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dc.contributor.advisorWellington Reiter.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLuken, Noah Paul, 1975-en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-12T19:24:16Z
dc.date.available2012-01-12T19:24:16Z
dc.date.copyright2003en_US
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68399
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2003.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 47-48).en_US
dc.description.abstractCompositional rules have been proposed as the generating mechanisms of form in architectural treatises since Vitruvius. Recently, computational approaches to architecture have pursued a language for rulebuilding rather than the rules themselves. However, architects have resisted adopting computation as a means of expression, presumably because of the embedded culture of two-dimensional representations. A recent change in the construction industry from manual to automated fabrication techniques suggests a parallel shift in architectural representation from drawings to procedural descriptions of design. As such, computation can help architects to relate creative design to a process of manufacturing and assembly. In order to accommodate this, it is necessary to develop a new vocabulary for describing compositional rules which relies on an understanding of both design process and products as computational objects.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Noah Paul Luken.en_US
dc.format.extent49, [1] leavesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture.en_US
dc.titlePlaying on the tracksen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeM.Arch.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.identifier.oclc53685209en_US


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