Hadid’s Nordpark stations topped with parametric “ice formations”
As part of our ongoing Parametricism series, we look at the Nordpark Railway Stations, a collection of four…
How parametricism changed architecture but not buildings
Our Parametricism series has explored the architectural theory controversially touted by Patrik Schumacher as the defining style of…
Unseen videos reveal Zaha Hadid’s first digital designs
Architect Daniel Oakley has released videos of the first 3D computer models created at Zaha Hadid Architects, exclusively…
Parametric design at Seoul museum is “shelter and pedagogy”
Continuing our parametricism series we look at the Seoul Robot & AI Museum by Turkish studio Melike Altınışık…
Parametricism “changed how we think” says Melike Altınışık
The theories of parametricism have positively influenced the direction of architecture, but the ambition to make it the…
Metropol Parasol wears its parametric structure “on its sleeve”
We continue our Parametricism series by looking at Metropol Parasol by German architecture studio J Mayer H and…
The relationship between architecture and capitalism on which parametricism was premised ceased to exist long ago
Parametricism can never become a dominant architecture style now that the forces of capitalism are no longer interested…
Yokohama ferry terminal “first major” parametric building
Continuing our parametricism series, we look at the futuristic Yokohama International Port Terminal designed by Foreign Office Architects,…
Schumacher “not happy” with rate of parametricism uptake
Despite it being adopted more slowly than he anticipated, Patrik Schumacher believes parametricism will still become a universal architectural…
Heydar Aliyev ultimate expression of parametricism’s “fluidity”
Our parametricism series launches with a look at the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan. Designed by Zaha…
Parametricism is the architecture “of neoliberalism itself”
Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off…