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The Deep Structure of the Picturesque |
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| Authors: | Paul Coates Christian Derix |
| Abstract: | The late Paul Coates was one of the first students at the Architectural Association (AA) in London to submit an international computation-based diploma, in 1969. Responsible for introducing a series of computational techniques, Coates was also the founder of the MSc in Computing and Design at the University of East London, and in 2002 the Centre for Evolutionary Computing in Architecture (CECA). In this unpublished article from 2008, which has been prepared and rewritten for publication by Christian Derix , Coates recounts his pursuit of ‘the particle physics of architecture’ - geometric rules that inform both unplanned and planned human occupation of space. |
| Keywords: | Paul Coates, Impressions of townscapes Architectural Association (AA) Roland Barthes ‘Death of the Author’ Stafford Beer William Ross Ashby Gordon Pask ‘English Cybernetic’ Noam Chomsky Cedric Price Archigram group Paul Oliver ‘alpha syntax’ models Bill Hillier University College London (UCL) The Social Logic of Space John Conway (Game of Life) Aristid Lindenmayer (L-systems) Alan Turing (reaction diffusion) Thomas Witten Leonard Sander (diffusion-limited agglomeration) Julienne Hanson Le Corbusier's Dom-Ino House ‘cellular automaton’ Centre for Evolutionary Computing in Architecture Tom Appels Dorn Hans Van der Laan |