By:
Kristina Shrestha
In my last blog post, I
wrote about the introduction of parametric design. Here I am enjoying my spring
break and my brain never stops thinking about my project in thesis. I have spent
endless nights thinking how I will start to design these awesome pattern in my
project.
I analyzed many buildings to know how
parametric design works. The building designed by Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid,
Frank O Gehry to name a few. As I started to explore the infinite design of
parametric system it took me back to nature. Parametric design follows the
natural pattern of plants and animal morphological element which can be
converted to tectonic practices. Nature has been the grading factor for design
of the building or design of the structure. Architects like Louis Sullivan,
Mies van der Rohe, Lazlo Mohdy Nagy, Sir Patric Geddes to name a few were
influenced by writings of Gothe (Metamorphosis of plants, 1790) E.S. Russel
(Form and Function, 1916) and R H France (Plants as Inventors, 1920) [1]. Many
people have misconception that parametric system of design is done by computers
but it is not true. It is the imagination of the architecture where computers
helps to simulate the design as the architect has imagined. Computer is a tool
which helps an architect to bring his imagination to reality.
The parametric system
of thinking was in existence before the development of computers. When Alan
Turing developed mathematical models to shape biological pattern in 1952,
morphology was considered scientific. After the development of fractals in
1982, computer emerged as a tool for simulation of biological patterns and
forms. Many architects tried to design prototype and models of the parametric
design but the models lacked precision. It got very difficult to analyze the
structure of these parametric design therefore it was difficult for architects
to construct buildings with the help of parametric system.
German Architect Frei
Otto, started to make light tensile structure. He had served as tent architect
during his two years captivity in France during the war. After the war, in
1948, he enrolled to study architecture in Technical University of Berlin. His architecture
was very different than the traditional architecture of heavy columns and
beams. His architecture consisted of lightweight structure which are open to
nature, low-cost and some of his structure were temporary as well [2]. He was experimenting
with the different types of tensile structure. Even today, we can see the
influence of Frei Otto’s architecture in the buildings of Zaha Hadid, Frank o
Gehry, Norman Foster to name a few. Here are the examples of parametric system
designed by Frei Otto.
Japan Paper Pavilion, Expo
2000 in Hannover, Germany [3]
1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal, Canada [3]
Roof for the Multihalle (multipurpose hall) in Mannheim, Germany [3]
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References:
1. http://www.aiacc.org/2012/06/25/parametric-design-a-brief-history/ accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 1:20 pm
2. http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2015/biography accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 1:30 pm
3. http://inhabitat.com/7-amazing-projects-by-2015-pritzker-prize-laureate-frei-otto/ accessed on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 1:52
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