TY - GEN
T1 - A Grammar-Based Generative Urban Design Tool Considering Topographic Constraints The Case for American Urban Planning
AU - Rahimian, Mina
AU - Beirão, José Nuno
AU - Pinto Duarte, Jose M.
AU - Iulo, Lisa Domenica
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper explains the development of a generative urban design tool based on shape grammars. The novelty of this tool lies in considering the topographic constraints of the site and generating various alternatives of urban design scenarios accordingly. For the purposes of this research, San Diego has been chosen as an example of a steep city with varied topography that, in consequence, has created distinct urban typologies within the city. With the use of shape grammars, the rules and patterns forming the urban structure of each typology have been decodified. The extracted urban shape grammar is then used as the basis for a generative design tool producing various urban design scenarios considering the limitations and potential of the site's topology. This paper describes the extracted urban shape grammars and how that informs the development of the presented generative urban design tool.
AB - This paper explains the development of a generative urban design tool based on shape grammars. The novelty of this tool lies in considering the topographic constraints of the site and generating various alternatives of urban design scenarios accordingly. For the purposes of this research, San Diego has been chosen as an example of a steep city with varied topography that, in consequence, has created distinct urban typologies within the city. With the use of shape grammars, the rules and patterns forming the urban structure of each typology have been decodified. The extracted urban shape grammar is then used as the basis for a generative design tool producing various urban design scenarios considering the limitations and potential of the site's topology. This paper describes the extracted urban shape grammars and how that informs the development of the presented generative urban design tool.
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U2 - 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_112
DO - 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_112
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85124703350
SN - 9789491207198
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 267
EP - 276
BT - Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolutio
A2 - Sousa, José Pedro
A2 - Henriques, Gonçalo Castro
A2 - Xavier, João Pedro
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 37th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe and 23rd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society Digital Graphics, eCAADe SIGraDi 2019
Y2 - 11 September 2019 through 13 September 2019
ER -