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| Heyday Aliyev Center located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Designed by Zaha Hadid. Representing the up-rise in curvilinear design. |
Parametricism and parametric design are often confused due
to their coexistence within the design process. In the past, Isms such as Postmodernism or Modernism in the architectural profession were purely based on
parametric thinking – the process – of the final form, therefore, reducing the
connection with culture. In the same way, parametricism is seen as the effect
of the use of parametric technologies. It is due to the ease of use that comes
with parametric design – the way this ease increases, “the adoption of parametric software in computers” [1]. In apparent
contrast to the way in which traditional architectural drawings, “have no inherent structure, and are merely
dirty marks on paper” [2], - this notion can be clearly argued. Ultimately, the popularity of curvilinear
forms in the architectural profession increases as they are now easier to
create, which then gives the impression of an emerging architectural style. There is a need to understand the
influence culture itself has on new coming architecture as it is culture which
emits, “a certain design aesthetic, and
the techniques can merely facilitate the articulation of that aesthetic” [3].
But how could such a style arise in an industry where a, “very small fraction – maybe 1% - would be using actual parametric
software”? [4]. Parametric thinking
should be referred to as a radical “way
of approaching design” [5],
a process, which works alongside algorithmic design to create a, “scripting language that allow[s] the
designer to step beyond the limitations of the user interface, and to design
through the direct manipulation not of the form but of the code”[6]. This
is where, “design exploration and the epistemology of criticism suggests that we
must embrace the possibilities” [7] and finally represent the way in which,
“logic should be the new form” [8].
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- [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [8] Leach, Neil, "Parametrics Explained", in Scripting the Future, Tongji UP, 2012: Pp. 3, 5, 7, 9.
- [2] [7] Mitchell, William, “A New Agenda for Computer-Aided Design”, in Computational Design Thinking, edited by Achim Menges (2011): Pp. 2, 15.
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