Decoding De re aedificatoria: Using Grammars to Trace Alberti's Influence on Portuguese Classical Architecture

Mário Krüger; José Pinto Duarte; Filipe Coutinho

doi:10.1007/s00004-011-0060-x

Decoding De re aedificatoria: Using Grammars to Trace Alberti's Influence on Portuguese Classical Architecture

Mário Krüger, José Pinto Duarte, Filipe Coutinho

Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

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The research described in this paper is part of a project aimed at decoding Alberti's De re aedificatoria by inferring the corresponding shape grammar using the computational framework provided by description and shape grammars to determine the extent of such an influence in the Counter-Reformation period in Portugal. Here we concentrate on the theoretical foundations that enable the translation of Alberti's text into a shape grammar and then use it in determining its influence on Portuguese Renaissance architecture.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	171-182
Number of pages	12
Journal	Nexus Network Journal
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-011-0060-x
State	Published - Apr 2011

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