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The major advantages of parametric models are flexibility and adaptability. In order to harvest those benefits to their full extents, a parametric model has to be set up consistently from the very beginning up to the ultimate assembling of the project. It is not sufficient to retrieve a design that looks as if it could have been done by generative methods. Instead, the code must have the potential to spread a certain range of different designs. This means that the supervisors need to in-depth review the students’ approach to avoid later frustration. We are not aiming at the creation of specific shapes but at the awareness of the potential of thinking in structures and correlations.

During the course we learned that we lost a lot of precious time for technical instructions. As an answer to this educational question, we created a basic course on parametric modelling for the first-year students. The objective of this new module is to provide the essentials of the tools and let the students experience a typical workflow from the definition of a simple model to its production with a laser cutter. This shall be the first seed for the integration of parametric modelling knowledge into design thinking.

We do not believe that every design task should be carried out by the means of parametric modelling, but we want to equip the students with the knowledge needed to exploit the benefits of parametric modelling whenever useful. Parametric modelling is more than the integration of just another tool. It affects the designing culture and the way we communicate about our projects.

Fig. 15 Example for a presentation that is emphasising the design process.