parametricism

English

Etymology

From parametric +‎ -ism, coined in 2008 by Patrik Schumacher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæɹəˈmɛtɹɪsɪzm̩/

Noun

parametricism (uncountable)

1. 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.
   • 2013, David Joselit, After Art, →ISBN, page 24:

     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.

   • 2014, Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models, →ISBN, page 185:

     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 […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:parametricism.

Related terms

• parametricity
• parametrization
• parametrize

 

Further reading

• Parametric design on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “parametricism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.