Скачать или смотреть Parametric Design: Structures Enabled by Algorithms

The magic of parametric design truly comes to life when you look at the iconic structures it has enabled Take the Haidar Aliyev Centre in Baku designed by the legendary Zaha Hadid Its form is pure poetry a continuous fluid structure that seems to emerge from the surrounding plaza and flow upwards into the sky There are hardly any straight lines to be found This building would have been an absolute nightmare to design and construct using traditional methods But with parametric modeling the architects could define the rules for its swooping curves ensuring every single panel and beam was precisely calculated and manufactured to fit into its unique place like a giant seamless puzzle Another brilliant example is the Bird's Nest Stadium built for the Beijing Olympics Its design appears to be a chaotic tangle of steel beams but it is in fact a highly ordered and logical structure The architects Herzog and Demiron used parametric algorithms to create this seemingly random pattern which cleverly conceals the supports for the retractable roof The design process allowed them to test the strength and stability of this complex web of steel digitally optimizing it for material use and structural performance long before a single piece was ever forged It's a building that is as much a feat of engineering and computation as it is of architecture These buildings are more than just eye-catching spectacles