Parametricism 2.0 : rethinking architecture's agenda for the 21st century / guest-edited by Patrick Schumacher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schumacher, Patrick, editor.

Series:

Architectural design (London, England : 1971) ; v. 86, no. 2.

Architectural design profile ; no. 240.

Architectural design, 0003-8504 ; profile no. 240

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern.

Architectural design.

Architectural design--Data processing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 p.) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.

Summary:

Parametricism is an avant-garde architecture and design movement that has been growing and maturing over the last 15 years, emerging as a remarkable global force. The tendency started in architecture but now encompasses all design disciplines, from urban design to fashion. In architecture, the style has an international following and is currently progressing beyond its experimental roots to make an impact on a broader scale, with practices like Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) winning and completing large-scale architectural projects worldwide. Parametricism implies that all elements and aspects of an architectural composition or product are parametrically malleable; and the style owes its original, unmistakable physiognomy to its unprecedented use of computational design tools and fabrication methods. All design parameters are conceived as variables that allow the design to vary and adapt to the diverse, complex and dynamic requirements of contemporary society. Although Parametricism has been talked about and hotly debated for a number of years, so far there has been no publication dedicated to Parametricism. The issue is guest-edited by Patrik Schumacher, partner at ZHA, and one of the world's most highly renowned advocates of Parametricism. Contributors: Philippe Block, Shajay Bhooshan, Mark Burry, Mario Carpo, Manuel DeLanda, John Frazer, Mark Foster Gage, Enriqueta Llabres and Eduardo Rico, Achim Menges, Theo Spyropoulos, Robert Stuart-Smith, Philip F Yuan. Featured architects and designers: Arup, Mark Fornes/THEVERYMANY, Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Ross Lovegrove.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editorial; About the Guest-Editor; Introduction Parametricism 2.0: Gearing Up to Impact the Global Built Environment; The Crisis of Parametricism and the Agenda of Parametricism 2.0; Towards a Constructive Division of Labour Within Parametricism 2.0; Parametric Computation: History and Future; Architettura Parametrica; Parametric Design Now; Parametricism; Adding Power to Parametrics; Parametricism Redefined; Parametric Notations: The Birth of the Non-Standard; CYBERNETICS DID NOT BEGET PARAMETRICISM; PARAMETRICISM AND VARIABILITY IN HISTORY

Antoni Gaudí and Frei Otto: Essential Precursors to the Parametricism ManifestoAntoni Gaudí and Frei Otto: Proto-Parametricists; Dangerous Liaisons? (Or Architectural Practice Not as We Have Traditionally Understood It to Be?); Behavioural Complexity: Constructing Frameworks for Human-Machine Ecologies; TOWARDS A BEHAVIOURAL MODEL FOR ARCHITECTURE; PARTICIPANTS AS PERFORMERS; BEYOND CONTROL: STEPS TOWARDS AN ECOLOGY OF INTERACTIVE THINGS; FROM ATMOSPHERES TO ROBOTICS; EVOLVING TAXONOMIES; Upgrading Computational Design; INCREASED INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION; HISTORIC CONTINUUM OF METHODS

SYSTEMIC GENERATION AND DISSEMINATION OF DESIGN RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGESYMBIOSIS BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND PRACTICE; CONTINUED EVOLUTION; Behavioural Production: Autonomous Swarm-Constructed Architecture; Aerial Robotic 3D Printing; Situated Robotics; Autonomous On-site Construction; The Art of the Prototypical; EXPLICIT AND ENCODED PROTOCOLS; PROTOCOL OF PRECISE INDETERMINATION; FROM FORM FINDING TO STRUCTURANT MORPHOLOGIES; INTENSIVE CURVATURE VS EXTENSIVE CURVATURE; BASE MESH VS BASIC MESH; THEVERYMANY; FROM THE VERY MANY TO THE VERY LEAST

FROM DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY TO SEARCH PROTOCOLSCOMPETITIVE RULE SETS AND SCHIZOPHRENIC BEHAVIOURS; FROM NON-LINEAR MORPHOLOGIES TO SETS OF LINEAR DESCRIPTIONS; COLORATION VS COLOUR(S); PROTOTYPICAL ARCHITECTURES VS ARCHITECTURE; Parametricism's Structural Congeniality; LEARNING FROM THE PAST: THE DECLINE AND CHALLENGES OF SHELLS; BUILDING AT ANY 'COST'; DISCOVERING OPPORTUNITIES; REIMAGINING THE TRADITIONAL; SUPERCHARGING SHELLS; Computational Material Culture; DESIGN COMPUTATION: MATERIAL INTEGRATION; DESIGN AGENCY: MATERIALITY AND MATERIALISATION; EMERGING MATERIAL CULTURE

Relational Urban Models: Parameters, Values and Tacit Forms of AlgorithmsBaishizhou RUM, Shenzhen; Santos RUM, São Paulo; Riverbed RUM, Wuhan; Parameters, Values and Tacit Forms of Algorithms; Parametric Regionalism; Digital Design and Fabrication of Traditional Materials; Brick Aggregation; Concrete Fabrication; Timber Tectonics; A New Age of Performative Architecture; 'Super-Natural': Parametricism in Product Design; BEYOND KNOWN INDUSTRIAL GEOMETRIES; NATURE'S ECONOMIC SINCERITY; DIATOMIC BEAUTY AND LOGIC; RENAULT ADVANCED STUDY; 'CALGAT': CAN A LILY GROW A TELEPHONE

GRAVITATIONAL SHOES FOR UNITED NUDE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 16, 2016).

ISBN:

9781118922095

1118922093

OCLC:

945731694