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The focus of this book is the theory and practice of developing computer-aided design (CAD) models as a way to optimize the generation of form—a process that may evolve into building design. Generation of form, in turn, requires an understanding of space, the investigation of which can be approached from a variety of disciplines, using definitions and analysis from philosophy, psychology, mathematics, semiotics, and other areas. Although these fields may seem somewhat extraneous to the applications discussed in this book, a more theoretical approach reveals that CAD has a deeper relation to such disciplines than is suggested by its role as a mere tool.
Space and perception represent, at the core of the subject, the fact of his birth, the perceptual contribution of his bodily being, a communication with the world more ancient than thought
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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Bertol, D. (1994). A Few Considerations about Space, Architecture, Design, and Computers. In: Visualizing with CAD. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6946-3_1
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