- Title
- Computational methods and technologies: reflections on their impact on design and education
- Creator
- Gu, Ning; Ostwald, Michael
- Relation
- Computational Design Methods and Technologies: Applications in CAD, CAM and CAE Education p. 412-419
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-180-1.ch023
- Publisher
- Information Science Reference
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Computational Design Methods and Technologies: Applications in CAD, CAM and CAE Education surveys five major categories of contemporary computational technologies and explores their applications in, and interactions with, design and design education. The five categories of technologies are: Generative and parametric design systems; BIM; collaborative virtual environments; virtual and augmented reality systems; and interactive and intelligent environments. This final chapter reflects on the impact of these computational design methods and technologies, using Ostwald's System-enabler Model as an underlying conceptual structure. The chapter explores changing relations between the representational, proportional, indexical, and operational systems in the design process, as well as emerging opportunities and challenges that arise from these methods and technologies. The impact of these new technologies and approaches is also discussed in the context of design education. The chapter draws together this significant body of work in order to provide a point of reference for the interpretation and critique of the new design knowledge and phenomenon encompassed in the five categories.
- Subject
- computational technologies; Ostwald; design education; system-enabler model
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1307757
- Identifier
- uon:21518
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781613501801
- Language
- eng
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