Abstract

FRAILE NARVAEZ, Marcelo. Computational design. A case study. An. Investig. Arquit. [online]. 2022, vol.12, n.1, e303.  Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 2301-1505.  https://doi.org/10.18861/ania.2022.12.1.3216.

Throughout history, man has sought to perfect systems for creating and representing space ever more accurately. But it was not until the invention of computers and the development of digital systems that a Copernican turning point in design truly took place, a revolution that replaced traditional design processes based on manual drawing.

Based on these assumptions, and with the hypothesis that a new generation of digital procedures went from representing space (digital design) to being used as a tool to enhance the design capabilities of designers (computational design), this paper aims to analyse and classify three emblematic projects of the late twentieth century that, although not built, marked a milestone in the history of recent architecture.

For their analysis, we will take as a reference the taxonomy elaborated by Inês Caetano, Luís Santos and António Leitão, in their article Computational design in architecture: Defining parametric, generative, and algorithmic design (2020). In this article, the authors identify that contemporary scientific literature related to computational design is associated with three terms: parametric design, algorithmic design, and generative design. For this reason, we will use these terms as central axes for our classification and analysis.

Keywords : Computational design; parametric design; algorithmic design; generative design; new technologies; digital design.

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