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_id	ascaad2014_023
id	ascaad2014_023
authors	Al-Maiyah, Sura and Hisham Elkadi
year	2014
title	Assessing the Use of Advanced Daylight Simulation Modelling Tools in Enhancing the Student Learning Experience
source	Digital Crafting [7th International Conference Proceedings of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2014 / ISBN 978-603-90142-5-6], Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), 31 March - 3 April 2014, pp. 303-313
summary	In architecture schools, where the ‘studio culture’ lies at the heart of students’ learning, taught courses, particularly technology ones, are often seen as secondary or supplementary units. Successful delivery of such courses, where students can act effectively, be motivated and engaged, is a rather demanding task requiring careful planning and the use of various teaching styles. A recent challenge that faces architecture education today, and subsequently influences the way technology courses are being designed, is the growing trend in practice towards environmentally responsive design and the need for graduates with new skills in sustainable construction and urban ecology (HEFCE’s consultation document, 2005). This article presents the role of innovative simulation modelling tools in the enhancement of the student learning experience and professional development. Reference is made to a teaching practice that has recently been applied at Portsmouth School of Architecture in the United Kingdom and piloted at Deakin University in Australia. The work focuses on the structure and delivery of one of the two main technology units in the second year architecture programme that underwent two main phases of revision during the academic years 2009/10 and 2010/11. The article examines the inclusion of advanced daylight simulation modelling tools in the unit programme, and measures the effectiveness of enhancing its delivery as a key component of the curriculum on the student learning experience. A main objective of the work was to explain whether or not the introduction of a simulation modelling component, and the later improvement of its integration with the course programme and assessment, has contributed to a better learning experience and level of engagement. Student feedback and the grade distribution pattern over the last three academic years were collected and analyzed. The analysis of student feedback on the revised modelling component showed a positive influence on the learning experience and level of satisfaction and engagement. An improvement in student performance was also recorded over the last two academic years and following the implementation of new assessment design.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2016/02/15 13:09

_id	96d8
id	96d8
authors	Booth, Peter; Loo, Stephen
year	2009
title	Beyond Equilibrium: Sustainable Digital Design
source	Sustainable theory/ theorizing sustainability Proceedings from the 5th International Conference of the Association of Architecture Victoria University, New Zealand, 4-5 September 2009
summary	Implicit in current understandings of sustainability is the presence of a closed system with the capacity of equilibration. Sustainable practices, including design practices, are therefore assumed to possess a redemptive role: design is deployed (as environmentally sustainable design, etc.) to change habits, develop new technologies and recover marginalized practices in the hope of righting the balance between the environment and human endeavours. Recent developments in experimental digital design have demonstrated non‐linear and highly complex relations between topological transformations, material change, and the temporal dimension of forces. More importantly, this method of design is bottom‐up, because it does not rely on design solutions presaged by conventions, or restricted by representation, but is emergent within the performance of computational design itself. We argue that digital design processes need to move beyond the flux of determinates and solutions in equilibrium, towards a radically continuous but consistent production, which is in effect, an expression of sustainable pedagogy. The role of emergent digital techniques has significant impact on the methods in which computation is utilized within both practice and academic environments. This paper outlines a digital design studio on sustainability at the University of Tasmania, Australia that uses parametric modelling, digital performance testing, and topological morphology, concomitant with actual material fabrication, as a potent mode of collaborative design studio practice towards a sustainable design pedagogy.
keywords	digital, computation, process, morphogenesis.
series	other
type	normal paper
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last changed	2009/09/08 23:21

_id	ecaade2022_367
id	ecaade2022_367
authors	Doumpioti, Christina and Huang, Jeffrey
year	2022
title	Field Condition - Environmental sensibility of spatial configurations with the use of machine intelligence
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2022.2.067
source	Pak, B, Wurzer, G and Stouffs, R (eds.), Co-creating the Future: Inclusion in and through Design - Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2022) - Volume 2, Ghent, 13-16 September 2022, pp. 67–74
summary	Within computational environmental design (CED), different Machine Learning (ML) models are gaining ground. They aim for time efficiency by automating simulation and speeding up environmental performance feedback. This study suggests an approach that enhances not the optimization but the generative aspect of environmentally driven ML processes in architectural design. We follow Stan Allen's (2009) idea of 'field conditions' as a bottom-up phenomenon according to which form and space emerge from local invisible and dynamic connections. By employing parametric modeling, environmental analysis data, and conditional Generative Adversarial Networks [cGAN] we introduce a generative approach in design that reverses the typical design process of going from formal interpretation to analysis and encourages the emergence of spatial configurations with embedded environmental intelligence. We call it Intensive-driven Environmental Design Computation [IEDC], and we employ it in a case study on a residential building typology encountered in the Mediterranean. The paper describes the process, emphasizing dataset preparation as the stage where the logic of field conditions is established. The proposed research differentiates from cGAN models that offer automatic environmental performance predictions to one that spatial predictions stem from dynamic fields.
keywords	Field Architecture, Environmental Design, Generative Design, Machine Learning, Residential Typologies
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2024/04/22 07:10

