Programming.Architecture

Paul Coates traces the history of computing and of computational design, and the reasons the computer became a working instrument for architects. The opening chapters introduce algorithmic reasoning and how a machine handles information. Later sections turn to the procedures behind generative design, form-finding and the analysis of space.

Coates draws on years of teaching computing and design. Student projects appear throughout, showing how algorithmic ideas can become architectural solutions. Each chapter contains code snippets that readers can experiment with, and the writing is aimed at people with no prior coding experience as well as at experienced designers.

This first edition is published by Routledge under ISBN-13 9780415451871.