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ARCH463 INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF SHAPE GRAMMARS

Course Code: 1200463
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 4.0
Department: Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

A lecture course that focuses on the theory of shape grammars (Stiny and Gips, 1975); seeks to provide a critical perspective to quantitative and symbolic computations, and encourage design students to apply visual and spatial thinking in computation; aims to give basic knowledge of shapes and visual computation.