_id	acadia09_110
id	acadia09_110
authors	Gharleghi, Mehran; Sadeghy, Amin
year	2009
title	Adaptive Pneus
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2009.110
source	ACADIA 09: reForm( ) - Building a Better Tomorrow [Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-9842705-0-7] Chicago (Illinois) 22-25 October, 2009), pp. 110-117
summary	The research focuses on the performative capacities of a pneumatic material system in regards to the specific environmental conditions. The use of Adaptation as a mechanism to modulate environmental performance was the main focus of the design process and research. The location of the sun during the day acts as a trigger to adapt the system, allowing the system to passively augment the environmental conditions. A new form-finding method that combines digital and material processes has been the main method by which the experiments were undertaken. This approach necessitates a dramatic shift in the architectural design, from producing static to environmentally responsive objects. It requires a shift in thinking from buildings as static and non-active systems to material system existing over time within specific environments capable of complex environmental performances.
keywords	Responsive design, fabrication, prototyping, form finding, solar shading
series	ACADIA
type	Normal paper
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:51

_id	acadia09_291
id	acadia09_291
authors	Hemsath, Timothy L.; McCracken, Brian; Russell, Darin
year	2009
title	Decon Recon: Parametric CADCAM Deconstruction Research
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2009.291
source	ACADIA 09: reForm( ) - Building a Better Tomorrow [Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-0-9842705-0-7] Chicago (Illinois) 22-25 October, 2009), pp. 291-293
summary	The deconstruction (DeCon) and repurposing (ReCon) of existing structures and materials are worthwhile and relevant endeavors given the potential for such procedures to be more economically and environmentally sustainable than conventional construction methods. Conventional construction methods often utilize virgin materials for the production of architecture, requiring extensive energy to harvest, process, and manufacture the materials for use. Today, we must face the fact that we exist in a carbon-sensitive economy, and demand design approaches that reduce architecture’s impact on the environment. Our goal was to develop a CADCAM ReCon design methodology that would have the potential to mitigate carbon consumption. To explore this goal, students engaged a design research project that looked for novel and innovative approaches to the DeCon and ReCon of an existing barn. The student researchers created parametric models and surface designs derived from the existing materials. The digitally fabricated tectonic design constructions resulted in economical, novel, and material-efficient design methodologies for DeCon and ReCon.
keywords	Fabrication, environment, CADCAM, Parametric Design
series	ACADIA
type	Short paper
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:49

_id	cf2009_poster_23
id	cf2009_poster_23
authors	Thorpe, Graham and Sam Kashuk
year	2009
title	A Syncretization Of Architecture, Engineering And Science:The use of CAD technology as a pedagogical tool in the teaching of environmentally sustainable design
source	T. Tidafi and T. Dorta (eds) Joining Languages Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009 CD-Rom
summary	Energy consumption in buildings is responsible for about 40% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. It is quite feasible that the energy consumption in buildings can be halved, but energy performance analysis must be integral to the entire design process. This imperative has led the authors to propose that architecture, engineering and science should be syncretized in the design process. This syncretization shares some features of the rhizomatic approach introduced by Deleuze and Guattari (2007). In rhizomatic systems all points can be, and should be connected. A rhizome can be considered as a space that develops, not from a point but from milieux. In the expansion of a rhizome, elements of the system do not follow tracings of other elements but they form a map of new vistas. Likewise, a syncretic approach is oblivious to the traditional boundaries between architecture, engineering and science. Syncretization has the potential to enrich the intellectual lives of architects, scientists and engineers, and it would have profoundly beneficial performative benefits.
keywords	Syncretic, rhizome architecture, engineering, sustainability, education
series	CAAD Futures
type	poster
last changed	2009/07/08 22:12

