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Parametric Computation: History and Future
Author(s) -
Frazer John
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2019
Subject(s) - scripting language , architecture , computation , computer science , field (mathematics) , evolutionary computation , parametric statistics , state (computer science) , generative grammar , artificial intelligence , environmental ethics , sociology , data science , software engineering , history , archaeology , programming language , mathematics , philosophy , statistics , pure mathematics
John Frazer is a pioneer and leader in the field of generative design and evolutionary computation. In the 1970s he developed the world's first microcomputer‐based design systems and invented tangible interfaces. Professor at the European Graduate School, he is the author of the seminal book An Evolutionary Architecture (1995). Here he traces the history of parametric architecture and discusses how, in its second state, redefined as Parametricism 2.0, Parametricism opens up the possibilities to become more than a matter of generational technique, scripting variational geometry, and a means to addressing wider social and environmental purpose.