4.520 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Computational Design I: Theory and Applications

Lecture Notes

The lecture and supplemental files are presented here.

LEC # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
1 Introduction (PDF ‑ 3.8 MB)
2

Basic Concepts

Shape Representation

Shape Arithmetic

Shape Rules

(PDF)

Example Computations (PDF)

3

Basic Concepts (cont.)

Rule Application: Nondeterminism, Emergence, Labeling

Parametric Design and Grammars

(PDF)
4

Style and Analysis

“The Immediacy of the Artist’s Mark in Computation” - Guest Lecture, Jacquelyn Martino

 
5

Style and Analysis (cont.)

Inference Problem

Decomposition and Meaning

Examples: Ice Rays, Palladio

(PDF)

Andrea Palladio (PDF)

6

Assignment 4 Review

Student Presentations of their Assignments

 
7

Creative Design

Basic Grammars

(PDF)
8 Creative Design (cont.) 
Beyond Basic Grammars
(PDF ‑ 1.4 MB)
9

Creative Design (cont.) 
Shaper2D Computer Program

Nondeterministic Shaper2D Computer Program

(PDF)
10

Creative Design (cont.) 
Shaper3D Computer Program

Design Project Examples

 
11 Emergence and Predictability (PDF)
12 Final Project Review  

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