Computer Aided Architectural Design
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 44145
Special Issue Editor
Interests: artificial intelligence; architectural design; creativity and innovation; design theory; visual communication; computer ontology; computer games; art and science
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Special Issue Information
This Special Issue will focus on computer-aided architectural design (CAAD), which can be seen as the driving force connecting architecture, technology, and design, supporting designers in solving their problems using computer-based methods. This Issue will highlight the importance of the conceptual phase in CAAD systems, which involves the manipulation of visual representations with some kind of graphical user interface. The impact of visual thinking and reasoning on CAAD is a constant inspiration in the search for new methods of representing domain knowledge that is useful in improving the quality of both the visualization of the design process and architectural objects, but also in facilitating interactive user control during the design process. Procedural generation is a commonly used technique in CAAD, which gives the designer a platform for experimentation and artistic freedom as well as style modeling and function specification. The goal of this Special Issue is to introduce readers to the current design research in CAAD.
Prof. Ewa Janina Grabska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Architectural conceptual design
- Modelling of style
- Visual thinking for design
- Computational creativity
- Graph representation and generation
- Modelling cities
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