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Sortal grammars

The theory of sortal grammars

  • R. Stouffs, 2015, Sortal grammars for urban design, Studying Visual and Spatial Reasoning for Design Creativity (ed. J. Gero), Springer, Berlin, 51-66.
  • R. Stouffs, 2012, On shape grammars, color grammars and sortal grammars: a sortal grammar interpreter for varying shape grammar formalisms, Digital Physicality, vol. 1 (eds. H. Achten, J. Pavlicek, J. Hulin and D. Matejovska), Czech Technical University in Prague, 479-487. [pdf 423KB]
  • R. Stouffs and R. Krishnamurti, 2001, Sortal grammars as a framework for exploring grammar formalisms, Mathematics and Design 2001 (eds. M. Burry, S. Datta, A. Dawson and J. Rollo), The School of Architecture & Building, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 261-269. [pdf 148KB]
  • R. Stouffs and R. Krishnamurti, 2000, Sortal grammars: a framework for exploring grammar formalisms, Quality, Reliability, and Maintenance (ed. G.J. McNulty), Professional Engineering Publishing, Bury St. Edmunds, UK, 367-370. [pdf 152KB]

 

Computational change

Computational change for sortal grammars

  • R. Stouffs, 2005, Representing Computational Change in Design, Design Research in the Netherlands 2005 (eds. H. Achten, K. Dorst, P.J. Stappers and B. de Vries), Eindhoven University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 131-137. [pdf 189KB]
  • R. Krishnamurti and R. Stouffs, 1997, Spatial change: continuity, reversibility and emergent shapes, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 24, 359-384. [pdf 2.4MB]
  • R. Stouffs and R. Krishnamurti, 1996, On a query language for weighted geometries, Third Canadian Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (eds. O. Moselhi, C. Bedard, S. Alkass), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montreal, 783-793. [pdf 64KB]
  • R. Krishnamurti and R. Stouffs, 1993, Spatial grammars: motivation, comparison and new results, CAAD Futures '93 (eds. U. Flemming and S. Van Wyk), North-Holland, Amsterdam, 57-74. [pdf 119KB]
  • R. Krishnamurti and C.F. Earl, 1992, Shape recognition in three dimensions, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 19, 585-603.

 

Urban grammars

Urban grammars and sortal grammars for urban design

  • R. Stouffs, J. Beirão and J. Duarte, 2012, Sortal grammars for urban design, Digital Urban Modeling and Simulation (eds. S. Müller Arisona, G. Aschwanden, J. Halatsch and P. Wonka), Communications in Computer and Information Science 242, Springer, Berlin.
  • J. Beirão, J. Duarte and R. Stouffs, 2011, Creating specific grammars from generic grammars: towards flexible urban design, Nexus Network Journal 13(1), 73-111, Special Issue on Shape and Shape Grammars (ed. L. March). [pdf 3.1MB]
  • J. Beirão, G. Mendes, J. Duarte and R. Stouffs, 2010, Implementing a generative urban design model: grammar-based design patterns for urban design, Future Cities (eds. G. Schmitt, et al.), ETH Zurich, 265-274. [pdf 1.3MB]
  • J. Beirão, J. Duarte, N. Montenegro, J. Gil and R. Stouffs, 2009, The city as a street system: a street description for a city ontology, From Modern to Digital: the Challenges of a Transition (eds. E. Sampaio Nardelli and C.C. Vincent), Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, 132- 134. [pdf 566KB]
  • J. Beirão, J. Duarte, R. Stouffs, 2009, An urban grammar for Praia: towards generic shape grammars for urban design, Computation: The New Realm of Architectural Design (eds. G. Cagdas and B. Colakoglu), Istanbul Technical University, 575-584. [pdf 1.5MB]
  • J. Beirão, J. Duarte and R. Stouffs, 2009, Grammars of designs and grammars for designing - grammar-based patterns for urban design, Joining Languages, Cultures and Visions: CAADFutures 2009 (eds. T. Tidafy and T. Dorta), Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 15pp. [pdf 279KB]
  • J. Beirão, J. Duarte and R. Stouffs, 2008, Structuring a generative model for urban design: linking GIS to shape grammars, Architecture 'in computro', Integrating Methods and Techniques (ed. M. Muylle), The University College of Antwerpen, Belgium, 929-938. [pdf 1.5MB]

More references on urban grammars

 

Spatial grammars

Examples of other spatial grammars

  • R. Stouffs and M. Wieringa, 2006, The generation of Chinese ice-ray lattice structures for 3D façade design, Conference Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Construction Culture, Innovation and Management (CCIM) (eds. M. Dulaimi), BUiD, Dubai, 416-424. [pdf 176KB]
  • R. Stouffs and M. Wieringa, 2006, The generation of Chinese ice-ray lattice designs on 3D surfaces, Communicating Space(s) (eds. V. Bourdakis and D. Charitos), University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 316-319. [pdf 274KB]
  • S. Chiou and R. Krishnamurti, 1997, Unraveling Feng-Shui, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 24(4), 549-572. [pdf 12.8MB]
  • S. Chiou and R. Krishnamurti, 1997, A Grammar of Taiwanese Traditional Temples, CAADRIA'97, 297-311. [pdf 300KB]
  • S. Chiou and R. Krishnamurti, 1996, Example Taiwanese Traditional Houses, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 23, 191-216. [pdf 11.9MB]
  • S. Chiou, 1996, Computational Considerations of Historical Architectural Analysis: A Case Study of Chinese Traditional Architecture, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • S. Chiou and R. Krishnamurti, 1995, The Grammatical Basis of Traditional Chinese Architecture, Languages in Design 3, 5-31. [pdf 12.9MB]
  • S. Chiou and R. Krishnamurti, 1995, The Grammar of Taiwanese Traditional Vernacular Dwellings, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 22, 689-720. [pdf 11.3MB]
  • S. Chiou and R. Krishnamurti, 1995, The Fortunate Dimensions of Taiwanese Traditional Architecture, Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 22, 547-562. [pdf 10.8MB]
 
 
 

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