加利福納人（Garifuna）是居住在宏都拉斯（Honduras）和貝里斯（Belize）海岸邊的一支有著獨特和充滿活力文化特質的族群，然而目前少數民族文化被主流文化吸收的現象卻直接影響了加利福納人的民居特色。本研究旨在以形狀語法（Shape Grammars）紀錄加利福納人的原生建築形式，並運用電腦輔助設計軟體探索形狀語法的演繹，以拓展加利福納人的原生建築語法來探索新的設計可能性。
本研究利用形狀語法的方法論，建構加利福納聚落語法（Garifuna Settlement Grammar）及家屋語法（Garifuna Hut Grammar）來擷取加利福納的傳統民居建築風格。聚落語法的特性在於能夠產出典型加利福納聚落與民居建築平面模式；而家屋語法則能產出加利福納建築的整體與構築方式。以聚落語法及家屋語法為基礎，本研究針對公眾建築設計提出了新的形狀語法－加利福納建築語法（Garifuna Building Grammars），維持傳統建築風格的地域性傳統和生活風俗。為能進一步探索語法的多樣演繹，本研究試以參數化的電腦輔助設計軟體開發家屋語法，並檢驗其正確性。
本研究的主要貢獻有二。一是進行加利福納傳統建築的分析，以聚落語法與家屋語法保存加利福納民居樣式。二是由原生的語法延伸發展，提出加利福納建築語法，得以設計加利福納社群更大尺度的公眾使用設施，為其傳統樣式尋求新生。此外，有關形狀語法的數位化則僅開發了家屋語法；因數位化有助於民眾參與設計的溝通，建議後續研究持續進行其他語法的開發。

The Garifuna are a group of people that live on the northern coast of Honduras and the coast of Belize. They have a very distinct and vibrant culture. Minority cultures are currently absorbed by mainstreamed cultures and the Garifuna ethnicity is directly influenced by this phenomenon. In this research it is of special concern to encapsulate Garifuna vernacular architecture by means of shape grammars. The research provides a clear documentation of the grammars implemented in CAD software. And this investigation explores new design prospects by extending the Garifuna vernacular grammars.
The research utilizes the shape grammar methodology to capture the style of Garifuna architecture in two sets of grammars: the Garifuna settlement grammar, and the Garifuna hut grammar. The settlement grammar has the character of generating accurate typical Garifuna settlement patterns. The Garifuna hut grammar is to produce the actual construction of a Garifuna hut.
Furthermore, this research proposes new shape grammars - the Garifuna Building Grammars - for the design of public buildings so that they maintain local tradition, in style, and customs. The new shape grammars with parametric rules are developed through the extension of the vernacular grammars. The Garifuna Building Grammars achieve more complex designs providing the Garifuna communities with larger scaled facilities for public use. This investigation provides the data of the shape grammar rules implementation in parametric CAD software.
This research successfully presents an analysis of the Garifuna vernacular architecture. The research contributes with a clear digital documentation of the grammars. And finally it produces the possibilities of new designs remaining faithful to the Garifuna traditional methods of construction.

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