Mission - Method - Madness: ACADIA Conference Proceedings

The papers represent a wide variety of exploration into the uses of computers in architecture. We have tried to impose order onto the collection by organizing them into six sessions: Metaphor, Mission, Method, Modelling for Visualization, Modelling, and Generative Systems. As with any ordering system for such a diverse selection, some session papers are strongly related while others are loosely grouped. Madness, an additional session not in the proceedings, will include short presentations of work in progress. Regarding the individual papers, it is particularly exciting to see research being conducted that is founded on previous work done by others. It is also interesting to note that half of the papers have been submitted by teams of authors. Whether this represents “computer supported cooperative work” remains to be seen. Certainly the work in this book represents an interesting and wide variety of explorations into computer supported design in architecture