Making grammars: From computing with shapes to computing with things
Recent interest in making and materiality spans from the humanities and social sciences to engineering, science, and design. Here, we consider making through the lens of a unique computational theory of design: shape grammars. We propose a computational theory of making based on the improvisational,...
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| author | Knight, Terry W Stiny, George N |
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| description | Recent interest in making and materiality spans from the humanities and social sciences to engineering, science, and design. Here, we consider making through the lens of a unique computational theory of design: shape grammars. We propose a computational theory of making based on the improvisational, perception and action approach of shape grammars and the shape algebras that support them. We modify algebras for the materials (basic elements) of shapes to define algebras for the materials of objects, or things. Then we adapt shape grammars for computing shapes to making grammars for computing things. We give examples of making grammars and their algebras. We conclude by reframing designing and making in light of our computational theory of making. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1119932022-10-01T08:35:04Z Making grammars: From computing with shapes to computing with things Knight, Terry W Stiny, George N Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture Knight, Terry Knight, Terry W Stiny, George N Recent interest in making and materiality spans from the humanities and social sciences to engineering, science, and design. Here, we consider making through the lens of a unique computational theory of design: shape grammars. We propose a computational theory of making based on the improvisational, perception and action approach of shape grammars and the shape algebras that support them. We modify algebras for the materials (basic elements) of shapes to define algebras for the materials of objects, or things. Then we adapt shape grammars for computing shapes to making grammars for computing things. We give examples of making grammars and their algebras. We conclude by reframing designing and making in light of our computational theory of making. 2017-10-30T14:37:37Z 2017-10-30T14:37:37Z 2015-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0142-694X http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111993 Knight, Terry, and Stiny, George. “Making Grammars: From Computing with Shapes to Computing with Things.” Design Studies 41 (November 2015): 8–28 © 2015 Elsevier Ltd https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4574-8744 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-0826 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2015.08.006 Design Studies Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier Prof. Knight via Anna Boutin |
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