Shape Computation Lab

f(x)

 


Title:

f(x): Explicit and Recursive Definitions of Architectural Typology

Authors:

Athanassios Economou

Editors:

Marcelo Bernal and Paula Gómez

Conference:

Knowledge-Based Design: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference of the Iberoamerican Congress of Digital Graphics (SIGRADI)

Series:

SIGRADI 2014

Volume:

1

Pages:

211-216

Publisher:

Blucher São Paulo

Publication date:

December 2014

DOI:

10.5151/despro-sigradi2013-0039

Keywords:

Computation, Typology, Shape grammars, Courthouse design, Design studies, Variation

Abstract:

The notion of a generative description of architectural typology is discussed. Two different approaches are identified and contrasted in terms of their expressive power in design. The building type of the courthouse is selected to showcase and test the approach. One case study is briefly presented to pictorially illustrate the findings.

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