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This paper proposes an accurate linguistic representation system for architecture and other types of designs. Historically, architecture has been represented using drawings. Drawings only have poches that represent only built matter and not spaces. Even alternate systems concentrate on built matter and not spaces. Emergent knowledge from design processes using such systems can have corruptions. Conventional systems could, at best, help at the stage where the design is finalized. Using them in earlier stages can be corruptive. Though this paper refers to the architecture of buildings, it is possible to use this linguistic system for all kinds of designs. It has been in use for over two decades.
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This is the position taken by Jacques Derrida, philosopher and linguist. Not everyone agrees with this position.
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Steven Pinker, Professor of psychology at Harvard, explained the concept of “production” in an excellent video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-B_ONJIEcE.
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“Even in experienced hands, parametric programs can produce alarmingly undisciplined results” http://www.architectmagazine.com/design/parametric-design-whats-gotten-lost-amid-the-algorithms_o.
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Tao Te Ching Chapter 11 http://www.wussu.com/laotzu/laotzu11.html.
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Francis, S. (2019). A New Linguistic System for Communicating Design. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Research into Design for a Connected World. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 135. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5977-4_71
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