_id	acadia13_109
id	acadia13_109
authors	Thün, Geoffrey; Velikov, Kathy
year	2013
title	Adaptation as a Framework for Reconsidering High-Performance Residential Design: A Case Study
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.acadia.2013.109
source	ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture [Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 978-1-926724-22-5] Cambridge 24-26 October, 2013), pp. 109-118
summary	This paper outlines an approach to adaptive residential design explored through recent research and an executed prototype, the North House project (2007-2009), undertaken through an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers and students from the University of Waterloo, Ryerson University and Simon Fraser University in concert with professional and industry partners. This project aimed to develop a framework for the delivery of adaptive detached residential buildings capable of net-zero energy performance in the temperate climate zone, or the near north. Within this project, the term “adaptive” is developed across several tracts of conceptualization and execution including site and climatically derived models for building material composition and envelope ratios, environmentally-responsive kinetic envelope components, intelligent HVAC controls and interactive interface design aimed at producing co-evolutionary behaviors between building systems and inhabitants. A provisional definition of adaptive architecture is outlined to address this range of considerations that calls into question the stable image of domestic architecture and its relationship to energy and contemporary assumptions regarding sustainable design. This paper also outlines computational approaches to design optimization, distributed building systems integration and the human-controls interfaces applicable to the home’s ecology of physical and information technologies.
keywords	next generation technology, responsive buildings, high performance envelopes, sensing and feedback, passive and active systems, energy modeling, user interface
series	ACADIA
type	Normal Paper
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:58

_id	cf2009_021
id	cf2009_021
authors	Yehuda, Kalay
year	2009
title	The impact of information technology on architectural design in the 21st century
source	T. Tidafi and T. Dorta (eds) Joining Languages, Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009, PUM, 2009, pp. 21-34
summary	Architecture uses technology to achieve certain functional, cultural, social, economic, and other goals. In turn, technology transforms the discipline. Information technologies promise to change design processes, practices, and products. The first uses of computing in the service of architecture have been rather timid, mimicking older practices. This is changing rapidly: new design and evaluation tools allow architects to imagine new building forms, more responsive (and environmentally more responsible) buildings, even radically new types of environments that blend physical with virtual space. Understanding and shaping this transformation are the basis of architectural design research and education in the 21st century.
keywords	Architectural design, built environment, computer aided design, design practice
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2009/06/08 20:53

_id	ecaade2009_055
id	ecaade2009_055
authors	Gholipour, Vida; Bignon, Jean-Claude; Guimaraes, Laure Morel
year	2009
title	Eco-Models: Modeling of a Digital Tool to Design Sustainable Buildings
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.2009.551
source	Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design [27th eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 978-0-9541183-8-9] Istanbul (Turkey) 16-19 September 2009, pp. 551-558
summary	The demand for up-to-date information and design ‘tools’ to help architects design more sustainable buildings is rapidly expanding. This demand has led to use various ecological assessment tools as support tools for the design process. The absence of adequate tools, which contribute to early stages, as well as the additional costs of tardy modifications, has led us to propose an eco-design support tool. This tool is based on a methodology named “Eco-Model (EM) Method” that focuses on the ecological approaches of a building. This method proposes to consider environmental friendly solutions from the first sketches by proposing a number of micro-solutions, called here Eco-Model or “EM”. Subsequently, the study presents the first contour of software based on an EM approach. Thus, the various actors of the design team will be able to browse the useful information for their green projects and so collaborate to optimize the building design.
wos	WOS:000334282200066
keywords	Eco-Models, sustainable buildings, design support
series	eCAADe
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:51

_id	caadria2009_033
id	caadria2009_033
authors	Hua, Hao; Biao Li, Yong Shan, Hong Zhang and Hong-mei Zhai
year	2009
title	Virtual Organism: Generative Tool Based on Multi-Agent System
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2009.625
source	Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / Yunlin (Taiwan) 22-25 April 2009, pp. 625-634
summary	A multi-agent system (MAS) is efficient as it can emulate a variety of organisms in natural science due to the interactions between agents, which make artificial systems responsive and adaptive. In “Bamboo Workshop” involved flexible structures, MAS was employed to create virtual organism in computational environment towards an innovative process in installation design. A generative tool with friendly user interface was developed for both observation and intervention besides debugging. At the same time investigations were carried on the complex behaviours of the system through graphic statistics. Integrated with the generative tool, a construction system made up of bamboo materials was set up to build a series of mobile and flexible installations. This experiment suggests that the virtual organism has the potential for being a part of the design intelligence, beyond a mere digital tool.
keywords	Virtual organism: multi-agent system; flexible structure; mobile installation
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:49

