Generative Doctrine
Parametric design has been used to aid in the formulation of new and complex structures. Ever since then it has been a paradigm for which is the more effective use of computers in architectural design and practice. Now, parametric design is more concerned with complex geometries, where the resolution and development of this structures is contingent on the code itself rather than a focus with a holistic process that aims at discovering formal synthesis as is the more conventional school. The triforium of Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia is taken as a case study. Parametric variation is used to define surface geometry consistent with the surviving fragments of plaster models, and what we know of Gaudi’s technique.23 Marking an impressive feat, Antonio Gaudi, pioneered in parametric design since the end of the 19th century. Yet, his approach wasn’t forced with Avant Garde computers and graphic displays, his approached to discovering this design process derives from nature itself, as he physically studied various biological specimens and growing systems. Then, he transformed this observation into architectural processes for both structural and aesthetic gains. Hence, Sagrada Familia is his most successful and impressive work, where the interior organization is as highly complex as the exterior and yet both interior and exterior are in absolute correlation and harmony with one another.
