Parametric design uses algorithmic processes and computational tools to generate building forms that respond to measurable inputs — structural loads, solar exposure, wind patterns, programme distribution. The geometry of these buildings is not drawn but computed, producing complex curved surfaces, variable facade patterns, and structures that would be impossible to design by hand.
Zaha Hadid Architects and firms like Asymptote, UNStudio, and Morphosis have pushed parametric tools from experimental to mainstream. The results are buildings whose facades shift and undulate, whose structural members branch like trees, and whose interiors flow without the orthogonal constraints of conventional architecture.
