48-747 Shape Grammars

MughalGardens

Analyzethesource

Charbagh

ThegardenatTajMahal,Agra

Lahore(left)ShalimarBagh(above)Jahangir’sTombinShahdara

siteparti

sitepartiforacharbagh

increasingarticulationofasiteparti

Squareandoctogonalmotifsforcanalsystems

insertingacanalinasiteparti

Motifsforornamentingtheendsofcanals

Apossiblearrangementofcanalsystemsinasiteparti

borders

interactionofborders

Apossiblearrangementofbordersinasiteparti

Developthegrammar

Thegrammar

1.  Thekengrid(schemata1-4)

2.  Wallplacement(schema5)

3.  Locationofthero(hearth)withoutadaime(three-quartermat)(schemata6-9)

4.  Locationofthedaime,sodekabe,nakabashira,tana,andro(schemata10-12)

5.  Locationofthetokonoma(picturerecess)(schemata13-15)

6.  Addingaspaceadjacenttothetokonoma(schema16)

7.  Entrances(schemata17-36)

8.  Tatamiarrangement(schemata37-41)

Initialshape

Shaperuleschemataappliedinstage1ofthechar-baghgenerationprocess

stage1rules(continued)

redefiningschemata2-10toensurebilateralsymmetry

Acompletedsitepartiwithintendedoccurrencesofcanalsystemsandbordersproducedbyapplyingschemata1-14.

Shaperuleschemataappliedtoinsertcanalsystemsinstage2ofthechar-baghgenerationprocess

Parameterizingthecornersofsquarestoallowforinflections

Examplesofshaperuleschematausedtoalterborderspassingthroughsquareswithinflectedcorners

Onepossibleresultofapplyingschemata15-18and19-21toinsertcanalsystemsinthestage1groundplanoffigure19

Shaperuleschemataappliedtodeterminebordersinstage3ofthechar-baghgenerationprocess

Theresultofapplyingschemata22-33todeterminebordersinthestage2groundplanoffigure22

thecompletedchar-bagh