This document summarizes a technical seminar presentation on parametric structures. The presentation covered topics such as parametric design, parametricism, parametric software, design methodology, algorithms for designing in software, a case study of Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, advantages and disadvantages of parametric design, and futuristic structures. The presentation was given by Lokeshwar M and guided by Ms. Sudha K at Don Bosco Institute of Technology in Bengaluru, India in 2020-2021.

1. Visvesvaraya Technological University
“Jnana Sangama”, Belagavi 590018
Technical seminar presentation (18CVS84)
ON
“DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PARAMETRIC STRUCTURES”
Presented by:
Lokeshwar M (1DB18CV014)
Under the Guidance of
Ms SUDHA K
Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Kumbalagodu, Mysore road, Bengaluru-74
2020-2021

2. DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF
PARAMETRIC STRUCURES

3. CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• LITERATURE SURVEY
• PARAMETRIC DESIGN
• PARAMETRICISM
• PARAMETRIC SOFTWARES
• DESIGN METHODOLOGY &
PROCESS
• ALGORITHM & DESIGNINIG IN
SOFTWARES
• CASE STUDY
• ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
• CONCLUSIONS
• FUTURISTIC STRUCTURES
• REFERENCES

4. INTRODUCTION
• Parametric modelling is a method based on relational thinking and
these relationships are designed with parametric modeling tools In
parametric modelling, the definition and presentation of the
relationships that formed the geometry are give up to the user. This
allows users to create the algorithm of the model. The algorithm
includes the rules that occur when the parameters are associated with
each other. The parameter can be called a restrictor or limit that
determines the boundaries of any event . Although parametric
modeling is new as a concept, the history of parametric thinking and
design dates back to the oldest.

5. INTRODUCTION
• With the developing technology and the widening horizon of thought,
modern designs with extreme geometries emerge outside of the traditional
construction in architecture and construction industry. However, the
formation of more complex structures with traditional modeling methods
has become difficult and time consuming. So, computer-assisted parametric
modeling have been developed in which complex relations can be designed.
• Parametric design process consists of determining the parameters, designing
the relations between the parameters, determining the estimated geometry,
creating variations and testing the resulting product . These stages are in
close contact with each other and affect each other. In architectural and
engineering applications, the needs of the researchers increase the interest in
parametric modeling and many studies are carried out in this field.

6. LITERATURE SURVEY
SL
NO
TITLE OF THE
PAPER
AUTHORS OF
THE PAPER
PUBLICATIONS CONCLUSION/
CONJECTURE
1 Applications and
usability of
parametric
modelling
E. Kalkan*, F.Y.
Okur, A.C.
Altunışık
Journal of Construction
Engineering, Management
& Innovation 2018
Volume 1 Issue 3 Pages
139-146
In this article, it is aimed to create
awareness by provide general
information about parametric
modeling method which is frequently
used in many countries.
2 Parametric Design
and Daylighting : A
Literature Review.
Ahmad Eltaweel ,
Yue hong SU
Published by Elesivier
Ltd.
This paper has presented a literature
review on the origin, principle,
implementation and applications of
parametric design. The parametric
design has been getting popular in the
recent years to address the design
complexity of modern buildings, by
applying advanced modelling tool to
refine the design parameters
simultaneously

7. SL
NO
TITLE OF THE
PAPER
AUTHORS OF
THE PAPER
PUBLICATIONS CONCLUSION/
CONJECTURE
3 Parametric Design
Strategies for the
Generation of
Creative
Designs
JuHyun Lee, Ning
Gu and Anthony
P.Williams
International Journal
of Architectural
Computing, 12(3),
263-282
This study aimed to explore how to
effectively adopt parametric design
an emerging CAD technology, as a new
design environment for the AEC domain for
producing creative solutions through
different design
strategies. Programming or scripting is no
longer an exclusive domain of aparticular
discipline
4 Parametric Design
in Urbanism: A
Critical Reflection
Olgu Çalışkan Planning Practice &
research, 2017
VOl. 32, no. 4, 417–
443
In terms of the parametric methods
discussed,urban designers may be involved
in so-called parametric urban design process
through the
two major design operations:
(1) Devising the core setting of the
generative algorithms by design rules,
(2) Evaluating the emergent design forms in
terms of the constraints set by the context
and the preliminary design criteria.

