Deconstruction for Everyone:
The Myth Exploded.
April 1993

This dissertation is about the use of computer generative techniques in the design of Deconstructivist Architecture; about how relevant the use of computers is in this architecture, and how computer generated designs can be used to produce a wealth of possibilities in the style.

Contents

1. What is Deconstructivist Architecture?
2. Deconstructivism or Deconstructivist?
3. The Russian Connection
4. The Language Connection
5. Using shape grammars in the processes of design
6. The History of Artificial Intelligence
7. The "Architectural Problem"
8. Rule Based Geometry
9. The History of Generative Systems
10. Why Deconstruction?
11. Applications of the Project
12. Future Possibilities