Interactive Urban Synthesis Computational: Computational Methods for Fast Prototyping of Urban Design Proposals

Reinhard König; Yufan Miao; Katja Knecht; Peter Bus; Chang Mei-Chic

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-5197-5

Interactive Urban Synthesis Computational: Computational Methods for Fast Prototyping of Urban Design Proposals

Reinhard König
, Yufan Miao
, Katja Knecht
, Peter Bus
, Chang Mei-Chic

Digital Resilient Cities

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Proceedings › Book chapter › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper, we present a method for generating fast conceptual urban design prototypes. We synthesize spatial configurations for street networks, parcels and building volumes. Therefore, we address the problem of implementing custom data structures for these configurations and how the generation process can be controlled and parameterized. We exemplify our method by the development of new components for rasshopper/Rhino3D and their application in the scope of selected case studies. By means of These components, we show use case applications of the synthesis algorithms. In the conclusion, we reflect on the advantages of being able to generate fast urban design prototypes, but we also discuss the disadvantages of the concept and the usage of Grasshopper as a user interface.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Future Trajectories
Editors	Gülen Cagdas, Mine Özkar, Ethem Gül, Ethem Gürer
Publisher	Springer
Pages	23-41
Number of pages	19
Volume	724
ISBN (Print)	978-981-10-5196-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5197-5
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Generative design Grasshopper plugin Cognitive design computing
Urban synthesis

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Interactive Urban Synthesis Computational: Computational Methods for Fast Prototyping of Urban Design Proposals. / König, Reinhard; Miao, Yufan; Knecht, Katja et al.
Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Future Trajectories. ed. / Gülen Cagdas; Mine Özkar; Ethem Gül; Ethem Gürer. Vol. 724 Springer, 2017. p. 23-41.

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