8. SL
NO
TITLE OF THE
PAPER
AUTHORS OF
THE PAPER
PUBLICATIONS CONCLUSION/
CONJECTURE
5 Parametric
Approach as a Tool
for Decision-
making in Planning
and Design Process.
Case study: Office
Tower in
Kebayoran Lama.
William Suyoto*,
Aswin Indraprastha,
Heru W. Purbo
1877-0428 © 2015
The Authors.
Published by Elsevier
Ltd.
The method accommodates combination of
form parameters with various assessment
tools or algorithms. The algorithms are useful
for various analysis, e.g. climate, structure,
and others. The quality of design
is enhanced because it is based on scientific
analysis.

9. Parametric Design
• Parametric design is a process based on algorithmic thinking that
enables the expression of parameters and rules that together, define and
clarify the relationship between design intent and design response.
• Parametric design is a paradigm in design where the relationship between
elements is used to manipulate and inform the design of complex
geometries and structures.
• The term parametric originates from mathematics (parametric equation)
and refers to the use of certain parameters or variables that can be edited
to manipulate or alter the end result of an equation or system.
• Form-finding is one of parametric design strategies. The idea behind
form-finding is to optimize certain design goals against a set of design
constraints
• A design that is governed by certain logic which includes algorithms (to
devise the logic) and these algorithms further include
certain parameters which can be varied to see multiple outcomes.
(Mostly to do with geometry of the structure)

10. Parametric Design
• While today the term is used in reference to computational
design systems, there are precedents for these modern systems
in the works of architects such as Antoni Gaudí, who used
analog models to explore design space.
• Computer technology has given designers and architects the
tools to analyse and simulate the complexity observed in
nature and apply it to structural building shapes and urban
organizational patterns.
• In the 1980s architects and designers started using computers
running software developed for the aerospace and moving
picture industries to "animate form".
• One of the first architects and theorists that used computers to
generate architecture was Greg Lynn, and Frei Otto.

11. Parametricism
• Parametricism term was coined in 2008 by Patrik Schumacher ( an architectural partner of Zaha Hadid).
• Parametricism has its origin in parametric design, which is based on the constraints in a parametric equation.
• Parametricism relies on programs, algorithms, and computers to manipulate equations for design purposes.
• Aspects of parametricism have been used in urban design, architectural design, interior design and furniture design.
• Parametricism implies that all elements of the design become parametrically variable and mutually adaptive.
• According to Schumacher, parametricism is a self-referential system, in which all the elements are interlinked and an outside
influence that changes one alters all the others.
• In Patrick Schumacher's view, parametricism is architecture's answer to our computationally powered network society,
representing a paradigmatic shift in architecture after the collapse of the International style of Modernism, It produces shift from
(mass production) to (mass customization).

12. Parametric Softwares
• CAD (Computer Aided Design)
• CAAD (Computer Aided Architecture Design)
• Software that uses (BIM)building information
modelling
• Catia
• Autodesk 3DS Max
• Autodesk Maya
• Grasshopper 3D
• Autodesk Revit
• Autodesk Dynamo

13. SOFTWARE LOGOS

14. DESIGN METHODOLOGY
Design Methodology

15. DESIGN PROCESS
Lay Out
Building
Assembly
Define the building’s
overall geometry, and
lay out its primary
column, facade and
floor assemblies
Detail Building
Assembly
Refine the geometry of
the individual pieces
and of the connections
between them
Detail Piece-
marks
Detail the individual
pieces for production

16. ALGORITHM AND DESIGNING IN SOFTWARES
Massing formula to analyse maximum building’s footprint in
regard to BCR & FAR
The pedestrian formula in Grasshopper

20. CASE STUDY
FERRARI WORLD ABU DHABI
INTRODUCTION :
In october 2010, Italian car manufacturer, ferrari, inaugurated a new
amusement park: a park of extreme speed. It is the largest “roofed”park in the
world and includes an F1 circuit. Ferrari world Abu Dhabi faithfully reproduces
the entire history of the “cavallinorampante”(“prancing horse”),offering the
visitor every type of attraction related to the brand.
LOCATION :
Ferrari world is located on the island of yas on Abu Dhabi. It is ten minutes
away from abu dhabi’s international airport , thirty minutes from the city, very
close to the island’s new Formula 1 circuit, next to the tightest curve, and also
to the desert, which provides a curious contrast: the red ferrari and the ochre
of the sand.

