Computational design formulas as an enriching medium for creativity in contemporary urban production

Abstract

Computational design is a computer technology that has contributed to data processing using a set of parameters and algorithms to meet contemporary design challenges. However, traditional methods are still the most widely used today in the design process. Accordingly, the research problem is embodied in the lack of knowledge about the effectiveness of computational design in the processes of generating, exploring, and developing creative output in contemporary urbanism. The research aims to identify the formulas of computational design and their effectiveness as an enriching medium for creativity and innovation in urban production. To achieve the goal, the research follows an inductive approach to clarify the cognitive reality of previous studies on two levels. The first targeted the formulas and processes of computational design, and the second discussed creativity and its levels in the achieved output for the purpose of extracting vocabulary and measurement indicators to test hypotheses on selected urban samples. The study concluded that computational design is effective as an enriching medium for creativity and innovation in contemporary urban production, with varying characteristics and levels, ranging from simple creativity to very complex creativity, depending on the goal, the process followed in the design, and the adopted intellectual reference.