Activity Modelling

Human Activities In Knowledge-Based Architectural Design Systems

by M. Sherif El-Attar

El-Attar, M. S. (1994) "Human activities in knowledge-based architectural design systems" [Preconference Proc., Advances in Computer-Based Building Design Systems, (In) 7th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetic, Baden-Baden, Germany, Aug. 15-21 '94], pp. 19-26

This paper focuses on the 'type' of design knowledge used in computational design environments. The paper discuss... more This paper focuses on the 'type' of design knowledge used in computational design environments. The paper discuss prototypical information in knowledge-based design systems, and suggests a functional type of knowledge for usage in such systems in order to achieve a degree of generalization in the domain of space design. A function in an architectural space depends on the activities that accomplish it. The paper focuses on human activities and how they may provide the means to semantically describe architectural spaces in different building types.