Guerilla Tactics of Parametric Design

Abstract

Our assumptions about the world of technology and design are leading us astray. We are being pulled unequivocally towards notions of efficiency (time and cost) and towards the idea that we are buying ourselves back into the business of design development. In reality we are not repossessing anything, but are simply passing our cost and time savings on to our consultants, contractors and clients. Parametric design, BIM (Building Information Modeling) and digital fabrication methods are rendering us, as architects, further obsolete and creating a world in which we are even more likely to create another big box store or a second lot of condos, with only the requisite shift in material or articulation.