Design environments for constructive and argumentative design

  • Authors:
  • G. Fischer;R. McCall;A. Morch

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Colorado, Boulder;Univ. of Colorado, Boulder;Univ. of Colorado, Boulder

  • Venue:
  • CHI '89 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

Design Environments are computer systems which support design by enabling cooperative problem solving between designer and computer. There are two complementary problem solving activities in design: constructive design and argumentative design. We have created two computer-supported environments, CRACK and VIEWPOINTS, to support these two activities.CRACK is a knowledge-based critic which has knowledge about how kitchen appliances can be assembled into functional kitchens. VIEWPOINTS is a hypertext system based on the IBIS design methodology and contains useful information about the principles of kitchen design. The integration of these two types of systems will eliminate shortcomings of the individual systems.