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A computer-aided rule-based framework that restructures the unstructured information embedded in precedent designs is introduced. Based on a deductive analysis of a corpus of sixteen case studies from Mamluk architecture, the framework is represented as a generative system that establishes systematic links between the form of a case study, its visual properties, its composition syntax and the processes underlying its design. The system thus formulated contributes to the areas of design research and practice with a theoretical construct about design logic, an interactive computerized plan generator and a combination of a top-down approach for case study analysis and a bottom-up methodology for the derivation of artifacts.
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Eilouti, B.H., Al-Jokhadar, A.M.I. (2007). A Computer-Aided Rule-Based Mamluk Madrasa Plan Generator. In: Nexus Network Journal. Nexus Network Journal, vol 9,1. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8519-4_3
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