequent a...

This research operates at the intersection of music and spatial design within the context of improvised digital drumming. We outline a creative design research project founded on a series of affordance experiments that explore the ways in which the tools of spatial design can inform understandings of 'referent (Pressing 1987)' improvised patterns a...

Musical improvisation is a complex field of the study of creativity wherein the musician-according to jazz pianist Herbie Hancock-improvises by 'starting with nothing' and 'ending up with something'. We explore a 'Musico-Spatial Design' creative practice design research project that uses parametric spatial design tools to research musical improvisa...

Este artigo apresenta a experiencia de utilização de três ferramentas de simulação de vento: Flow Design, ODS-Studio e um mini túnel de vento. O objetivo foi avaliar as vantagens e desvantagens de incorpora-las nas fases iniciais de projeto. Como tal, foram simulados três cenários urbanos e os resultados obtidos foram posteriormente comparados com...

This paper describes a virtual and physical design and prototyping strategy intended to aid designers to understand the relational dynamic between airflow and porous screens for building facades at the conceptual design stage. The strategy consists of three main components: 1) A prototyping phase involving a combination of computer aided modeling (...

The evaluation of a low-tech wind sensing platform for urban aerodynamic simulations relevant to pedestrian comfort. In this paper, the wind canyon effect is simulated with two different building morphologies. The platform provides conceptual knowledge of the dynamics in wind relevant for designers, architectural practitioners and students of desig...

This paper presents an experimental study on strategies of utilizing wind as an architectural element, proposing the reconfiguration and projection of wind patterns to produce vaults of wind as regions of shelter in the outdoor environment. It shows an aerodynamic analysis and exploration of barriers, deflectors and porous screens in an existing ur...

Penumbra is a building envelope or skin system designed to be 3D printed and set out using parametric geometries which allow the surface, spanning depth and shape of the envelope to be variable within a set of limits. The envelope is arranged in three layers and perforated by circular openings of consistent size each forming a cell. The middle laye...