THE COMPUTATION OF DESCRIPTION GRAMMARS

Abstract

We revisit two case studies that adopt a shape grammar to relate different architectural styles. Both adopt a description scheme, augmenting the shape grammar, as the main vehicle for relating different styles, however, they both present the description rules only conceptually. Following a description grammar interpreter and its notation for descriptions and description rules, we explore a valid explication of both description schemes. This exploration serves three purposes: firstly, as a demonstration of the notation adopted; secondly, as an evaluation of the applicability of the description grammar interpreter and its notation to these case studies; and, thirdly, as a demonstration of the explication of description grammars from concept to computation.