Performance-based Parametric Surface Case-Study

Digital technologies are playing important role in determining the final effects of buildings,and in shifting design and construction processes of architecture directly.In many works,the overall form,individual components and construction details of their surfaces are generated by parametric methods,and then are materialized(to make them buildable with material).With the development in Green building and related techniques,environmental factors,such as lighting,energy and air,are gradually involved into the design process,and become new sources in generating building surface.By means of comparative study on three cases,this paper presents how these factors are integrated or transformed into aesthetic and constructional consideration in parametric surface design,and summarizes fundamental principles of performance-based parametric surface.