The LaHave House Project explores the creation of an automated architectural
design service based on an industrial design approach to architecture in which
Architects design families of similarly structured objects, rather than
individual ones.
Our current system consists of three software components: 1) A design engine
that uses shape grammars to generate a library of preliminary level house
designs, 2) A design development tool that permits end-users to selected,
customize and visualize designs drawn from the library and 3) A building
systems configuration tool that transforms customized designs into
working/assembly drawings.
Our aim is to generate modern realizable houses that combine beautiful
forms with a modern approach to space planning. We are currently completing
an integrated on-line prototype that allows end-users to select, customize
and visualization generated house designs over the Internet in 3D, using a
Java/VRML based design development tool.
Keywords: Automated Architectural Design Service, Shape Grammars,
Generative Expert Systems, Knowledge-based Computer Aided Architectural
Design, Prolog, VRML, Java.
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