Parametric Urban Design as a Medium for the Artistic Exploration of Urban Space and Form

Autor: Steinø, Nicolai
Přispěvatelé: Soddu, Celestino, Colabella, Enrica
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Steinø, N 2021, Parametric Urban Design as a Medium for the Artistic Exploration of Urban Space and Form . in C Soddu & E Colabella (eds), Proceedings of the XXIV Generative Arts Conference 2021 . Domus Argenia Publisher, Rome, pp. 153-164, XXIV Generative Arts Conference 2021, Sardinia, Italy, 15/12/2021 . < http://www.generativeart.com/GA2021/mostra2021/GA2021.html >
Popis: Parametric design has only recently been applied to the urban scale in the form of parametric urban design. While parametric design has found its way into design engineering in the form of structural analysis and environmental simulation testing, and into architectural design in the form of ‘parametricist architecture’, so far, in urban design, it has mainly been used for modeling existing urban environments. Nonetheless, parametric urban design holds great potential for artistic design exploration at the urban scale. Based on a brief description of parametric design in architecture and in urban design, this paper takes its reader through two case stories of the use of parametric urban design for the artistic exploration of urban space and form. Applied to the scale of the urban, parametric design opens new ways of thinking about form and space, and enables the exploration of complex morphologies in more efficient ways than conventional design media. Parametric design has only recently beenapplied to the urban scale in the form ofparametric urban design. While parametric design has found its way into designengineering in the form of structuralanalysis and environmental simulationtesting, and into architectural design inthe form of ‘parametricist architecture’, sofar, in urban design, it has mainly beenused for modeling existing urban environments. Nonetheless, parametric urban design holds great potential for artistic design exploration at the urban scale.Based on a brief description of parametric design in architecture and in urbandesign, this paper takes its readerthrough two case stories of the use ofparametric urban design for the artisticexploration of urban space and form. Applied to the scale of the urban, parametric design opens new ways of thinkingabout form and space, and enables theexploration of complex morphologies inmore efficient ways than conventionaldesign media.
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