The Parametric Atlas
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The next generation of parametric innovation is happening outside the spotlight. Follow @parametricatlas for under-covered computational design
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February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The next generation of parametric innovation is happening outside the spotlight. Follow @parametricatlas for under-covered computational design
#ParametricArchitecture #EmergingArchitects #ComputationalDesign
#ParametricArchitecture #EmergingArchitects #ComputationalDesign
2. Computational design essential, not decorative
→ Thermal analysis (Cocoon)
→ Moisture prediction (Wangen)
→ Growth optimization (Mycelium)
3. Local materials, local labor
→ Regional timber (Wangen)
→ Local soil/waste (Seoul, Dubai)
→ Thermal analysis (Cocoon)
→ Moisture prediction (Wangen)
→ Growth optimization (Mycelium)
3. Local materials, local labor
→ Regional timber (Wangen)
→ Local soil/waste (Seoul, Dubai)
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
2. Computational design essential, not decorative
→ Thermal analysis (Cocoon)
→ Moisture prediction (Wangen)
→ Growth optimization (Mycelium)
3. Local materials, local labor
→ Regional timber (Wangen)
→ Local soil/waste (Seoul, Dubai)
→ Thermal analysis (Cocoon)
→ Moisture prediction (Wangen)
→ Growth optimization (Mycelium)
3. Local materials, local labor
→ Regional timber (Wangen)
→ Local soil/waste (Seoul, Dubai)
What all 5 share:
1. Budget constraints drove innovation
→ Cocoon: $180K total
→ Wangen: No specialized equipment
→ Mycelium: Minimal material cost
1. Budget constraints drove innovation
→ Cocoon: $180K total
→ Wangen: No specialized equipment
→ Mycelium: Minimal material cost
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
What all 5 share:
1. Budget constraints drove innovation
→ Cocoon: $180K total
→ Wangen: No specialized equipment
→ Mycelium: Minimal material cost
1. Budget constraints drove innovation
→ Cocoon: $180K total
→ Wangen: No specialized equipment
→ Mycelium: Minimal material cost
2. Digital joinery
→ Parametric design generates interlocking joints
→ Each panel numbered for assembly sequence
→ Traditional craft via computational design
Research patience = innovation maturity.
→ Parametric design generates interlocking joints
→ Each panel numbered for assembly sequence
→ Traditional craft via computational design
Research patience = innovation maturity.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
2. Digital joinery
→ Parametric design generates interlocking joints
→ Each panel numbered for assembly sequence
→ Traditional craft via computational design
Research patience = innovation maturity.
→ Parametric design generates interlocking joints
→ Each panel numbered for assembly sequence
→ Traditional craft via computational design
Research patience = innovation maturity.
Why The Warp Pavilion matters:
1. Waste-to-resource transformation
→ CLT production waste = 12-18% of timber input
→ This project: Waste becomes primary material
1. Waste-to-resource transformation
→ CLT production waste = 12-18% of timber input
→ This project: Waste becomes primary material
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Why The Warp Pavilion matters:
1. Waste-to-resource transformation
→ CLT production waste = 12-18% of timber input
→ This project: Waste becomes primary material
1. Waste-to-resource transformation
→ CLT production waste = 12-18% of timber input
→ This project: Waste becomes primary material
Circular material economy:
Wood waste → Filament → 3D printing → Assembly → End-of-life recycling
Material closes loop. Zero virgin material.
Wood waste → Filament → 3D printing → Assembly → End-of-life recycling
Material closes loop. Zero virgin material.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Circular material economy:
Wood waste → Filament → 3D printing → Assembly → End-of-life recycling
Material closes loop. Zero virgin material.
Wood waste → Filament → 3D printing → Assembly → End-of-life recycling
Material closes loop. Zero virgin material.
