2. A parti pris is an organizing thought
or decision behind
an architect's design, presented in
the form of a basic diagram or a
simple statement. It may be
shortened to "parti". The term comes
from 15th century French, in which
"parti pris" meant "decision taken."
3. • diagrams give insight into how the architect has made decisions
about a building’s form.
• (Bjarke Ingles Group),
“step-by-step diagrams” make it is easy to read the architect’s form-
making process.