Executable Drawings: The Computation of Digital Architecture (1998)
article⁄Executable Drawings: The Computation of Digital Architecture (1998)
abstract⁄Architectural designs are principally represented by drawings. Usually, each drawing corresponds to one design or aspects of one design. On the other hand, one executable drawingcorresponds to a set of designs. These drawings are the same asconventional drawings except that they have computer code orprograms embedded in them. A specific design is the result of thecomputer executing the code in a drawing for a particular set ofparameter values. If the parameters are changed, a new designor design variation is produced.With executable drawings, a CAD system is also a program editor. A designer not only designs by drawing but alsoprogramming. It fuses two activities the first, drawing, is basic inarchitectural practice and the second, progamming, or specifying the relation of outputs from inputs, is basic in computer systemdevelopment. A consequence of executable drawings is that architectural form is represented by graphical entities lines or shapesas well as computer code or programs. This type of architecturewe call digital architecture.Two simple examples are presented first, the design of abuilding in terms of an executable drawing of the architects,Sangallo the Younger and Michelangelo, and second, a description of an object oriented implementation of a preliminary prototype of an executable drawing system written in 1997 whichcomputes a simple office layout.
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| Year |
1998 |
| Authors |
Dalyrmple, Michael; Gerzso, Michael. |
| Issue |
Digital Design Studios: Do Computers Make a Difference? |
| Pages |
172-187 |
| Library link |
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| Entry filename |
executable-drawings |
