Studying visual and spatial reasoning for design creativity

Creativity and design creativity in particular are being recognized as playing an increasing role in the social and economic wellbeing of a society. As a consequence creativity is becoming a focus of research. However, much of this burgeoning research is distributed across multiple disciplines that normally do not intersect with each other and researchers in one discipline are often unaware of related research in another discipline. This volume brings together contributions from design science, computer science, cognitive science and neuroscience on studying visual and spatial reasoning applicable to design creativity. The book is the result of a unique NSF-funded workshop held in Aix-en-Provence, France. The aim of the workshop and the resulting volume was to allow researchers in disparate disciplines to be exposed to the other?s research, research methods and research results within the context of design creativity. Fifteen of the papers presented and discussed at the workshop are contained in this volume. The contributors come from Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, UK, and USA, indicating the international spread of the research presented in this volume. Read more... Abstract: Creativity and design creativity in particular are being recognized as playing an increasing role in the social and economic wellbeing of a society. As a consequence creativity is becoming a focus of research. However, much of this burgeoning research is distributed across multiple disciplines that normally do not intersect with each other and researchers in one discipline are often unaware of related research in another discipline. This volume brings together contributions from design science, computer science, cognitive science and neuroscience on studying visual and spatial reasoning applicable to design creativity. The book is the result of a unique NSF-funded workshop held in Aix-en-Provence, France. The aim of the workshop and the resulting volume was to allow researchers in disparate disciplines to be exposed to the other?s research, research methods and research results within the context of design creativity. Fifteen of the papers presented and discussed at the workshop are contained in this volume. The contributors come from Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, UK, and USA, indicating the international spread of the research presented in this volume Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Navigating Complex Buildings: Cognition, Neuroscience and Architectural Design....Pages 3-22 Showing Connection....Pages 23-37 The Theoretical Framework for Creative Visual Thinking....Pages 39-49 Sortal Grammars for Urban Design....Pages 51-66 Raising the i- Factor: Bridging Parametric Shape and Parametric Design....Pages 67-88 Front Matter....Pages 89-89 Dialectical Creativity: Sketch-Negate-Create....Pages 91-108 Spatial Computing for Design—an Artificial Intelligence Perspective....Pages 109-127 SIRN—Synergetic Inter-Representation Networks: An Approach to Urban Planning and Design with Implications to Visual Reasoning and Design Creativity....Pages 129-152 Qualitative Spatial-Relation Reasoning for Design....Pages 153-175 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 Thinking About Spatial Thinking: New Typology, New Assessments....Pages 179-192 Visual-Object Versus Visual-Spatial Representations: Insights from Studying Visualization in Artists and Scientists....Pages 193-204 Ubiquitous Serendipity: Potential Visual Design Stimuli are Everywhere....Pages 205-214 On Abstraction and Ambiguity....Pages 215-223 Front Matter....Pages 225-225 Creative States: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding and Improving Creativity in Design....Pages 227-243 Spatial Transformations of Scene Stimuli: It’s an Upright World....Pages 245-266 Back Matter....Pages 267-267 To Beautify or Not to Beautify within Traditional uses of Sketch Recognition within DesignConclusion; References; Spatial Computing for Design-an Artificial Intelligence Perspective; Artificial Intelligence and Design; The Philosophy of Spatial Computing, for Spatial Design; Assisted Iterative Refinement in Spatial Design; Discussion and Summary; References; SIRN-Synergetic Inter-Representation Networks: An Approach to Urban Planning and Design with Implications to Visual Reasoning and Design Creativity; Planning, Design and Construction; SIRN (Synergetic Inter-Representation Networks) Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I ; Design Science-State-of-the-Art; Navigating Complex Buildings: Cognition, Neuroscience and Architectural Design; Introduction; What Does the Brain Do During the Navigation of Complex Built Space and How Does It Map It?; What can Cognitive Studies Tell us About Navigation in Complex Buildings?; What Does Space Syntax Measure About Structures of Space and What Does it Tell us?; How Might These Strands be Integrated?; Spatial Knowledge Acquisition; Orientation; Multi-level Environments; Intelligibility; Implications for Architectural Design Design Heuristics for ArchitectsConclusions; References; Showing Connection; Introduction; Geographic Space; Network Space; Design Space; Evaluation Space; Concluding Thoughts; References; The Theoretical Framework for Creative Visual Thinking; Introduction; Design Actions and Domains; Actions; Domains of Creative Visualization; Types of Designer's Dialogue; Sketching; Computer Aided Visual Design; The Fundamentals of Creative Design; Constructive Perception; Semantic Convention; A System of Creative Visualization; The Domain of Design Tasks; The Domain of Visualization Sites The Physical Design Actions DomainThe System; Creative Visual Designing; Conclusions; References; Sortal Grammars for Urban Design; Introduction; Sortal Representations; A Simple Example; Sortal Grammars; Sortal Behaviors; Exemplar Grammar Systems; Structure Grammars; Tartan Worlds; Augmented Shape Grammars; Sortal Rules; Urban Design Grammars; References; Raising the i-Factor: Bridging Parametric Shape and Parametric Design; The i-factor; Parametric Sustainable Building Design; Filling the Gaps for Sustainable Design; Parametric Sustainable Urban Water Use; Remarks Parametric Surface TessellationInterwoven Patterns; Surfaces with Irregular Boundary Conditions; Remarks; Parametric Shape Grammars; Remarks; Discussion; References; Part II ; Computer Science-State-of-the-Art; Dialectical Creativity: Sketch-Negate-Create; Introduction to the Dialectic; Dialectical Creativity and the Sketch Dialectic; Dialectical Creativity; Deleuzean Becoming; Creativity and Sketching; The Sketch Dialectic and Sketch Recognition; Enhancing the Negative to Encourage Artistic Production; Teaching Art and Creativity; Collaborative Sketching