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Toward a visual approach in the exploration of shape grammars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2015

Tiemen Strobbe ,
Pieter Pauwels ,
Ruben Verstraeten ,
Ronald De Meyer  and
Jan Van Campenhout
Tiemen Strobbe*
Affiliation:
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Pieter Pauwels
Affiliation:
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Ruben Verstraeten
Affiliation:
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Ronald De Meyer
Affiliation:
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Jan Van Campenhout
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
*
Reprint requests to: Tiemen Strobbe, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, J. Plateaustraat 22, Ghent 9000, Belgium. E-mail: tiemen.strobbe@ugent.be
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Abstract

The concept of shape grammars has often been proposed to improve or support creative design processes. Shape grammar implementations have the potential to both automate parts of the design process and allow exploration of design alternatives. In many of the existing implementations, the main focus is either on capturing the rationale of a particular existing grammar or on allowing designers to develop a new grammar. However, little attention is typically given to the actual representation of the design space that can be explored in the interface of the implementation. With such representation, a shape grammar implementation could properly support designers who are still in the process of designing and may not yet have a clear shape grammar in mind. In this article, an approach and a proof-of-concept software system is proposed for a shape grammar implementation that provides a visual and interactive way to support design space exploration in a creative design process. We describe the method by which this software system can be used and focus on how designers can interact with the exploration process. In particular, we point out how the proposed approach realizes several important amplification strategies to support design space exploration.

Keywords

Architectural DesignDesign Space ExplorationShape GrammarUser Interface
Type
Special Issue Articles
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 29 , Special Issue 4: Generative and evolutionary design exploration , November 2015 , pp. 503 - 521
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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