PROJECT 5: THE WARP PAVILION
Location: Dubai Design Week 2024
Architect: Mitsubishi Jisho Design (Kei Atsumi)
Innovation: 3D-printed "Regenerative Wood"
→ CLT sawdust + bioplastic filament
→ ~900 unique tiles
→ Traditional Japanese joinery (nail-less assembly)
Location: Dubai Design Week 2024
Architect: Mitsubishi Jisho Design (Kei Atsumi)
Innovation: 3D-printed "Regenerative Wood"
→ CLT sawdust + bioplastic filament
→ ~900 unique tiles
→ Traditional Japanese joinery (nail-less assembly)
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
PROJECT 5: THE WARP PAVILION
Location: Dubai Design Week 2024
Architect: Mitsubishi Jisho Design (Kei Atsumi)
Innovation: 3D-printed "Regenerative Wood"
→ CLT sawdust + bioplastic filament
→ ~900 unique tiles
→ Traditional Japanese joinery (nail-less assembly)
Location: Dubai Design Week 2024
Architect: Mitsubishi Jisho Design (Kei Atsumi)
Innovation: 3D-printed "Regenerative Wood"
→ CLT sawdust + bioplastic filament
→ ~900 unique tiles
→ Traditional Japanese joinery (nail-less assembly)
2. Parametric molds via FDG 3D printing
→ 155 unique geometries (zero repetition)
→ 1.5mm print resolution
3. Carbon-negative material at building scale
→ Embodied carbon: -39.5 kg CO₂eq/m³
→ Sequestered 2.4 tonnes CO₂ during growth
→ 155 unique geometries (zero repetition)
→ 1.5mm print resolution
3. Carbon-negative material at building scale
→ Embodied carbon: -39.5 kg CO₂eq/m³
→ Sequestered 2.4 tonnes CO₂ during growth
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
2. Parametric molds via FDG 3D printing
→ 155 unique geometries (zero repetition)
→ 1.5mm print resolution
3. Carbon-negative material at building scale
→ Embodied carbon: -39.5 kg CO₂eq/m³
→ Sequestered 2.4 tonnes CO₂ during growth
→ 155 unique geometries (zero repetition)
→ 1.5mm print resolution
3. Carbon-negative material at building scale
→ Embodied carbon: -39.5 kg CO₂eq/m³
→ Sequestered 2.4 tonnes CO₂ during growth
Why Mycelial Hut is groundbreaking:
1. Permanent structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ Load-bearing performance: 1.8 MPa compressive
→ Structural engineering approval (Seoul Building Dept)
1. Permanent structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ Load-bearing performance: 1.8 MPa compressive
→ Structural engineering approval (Seoul Building Dept)
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Why Mycelial Hut is groundbreaking:
1. Permanent structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ Load-bearing performance: 1.8 MPa compressive
→ Structural engineering approval (Seoul Building Dept)
1. Permanent structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ Load-bearing performance: 1.8 MPa compressive
→ Structural engineering approval (Seoul Building Dept)
Carbon footprint: -39.5 kg CO₂eq/m³ (NEGATIVE) vs. Concrete: +100 kg CO₂eq/m³
Architecture literally grown, not built.
Architecture literally grown, not built.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Carbon footprint: -39.5 kg CO₂eq/m³ (NEGATIVE) vs. Concrete: +100 kg CO₂eq/m³
Architecture literally grown, not built.
Architecture literally grown, not built.
Material: 155 panels grown from Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom)
→ Agricultural waste substrate + mycelial binding
→ 35-day growth period per panel
→ Heat-treated for fire resistance (Class B)
→ Agricultural waste substrate + mycelial binding
→ 35-day growth period per panel
→ Heat-treated for fire resistance (Class B)
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Material: 155 panels grown from Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom)
→ Agricultural waste substrate + mycelial binding
→ 35-day growth period per panel
→ Heat-treated for fire resistance (Class B)
→ Agricultural waste substrate + mycelial binding
→ 35-day growth period per panel
→ Heat-treated for fire resistance (Class B)
PROJECT 4: MYCELIAL HUT
Location: Seoul National University of Science & Technology, South Korea | 2024
Architect: Yong Ju Lee Architecture
First permanent load-bearing mycelium structure in Asia.
Location: Seoul National University of Science & Technology, South Korea | 2024
Architect: Yong Ju Lee Architecture
First permanent load-bearing mycelium structure in Asia.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
PROJECT 4: MYCELIAL HUT
Location: Seoul National University of Science & Technology, South Korea | 2024
Architect: Yong Ju Lee Architecture
First permanent load-bearing mycelium structure in Asia.
Location: Seoul National University of Science & Technology, South Korea | 2024
Architect: Yong Ju Lee Architecture
First permanent load-bearing mycelium structure in Asia.
Research → Practice pipeline validated.
This is how new construction methods become industry standards.
This is how new construction methods become industry standards.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Research → Practice pipeline validated.
This is how new construction methods become industry standards.
This is how new construction methods become industry standards.
