The Architecture Decentralised Autonomous Organisation: a stigmergic exploration in architectural collaboration.

Dounas, Theodoros; Voeller, Elizabeth; Prokop, Simon; Vele, Jiri

Abstract

We present "ArchiDAO", a decentralised Autonomous Organisation, i.e an architecture studio run on via smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. The objective of the paper is to offer a concise framework for the transformation of the way architectural work is conducted, via stigmergic principles, realised on smart contracts. The paper follows a systematic review of the Viable System Model, collective authorship in architectural design and previous DAO software stacks to extract a set of stigmergic principles. We conclude the paper with a discussion and a proposal for a basic set of smart contracts that can regulate the ArchiDAO operations.

Citation

DOUNAS, T., VOELLER, E., PROKOP, S. and VELE, J. 2022. The Architecture Decentralised Autonomous Organisation: a stigmergic exploration in architectural collaboration. In Pak, B., Wurzer, G. and Stouffs, R. (eds.) Co-creating the future: inclusion in and through design: proceedings of the 40th eCCADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design), 13-16 September 2022, Ghent, Belgium. Ghent: eCAADe, volume 1, pages 567-576. Hosted on CumInCad [online]. Available from: http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/Show?ecaade2022_246

• Conference Name: 40th Education and research in computer aided architectural design in Europe conference 2022 (eCAADe 2022)
• Conference Location: Ghent, Belgium
• Start Date: Sep 13, 2022
• End Date: Sep 16, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Jan 15, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Sep 16, 2022
• Publication Date: Sep 18, 2022
• Deposit Date: Oct 28, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 28, 2022
• Publisher: Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe)
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 567-576
• Series Title: eCAADe proceedings
• Series ISSN: 2684-1843
• Book Title: Co-creating the future: inclusion in and through design: proceedings of the 40th eCCADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design), 13-16 September 2022, Ghent, Belgium
• ISBN: 9789491207327
• Keywords: Blockchain; Organisational design; Stigmergy; Viable system model
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1791645
• Publisher URL: http://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/Show?ecaade2022_246