_id	cf2009_501
id	cf2009_501
authors	Li, Yongzhi; Lertlakkhanakul, Jumphon; Lee, Seongki and Choi, Jinwon
year	2009
title	Design with space syntax analysis based on building information model: Towards an interactive application of building information model in early design process
source	T. Tidafi and T. Dorta (eds) Joining Languages, Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009, PUM, 2009, pp. 501- 514
summary	This paper introduces a new framework to enable user-friendly space syntax analysis during the initial design stage. It assists designers, without in-depth knowledge on space syntax, to evaluate and compare design outcomes rapidly. The framework is realized by integration between space syntax and building information model in which space topology is autonomously retrieved. A BIM modeler so called ‘ArchiSpace’ has been developed to demonstrate the applicability of the framework to design practice. Our experiment shows that designers can use the modeler to analyze their design alternatives instantly at any moment during the initial design stage. Therefore, users can generate and evaluate their design alternatives simultaneously without distraction and tedious work on the space syntax analysis in detail.
keywords	Space syntax, building information modeling, evidence based design, space topology
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2009/06/08 20:53

_id	caadria2009_165
id	caadria2009_165
authors	Lopkerd, Prittiporn; Pinto Jinuntuya
year	2009
title	Interactive 3D Simulation System in Game Engine Based Collaborative Virtual Environment for Architectural Design Communication
doi	https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2009.533
source	Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / Yunlin (Taiwan) 22-25 April 2009, pp. 533-542
summary	This paper will present an innovative prototype for architectural design based on the Cryengine2 technology, which can generate virtual environments. The objective is for exploratory study and analysis method of using computer game engine that have several features for architecture design process, relate to real-time collaborative virtual environment could derive from multi-player aspects for designer team, and easily level of representation and basis for perception of owner or general user. In addition, the Cryengine2 have easily using and development for designer who is non programmer, and present realistic virtual worlds featuring user friendly interaction. Finally, this paper attempts to explore and suggests novel tools developed within to implement architectural design communication.
keywords	Interactive Communication, Game Engine, CryENGINE, Visualization, Collaborative Virtual Environment
series	CAADRIA
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last changed	2022/06/07 07:59

_id	sigradi2009_985
id	sigradi2009_985
authors	Mackay, William Iain; Neander Furtado Silva
year	2009
title	From Ancient To Digital: The Challenges Of A Major Transition Towards The Virtual Reconstruction Of The Andean Past (With Special Reference To Inca Architecture.)
source	SIGraDi 2009 - Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-18, 2009
summary	The definition of an underlying shape grammar behind Inca architecture can assist in the virtual archaeological reconstruction of destroyed sites; that is, allowing us to step from the ancient to the digital realm. The Inca architectural style tends to be consistent throughout the Andes and was in effect, a statement of power. Geometricity, interlocking patterns, orthogonal layouts, colour and texture reversal, modular compression, derivations, rotation, mirroring, repetition, symmetry, proportion, ratios, recombination and Andean “entasis” are qualities frequently encountered in Andean art and architecture. They are “CAD-friendly” and can be integrated into predictive digital virtual reconstruction techniques representing partially damaged and substantially destroyed ancient Andean monuments (and fine arts).
keywords	Inca; virtual reconstruction; shape grammars; kanchas; Ollantaytambo
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:55

_id	sigradi2009_862
id	sigradi2009_862
authors	Nogueira, Fabiano Mikalauskas de Souza; Marcos Rogério Estevam; Arivaldo Leão de Amorim
year	2009
title	Combinando Arquiteturas: Modelagem de Websites para Documentação Arquitetônica de Sítios Históricos [Interfacing architectures: websites modeling for architectural documentation of historical sites.]
source	SIGraDi 2009 - Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-18, 2009
summary	The architectural documentation of historical sites using digital technologies produces a huge database which may be difficult to access by the local community because of academic language or technical issues. Local community involvement on Cultural Heritage questions has been strongly discussed and represents an important challenge for historical sites preservation. This work proposes to create a website for divulgation of architectural documenting data from Rio de Contas to the local community and specialized users. Using appropriated technologies, relevant metaphors and friendly interfaces it will be possible to encourage the public interest on cultural heritage preservation.
keywords	Architectural Documentation; Cultural Heritage; Digital Heritage; Hypermedia; Information Architecture
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 09:56

