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Introduction |
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Basic Concepts
Shape Representation
Shape Arithmetic
Shape Rules |
Knight, Terry. "Shape Grammars in Education and Practice: History and Prospects." |
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Basic Concepts (cont.)
Rule Application: Nondeterminism, Emergence, Labeling
Parametric Design and Grammars |
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Style and Analysis
"The Immediacy of the Artist's Mark in Computation" - Guest Lecture, Jacquelyn Martino |
Sims, Karl. "Artificial Evolution for Computer Graphics." Computer Graphics 25, no. 4 (July 1991).
Cohen, Harold. "The Further Exploits of Aaron, Painter." Stanford Humanities Review.
———. AARON: Genetics and Culture.
———. AARON: A Product of Kurzweil CyberArt Technologies. |
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Style and Analysis (cont.)
Inference Problem
Decomposition and Meaning
Examples: Ice Rays, Palladio |
Stiny, George, and William Mitchell. "The Palladian Grammar." Environment and Planning B 5 (1978): 5-18.
Stiny, George. "Ice-ray: A Note on the Generation of Chinese Lattice Designs." Environment and Planning B 4 (1977): 89-98. |
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Assignment 4 Review
Student Presentations of their Assignments |
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Creative Design
Basic Grammars |
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Creative Design (cont.)
Beyond Basic Grammars |
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Creative Design (cont.)
Shaper2D Computer Program
Nondeterministic Shaper2D Computer Program |
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Creative Design (cont.)
Shaper3D Computer Program
Design Project Examples |
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Emergence and Predictability |
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Final Project Review |
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