Parametricism 2.0 : rethinking architecture’s agenda for the 21st century

Editorial 05  Helen Castle     About the Guest-Editor 06  Patrik Schumacher     Introduction Parametricism 2.0: Gearing Up to Impact the Global Built Environment 08  Patrik Schumacher     Parametric Computation: History and Future 18  John Frazer     Parametric Notations: The Birth of the Non-Standard 24  Mario Carpo     Antoni Gaudi and Frei Otto: Essential Precursors to the Parametricism Manifesto 30  Mark Burry     Behavioural     Complexity: Constructing Frameworks for Human   Machine Ecologies 36  Theodore Spyropoulos     Upgrading Computational Design 44  Shajay Bhooshan     Behavioural Production: Autonomous Swarm-Constructed Architecture 54  Robert Stuart-Smith     The Art of the Prototypical 60  Marc Fornes     Parametricism   s Structural Congeniality 68  Philippe Block     Computational Material Culture 76  Achim Menges     Relational Urban Models: Parameters, Values and Tacit Forms of Algorithms 84  Enriqueta Llabres and Eduardo Rico     Parametric Regionalism 92  Philip Yuan        Super-Natural   Parametricism in Product Design 100  Ross Lovegrove     Advancing Social Functionality Via Agent-Based Parametric Semiology 108  Patrik Schumacher     Hegemonic Parametricism Delivers a Market-Based Urban Order 114  Patrik Schumacher     Parametrising the Social 124  Manuel DeLanda     Counterpoint: A Hospice for Parametricism 128  Mark Foster Gage     Contributors 134