Interaction of spatial and structural design, an automated approach

This paper presents two procedures that are able to allow interaction between spatial design and structural design. ‘Zone generation’ and ‘room positioning within structural constraints’ both facilitate uni-directional interaction. Using these procedures consecutively yields an improved design method that provides interaction between spatial and structural design. A computer program in Prolog-2 has been developed for demonstration purposes. The method developed here can be applied flexibly because it is limited to only two procedures and there is the added advantage that the procedures can easily be extended or redefined.

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