In design studies, design computing is the practice of design activities through the application and development of novel concepts and techniques in computing.
In recent years a number of research and education areas have been grouped under the umbrella term "Design Computing", namely:
Artificial Intelligence in DesignArtificial ArchitectureExpert and Knowledge-based SystemsComputational creativityComputer-Aided DesignDigital morphogenesisVisual and Spatial ModellingComputational AnalogyAutomated Design SystemsDesign Support SystemsComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)Building Information Modeling (BIM)The main research groups working in this area span from Faculties of Architecture, Engineering and Computer Science. Australia has been a pioneer in this area. For the last four decades the Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition (KCDC), currently known as the Design Lab, at the University of Sydney has been active in establishing this area of research and teaching. The University of Sydney offers a Bachelor of Design Computing ([1]) and the University of New South Wales also in Sydney a Bachelor of Computational Design ([2]). In the US this research area is also known as "Design and Computation", namely at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Other relevant research groups include:
Critical Research in Digital Architecture (CRIDA), Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of MelbourneSchool of Architecture, Carnegie MellonDepartment of Computer Science, University College LondonDepartment of Informatics Engineering, Universidade de CoimbraDepartment of Computer Science, Vrije University, AmsterdamCreativity and Cognition Studios, University of Technology SydneyDepartment of Computer Science, University of Colorado at BoulderDepartment of Architecture, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Architecture, MITDepartment of Computer Science, Helsinki University of TechnologyCollege of Architecture, Georgia Institute of TechnologyDesign Machine Group, University of Washington College of Built Environments, SeattleDesign Computing Program, Georgia Institute of Technology College of ArchitectureSchool of Interactive Arts + Technology, Simon Fraser UniversityDepartment of Architecture, Technical University of Delft, The NetherlandsInstitute of Computational Design, University of StuttgartFaculty of Architecture, Istanbul Bilgi University, TurkeyThe biannual International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC) brings together high quality research on this area, as do annual conferences by the Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture and others.
