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   DATE  LECTURE  READING MATERIAL  ASSIGNMENT
 WEEK 1  Jan 12
 Jan 16
 About the course
 Life as a Grammarist
George Stiny Two exercises in formal composition
Terry Knight and George Stiny Classical and non-classical computation
 Introduction to Grammars
 Introduction to Shape Grammars
 WEEK 2  Jan 19
 Jan 23
 More on Shape Grammars
 Parametric Grammars
 Ice-Ray and Hepplewhite Grammars
George Stiny Ice-ray: a note on the generation of Chinese Lattice Windows
Terry Knight The generation of Hepplewhite style chair-back designs
 Palladian Grammar George Stiny and Bill Mitchell The Palladian Grammar  Assignment 1
 due 2.2.09
 WEEK 3  Jan 26
 Jan 30
 Queen Anne Houses
 Bungalows of Buffalo
Ulrich Flemming More than the sum of parts: the grammar of Queen Anne houses
Fred Downing and Ulrich Flemming The bungalows of Buffalo
 Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Houses Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg The language of the prairie: FLW's priarie houses  Assignment 2
 due 2.16.09
 WEEK 4  Feb 2
 Feb 6
 Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House:  example grammatical derivations
 Terragni's Casa Guiliani Frigeria
Hank Koning and Julie Eizenberg op cit
Ulrich Flemming The secret of Casa Guiliani Frigeria
 Kindergarten Grammars George Stiny Kindergarten Grammars: designing with Froebel's gifts
 WEEK 5  Feb 9
 Feb 13
 Transformations of Grammars Terry Knight Languages of design: from known to new
 NO CLASS
 WEEK 6  Feb 16
 Feb 20
 Transformations of Grammars
 Introduction to Weighted
 and Color Grammars
Terry Knight Transformation of languages of design: part 2
Transformation of languages of design: part 3
 Assignment 3
 due 3.02.09

 Answers  to
 assignment 1
 More on Weighted and Color
 Grammars
George Stiny Weights
 WEEK 7  Feb 23
 Feb 27
 Traditional Taiwanese Houses:
 Parts 1 and  2
Shang-chia Chiou and Ramesh Krishnamurti The grammatical basis of chinese traditional architecture
The fortunate dimensions of Taiwanese traditonal architecture
The grammar of Taiwanese traditonal vernacular dwellings
Example Taiwanese traditional houses
 The AutoPilot Project
 Baltimore Rowhouses
 Assignment 4
 due 3.08.09
 WEEK 8  Mar 2
 Mar 6
 Tomas Trescak's shape grammar   interpreter  Tomas' website
NO CLASS
 WEEK 9  Mar 9
 Mar 13
MID SEMESTER BREAK
 WEEK 10  Mar 16
 Mar 20
 Implementing shape grammars - an overview part I 
 Discussion of the course project
 WEEK 11  Mar 23
 Mar 27
 Implementing shape grammars - an overview part I   Course Project  Topic
 due 3.27.09
 Implementing shape grammars in U1
 WEEK 12  Mar 30
 Apr 3
 Implementing shape grammars in Un
 WEEK 13  Apr 6
 Apr 10
 Emergence, continuity and ambiguity Junsik Moon Shape Grammar for Mie's van der Rohe's High-rise Apartment
Jose Duarte Unveiling the Structure of the Marrakech Medina
Michael Pugliese and Jon Cagan Capturting a Rebel: modeling the Harley-Davidson brand through a motorcycle shape grammar
Jay P McCormack, Jon Cagan and Craig Volker Capturing the essence of a product's brand through a shape grammar representation
Jay P McCormack, Jon Cagan and Craig Volker Speaking the Buick language: capturing, understanding and exploring brand identity with shape grammars
Jay P McCormack, Jon Cagan and Craig Volker Capturing the essence of a product's brand through a shape grammar representation
Jay P McCormack and Jon Cagan Designing inner hood panels through a shape grammar based framework
Kristina Shea and Jon Cagan Languages and semantics of grammatical discrete structures
 WEEK 14  Apr 13
 Apr 17
NO CLASS
SPRING CARNIVAL - NO CLASS
 WEEK 15  Apr 20
 Apr 24
NO CLASS
 WEEK 16  Apr 27
 May 1
LAST CLASS - COURSE PROJECT DUE