Harvard Graduate School of Design
Team member: Zunheng Lai, Weishun Xu, Tim Zeitler
Critic: George Legendre
The paradox between generation and control has long been the debate of parametric design: how much of the design is generated by mechanism and how much is controlled by architects. In this project, we are particularly interested in how parametric design tool engages with dynamic site condition and program.
Three key aspects was investigated during our design process:
- the paradox between autonomous parametric geometry and related urban context;
- the process of giving tectonic interpretation of diagrid mathematics surface;
- the afterthought of “stadium” being the perfect parametric program.
From the Colosseum, stadium has been quite a fixed type that has not changed much. Such nature gives a strong alibi in parametric design, for its gene has been consistent and easily described. The discussion thus shift from controlling the design from program, context and etc. to discovering interesting geometric characteristic from generated families.
