The parametric shape grammar developed in Stiny and Mitchell (1978) is used to enumerate possible room layouts for Palladian villa plans of fixed sizes. The complete catalogue of room layouts for plans based on 3 × 3 and 5 × 3 grids is given. Members of this catalogue corresponding to Palladio's villa plans in I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (Palladio, 1965) are identified.
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PalladioA, 1965The Four Books of Architecture (Dover, New York); reprinted from the 1738 translation by Isaac Ware of I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura
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StinyGMitchellW J, 1978“The Palladian grammar”Environment and Planning B55–18
