TY - JOUR
T1 - Description grammars
T2 - A general notation
AU - Stouffs, Rudi
N1 - Accepted Author Manuscript
PY - 2016/9/5
Y1 - 2016/9/5
N2 - A description grammar, in conjunction with a shape grammar, serves to generate verbal descriptions of designs, next to the spatial descriptions. These verbal descriptions can also assist in guiding the generative process. This paper presents a general notation for descriptions and description rules that accounts, extensively if not entirely, for many of the applications of description grammars found in literature. Specifically, a review of the notation with respect to these description schemes supports the explication of its strengths and limitations and the identification of future work. A follow-up paper revisits selected applications of description grammars and demonstrates the applicability of this general notation to these case studies.
AB - A description grammar, in conjunction with a shape grammar, serves to generate verbal descriptions of designs, next to the spatial descriptions. These verbal descriptions can also assist in guiding the generative process. This paper presents a general notation for descriptions and description rules that accounts, extensively if not entirely, for many of the applications of description grammars found in literature. Specifically, a review of the notation with respect to these description schemes supports the explication of its strengths and limitations and the identification of future work. A follow-up paper revisits selected applications of description grammars and demonstrates the applicability of this general notation to these case studies.
KW - Shape grammars
KW - description grammars
KW - representation
KW - generation
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ead24518-0df4-471c-9ae9-b80968c1fe5d
U2 - 10.1177/0265813516667300
DO - 10.1177/0265813516667300
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Environment and Planning B: Planning & Design
JF - Environment and Planning B: Planning & Design
SN - 0265-8135
ER -