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Dezembro 2020, vol.8, num.4 - XXIV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics
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Form and urban life in Christopher Alexander's work: translation of patterns for parametric code

Form and urban life in Christopher Alexander's work: translation of patterns for parametric code

Cavalcanti, Isabella Eloy; Mendes, Leticia Teixeira

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Computational design, specifically parametric modeling, has played important role in reaching complex forms, optimizations and automations of design processes. In addition to using parametric technology as a tool to generate form, this article aims to discuss the potential of parametric design as a connection between theory and design activity, both in practice and in the teaching activity. To illustrate that, this paper will present results of a bigger research that used the work of the architect Christopher Alexander as a basis for the development of decision-making instruments that deal with the complexity between form and urban life.

Computational design, specifically parametric modeling, has played important role in reaching complex forms, optimizations and automations of design processes. In addition to using parametric technology as a tool to generate form, this article aims to discuss the potential of parametric design as a connection between theory and design activity, both in practice and in the teaching activity. To illustrate that, this paper will present results of a bigger research that used the work of the architect Christopher Alexander as a basis for the development of decision-making instruments that deal with the complexity between form and urban life.

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DOI: 10.5151/sigradi2020-25

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Cavalcanti, Isabella Eloy; Mendes, Leticia Teixeira; "Form and urban life in Christopher Alexander's work: translation of patterns for parametric code", p-180-187. In: Congreso SIGraDi 2020. São Paulo: Blucher, 2020.
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