Computational Situated Learning in Architectural Designing

The results of Architectural Designing cannot be predicted and are not based on actions independent of what is being designed or independent of when, where and how it was designed. Designers' actions are situation dependent (situated), such that designers work actively with the design environment within the specific conditions of the situation where neither the goal state nor the solution space is completely predetermined. In designing, design solutions are fluid and emergent entities generated by dynamic and situated activities instead of fixed design plans. Since it is not possible in advance to know what knowledge to use in relation to any situation we need to learn knowledge in relation to its situation, i.e. learn the applicability conditions of knowledge. This leads towards the notion of the situation as having the potential role of guiding the use of knowledge. Learning the situatedness (applicability conditions), of design knowledge recognised from design compositions is the central tenet of the research presented in this book. This book introduces a computational system of situated learning and investigates its utility in designing.