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_id	sigradi2013_330
id	sigradi2013_330
authors	Leitão, António; Rita Fernandes; Luís Santos
year	2013
title	Pushing the Envelope: Stretching the limits of Generative Design
source	SIGraDi 2013 [Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics - ISBN: 978-956-7051-86-1] Chile - Valparaíso 20 - 22 November 2013, pp. 235 - 238
summary	Design is characterized by change. Nowadays, addressing change in design requires enormous efforts, particularly, when the designer is exploring different solutions or when it is necessary to adapt the design to evolving constraints. This paper discusses the potential of Generative Design to help designers handling change, namely in the generation of several alternative design solutions. We propose a programming-based approach that, although requiring an initial investment, dramatically reduces the efforts of design modification. We evaluate the approach in a case study and we show that it is cost-effective in the development of an architectural design.
keywords	Design proces; Change; Modeling; Generative design; Programming
series	SIGRADI
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_id	ecaade2013r_007
id	ecaade2013r_007
authors	Leitão, António M.
year	2013
title	Teaching computer science for architecture - A proposal
source	FUTURE TRADITIONS [1st eCAADe Regional International Workshop Proceedings / ISBN 978-989-8527-03-5], University of Porto, Faculty of Architecture (Portugal), 4-5 April 2013, pp. 95-104
summary	Computers have profoundly changed the way architects work. Computer science is nowadays recognized as one of the fundamental sciences that must be taught in architecture. Unfortunately, computer science is usually taught just like Physics or Probability Theory, without really preparing the students for the tremendous impact that it will have in architecture in the near future. In this paper we analyze that impact and we discuss some of the approaches that are currently being used for teaching computer science in architecture. Our main contribution is a proposal for teaching computer science in architecture using the principles of functional programming and, particularly, higher-order programming, while avoiding being dependent of specific CAD tools. We claim that this approach gives the student the ability to think, design, and explore designs more effectively than using previous approaches. We validate our claims using data from our own teaching experience during the last five years.
keywords	Architecture, Generative Design; Computer Science; Learning
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