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V. Kourkoutas:
"Parametric Form Finding in Contemporary Architecture";
Supervisor: G. Franck; Continuing Education Center, 2007; final examination: 2007-07-05.

The search of new geometry has been during the last years an interesting subject for Contemporary Architecture. As the 21st century brought a new era for architectural design, CAD programs have evolved together with the idea of Form Finding. The possibilities offered make the collaboration of the architect with the computer now possible in terms of searching the appropriate form for given cases. As the analysis of contemporary architectural pieces has indicated, the procedure of architectural design can be semi-automated. Parametric Form Finding is transferring generative approaches into the architectural design workflow by introducing a set of rules to describe the constrains of the form. Given this context, two methods have been realized, which are guided by the user by providing basic two dimensional shapes, restrictions and form characteristics. The approach is fitted in a plug-in for the modeling environment of Rhinoceros that generates three dimensional form based on the user?s input. The methods followed are being evaluated.

Parametric Modeling, Form Finding, Rhinoceros, plug-in

http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/pub-ar_7972.pdf