Computational Design Thinking defines computation within the context of architectural practice as
computerisation where a designers ideas are entered, manipulated or stored on a
computer system. The importance of design in holistic approach is also
emphasised
A computer-aided design is an object-based strategy,
encapsulating information in symbolic representations, whereas a computational approach enables specific
data input in the form of codes with values and actions. Cybernetics is the communication
between human and machine and have encouraged the development of how computers
may be utilised to expand the human intellect. Computation does not function
with a detailed description of form, therefore the designer’s role is very
important as the author of the rules for the development of form.
Morphogenesis is the biological process that
causes an organism to develop its shape, all elements together to form one
organism. Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s general
system theory is that nothing in nature exists in isolation and needs to be
understood holistically as a complex system. To me this raises the question: should
architecture be considered a part of nature? Once architecture is built (and
even during construction) it has an impact on all its surroundings and the
environment. Therefore design should be approached in the same manner as
biological theories, an interrelation of material parts, social engagement,
form, space and structure, as a holistic system.
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Figure Morphogenetic
Design Experiment 01.
Two correlated surfaces are computationally generated
as part of a morphogenetic and evolutionary design process based on the constructional
constraints of the system. |
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