| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Basic Concepts Shape Representation Shape Arithmetic Shape Rules | Knight, Terry. "Shape Grammars in Education and Practice: History and Prospects." |
| 3 | Basic Concepts (cont.) Rule Application: Nondeterminism, Emergence, Labeling Parametric Design and Grammars | |
| 4 | Style and Analysis "The Immediacy of the Artist's Mark in Computation" - Guest Lecture, Jacquelyn Martino | Sims, Karl. "Artificial Evolution for Computer Graphics." Computer Graphics 25, no. 4 (July 1991). Cohen, Harold. "The Further Exploits of Aaron, Painter." Stanford Humanities Review. ———. AARON: Genetics and Culture. ———. AARON: A Product of Kurzweil CyberArt Technologies. |
| 5 | Style and Analysis (cont.) Inference Problem Decomposition and Meaning Examples: Ice Rays, Palladio | Stiny, George, and William Mitchell. "The Palladian Grammar." Environment and Planning B 5 (1978): 5-18. Stiny, George. "Ice-ray: A Note on the Generation of Chinese Lattice Designs." Environment and Planning B 4 (1977): 89-98. |
| 6 | Assignment 4 Review Student Presentations of their Assignments | |
| 7 | Creative Design Basic Grammars | |
| 8 | Creative Design (cont.) Beyond Basic Grammars | |
| 9 | Creative Design (cont.) Shaper2D Computer Program Nondeterministic Shaper2D Computer Program | |
| 10 | Creative Design (cont.) Shaper3D Computer Program Design Project Examples | |
| 11 | Emergence and Predictability | |
| 12 | Final Project Review |