This paper presents in detail a parametric shape grammar for the generation of ancient Greek and Roman library plans. Ancient Libraries showcase a significant variability of scale, monumentality, and design with the use of different architectural components, and researchers cannot identify them as easily as other building types. The grammar is in 2D and captures all the variability of libraries from the simpler forms of the Hellenistic period to the more monumental of the Roman period, creating a vast range of designs. The paper presents the grammar-generated plans of the known libraries based on the evidence in the archaeological record. A frequency analysis of the occurrence of the rules in the derivations ranks the different characteristics of libraries and the architectural forms with which they occur in the corpus, to determine the probability of specific rules and to interpret them as mandatory or optional. The contribution of this work is that the shape grammar summarizes the design principles of ancient libraries visually and helps establish the building type of the ancient library. The frequency analysis assists tremendously in the reconstruction of fragmentarily preserved ancient libraries by providing a system in the reconstruction of the missing parts, when ambiguity is involved.

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古希腊罗马图书馆建筑类型定义及图书馆平面图评价的形状语法

本文详细介绍了用于生成古希腊和罗马图书馆计划的参数形状语法。古代图书馆使用不同的建筑组件展示了规模、纪念性和设计的显着可变性，研究人员无法像其他建筑类型那样容易地识别它们。语法是 2D 的，并捕捉了图书馆的所有可变性，从希腊化时期的简单形式到罗马时期更具纪念性的形式，创造了广泛的设计。本文根据考古记录中的证据提出了已知图书馆的语法生成计划。推导中规则出现的频率分析对库的不同特征和它们在语料库中出现的架构形式进行排序，确定特定规则的概率并将它们解释为强制性或可选的。本工作的贡献在于形状语法直观地总结了古代图书馆的设计原则，有助于确立古代图书馆的建筑类型。当涉及到歧义时，频率分析通过提供一个重建缺失部分的系统，极大地帮助重建了零散保存的古代图书馆。