Acknowledgements

Vita

Preface

                                                          P  A  R  T     I :     T  H  E  O  R  Y
                                ( 
what is computational theory ?  why can be used in design ? )

I.        Preliminaries

II.       Shape Computation Theory

III.      Content and Form
   
IV.     Overlaying Partial Descriptions .


                                                         P  A  R  T     I I :     P  R  A  X  I  S
                                                                 
how it works?  )

V.      A Studio Exercise in Rule Based Composition                    

VI.     A Rule Based Approach to the Generation of Plans     

VII.    Idea and Phenomena            



VIII.   Conclusions
C o n s t r u c t i n g   D e s i g n   C o n c e p t s :   A Computational Approach to the Synthesis of Architectural Form
Kotsopoulos S, Ph.D. Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
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