GReTA seminar #38: "What have the Design in Informatics and of Gothic Cathedrals in common?"
Channel: GReTA Seminar
Date: 2023-01-13

Speaker:

Manfred Nagl (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)


Abstract:

The seminar gives a very short introduction of gothic churches (the historical and cultural part) and their virtual construction (the CAAD part). The main section shows that about 800 years ago intelligent design principles (algorithmic and parametric design) and reuse techniques (product and process reuse, classes of systems, domain knowledge, agile development) have been used in the design of gothic cathedrals. Two examples, the cathedrals of Reims and York, are discussed in more detail. There are even relations to graph rewriting which, however, are only touched.


About the GReTA seminars:

The GReTA – Graph TRansformation Theory and Applications virtual seminar series aims to serve as a platform for the international graph rewriting community, to promote recent developments and trends in the field, and to permit a regular networking and interaction between members of this community. Seminars are held twice a month in the form of Zoom sessions (some of which will be live-streamed to YouTube). Please refer to http://www.irif.fr/~greta for further details (including information on how to register for participating in the Zoom meetings).