Parametric design for architecture

Preface

Foreword by Robert Woodbury

Introduction

Versioning

Iteration

Mass-customization

Continuous differentiation

The characteristics of a parametric design system

Object-orientation

Families and inheritance

Methods

Parameters

Case study: Austrian Pavilion

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 call back functions

PART II. PARAMETRIC PATTERNS

Controller

Tutorial: A parametric circle

Case study: Aviva Stadium

Force field

Tutorial: Attractor

Repetition

Tutorial: Fibonacci number generator

Tutorial: Nested polygons

Tiling

Tutorial: Hexagonal tiling pattern

Case study: RK4 Tiles

Recursion

Tutorial: Nested geometry

Tutorial: Simple fractals

Case study: Genetic Stair

Subdivision

Tutorial: Simple diagrid mesh

Tutorial: Deriving a diagrid meshfrom a NURBS surface

Case study: Screen for Eurocont Headquarters

Packing

Tutorial: Circle packing

Case study: The Beast

Weaving

Tutorial: A simple ribbon

Tutorial: Weaving a NURBS surface

Case study: nonLin/Lin Pavilion

Branching

Tutorial: Recursive branching

Case study: PS_Canopy

PART III. NEXT STEPS

Towards a programming language for design

Tutorial: Diagrid

Tutorial: Weaving

A taxonomy of parameters

Afterword

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Picture credits

Acknowledgements.