Wood Mass-Customized Housing - A dual computer implementation design strategy

Abstract

This paper reports our current research on automatic generation of houses layouts according to future inhabitant's requirements. For that generation we propose the use of a design method based on shape grammars that encodes light wood frame construction guidelines. Two different implementations for the design system are presently under development. One based on shape grammars supplemented with procedural knowledge and another using a genetic algorithm. Both implementations allow the generation of house layouts that fulfill both the user requirements and the design language.

Digital Form Generation of Heritages in Historical District Based on Plan Typology and Shape Grammar: Case Study on Kulangsu Islet

“…Researchers have made an analysis of plan functions with the help of computer tools. For example, Slusarczyk created his own software that combines a multiagent system with shape grammar [53], Aksamija and Yue studied plane generation using Sketchup as a platform [54], Eloy and Duarte studied shape grammar for the reorganization of residential buildings and generated a computer model [55], Dincer and Cagdas created a method for the arrangement of 3D functions of residential buildings using 3Ds max software based on the shape grammar principles in 2014 [56], and Kwiecinski and Santos designed a tool for the automated generation of light wood frame building layouts using computers and shape grammar [57]. Although different software has different characteristics in the translation of shape grammar into computer logic, they share the same thematic purpose, that is, to form a relatively systematic digital modeling procedure based on the basic model generation rules of computer software.…”

HOPLA - Interfacing Automation for Mass-customization

“…The generative design system that we implemented is based on shape grammar developed during previous research (Kwiecinski et al 2016). We implemented grammar rules using attribute grammars as proposed by Homenda and Kwiecinski (2016) for controlling house layout customization.…”