Back to the Drawing Board: Shape Calculations in Shape Machine

Economou, Athanassios; Hong, Tzu-Chieh Kurt

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-20418-0_33

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“…40 The application already boasts a rising number of successful computer implementation of shape grammar applications. 41 And yet, much more work is needed to see whether indeed the shape grammar implementations can find their way into the toolkit of most practicing architects. 42,43…”

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Generative workplace and space planning in architectural practice

Okhoya¹,

Bernal²,

Economou

et al. 2022

International Journal of Architectural Computing

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Generative design is emerging as an important approach for design exploration and design analysis in architectural practice. At the interior design scale, although many approaches exist, they do not meet many requirements for implementing generative design in practice. These requirements include the need for end-user accessible tools and skills, rapid execution, the use of standard inputs and outputs, and being scalable and reusable. In this paper, we describe a hybrid process that uses both space allocation and shape grammar algorithms to solve workplace and space planning interior design problems. Space allocation algorithms partition spaces according to program requirements while shape grammar automates the placement of inventory and the production of high-resolution drawings. We evaluate using three real world example projects how this hybrid approach meets the identified requirements of generative space planning in architectural practice.

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