21. CONSTRUCTION
The theme park is the property of aldar properties PJSC, one of the key
investor companies of abu dhabi. Benoy architects were in charge of
this construction. The design and construction of the attractions was
undertaken by the firm, Jack Rouse Associates.
ROOF
The iconic and bold red roof was directly inspired by the classic double
curve of Ferrari’s GT line, spanning 200,000 m2 and incorporating the
largest ferrari logo ever made, at 65 by 48 metres.

22. FACTS ABOUT ITS CONSTRUCTION
• Designed by the renowned international architecture studio, Benoy.
• The height of the building is 50m, with aroof circumference of 2,200m
• Total surface area of the project:176,000m2
• Surface area accessible by the general public:86,000m2
• Surface area of the three sided roof :236,000m2
• More than 12,370 tonnes of steel were used to reinforce the structure
• Landscaped area roundthe main building:more than 450,000m2
• More than 6,900m 0f guttering were used for the roof.

23. Ferrari world, yas island, abu dhabi

24. FUTURISTIC STRUCTURES
YAS HOTEL ABU DHABI BEIJING NATIONAL AQUATICS (WATER
CUBE) CENTER ,BEIJING , CHINA

25. FERRARI WORLD ,YAS ISLAND,ABU
DHABI,UAE
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, LOS
ANGELES ,USA

26. ADVANTAGES
• Taking into account model size, complexity, number of elements, elements
connection angles, etc., the creating with parametric modeling of the model
will be shorter and easier than conventional CAD methods.
• Any change in the design process or in the static solution process will be
carried out instantaneously by changing the relevant parameters.
• The parametric model facilitates optimization studies. With the results to be
obtained due to
• the change of parameters, it will enable to determine many effective
parameters such as optimum section, size, height, material type, element
type, mesh number etc.
• It will be possible to use the generated parametric model as a template
project. In the project to be applied in different fields, height, slope, section
dimensions etc. can be changed, allowing the same project to be revised
without being re-modeled.
• By changing the parameters, it allows to obtain different combinations of
the design of a complex model.

27. DISADVANTAGES
• Parametric 3D modeling can become heavy handed during concept
design, especially when designers are still exploring ideas.
• Addition of features can take a lot of energy and time for the computer
to process
• Updates take more time in parametric models in case of last stage
design changes
• Sharing the model as suit-specific CAD can be troublesome due to the
large number of CAD applications available
• Can require extensive training to master

28. CONCLUSIONS
• This study aimed to explore how to effectively adopt parametric
design – an emerging CAD technology, as a new design environment
for the AEC domain – for producing creative solutions through
different design strategies.
• The parametric design has been getting popular in the recent years to
address the design complexity of modern buildings, by applying
advanced modelling tool to refine the design parameters
simultaneously. The parametric design has been used widely in the
areas of architecture, structural design, urban planning, fashion design,
etc., while its applications for daylighting research are still growing
• The most common software used for this aspect is Grasshopper based
on Rhinoceros 3D as a parametric modelling approach

29. • Considering the complexity of cities and the fundamental tasks of the
designer in computational design domain discussed, one could claim
that in the case of a common use of parametric design in urbanism, the
conventional role of urban designers would be expected to shift from
creation to control in the formation of planned urban fabrics.
• The parametric modeling method, which is thought to replace the
traditional CAD methods that have been used for many years, provides
both time and labor gain. Parametric modeling allows optimization
studies with instant implementation of the desired change in the
project.

30. Munich Olympic Stadium (Frei Otto and Günther Behnisch, 1972)
FUTURISTIC STRUCTURES

31. Some different views of BlacSea-TORM parametric model

32. Yokohama
International
Passenger Terminal
(Foreign Office
Architects, 1995-
2002)

33. Dalian International Conference Center
(Coop Himmelb(l)au, 2008-2012)

34. REFERENCES
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