Parametricism

パラメトリシズム / 2008– / Style / Modern Architecture

The style that organizes architecture through continuous parametric relations among all elements — flowing surfaces and gradient change. Named by Schumacher, implemented across Zaha Hadid Architects' work.

Continuous curved surfaces / Gradient variation / Mutually adapting elements / The absence of right angles

Parametricism — ザハ・ハディド ロンドン水泳センター（CC BY-SA 4.0）Parametricism — ギャラクシーSOHO 北京（CC BY-SA 4.0）
ザハ・ハディド ロンドン水泳センター（CC BY-SA 4.0） ／ ギャラクシーSOHO 北京（CC BY-SA 4.0）

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't quote the curved forms alone. The parametric correlation of elements is the definition itself.
Further study
Patrik Schumacher / Zaha Hadid / the lineage of computational design

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