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Emergence, Creativity, and Computational Tractability in Shape Grammers

This argument against a reductionist world view is essentially the same one used by shape grammarians, who argue for minimally structured design representations which support emergent features. Here, an emergent feature refers to any kind of design description (be it subshape, design attribute or other description) which is not explicit in its creation or representation . Emergence supports creativity in that emergent features can be considered unanticipated or accidental. The body of shape grammar research over the past quarter century has demonstrated that, within a strictly circumscribed space of designs, it is possible to be creative and generate innovative designs.