Parametric Design for Architecture

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Copyright
3. Title Page
4. Contents
5. Preface
6. Foreword by Robert Woodbury
7. Introduction
   1. Versioning
   2. Iteration
   3. Mass-customization
   4. Continuous differentiation
   5. The characteristics of a parametric design system
      1. Object-orientation
      2. Families and inheritance
      3. Methods
      4. Parameters
      5. Case study: Austrian Pavilion
8. Part I: Algorithmic Thinking
   1. Introduction
   2. Overall structure
   3. Data types and variables
   4. Expressions
   5. Logic and control
   6. Functions
   7. Iteration and recursion
   8. Objects, classes, attributes and methods
   9. Events and callback functions
9. Part II: Parametric Patterns
   1. Controller
      1. Tutorial: A parametric circle
      2. Case study: Aviva Stadium
   2. Force field
      1. Tutorial: Attractor
   3. Repetition
      1. Tutorial: Fibonacci number generator
      2. Tutorial: Nested polygons
   4. Tiling
      1. Tutorial: Hexagonal tiling pattern
      2. Case study: RK4 Tiles
   5. Recursion
      1. Tutorial: Nested geometry
      2. Tutorial: Simple fractals
      3. Case study: Genetic Stair
   6. Subdivision
      1. Tutorial: Simple diagrid mesh
      2. Tutorial: Deriving a diagrid mesh from a NURBS surface
      3. Case study: Screen for Eurocont Headquarters
   7. Packing
      1. Tutorial: Circle packing
      2. Case study: The Beast
   8. Weaving
      1. Tutorial: A simple ribbon
      2. Tutorial: Weaving a NURBS surface
      3. Case study: nonLin/Lin Pavilion
   9. Branching
      1. Tutorial: Recursive branching
      2. Case study: PS_Canopy
10. Part III: Next Steps
    1. Towards a programming language for design
       1. Tutorial: Diagrid
       2. Tutorial: Weaving
    2. A taxonomy of parameters
    3. Afterword by Brian Johnson
11. Glossary
12. Bibliography
13. Index
14. Picture credits
15. Acknowledgements