Parametric design for architecture
Record details
- ISBN: 9781780673141
- ISBN: 1786274396
- ISBN: 9781786274397
- ISBN: 9781780673141
- ISBN: 1780673140
- ISBN: 1780675364
- ISBN: 9781780675367
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: London : Laurence King Publishing, 2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Foreword by Robert Woodbury -- Introduction -- Versioning -- Iteration -- Mass-customization -- Continuous differentiation -- The characteristics of a parametric design system -- Object-orientation -- Families and inheritance -- Methods -- Parameters -- Case study: Austrian Pavilion -- PART I. ALGORITHMIC THINKING -- Introduction -- Overall structure -- Data types and variables -- Expressions -- Logic and control -- Functions -- Iteration and recursion -- Objects, classes, attributes and methods -- Events and call back functions -- PART II. PARAMETRIC PATTERNS -- Controller -- Tutorial: A parametric circle -- Case study: Aviva Stadium -- Force field -- Tutorial: Attractor -- Repetition -- Tutorial: Fibonacci number generator -- Tutorial: Nested polygons -- Tiling -- Tutorial: Hexagonal tiling pattern -- Case study: RK4 Tiles -- Recursion -- Tutorial: Nested geometry -- Tutorial: Simple fractals -- Case study: Genetic Stair -- Subdivision -- Tutorial: Simple diagrid mesh -- Tutorial: Deriving a diagrid meshfrom a NURBS surface -- Case study: Screen for Eurocont Headquarters -- Packing -- Tutorial: Circle packing -- Case study: The Beast -- Weaving -- Tutorial: A simple ribbon -- Tutorial: Weaving a NURBS surface -- Case study: nonLin/Lin Pavilion -- Branching -- Tutorial: Recursive branching -- Case study: PS_Canopy -- PART III. NEXT STEPS -- Towards a programming language for design -- Tutorial: Diagrid -- Tutorial: Weaving -- A taxonomy of parameters -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Picture credits -- Acknowledgements. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed January 6, 2015). |
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