Parametric Design in Urbanism: A Critical Reflection

ÇALIŞKAN O.

PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH, vol.32, no.4, pp.417-443, 2017 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/02697459.2017.1378862
  • Journal Name: PLANNING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.417-443
  • Keywords: Parametric design, urban design, generative urbanism, design control and planning, EXPLORATION, SYSTEMS
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Parametric modelling run by the explicitly defined algorithms generating synchronically auditable dynamic forms and patterns, has become a prominent method especially in architecture. Though the use of parametric models has got wider in urban design, the critical reflection on the actual and possible application of the method in urbanism has fallen limited so far. The paper tends to relate parametric design with the contemporary understanding of urbanism with regards to the idea of design control in the the context of complexity. From this perspective, the actual performance of the model application in urban context is discussed with the renowned project of Kartal-Pendik Masterplan (Zaha Hadid Architects) in Istanbul, Turkey.