Talk:parametricism

RFV discussion: March 2015

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parametricism

Currently defined as "the hegemonic, global avant-garde style of architecture in which all elements of the design become parametrically variable and mutually adaptive". I had reduced the original def to simply "an avant-garde style of architecture", but the creator restored this longer def. It's hard to tell what "parametrically variable and mutually adaptive" is supposed to mean, and it sounds a bit like art-waffle. Equinox ◑ 18:28, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

"Parametricism" gets over 600 BGC hits in books written by a variety of authors. A comprehensible definition is much harder to come across. --Hekaheka (talk) 20:12, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Side note: most citations seem to use the all-lowercase form, so I've moved the entry there. A few citations do capitalize the term, but the same can be said of impressionism, pointillism, modernism, etc. - -sche (discuss) 21:02, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

I've removed "hegemonic"; supporters of the movement make the POV claim that it is hegemonic/dominant, but this is the subject of (as one source puts it) "lively debate", and is in any case not definitional. google books:"parametricism" "mutually adaptive" gets no hits, so I've removed that bit, too. The idea that (the functions of) urban spaces are parametrically variable and dynamic rather than static, OTOH, does seem definitional; indeed, it may be part of why the movement is called parametricism (the other part being because it's computer-aided). I've added a few citations. - -sche (discuss) 21:32, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

Daniela has removed "computer-aided" and added "epochal", but that, like "hegemonic", is just another POV claim by the term's creator. - -sche (discuss) 03:19, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Now we've got five references but all of them are the term's creator talking about himself. Out of hand. Equinox ◑ 04:24, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

It's pretty clear, both from what Daniela has removed and from what they've added, that they're pushing a "Parametricism is the Way!" POV. I suggest restoring diff (but fixing the typo of "statis"→"static"). - -sche (discuss) 04:37, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

Is the entry OK at this point? It's cited. - -sche (discuss) 08:51, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

RFV-passed in its current form, heavily altered from its original form. - -sche (discuss) 22:33, 27 March 2015 (UTC)