TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing Computational Tools for Urban Design Towards a “city information model”
AU - Gil, Jorge
AU - Beirão, José
AU - Montenegro, Nuno
AU - Duarte, José
N1 - Funding Information:
The CityInduction research project is supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal, hosted by ICIST at the Technical University of Lisbon (PTDC/AUR/64384/2006) and coordinated by José P. Duarte. N. Montenegro, J.N. Beirão and J. Gil are responsible for the formulation, generation and evaluation modules, respectively. N. Montenegro is funded by FCT with grant SFRH/BD/45520/2008; J.N. Beirão is funded by FCT with grant SFRH/ BD/39034/2007; and J. Gil is funded by FCT with grant SFRH/BD/46709/2008.
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PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper presents an assessment of a selection software tools for urban design confronting their capabilities with the goals of the CityInduction research project. The goal of this paper is the assessment of existing platforms for computer aided urban design to select one as the basis for implementing the urban design model proposed in the CityInduction project. This model includes three sub-models that support the formulation of design programs from contextual information, the exploration of designs solutions through a grammar-based generative approach, and the validation of designs against the program through the use of evaluation tools. To each of these sub-models corresponds a module in the envisioned platform and so, existing platforms are assessed in terms of their ability to support the implementation of each module. The current goal is a proof-of-concept implementation, but the final goal is the development of a complete platform for supporting urban design.
AB - This paper presents an assessment of a selection software tools for urban design confronting their capabilities with the goals of the CityInduction research project. The goal of this paper is the assessment of existing platforms for computer aided urban design to select one as the basis for implementing the urban design model proposed in the CityInduction project. This model includes three sub-models that support the formulation of design programs from contextual information, the exploration of designs solutions through a grammar-based generative approach, and the validation of designs against the program through the use of evaluation tools. To each of these sub-models corresponds a module in the envisioned platform and so, existing platforms are assessed in terms of their ability to support the implementation of each module. The current goal is a proof-of-concept implementation, but the final goal is the development of a complete platform for supporting urban design.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85128309104
SN - 9780954118396
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
SP - 361
EP - 369
BT - Future Cities
A2 - Schmitt, Gerhard
A2 - Hovestad, Ludger
A2 - Van Gool, Luc
A2 - Bosché, Frédéric
A2 - Burkhard, Remo
A2 - Coleman, Suzanne
A2 - Halatsch, Jan
A2 - Hansmeyer, Michael
A2 - Konsorski-Lang, Silke
A2 - Kunze, Antje
A2 - Sehmi-Luck, Martina
PB - Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
T2 - 28th Conference on Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, eCAADe 2010
Y2 - 15 September 2010 through 18 September 2010
ER -