Giovanni Betti

• Master of Architecture
• Guest Professor at Berlin University of the Arts

A panel, the panel being bounded by an edge enclosing a panel area, the panel comprising: a plurality of light sources; one or more fluid conduits; and a plurality of fins; wherein: the one or more fluid conduits are each thermally coupled to at least one fin each fin is arranged to diffuse light emitted by at least one light source and the fins an...

Buildings that are designed specifically to respond to the local climate can be more comfortable, energy-efficient, and with a lower environmental impact. However, there are many social, cultural, and economic obstacles that might prevent the wide adoption of designing climate-adapted buildings. One of the said obstacles can be removed by enabling...

This paper investigates a performative design approach for the fabrication of three-dimensional concrete printed (3DCP) floor slab systems on a one-to-one scale. 3DCP holds the potential to relinquish the necessity of additional formwork or support structure during the fabrication process and this paper proposes a specific strategy and methodology...

The introduction of robotic construction methods in the building industry holds great promise to increase the stagnating productivity of the construction industry and reduce its current carbon footprint, in considerable part caused by waste and error in construction. A promising aspect is the implementation of integrated CAD/CAM processes where the...

Previously unpublished data from over 600 office buildings in the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) Occupant Survey database are used to perform a systematic analysis of dissatisfaction in contemporary workspaces. A total of 81% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with at least one aspect of their workspace, and 67% with more than one. Ac...

This paper describes the creation and the potentials of an online tool to identify and document case studies that demonstrate perceived best practices in the design and implementation of advanced, sustainable, and climate-responsive integrated buildings facades. The project was created to catalog these projects in sufficient detail to allow users—e...

Climate-responsive building design holds immense potential for enhancing comfort, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability. However, many social, cultural, and economic obstacles might prevent the wide adoption of designing climate-adapted buildings. One of these obstacles can be removed by enabling practitioners to easily access, visual...

This paper presents an early-stage process to track communication patterns in office spaces using a real-time location system with sub-meter accuracy. A custom frontend application is used to assess and map the positioning data, with the goal of gathering empirical evidence on how spatial intervention can improve workplace communication and product...

Proceedings of the Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2022, Towards Radical Regeneration

This work explores the potential of networked, composable tools as a means to capture and distribute organisational knowledge. To solve a design problem, teams will draw from a collective body of formalised, implicit, and tacit knowledge and synthesise it into a proposal. We argue that tooling can play a part in meeting new challenges for the disci...

The views that windows provide from inside a building affect human health and well-being. Although window view is an important element of architecture, there is no established framework to guide its design. The literature is widely dispersed across different disciplinary fields, and there is a need to coalesce this information into a framework that...

The views that windows provide from inside a building affect human health and well-being. Although the window view is an important architectural element in the building, there is no established framework to guide architectural design. The literature is widely dispersed across different disciplinary fields, and there is a need to coalesce this infor...

In this paper we present an experimental methodology for the evaluation and comparison of indoor workplace qualities. We investigate how factors such as the overall available spatial connectivity and visual perception in conjunction with environmental variables such as natural daylight affect the face-to-face communication potential in office space...

This paper explores a novel integrated and collaborative approach to design and fabrication enabled by Mixed Reality. To this effect, an interactive workflow has been developed and demonstrated in the creation of a temporary installation.

The views that windows provide from inside a building affect human health and well-being. Although the window view is an important architectural element in the building, there is no established framework to guide architectural design. The literature is widely dispersed across different disciplinary fields, and there is a need to coalesce this infor...

This paper examines a novel, integrated and collaborative approach to design and fabrication, enabled through Mixed Reality. In a bespoke fabrication process, the design is controlled and altered by users in holographic space, through a custom, multi-modal interface. Users input is live-streamed and channeled to 3D modelling environment,on-demand r...

In this paper we present an installation which explores a robotic fabrication process through real time human-machine interaction using natural interfaces. Aiming to contribute to the debate regarding automatization processes described by the industry 4.0, we suggest a future collaborative approach to distributed and participatory design. The insta...

The wide range of different standards and local regulations pertaining to solar access have caused the “solar envelope” model to be no longer practically constrained to a binary proposition (sun / no sun). Additionally, further requirements of surrounding buildings have contributed to the requirement of a single solar envelope that satisfies hetero...

A panel comprising: a plurality of light sources, one or more fluid conduits and a plurality of fins. The fluid conduits are thermally coupled to at least one fin; and each fin is arranged to diffuse light emitted by the light sources. The panel is bounded by an edge enclosing a panel area and the fins and light sources are disturbed throughout the...

Here Hugh Whitehead, Irene Gallou, Harsh Thapar, Giovanni Betti and Salmaan Craigof the Specialist Modelling Group (SMG) at Foster + Partners directly address the underlying premise behind the issue. They argue the case for the architect as generalist or ‘centralised controller’, coordinating an often specialised and diverse collaborative design te...