The polymorphic diagram: Concepts for design technology to model spatial criteria in architecture design

Developing a responsive and efficient space layout is a critical and challenging aspect in the design of any building. Nevertheless, it has been asserted in the literature that digital space layout tools and methodologies continue to have only a marginal role in architectural practice. This limitation has been largely attributed to the focus of earlier contributions to the domain on design computation at the expense of design representation. Most projects have focused on devising computational strategies to automate the generation of a design solution instead of versatile means to represent the design problem and work with its various elements. Towards this end, this dissertation presents the Polymorphic Diagram: a concept for diagramming medium to model spatial design criteria using multiple forms of representations.