A Grammar-Based Generative Urban Design Tool Considering Topographic Constraints The Case for American Urban Planning

A Grammar-Based Generative Urban Design Tool Considering Topographic Constraints The Case for American Urban Planning

Rahimian, Mina; Beirão, José Nuno; Duarte, José Pinto; Iulo, Lisa Domenica

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This paper explains the development of a generative urban design tool based onshape grammars. The novelty of this tool lies in considering the topographicconstraints of the site and generating various alternatives of urban designscenarios accordingly. For the purposes of this research, San Diego has beenchosen 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 shapegrammars, the rules and patterns forming the urban structure of each typologyhave been decodified. The extracted urban shape grammar is then used as thebasis for a generative design tool producing various urban design scenariosconsidering the limitations and potential of the site's topology. This paperdescribes the extracted urban shape grammars and how that informs thedevelopment of the presented generative urban design tool.

This paper explains the development of a generative urban design tool based onshape grammars. The novelty of this tool lies in considering the topographicconstraints of the site and generating various alternatives of urban designscenarios accordingly. For the purposes of this research, San Diego has beenchosen 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 shapegrammars, the rules and patterns forming the urban structure of each typologyhave been decodified. The extracted urban shape grammar is then used as thebasis for a generative design tool producing various urban design scenariosconsidering the limitations and potential of the site's topology. This paperdescribes the extracted urban shape grammars and how that informs thedevelopment of the presented generative urban design tool.

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DOI: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_112

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Rahimian, Mina; Beirão, José Nuno; Duarte, José Pinto; Iulo, Lisa Domenica; "A Grammar-Based Generative Urban Design Tool Considering Topographic Constraints The Case for American Urban Planning", p-267-276. In: Proceedings of 37 eCAADe and XXIII SIGraDi Joint Conference, “Architecture in the Age of the 4Th Industrial Revolution”, Porto 2019, Sousa, José Pedro; Henriques, Gonçalo Castro; Xavier, João Pedro (eds.). São Paulo: Blucher, 2019.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_112