| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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| 1 | 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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| 4 |
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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| 7 |
Creative Design Basic Grammars |
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| 8 |
Creative Design (cont.) Beyond Basic Grammars |
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| 9 |
Creative Design (cont.) Shaper2D Computer Program Nondeterministic Shaper2D Computer Program |
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| 10 |
Creative Design (cont.) Shaper3D Computer Program Design Project Examples |
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| 11 | Emergence and Predictability | |
| 12 | Final Project Review |