Abstract
The mathematician-architect Christopher Alexander has devised a theory of objective architectural design. He believes that all architectural forms can be described as interacting patterns, all possible relationships of which are governed by generative rules. These form a ’pattern language’ capable of generating forms appropriate for a given environmental context.
The complexity of interaction among these rules leads to difficulties in their representation by conventional methods. This paper presents a Prolog-based expert system which implements Alexander’s design methodology to produce perspective views of partially and fully differentiated 3-dimensional architectural forms.
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Gullichsen, E., Chang, E. (1985). Generative Design in Architecture Using an Expert System. In: Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Thalmann, D. (eds) Computer-Generated Images. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68033-8_32
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