parametricism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pæɹəˈmɛtɹɪsɪzm̩/
Etymology
From parametric + -ism, coined in 2008 by Patrik Schumacher.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An avant-garde, computer-aided style of architecture and urban planning in which (the functions of) spaces are considered parametrically variable (dynamic) rather than static.
According to the functional heuristics of parametricism, the functions of spaces are conceived in terms of dynamic patterns of social interactions/communications, i.e. as parametrically variable, dynamic event scenarios, rather than static schedules of accommodation that list functional stereotypes. See Patrik Schumacher, The Autopoiesis of Architecture […]
2014, Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models, →ISBN, page 185:The question of Parametricism's “hegemony” has been a subject of lively debate among architects, who disagree over whether its design language—which is based on the scripting of variable stems though digital algorithms—may be considered a style whose signature aspects would be an undulating topographical field composed of modular geometric elements, or whether the digital modelling capacities that Parametricism relies on should remain tools for designing a more materially based and responsive form of architecture.
2013, David Joselit, After Art, →ISBN, page 24: