A New Approach to CAAD (Computer Assisted Architectural Design): Morphogenetic Alphabets and Design Computability

Abstract

A new and realistic approach to manageable natural sets of morphological and morphogenetic elements is discussed with a view to simplifying computer‐assisted design functions and rendering such capability more flexible, powerful, and innovative for future needs in CAAD (Computer Assisted Architectural Design). The author believes that despite the violent hubris of a small but shrill party of machine idolators, humanity remains more biological than mechanical, and the salubrious and salutary source of architectural design still rests in the non‐artifactual creativity in which nature abounds, providing the most perennial and enduring source of design for human life and living styles. Computers are said to provide assistance here, especially in human‐interactive feedback loops, as well as can three‐dimensional “sections” of figures in higher spatial dimensions, not necessarily integral.

Citation

Musès, C. (1988), "A New Approach to CAAD (Computer Assisted Architectural Design): Morphogenetic Alphabets and Design Computability", Kybernetes, Vol. 17 No. 5, pp. 33-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005801