From Shape Rules to Rule Schemata and Back

Economou, Athanassios; Kotsopoulos, Sotirios D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14956-1_22

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“…It's now common practice to use computational applications, which reproduce the architect's manual design, among other technical aspects of the project (such as automatic measurements, thermal simulations, three-dimensional visualization, etc.). And in the same but novel way, we show how architects may use SG and its applications as a common practice and a way of optimizing his ideas, using not only Computational Design but also Computational Creativity [16].…”

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Shape Grammars for Creative Decisions in the Architectural Project

Tching¹,

Reis²,

Paio³

2017

csit

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Shape grammars (SG), which define a set of shapes, are used in applications in the field of Computational Creativity (CC). Computational Creativity can be considered an area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that chases the goal of understanding creativity and building computational applications that emulate or support human creativity in Arts and Science. In this context, our aim is to show how SG may provide artists with applications to assist them in the creative process, not only creating solutions but also as a way of creating new ideas. Our objective is to demonstrate how, in architecture, SG can work with rules that will convey legal restrictions, space needs and goals of the architect, creating possible solutions to a project. A wide range of solutions can be tested in computational applications based in SG. These applications can also encourage the architect to go further in his creativity through shape emergence where the conditions are fulfilled and presented as innovative and/or unexpected. Architects obey strict rules when they apply artistic intention to a specific need/objective intention (space building). Thus, our methods are to enumerate SG as a tool for decision-making in architectural projects and to show a set of common phases that may be generated by the use of computational applications in response not only to technical needs but also to creative goals.

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Shape Grammars for Creative Decisions in the Architectural Project

Tching¹,

Reis²,

Paio³

2017

csit

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“…Design logic across varied contexts can then be formally outlined and explored constructively. Recent recasting of shape rules and rule schemata (Economou and Kotsopoulos, 2014) emphasize the generous and often ambiguous formalism of shape grammars (Stiny, 2006) as illustrative of the expressive and productive possibilities that are currently underdeveloped within shape computation discourse as a whole. A plural approach to shape grammars is suggested as a method to explore their full potential as tools to understand Portman's formal contribution and suggest their larger application in the pursuit of creative architectural design.…”

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Lost in Translation: Towards an Automated Description of John Portman’s Domestic Architecture

Ligler¹,

Economou²

2015

Anais Do XIX Congresso Da Sociedade Ibero-Americana De Gráfica Digital 2015

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“…Taking the generation process presented in (Trescak et al, 2012), several input parameters can be introduced to manipulate an SG, for instance, choosing the number of iterations, applying step-by-step iterations, and generating a list of possible next shapes to be chosen and the use of markers. For expert users, our defined criteria can provide different ways of defining rules, either by graphic shape rules or mathematical rule schemata (Economou & Kotsopoulos, 2014).…”

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“…In this mode, the user is an expert in SG and/or in the development of the implementation itself, so expert tools are available, according to SG-USEX-D (see Table 2). The command lines will allow the Rule definition to be made with Rule Schemata or other input method needed/defined (Economou & Kotsopoulos, 2014).…”

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IM-sgi: an interface model for shape grammar implementations

Tching

Reis

Paio

2018

AIEDAM

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Information technologies are a driving force for progress in the design field, allowing new modes of creativity. However, most of the existing computational design tools are focused on the latest stages of the design process and especially directed to drafting operations. Conceptual design tools that support the designer in the creative and inventive early stages of the design project are still in their early development. Shape grammars (SG) were introduced by George Stiny in the 1970s, allowing the generation of designs according to a set of predefined rules. SG computational implementations have the potential to answer the need for tools that can assist designers, architects, and artists in the creative process, offering design alternatives, stimulating new ideas and encouraging the search for new design generation processes. Acknowledging this potential, a user-friendly interface seems essential for the adoption of these tools. Taking Scott Chase's interaction model as background, the aim of the present investigation is to define guidelines and begin to design a graphical-user interface for SG implementations. Inspection methods of human–computer interaction (HCI) were used to analyze existing SG implementations and understand usability issues. Subsequently, HCI ergonomic criteria for interface evaluation were adapted to establish guidelines for the design of an SG implementation interface, called IM-sqi. These guidelines take into account different user groups, adjustable interaction modes for each user group, and the nature of each task performed by the user.

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From Shape Rules to Rule Schemata and Back

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Shape Grammars for Creative Decisions in the Architectural Project

Shape Grammars for Creative Decisions in the Architectural Project

Lost in Translation: Towards an Automated Description of John Portman’s Domestic Architecture

IM-sgi: an interface model for shape grammar implementations

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