Design Operators

 

by

 

Stylianos Dritsas

 

Professional Diploma in Architecture & Engineering

National Technical University of Athens, 2002

 

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE STUDIES

AT THE

MASSACHUSSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

JUNE 2004

 

(c) 2004 Stylianos Dritsas. All rights reserved.

 


William L. Porter

Muriel and Norman Leventhal Professor of Architecture and Planning

Thesis Advisor

 

Mark Goulthorpe

Associate Professor of Architecture

Thesis Co-Advisor

 

Axel Killian

Ph.D. Candidate of Design and Computation

Thesis Co-Advisor


 

ABSTRACT:

 

Design operators is a thesis that investigates the nature and characteristics of the design process by examining the interaction of computation with architectural design. The effects of the introduction of these media in design are traced and their quantitative and qualitative characteristics are identified. The thesis hints for an emerging design mentality delineated by the implementation, documentation and evaluation of a series of experimental projects in computational design.

 

 

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