Reading Seminar
Representation in Design
Spring,
2007
Georgia Institute of Technology
OUTLINE:
1. What is a
representation? As versus model, depiction, description, abstraction, etc.
2. what makes a good
representation?
3. What types of
representations are important in design? There are certain aspects of the
designing of some physical product that are intrinsically important. What are
these:
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the physical
structure or geometric form of the final design
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the function of
the design, its various purposes
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The behavior of
the design – how it responds to various conditions internal and external
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The processes
that produce it
These are taken up
incrementally:
4. the representation of
building geometry and materials
5. how to model function in
general – how to model certain types of function in more detail:
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the functioning
of an organization – office, hospital
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the
effectiveness of an airport
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distinguishing
different types of purposes:
o these that are long term and applicable to significant
segments of the population
o these that deal with personal and subjective issues
6. how to model different
behaviors
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physical
reactions: mechanical structure, thermal flows, lighting
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- human
behaviors: circulation, comfort, activities
7. representation of design
processes
Lectures:
1. Introduction to representation issues, according to
Goodman (pdf)
2. Representation #2 (pdf)
3. Goodman’s Chapter 2 (pdf)
4. Goodman’s Chapter 3 & 4, plus Circulation Rule
Language (pdf)
5. Information
Theory and representation (pdf)
6. transition to representation in parametric modeling (pdf)
7. more on parametric modeling (pdf)
8. 3D sketching of parametric models (pdf)
1. Representation of processes (pdf)
2. Examples of
problem representations that facilitate solution (pdf)
3. Representation
of protocols 1 (pdf)
4. Representation
of protocols 2 (pdf)
Ghang Lee,
Jill Larkin and Herbert Simon: Why a Diagram is (sometimes) worth a thousand
words, Cognitive Science, 11:1, pp.65-100. (pdf)
Zenon Kulpa Diagrammatic Representation And Reasoning, Machine Graphics & Vision vol. 3, nos. 1/2, 1994, pp. 77-103 (pdf)
Chabris
CF, and Kosslyn SM, (2005) Representational Correspondence as a Basic Principle
of Diagram Design, S.-O. Tergan and T. Keller (Eds.): Knowledge and Information
Visualization, LNCS 3426, © Springer-Verlag
Jungpil Hahn, Jinwoo Kim: Why are some representations (sometimes) more
effective? in Prabuddha De, Janice I. DeGross (Eds.): Proceedings of the Twentieth
International Conference on Information Systems, December 13-15, 1999
Eastman, Building Product Models: Chapter Ten, Information Exchange Architectures, Section 10.4 Process Modeling, Processing Planning and Coordination, pp. 333-350. (pdf)
New:
Tanja
Keller and Sigmar-Olaf Tergan (2005) Visualizing Knowledge and Information: An
Introduction, Tergan and T. Keller (Eds.): Knowledge and Information
Visualization, LNCS 3426, © Springer-Verlag
David
H. Jonassen (2005) Tools for Representing Problems and the Knowledge Required
to Solve Them, Tergan and T. Keller (Eds.): Knowledge and Information
Visualization, LNCS 3426, © Springer-Verlag
Xaviar Polanco and Angelika Zartl, Information Visualization, State of the Art Review, EICS-STES, 1999 (pdf)
Bibliography on Representations of Design Processes (doc)
Reading on Natural Syntax of Diagrams:
Peter Cheng Representational Analysis and Design: Law Encoding
Diagrams
Martin Erwig, Semantics of Visual Languages13th IEEE Symp. on Visual
Languages,
Marton E. Balazs & David C. Brown (1994) The Use Of Function, Structure
And Behavior In Design AI in Design (.pdf)
Edward Chang, Xin Li, Linda C. Schmidt (2000) The Need for a Form, Function,
and Behavior-based Representation System, Design Assistance Tool Laboratory
Research Report, U. Maryland. (.pdf)