Part 4
Computational Design
Part 4 provides an overview of computational design processes and their application toward architectural modeling, drawing, and representation. Through the use of parametric and algorithmic modeling, architects and designers can develop 3D models that update based on variable parameters and inputs as inputs. Algorithmic processes allow for rule-based approaches to design that utilize the agency of computation to automate tasks and procedures. Computational technologies have not only changed the way in which architects and designers work through drawings and models but also approaches to methods and processes of architectural design and representation. Through visual programming platforms, algorithmic and scripting procedures can be implemented to explore and develop architectural geometry, patterns, modular assemblies, emergent formations, and much more. Visual programming platforms for creating simulations based on environmental data and phenomena, and...