Parametricsism’s advantage is in its ever-changing form influenced by controlled variables. Predictable randomness in multiple runs of the same script allows for variations of the same idea. Parametricism’s disadvantage is in its inability to have a predefined finality. Thus the challenge becomes when and why the operator stops the scripting process to output a final form which is able to be manifested into an architectural reality.

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Comatose.

Constraints were valuable in our exploration of script making. We found that with enough desirable constraints; the script would slow down or even stop producing new geometries at a certain frame. The final script used in the form produced below was selected from a series of sixteen. It was chosen for its representational qualities of the forces written in the script. 

The script itself is based on two species of points which interact with each other. They are drawn together but stay at a consistent distance from each other. Two resisting agents are also present; producing a sphere of vacant space best seen in plan. New points are divided from existing points at predetermined times with a higher potential of growing in the Z-Axis. A gravity force is used to ensure that the ground plane is defined and translatable to a physical construction.

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For manifestation purposes: two nearby points are joined by line, three closed lines form plane. The separate species are differentiated by color with higher opacities as the system moves upward in the Z-Axis.

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