CONTENTS
Introduction: A New Agenda For Computer-Aided Design 1
William ]. Mitchell
Theoretical Foundations
1. What Designers Do That Computers Should 17
George Stiny
2. Syntactic Structures in Architecture: Teaching 31
3. Composition with Computer Assistance
Ulrich Flemming
3. A Locus for Knowledge-Based Systems in CAAD 49
Education
John S. Gero
4. Computer Modeling: A First Course in Design Computing 61
Bharat Dave and Robert Woodbury
Knoiolcdge-Based Design Tools
5. Classes of Design—Classes of Tools 77
Gerhard Schmitt
6. Tools for Exploring Associative Reasoning in Design 91
Richard D. Coyne
7. Designing with Diagrams: A Role for Computing in 107
Design Education and Exploration
Stephen M. Ervin
8. Relational Modeling: A Basis for Computer-Assisted 123
9. Design
Mark D. Gross
9. Top-Down Knowledge-Based Design 137
William J. Mitchell, Robin S. Liggett, and Milton Tan
10. Shape Recognition and Transformation: 149
A Script-Based Approach
Takehiko Nagakura
11. The Computability of Architectural Knowledge 171
Robert Oxman and Rivka Oxman
12. Architectural Knowledge Structures as "Design Shells": 187
A knowledge-Based View of Design Systems and CAAD Education
Rivka Oxman
13. Saying What It Is by What It Is Like—Describing Shapes 201
Using Line relationships
Milton Tan
14. A CAAD Model for Use in Early Design Phases 215
Mark de Vries and Harry Wagter
Information Delivery Systems for Design
15. Light Table: An Interface to Visual Information Systems 229
Patrick Purcell and Dan Applebaum
16. Messina 1908: The Invisible City 239
Sergio De Cola, Bruno De Cola, and Francesco Pentasuglia
17. Supporting Reflection-in-Action in the Janus 247
Design Environment
Raymond McCall, Gerhard Fischer, and Anders Morch
18. Image Collections in the Design Studio 261
Dave Van Bakergem
19. CALinCAD: Computer-Aided Learning in CAAD 273
Rob Van Zutphen '
20. Hypertext: A Computer Tool to Assist Building Design 283
Dana J. Vanier
Case Studies: Electronic Media in the Design Studio
21. Computational Design Instruction: Towards a Pedagogy 301
Omer Akin
22. The Computerized Design Firm 317
Fernando Catalano
23. Computer Integrated Design: Transformation as Process 333
Mark Cigolle and Kim Coleman
24. Some Years' Experience Teaching CAAD 347
Roberto Cipriani, Anna Decri Lagomarsino, Anna Stagnaro, Elisabetta Volenti, and Tiziana Sambolino
25. Irises in a Landscape: An Experiment in Dynamic 363
Interaction and Teaching Design Studio
John W. Danahy
26. Integrating Computing into an Architectural 377
Undergraduate Program
C. William Fox
27. The Organization of CAD Teaching in Design Schools 387
Robert S. Frew
28. Case Studies in Moviemaking and Computer-Aided Design 393
Earl Mark
29. Low-Threshold Modeling 413
Malcolm McCullough
30. The Thousand-Acre Sketch Problem 427
John Mcintosh and Madis Pihlak
31. Form Processing Workshop: Architectural Design 441
and Solid Modeling at MIT
Frank C. Miller
32. A Primitive-Instancing Interactive 3-D Modeling System 457
for Spatial Design Studies
Mitsuo Morozumi, Hirofumi Nakamura, and Yasufumi Kijima
33. Color Contrast and CAAD: The Seven Color Contrasts 469
of Johannes Itten
Richard B. Norman
Afterword: The Design Studio of the Future 479
William J. Mitchell
Index 495