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Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 31, Number 3, pages 365-381 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2020_3_365

A METHODOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF PARAMETRICISM: LESSONS FROM A CASE STUDY

Levente Gyulai^1*; Vilmos Katona²

¹ Cziráki József Doctoral School, Simonyi Károly Faculty of Engineering, Wood Science and Applied Arts, University of Sopron, 4 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca, Sopron 9400, Hungary
E-mail: gyulailevi@gmail.com; http://be.net/gyulailevi

² Institute of Applied Arts, Simonyi Károly Faculty of Engineering, Wood Science and Applied Arts, University of Sopron, 1 Cházár András tér, Sopron 9400, Hungary
E-mail: katona.vilmos@uni-sopron.hu
ORCID: 0000-0002-0299-2897

^* corresponding author

Abstract: The aim of the study is to introduce the concept of parametric approach in architecture and to show its use in finding appropriate shapes for different projects. Also, the evaluation of theoretical tools for studying parametricism will be discussed. In the first part we briefly introduce some representative flow in modern architecture related to parametric design. The misuse of the word “parametricism” will be explained, too. In the last section a case study of our work will be presented. The point is to illustrate how the investigation process of the logical system of a new plan is being developed and how the space accentuates as a core of new extensions. The interpretation of this case study will show the limits of parametricism. Also, the biophilic design will be introduced as a complement of parametricism.

Keywords: theories and manifestos, design methodology, parametric architecture, generative design, biophilic design, robotics, manufacturing, Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid

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