Simon Giang: June 2015

TYRANT

School of Computational Architecture

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The dominant mode of utilizing computers in architecture today is that of computerization; entities or processes that are already conceptualized in the designer’s mind are entered, manipulated, or stored on a computer system. In contrast, computation or computing, as a computer-based design tool is generally limited. The problem with this situation is that designers do not take advantage of the computational power of the computer. We have seen a growing interest in parametric design as it offers a new approach to architecture based on advanced computational design techniques. As parametricism becomes a tool more designers are turning toward, is this method beginning to define the style of our time? In an effort to identify our architectural style to allow it to be recognized, Patrik Schumacher, a partner at Zaha Hadid, has communicated his beliefs in his Parametricist Manifesto. “As a style, parametricism is marked by its aims, ambitions, methodological principles, and evaluative criteria, as well as by its characteristic formal repertoire.” Before a given specific discipline can begin to gain from the use of virtual environments, more than just casting old assumptions into mathematical form is necessary. In many cases the assumptions themselves need to be modified. Urban landscape will be more varied, as the need for homogeneous/repeated structure goes away. So large office buildings with identical stacked meeting spaces and cubicles will get reconstructed into more interesting organic spaces, maybe in some cases leaving the exteriors intact. What is exciting about this new style is that parametricism offers a flexible set of components to manipulate, which leads to an infinite amount of variation.

http://www.archdaily.com/64581/parametricist-manifesto-patrik-schumacher
Menges, A & Ahlquist, S 2011, Computational design thinking, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester & UK
http://au.phaidon.com/agenda/architecture/articles/2010/december/08/the-real-will-come-to-resemble-the-virtual-philip-rosedale-talks-to-phaidon-com/