Selected Publications

ResearchGate

Hong TK, Park J (forthcoming) Beyond Icons: A New Approach to Customizing Computational Design Actions and Workflows.

Hong TK, Park J (forthcoming) Alberti’s Computation: Implementing Perspectival Transformation in Shape Machine. Nexus Conference 2025.

Hong TK (2025) The Two-Window Problem and a Solution: An Alternative Programming Language for Visual Design. The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2025.

Y Shi, J Luo, C Wang, TK Hong, T Lo (2025) From Concept to Consistent Multi-View Renders: Integrating Shape Grammars with Stable Diffusion in Architectural Workflow.  The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2025.

Hong TK, Ligler H (2024) The Isovist Grammar: Automating Isovists and Isovist Fields with Visual Rules. Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital (SiGraDi) 2024 , (1), pp. 225 - 236.
ISBN: 978-9915-9635-2-5

Hong TK, Bhuiyan F (2024) Revisit Frei Otto: Equal-length Mesh Algorithm for 3D Surfaces. Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital (SiGraDi) 2024, (1), pp. 1271 - 1281.
ISBN: 978-9915-9635-2-5

Hong TK (2024) From Lines to Curves: Implementation of Shape Embedding for Circular Arcs and Circles in 2D CAD Systems. In: Kotsopoulos, S.D. (eds) 50-year Anniversary of Shape Grammars. Springer.

Economou A, Hong TK, Newton R (2024) Shape meets Euclid: Integrating shape computation with ruler and compass procedures. Automation in Construction (AiC). ISSN 0926-5805
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2024.105562

Hong TK, Economou A (2023) Implementation of Shape Embedding in CAD Systems. Automation in Construction (AiC). Vol 146. ISSN 0926-5805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104640

Economou A, Hong TK (2022) Back to the Drawing Board: Shape Calculations in the Shape Machine. Design Computing and Cognition. (DCC) eds: J. S. Gero, Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20418-0_33

Hong TK, Economou A (2022) What Shape Grammars Do that CAD Should: The 14 Cases of Shape Embedding. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060421000263

Hong TK, Economou A (2022). Five Criteria for Shape Grammar Interpreters. In: Gero, J.S. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition’20. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90625-2_11

Okhoya V, Bernal M, Economou A, Saha N, Vaivodiss R, Hong TK, Haymaker J (2022) Generative Workplace and Space Planning in Architectural Practice. International Journal of Architectural Computing.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14780771221120580

Yu Y, Hong TK, Economou A, Paulino GH (2021) Rethinking Origami: A Generative Specification of Origami Patterns with Shape Grammars. Computer-Aided Design, Volume 137.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2021.103029 .

Economou, A., Hong, TC., Ligler, H., Park, J. (2021). Shape Machine: A Primer for Visual Computation. In: Lee, JH. (eds) A New Perspective of Cultural DNA. KAIST Research Series. Springer, Singapore.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7707-9_6

Coming soon

Hong TK (forthcoming) Shape Machine 3D: Shape Rewriting System for Lines and Arcs in Three-dimensional Space.

Hong TK (forthcoming) Herds of Architecture I: Enumerating Configurations of Tetris Blocks with Shape Rules.

Hong TK (forthcoming) Herds of Architecture II: Automating House Plans with Shape Rules.

Hong TK (forthcoming) Herds of Architecture III: Automating Isometric Drawings with Shape Rules.

Hong TK (forthcoming) Parametric Table Legs: Grammar for CNC Cutting Files Implemented in Shape Machine for Digital Fabrication.

Under Cooking

Herds of Architecture: Automation of House Plan in Shape Machine
Revisit Flatwriter: Implemantation of Open System in Shape Machine
Visual Parametricism: Parametric Portico Study in Shape Machine
Seeing is Checking: Implementation of Quality Control in Shape Machine
Drafting Grammars: Axonometric Drawing Without 3D Models in Shape Machine
SmartDraw: Shape Rules without Template
Tracing Paper: Implemention of Layers in Shape Machine