Parametric Architecture: Tools, Techniques, and Workflow
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https://doi.org/10.69968/2dt79543Keywords:
Parametric Architecture, Computational Design, Algorithmic Modelling, Generative Design, Performance-Based DesignAbstract
The advent of Parametric architecture has revolutionized the way architects are working in the 21st century, combining computational design, algorithmic modelling, and performance-based decision making within the design process. The basic concepts, digital tools, computational methods, workflow, applications, and problems of parametric architecture are explored in this review. It explains the importance of parameter-driven and rule-based design to help architects find flexible, adaptive and efficient solutions. Major software packages such as Rhino–Grasshopper, Autodesk Dynamo, CATIA and Bentley Generative Components are covered and complemented with additional plugins like Ladybug Tools, Kangaroo and Galapagos. The review also specifies the parametric design workflow from the definition of design parameters to the performance evaluation and documentation. Applications for complex building forms, façade design, structural optimization and sustainable architecture are emphasized, and the challenge of the computational requirements being discussed as well as the need for interoperability, standardization and programming knowledge. In conclusion, parametric architecture is an important breakthrough in digital architectural design.
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