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Designing with Building Bricks and Shape Grammar
Author(s)
Frederico Braida
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2019.05.006
Affiliation(s)
Graduate Program in Built Environment, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora36036-900, Brazil
ABSTRACT
This paper correlates the use of building blocks with the shape grammar theory in the
design process. The main goal is to present the potentialities of the various
building blocks, which combined with Shape grammar can contribute to the
creative process, particularly for the formal composition in the field of Architecture,
Urbanism and Design. The methodology is based on a literature review and
reflections derived from the observations of the use of the building blocks
during experiments carried out in the scope of research with students of the
undergraduate course in Architecture and Urbanism. Starting from the
discussions proposed by George Stiny on design with Froebel’s buildings gifts and
from experiments with other building blocks, such as Archbricks, it is found that building blocks have their own
vocabulary and rules, which can be appropriated and exploited by designers in
the construction of new shape grammars.
KEYWORDS
Shape grammar, building bricks, design, architecture.
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