TY - JOUR

T1 - Spatial grammar implementation

T2 - From theory to useable software

A1 - McKay,Alison

A1 - Chase,Scott Curland

A1 - Shea,Kristina

A1 - Chau,Hau Hing

AU - McKay,Alison

AU - Chase,Scott Curland

AU - Shea,Kristina

AU - Chau,Hau Hing

PB - Cambridge University Press

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Currently available computer-aided design tools provide strong support for the later stages of product development processes where the structure and shape of the design have been fixed. Support for earlier stages of product development, when both the structure and shape of the design are still fluid, demands conceptual design tools that support designers’ ways of thinking and working, and enhance creativity, for example, by offering design alternatives, difficult or not, possible without the use of such tools. The potential of spatial grammars as a technology to support such design tools has been demonstrated through experimental research prototypes since the 1970s. In this paper, we provide a review of recent spatial grammar implementations, which were presented in the Design Computing and Cognition 2010 workshop on which this paper is based, in the light of requirements for conceptual design tools and identify future research directions in both research and design education.

AB - Currently available computer-aided design tools provide strong support for the later stages of product development processes where the structure and shape of the design have been fixed. Support for earlier stages of product development, when both the structure and shape of the design are still fluid, demands conceptual design tools that support designers’ ways of thinking and working, and enhance creativity, for example, by offering design alternatives, difficult or not, possible without the use of such tools. The potential of spatial grammars as a technology to support such design tools has been demonstrated through experimental research prototypes since the 1970s. In this paper, we provide a review of recent spatial grammar implementations, which were presented in the Design Computing and Cognition 2010 workshop on which this paper is based, in the light of requirements for conceptual design tools and identify future research directions in both research and design education.

KW - Computational Design Synthesis

KW - Implementation

KW - Spatial Grammar

U2 - 10.1017/S0890060412000042

DO - 10.1017/S0890060412000042

JO - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing

JF - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing

SN - 0890-0604

IS - 2012

VL - 26

SP - 143

EP - 159

ER -