English

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 0691150443), 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 1938740114), 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 examples of usage of this term, see Citations:parametricism.

References

1. ↑ Patrik Schumacher, The Autopoiesis of Architecture, volume 1 (2011, ISBN 1119990491): "The term Parametricism was first put forward by the author during the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale."