Programming and design: programming as a way to do architecture applied to a refugee camp

Similar to paper and pencil, nowadays, we have different tools at our disposal to carry out a design. The aim of this research is to find a way to use the computer as a tool for the conception of an architectural project. It is proposed as a gateway to the wide range of possibilities and tools that we have at our disposal to carry it out. A large number of architects use the computer on a daily basis to assist in the design of their projects. In order to avoid any kind of confusion, we will first define computer-aided design tools and then define those that are computational design per se and how they work. Each of the computational design systems is explained schematically in order to understand the fundamental concepts from which the different programs are built. To ensure we use the programs that generate our design properly, we must first understand how information is transferred to a computer so that it can process it and give us a result. For this reason, we will see the main programming languages that we can find to modify or create a program. As an alternative to written programming language, there is visual programming, which allows us to program in a schematic way not needing to learn a specific programming language. As we will see, it also has its own advantages and disadvantages. The most commonly used softwares for computational architecture are also listed with its main purposes and their respective pros and cons. In the end, as a synthesis and implementation of the study, we have generated through computational methods a refugee camp design so we can confirm if the computational design is as effective as we have stated in the theoretical framework