Authors:
Kamila Kotulska
and
Leszek Kotulski
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Keyword(s):
Shape Grammars, Graph Representation, Computational Model(s), Grammar, Computer-aided Conceptual Design.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Affective Computing
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Health Information Systems
Abstract:
Shape grammars are a powerful, generative approach to description, interpretation and evaluation of many
designs. However, their practical implementation has problems related to computational and spatial efficiency.
Because of that, successful examples are restricted to small graphs or those with reduced numbers of rules and
shapes. While executing a project inspired by Antonio Gaudi’s designs, we found those limitations critical and
initiated a series of research tasks to improve of the efficiency of their implementation. The most important
task consists in developing an efficient graph representation of the collinear segments. The proposed solution,
based on a classical application of shape grammars – Stiny’s Chinese lattice design – has been compared with
two most popular existing representations.