Unveiling the structure of the Marrakech Medina: A shape grammar and an interpreter for generating urban form

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-349

  Duarte, José P ^a   Rocha, João M ^b   Soares, Gonçalo Ducla ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Generative systems; Islamic architecture; Shape grammars; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; URBAN PLANNING;

GENERATIVE SYSTEMS; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING GRAMMAR; SHAPE GRAMMAR; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN GRAMMAR;

VOCABULARY CONTROL;

EID: 34548713410     PISSN: 08900604     EISSN: 14691760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0890060407000315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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