Peter von Buelow.
Genetically Engineered Architecture: design exploration with evolutionary computation.
VDM. 2007
This book explores design tools based on evolutionary computation (EC),
oriented primarily toward conceptual design of architectural and civil
engineering structures. EC tools are well suited for exploration in a way which
promotes creative design. The multiplicity of solutions generated by EC
techniques is less likely to cause design fixation, and so promote a more
thorough exploration of possible solutions. The use of such tools also allows
the designer greater latitude in exploring design criteria, such as aesthetics,
by utilizing an interactive human-computer interface. This book begins with a
survey of techniques that have been used in early phases of architectural
design, and establishes a set of successful attributes, which are then
discussed in the context of EC techniques. Finally, a specific implementation
developed by the author is described. Several examples are given in the area
of architectural engineering, and comparisons are made with results obtained
with more conventional Optimization tools. This book is especially useful for
designers interested in new methods for generating and exploring structural
form, and is accessible to non-programmers in either field.