Chiu-Shui Chan PhD

Professor Emeritus, Architecture

Contact

cschan@iastate.edu

(515) 294-8326

Mailing Address
Architecture Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011

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Education

BS, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China --1974

French Linguistic Diploma, COFI De Levis, Montreal, Canada --1978

PhD, Department of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, cschan, MArch --1990

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Research Interests

Virtual reality in design; cognitive modeling of design thinking processes; artificial intelligence in architectural design; simulation of style and creativity, parametric modeling in design; design cognition.

Current Projects

Project: Google Earth ISU Virtual Campus Project.

Journal paper: Study of phenomenology through spatial cognition.

Book: Style and Creativity in Design. Studies of Applied Philosophy, Epistemology, and Rational Ethics (SAPERE) Series, Volume 17, Springer Press, Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-319-14016-2.

Book: Style and Creativity: A Cognitive Theory, China Architecture and Building Press. in print.

FPDA research project: Parametric Modeling in Stylistic and Functional Form Generation.

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