Visual structures for generative design search spaces /

Download
index.pdf
2014
Abbas, Günsu Merin
Show full item record
299
views
169
downloads
With the adoption of computational strategies in design, the act of design, the process of problem solving, and the interaction, understanding and the representation of design artefacts has changed. With generative design methods, the understanding of design as artefact gives way to design as process. Generative methods entail multiple design solutions, which enlarge the design search space due to the large number of possible design solutions. Regarding the automated design generation process, the interaction of the designer through the design process has been decreased. Hereby, there appears a need for the amplification of designerly actions during the design process to assist designers in the exploration of complex design search spaces. This thesis investigates the use of generative methods in design, and proposes visual structures as a visual complexity management tool for complex design search spaces. Such visual structures have the potential to amplify the interaction between the design search spaces and the designers.
Architecture, Architectural design, Generative design., Genetic algorithms
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12617402/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/23622
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

Suggestions

Visual Structuring for Generative Design Search Spaces
Abbas, Günsu Merin; Gürsel Dino, İpek (2016-06-17)
With generative design strategies, the act of design, the problem-solving process, and the interaction, understanding and representation of design artefacts have changed. As such strategies entail a large number of possible design solutions, they also expand the design search space immensely. In addition, due to the automated design generation process, the interaction of the designer through the design process has decreased. This research problematizes two major points as (1) the broad design spaces of gene...
An Agentic account of design intentionality in computational architecture
Tüntaş, Duygu; Mennan, Zeynep; Department of Architecture (2018)
This thesis aims at understanding alterations in the conceptualization of design intentionality in relation to technological advances that bring new synthetic configurations to the world of design. The concept of intentionality used to be defined as central to human consciousness hence design intention regarded as exclusive to the human mind. The contemporary technological/ontological condition seems to displace this conceptualization of design intentionality sustained in conventional design processes, to t...
Human crowd simulation as an evaluation tool for generative temporary site organization
Kruşa, Müge; Sorguç, Arzu; Computational Design and Fabrication Technologies in Department of Architecture (2013)
The advents in computational technologies enabled designers to produce data derived generic models in order to deal with complex design problems. One of the significant data regarding context of a project is the user experiencing the building and the site. Although crowd simulation algorithms have been used as accurate models in movie and game industry, when the computational cost concerned for complex architectural problems, these tools are not suggested to be used within/throughout in design process. With...
Architectural programming for achieving value-added design
Akınç, Günseli; Elias Özkan, Soofia Tahira; Department of Architecture (2005)
Values and concerns of project participants have influence on design quality as well as on the design process itself. These determine the functional, social and æsthetic characteristics of the project that are necessary to achieve client satisfaction. The issues of value and quality are compared within the context of architectural programming, including their theoretical and philosophical ground as well as current management techniques. Value and quality can be misunderstood and confused with each other; th...
Parametric Urban Design Thinking: Shared Patterns in Design by Algorithm and Design by Drawing
Çalışkan, Olgu; Ongun, Gokhan (2021-12-01)
The paper suggests a focused examination of the processes of drafting-based design and parametric design in urbanism. It discusses how spatial design's settled cognition would differ by using algorithmic systems through the altered relationships between the basic operations in design. To reveal the commonalities and distinctions between the two design methods, the authors present the detailed documentation of the workshop series, which experimented with both techniques within similar design contexts. By the...
Citation Formats
G. M. Abbas, “Visual structures for generative design search spaces /,” M.Arch. - Master of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, 2014.
METU IIS - Integrated Information Service open@metu.edu.tr