- Title
- Cognitive effects of using parametric modeling by practicing architects: a preliminary study
- Creator
- Yu, Rongrong; Gero, John; Gu, Ning
- Relation
- The 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2014). Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (Kyoto, Japan 14-16 May, 2014) p. 677-686
- Relation
- http://cumincad.architexturez.net/arc/caadria
- Publisher
- The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- This paper presents the results of a protocol study which explores the cognitive behaviour of eight practicing architects while they used a geometric modeller (Rhino) with a parametric modeller (Grasshopper) as they designed. The protocol videos collected were transcribed, segmented and coded using the FBS ontology as the coding scheme. This resulted in each protocol being transformed from a qualitative video into a sequence of symbols from the FBS ontology and further divided into design knowledge and rule algorithm classes. The sequence of symbols forms the foundation on which quantitative representations of cognitive behaviour can be constructed and compared. Results of the relative cognitive effort expended on design knowledge and rule algorithm classes, through an articulation of the cognitive design issues, have been compared and discussed. These results provide insight into the use of parametric modellers by architects.
- Subject
- design cognition; parametric modelling; protocol studies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1053016
- Identifier
- uon:15508
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789881902658
- Language
- eng
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