A Textile Block Grammar: An analytical Shape Grammar to Study the Block Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright''s Californian Textile Block Houses

A Textile Block Grammar: An analytical Shape Grammar to Study the Block Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright''s Californian Textile Block Houses

Barrios, Carlos Roberto

Article:

This paper presents an analytical shape grammar to study the designs of the ornamental blocks in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Californian Textile Block Houses. The paper introduces the textile block system and expands on the design of the Millard house as a case study. The paper presents two formalistic applications of the shape grammar to generate the original block design: one as a sequential shape grammar and the other as a parallel shape grammar. Both examples are able to generate the same results; and they hint at the potential to expand the shape grammar to generate other design alternatives.

This paper presents an analytical shape grammar to study the designs of the ornamental blocks in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Californian Textile Block Houses. The paper introduces the textile block system and expands on the design of the Millard house as a case study. The paper presents two formalistic applications of the shape grammar to generate the original block design: one as a sequential shape grammar and the other as a parallel shape grammar. Both examples are able to generate the same results; and they hint at the potential to expand the shape grammar to generate other design alternatives.

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DOI: 10.5151/despro-sigradi2013-0038

Referências bibliográficas

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Como citar:

Barrios, Carlos Roberto; "A Textile Block Grammar: An analytical Shape Grammar to Study the Block Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright''s Californian Textile Block Houses", p-207-210. In: Proceedings of the XVII Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics: Knowledge-based Design [=Blucher Design Proceedings, v.1, n.7]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/despro-sigradi2013-0038