TY - GEN
T1 - A computational interpretation of ”De re aedificatoria Translating Alberti’s column system into a shape grammar
AU - Coutinho, Filipe
AU - E Costa, Eduardo Castro
AU - Duarte, José P.
AU - Kruger, Mário
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is part of the “Digital Alberti”project funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, and hosted by CES at the University of Coimbra (PTDC/ AUR/64384/2006). The project is coordinated by Mário Krüger. Filipe Coutinho is funded by FCT with PhD grant SFRH/BD/66029/2009.
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PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Alberti’s ”De re aedificatoria” is considered one of the most influential treatises of architecture. Historic approaches aimed at tracing such an influence on European architecture have relied mainly on documental sources. The extent of such an influence, however, remains elusive. The research described in this paper is part of a larger project aimed at using the computational framework provided by shape grammars to determine the extension of such an influence on the architecture of the Portuguese empire in the counter-reform period. The idea is to translate the treatise into a shape grammar and then determine the transformations required for the grammar to account for the generation of the buildings designed and built in this geographic region. The paper presents a grammar for the Albertian column system, focusing on the Doric order. Subsequent work will be concerned with identifying the transformations of this grammar in the Portuguese context.
AB - Alberti’s ”De re aedificatoria” is considered one of the most influential treatises of architecture. Historic approaches aimed at tracing such an influence on European architecture have relied mainly on documental sources. The extent of such an influence, however, remains elusive. The research described in this paper is part of a larger project aimed at using the computational framework provided by shape grammars to determine the extension of such an influence on the architecture of the Portuguese empire in the counter-reform period. The idea is to translate the treatise into a shape grammar and then determine the transformations required for the grammar to account for the generation of the buildings designed and built in this geographic region. The paper presents a grammar for the Albertian column system, focusing on the Doric order. Subsequent work will be concerned with identifying the transformations of this grammar in the Portuguese context.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85128184658
SN - 9789491207013
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 788
EP - 798
BT - Respecting Fragile Places
A2 - Zupancic, Tadeja
A2 - Juvancic, Matevz
A2 - Verovsek, Spela
A2 - Jutraz, Jutraz
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 29th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2011
Y2 - 21 September 2011 through 24 September 2011
ER -