_id	ascaad2009_ahmed_sarhan
id	ascaad2009_ahmed_sarhan
authors	Sarhan, Ahmed and Peter Rutherford
year	2009
title	EDVIS-Game: A framework for utilizing game engine reporting agents for environmental design education and visualisation
source	Digitizing Architecture: Formalization and Content [4th International Conference Proceedings of the Arab Society for Computer Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2009) / ISBN 978-99901-06-77-0], Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain), 11-12 May 2009, pp. 205-214
summary	In recent years, the architectural design process has witnessed a demand for professionals who can resolve the highly complex social, cultural, technological, and economical issues associated with “Sustainable Design”. At present, many designers use environmental data generated from building performance simulation applications such as “Ecotect”. The wealth of data generated from such applications is often presented in a rather complicated format through graphs and tables, relying significantly on the designer’s expertise to read, analyze, interpret and correlate these data. This paper presents a framework for developing a method that helps design students and untrained professionals to visualise and understand the implications of these environmental data during the different stages of the design process. This method mainly targets students and designers who are not fully equipped to solidly interpret these complex data sets or use them in the decision-making process. The proposed method aims therefore to present relevant analysis of the environment-related data within the context of a simple, user-friendly virtual game environment, relying on embodied agents within the game engine to trigger events and actions performed by the users, and present pertinent data subsequently.
series	ASCAAD
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last changed	2009/06/30 08:12

_id	c25d
id	c25d
authors	Shady Attia, Liliana Beltrán, André De Herde and Jan Hensen
year	2009
title	Architect Friendly: A Comparison of Ten Different Building Performance Simulation Tools
source	IBPSA
summary	Performance Simulation tools BPS is available internationally. The users of those tools are mainly researchers, physicists and experts who value empirical validation, analytical verification and calibration of uncertainty as defined by e.g. BESTEST. However, literature and comparative surveys indicate that most architects who use BPS tools in design practice are much more concerned with the (1) Usability and Information Management (UIM) of interface and (2) the Integration of Intelligent design Knowledge-Base (IIKB). Those two issues are the main factors for identifying a building simulation program as “Architect Friendly”. Now, with the advancement of BPS tools and the recent announcements of direct links between BIM or non-BIM modeling tools and BPS tools it is important to compare the existing programs. Based on an online survey, this paper presents the results of comparing ten major BPS tools. The following programs are compared: ECOTECT, HEED, Energy 10, Design Builder, eQUEST, DOE-2, Green Building Studio, IES VE, Energy Plus and Energy Plus-SketchUp Plugin (OpenStudio). With 249 valid responses, the survey ranked the tools in three classes and revealed that architects seek the IIKB above the UIM of the interface. Finally, the paper summarizes the key findings and underlines the major requirements for future improvement and development of BPS tools, mainly from an architectural perspective.
series	other
type	normal paper
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more	http://www.ibpsa.org/proceedings/BS2009/BS09_0204_211.pdf
last changed	2011/05/24 07:44

_id	sigradi2009_1008
id	sigradi2009_1008
authors	Silva, Isabel Cristina Siqueira da; Vinicius de Moraes Netto; Carla Maria Dal Sasso Freitas
year	2009
title	Novos Caminhos para Simulação Urbana: Integrando Métodos de Visualização de Informações e Modelagem de Agentes e Redes Espaciais [Integrating Information Visualization methods in an agent-based approach to urban simulation]
source	SIGraDi 2009 - Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 16-18, 2009
summary	This paper defines paths into the integration of urban simulation and new methods of Information Visualization (IV) first observing the current state of IV methods in general, and visualization in urban modelling and simulation in particular. Secondly, it proposes a set of issues where progress in forms of integrating IV methods into urban simulation techniques can be made – namely, through the concept of ontologies (rules of relations between categories of objects and information) – in stages like problem definition and analysis, information processing and the generation of user-friendly graphic outputs for simulated scenarios and analyses.
keywords	Visualização de Informações; Urbanismo; Ontologias
series	SIGRADI
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last changed	2016/03/10 10:00

_id	cf2009_757
id	cf2009_757
authors	Yue, Kui; Krishnamurti, Ramesh and Grobler, François
year	2009
title	Computation-friendly shape grammars: Detailed by a sub-framework over parametric 2D rectangular shapes
source	T. Tidafi and T. Dorta (eds) Joining Languages, Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009, PUM, 2009, pp. 757- 770
summary	NP-hardness of parametric subshape recognition for an arbitrary number of open terms is proven. Guided by this understanding of the complexity of subshape recognition, a framework for computation-friendly parametric shape grammar interpreters is proposed, which is further detailed by a sub-framework over parametric two-dimensional rectangular shapes. As both the proof of NP-hardness and rectangular sub-framework invoke elements in graph theory, the relationship between shape and graph grammars is also explored.
keywords	Parametric subshape recognition, NP-hard, graph grammar
series	CAAD Futures
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last changed	2009/06/08 20:53

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