Parametric Design for Architecture

PART I ALGORITHMIC THINKING

INTRODUCTION

OVERALL STRUCTURE

DATA TYPES AND VARIABLES

EXPRESSIONS

LOGIC AND CONTROL

FUNCTIONS

ITERATION AND RECURSION

OBJECTS, CLASSES, ATTRIBUTES AND METHODS

EVENTS AND CALLBACK FUNCTIONS

 

Introduction

‘From the time of ancient Vitruvian geometric ideals to modern Corbusian regulating lines and Miesian modular grids, architecture has always been bound to (if not by) a conscious use of numbers.’

Brett Steele (‘Weapons of the Gods’ in The New Mathematics of Architecture by Jane Burry and Mark Burry)

Rather than rely on an intuitive search for a solution, parametric design often involves precise, step-by-step techniques ...