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Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics, 2019
A generative description of Mies van der Rohe’s courthouse design language is presented in the fo... more A generative description of Mies van der Rohe’s courthouse design language is presented in the form of a three-dimensional parametric shape grammar and its significance in the discourse of courthouse building type is discussed. The implementation of the grammar automates the generations of existing and newly emerged Miesian courthouse design variations in the forms of three-dimensional models. These design variations are systematically examined in terms of their formal and functional properties to evaluate the consistency, flexibility and potential of the grammar towards a generative theory of the courthouse design at large.
Superblocks, defined as larger urban areas surrounded by arterial streets, emerge as organizing u... more Superblocks, defined as larger urban areas surrounded by arterial streets, emerge as organizing units of urbanism in many parts of the world. We compare different morphologies of superblock design from the point of view of the diversity of urban conditions that they engender, including land uses and the scale of experiences. We identify an emerging principle of superblock design that can generate richly diversified and integrated cities, supporting social and cultural openness.
A generative description of Mies van der Rohe's courthouse language is presented in the form of a... more A generative description of Mies van der Rohe's courthouse language is presented in the form of a shape grammar. The grounding of the work is based on a set of 135 sketches produced by the office of Mies during the design process of the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse in Chicago, and documented in the Mies van der Rohe Archive at the Museum of Modern Art. The work here postulates a set of 39 unique courthouse designs all showcasing distinct variations of the courtroom type in the Miesian language and re-casts them in two-dimensional diagrams to make their differences and similarities transparent. A series of spatial relations between five types of spaces are extracted, including courtrooms, circulation networks, vertical cores, office spaces, and support spaces, and are deployed to specify the shape rules of the grammar. A set of conventions to specify how the two-dimensional diagrams represent three-dimensional models is briefly outlined to prepare the ground for the implementation of the grammar in a three-dimensional shape grammar interpreter.
Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics, 2019
A generative description of Mies van der Rohe’s courthouse design language is presented in the fo... more A generative description of Mies van der Rohe’s courthouse design language is presented in the form of a three-dimensional parametric shape grammar and its significance in the discourse of courthouse building type is discussed. The implementation of the grammar automates the generations of existing and newly emerged Miesian courthouse design variations in the forms of three-dimensional models. These design variations are systematically examined in terms of their formal and functional properties to evaluate the consistency, flexibility and potential of the grammar towards a generative theory of the courthouse design at large.
Superblocks, defined as larger urban areas surrounded by arterial streets, emerge as organizing u... more Superblocks, defined as larger urban areas surrounded by arterial streets, emerge as organizing units of urbanism in many parts of the world. We compare different morphologies of superblock design from the point of view of the diversity of urban conditions that they engender, including land uses and the scale of experiences. We identify an emerging principle of superblock design that can generate richly diversified and integrated cities, supporting social and cultural openness.
A generative description of Mies van der Rohe's courthouse language is presented in the form of a... more A generative description of Mies van der Rohe's courthouse language is presented in the form of a shape grammar. The grounding of the work is based on a set of 135 sketches produced by the office of Mies during the design process of the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse in Chicago, and documented in the Mies van der Rohe Archive at the Museum of Modern Art. The work here postulates a set of 39 unique courthouse designs all showcasing distinct variations of the courtroom type in the Miesian language and re-casts them in two-dimensional diagrams to make their differences and similarities transparent. A series of spatial relations between five types of spaces are extracted, including courtrooms, circulation networks, vertical cores, office spaces, and support spaces, and are deployed to specify the shape rules of the grammar. A set of conventions to specify how the two-dimensional diagrams represent three-dimensional models is briefly outlined to prepare the ground for the implementation of the grammar in a three-dimensional shape grammar interpreter.