Automation Based Creative Design - Research and Perspectives

Introduction (A. Tzonis, I. White). Case-based design and creativity (G. Schmitt). Remembrance of things past: design precedents in libraries (R. Oxmna, R. Oxman). Modelling the representation of architectural design cases (C. Kühn, M. Herzog). The 98% solution (F. Jules). The image and the model (P. Quintrand). The future of visual design representations in architecture (A. Koutamanis). A multi-level primitive generic components model (L.K. Alberts, P.M. Wognum, N.J.I. Mars). The pedagogical grammar (G. Stiny). Artifact grammars and architectural invention (W.J. Mitchell). The design of prismatic and crystalline building shapes with the help of computer techniques (P. Huybers). System architecture for computer integration of design and construction knowledge (C.M. Eastman et al.). Integrated use of building design tools: results from the combine project (G. Augenbroe). Computational support for shared memory in design (E. Subrahmanian et al.). Design as a collaborative process (D. Sriram). Deliberation and aggregation in computer aided performance evaluation (Q. Cao, J.-P. Protzen). Iconographic thesaurus: a key to subject retrieval in pictorial information systems (J. van den Berg, H. Brandhorst, P. van Huisstede). Tracing architectural history (R. Stenvert). A database of the non-domestic building stock of Britain (P. Steadman). Desktop design: a toolkit approach on cost and planning modelling (T.-H. Lin, J.-P. Protzen). A model of the architectural design process, and some implications (R. Hamel). The ideate project: exploring computer enhancements for conceptualizing (J.M. Hennessey). Mixtures of simples: towards a technology for designing (P. Papazian). Towards the automation of conceptual design (S.N. Pollalis). Critical issues in automation based creative design education (D.L. Schodek). Name Index. Subject Index.