Shapes and Other Things
Shape grammars have offered a unique computational theory of design over the past forty or so years. Although the focus of shape grammar theory has been on shapes and designs, the material objects or things that might comply with shapes have also been considered. In this paper, I trace the history o...
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| author | Knight, Terry W. |
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| description | Shape grammars have offered a unique computational theory of design over the past forty or so years. Although the focus of shape grammar theory has been on shapes and designs, the material objects or things that might comply with shapes have also been considered. In this paper, I trace the history of approaches for specifying material properties and things through shape grammars. I identify early trends and their limitations, and then propose a new possibility. In early approaches, material things were viewed through the lens of shapes. I argue for a new approach in which shapes are viewed through the lens of material things. Shape grammars are adapted to define making grammars for computing things. Shapes are just one of many things that can be made with these grammars. I conclude with a discussion of the relationship of designing and making, and suggest that designing is a kind of making. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1033082022-10-01T16:09:29Z Shapes and Other Things Knight, Terry W. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture Knight, Terry W. Shape grammars have offered a unique computational theory of design over the past forty or so years. Although the focus of shape grammar theory has been on shapes and designs, the material objects or things that might comply with shapes have also been considered. In this paper, I trace the history of approaches for specifying material properties and things through shape grammars. I identify early trends and their limitations, and then propose a new possibility. In early approaches, material things were viewed through the lens of shapes. I argue for a new approach in which shapes are viewed through the lens of material things. Shape grammars are adapted to define making grammars for computing things. Shapes are just one of many things that can be made with these grammars. I conclude with a discussion of the relationship of designing and making, and suggest that designing is a kind of making. 2016-06-23T21:39:19Z 2016-06-23T21:39:19Z 2015-08 2016-05-23T12:12:49Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1590-5896 1522-4600 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103308 Knight, Terry. “Shapes and Other Things.” Nexus Network Journal 17.3 (2015): 963–980. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4574-8744 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-015-0267-3 Nexus Network Journal Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Kim Williams Books, Turin application/pdf Springer Basel Springer Basel |
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