Abstract
This article investigates how Cellular Automata have been applied to the design process in the fields of architectural and urban design. It begins by systematically mapping published applications of Cellular Automata in the design process in order to outline the state of the art. The methods employed in the reviewed papers are analyzed and contrasted in order to develop a conceptual framework to guide future applications of Cellular Automata as a tool in the urban design process in academic environments, aiming at future applications in actual practice.
Highlights
In the field of architecture and urbanism the word complexity is widely used to describe cities (HEALEY, 2007; KASPRISIN, 2011) as being formed by multiple layers and in‐ terconnected structures
Herr and Ford (2016) believe Cellular Automata (CA) are used as a tool in the architectural design process much more often than suggested by the literature
Designers fail to perceive the value of their experimental uses of CA for others because it has to be modified and adapted to each specific use in the design process and, in the end, the focus falls on the design and details of the process are lost
Summary
In the field of architecture and urbanism the word complexity is widely used to describe cities (HEALEY, 2007; KASPRISIN, 2011) as being formed by multiple layers and in‐ terconnected structures. Johnson (2003) and Batty (2007) credit Jacobs (1961) for the introduction of con‐ cepts of the complexity theory into the repertoire of urbanism. They refer to passages in which the author argues that the city is a problem of organized complexity. This concept was successively addressed in other seminal texts of the area, such as A Pattern Language (ALEXANDER et al, 1977) and Space Syntax (HILLIER et al, 1976)
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