A Generative Urban Space Design Method Based on Shape Grammar and Urban Induction Patterns

Ling Yang, Jian Li (), Hsiao-Tung Chang (), Zhiqing Zhao, He Ma and Libin Zhou
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Ling Yang: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Jian Li: Planning & Design Headquarters, Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing 100101, China
Hsiao-Tung Chang: Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan
Zhiqing Zhao: School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
He Ma: School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Libin Zhou: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-21

Abstract: This paper focuses on how to solve the demand of how to quickly explore more urban space design and layout in terms of the conservation and reuse of historical blocks under computer-aided design technology. Referring to urban inductive patterns, the author establishes an urban space design grammar of historical districts based on shape grammar and pattern language. It forms a complete generative urban space design method involving morphological analysis, rule-making, and scheme generation. Furthermore, taking the typical Russian-style historical block along the Chinese Eastern Railway—the historical district in front of Anda Station as an application example—this paper completed the generative urban space design process of block redevelopment and environmental reconstruction, which, using computer-aided technology, was under the premise of protecting the original historic block fabric. The final two group results of the experimental plot and the other plots of the historical district show that this method can quickly and accurately generate lots of urban space design schemes that meet the designers’ pre-thinking, and these schemes can be modified by real-time calculation and interactive operation.

Keywords: urban inductive patterns; shape grammar; pattern language; generative urban space design; morphological analysis; rule-making; scheme generation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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