Lost in Translation: Towards an Automated Description of John Portman’s Domestic Architecture

Lost in Translation: Towards an Automated Description of John Portman’s Domestic Architecture

Ligler, Heather; Economou, Thanos

Artigo Completo:

The prevalent mode of shape grammar output is a two-dimensional drawing grammar. For architectural applications, these twodimensional shape rules can hold a variety of interpretations in three-dimensional space. This work translates an existing grammar from a manual two-dimensional drawing grammar to an automated three-dimensional building grammar to explore the challenges and opportunities that this translation suggests in the larger context of shape computation. The case study considered here is a grammar interpreting John Portman’s architectural language as defined by the house Portman identifies as emblematic of his design principles, his 1964 personal residence Entelechy I.

The prevalent mode of shape grammar output is a two-dimensional drawing grammar. For architectural applications, these twodimensional shape rules can hold a variety of interpretations in three-dimensional space. This work translates an existing grammar from a manual two-dimensional drawing grammar to an automated three-dimensional building grammar to explore the challenges and opportunities that this translation suggests in the larger context of shape computation. The case study considered here is a grammar interpreting John Portman’s architectural language as defined by the house Portman identifies as emblematic of his design principles, his 1964 personal residence Entelechy I.

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DOI: 10.5151/despro-sigradi2015-110165

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Como citar:

Ligler, Heather; Economou, Thanos; "Lost in Translation: Towards an Automated Description of John Portman’s Domestic Architecture", p-657-661. In: . São Paulo: Blucher, 2015.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/despro-sigradi2015-110165