2. WAAM advancement
→ Proves outdoor durability (coastal environment, high humidity)
→ Cost: 60% less than equivalent cast metal
3. Digital twin integration
→ Live structural performance data
→ Predictive maintenance algorithms
→ Proves outdoor durability (coastal environment, high humidity)
→ Cost: 60% less than equivalent cast metal
3. Digital twin integration
→ Live structural performance data
→ Predictive maintenance algorithms
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
2. WAAM advancement
→ Proves outdoor durability (coastal environment, high humidity)
→ Cost: 60% less than equivalent cast metal
3. Digital twin integration
→ Live structural performance data
→ Predictive maintenance algorithms
→ Proves outdoor durability (coastal environment, high humidity)
→ Cost: 60% less than equivalent cast metal
3. Digital twin integration
→ Live structural performance data
→ Predictive maintenance algorithms
Why Weaving Love Pavilion matters:
1. Academic rigor
→ Peer-reviewed publication (Nature Scientific Reports)
→ Structural testing, long-term monitoring data
→ Open-source methodology
1. Academic rigor
→ Peer-reviewed publication (Nature Scientific Reports)
→ Structural testing, long-term monitoring data
→ Open-source methodology
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Why Weaving Love Pavilion matters:
1. Academic rigor
→ Peer-reviewed publication (Nature Scientific Reports)
→ Structural testing, long-term monitoring data
→ Open-source methodology
1. Academic rigor
→ Peer-reviewed publication (Nature Scientific Reports)
→ Structural testing, long-term monitoring data
→ Open-source methodology
PROJECT 3: WEAVING LOVE PAVILION
Location: West Kowloon, Hong Kong | 2024. Architects: Derek Kwok-Leung So, et al. (HK Polytechnic University)
Hong Kong's first outdoor Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) sculpture.
Location: West Kowloon, Hong Kong | 2024. Architects: Derek Kwok-Leung So, et al. (HK Polytechnic University)
Hong Kong's first outdoor Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) sculpture.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
PROJECT 3: WEAVING LOVE PAVILION
Location: West Kowloon, Hong Kong | 2024. Architects: Derek Kwok-Leung So, et al. (HK Polytechnic University)
Hong Kong's first outdoor Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) sculpture.
Location: West Kowloon, Hong Kong | 2024. Architects: Derek Kwok-Leung So, et al. (HK Polytechnic University)
Hong Kong's first outdoor Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) sculpture.
2. Local materials, local labor
→ Spruce grown within 50km radius
→ No specialized fabrication equipment
3. Permanent public structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ 113 steps to viewing platform
→ Free access, 24/7
→ Spruce grown within 50km radius
→ No specialized fabrication equipment
3. Permanent public structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ 113 steps to viewing platform
→ Free access, 24/7
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
2. Local materials, local labor
→ Spruce grown within 50km radius
→ No specialized fabrication equipment
3. Permanent public structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ 113 steps to viewing platform
→ Free access, 24/7
→ Spruce grown within 50km radius
→ No specialized fabrication equipment
3. Permanent public structure (not temporary pavilion)
→ 113 steps to viewing platform
→ Free access, 24/7
Why Wangen Tower is extraordinary:
1. Self-shaping materials = zero formwork waste
→ Computational model predicts final curvature from moisture content
→ Precision: ±8mm (actual vs. predicted)
1. Self-shaping materials = zero formwork waste
→ Computational model predicts final curvature from moisture content
→ Precision: ±8mm (actual vs. predicted)
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Why Wangen Tower is extraordinary:
1. Self-shaping materials = zero formwork waste
→ Computational model predicts final curvature from moisture content
→ Precision: ±8mm (actual vs. predicted)
1. Self-shaping materials = zero formwork waste
→ Computational model predicts final curvature from moisture content
→ Precision: ±8mm (actual vs. predicted)
Innovation: Moisture-driven bending (bio-inspired by spruce cones)
→ Flat bilayer CLT panels placed in kiln
→ Controlled drying causes curvature (computational prediction)
→ 12 panels create 23m spiral tower
→ No heavy machinery required
Assembly time: 3 days
→ Flat bilayer CLT panels placed in kiln
→ Controlled drying causes curvature (computational prediction)
→ 12 panels create 23m spiral tower
→ No heavy machinery required
Assembly time: 3 days
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Innovation: Moisture-driven bending (bio-inspired by spruce cones)
→ Flat bilayer CLT panels placed in kiln
→ Controlled drying causes curvature (computational prediction)
→ 12 panels create 23m spiral tower
→ No heavy machinery required
Assembly time: 3 days
→ Flat bilayer CLT panels placed in kiln
→ Controlled drying causes curvature (computational prediction)
→ 12 panels create 23m spiral tower
→ No heavy machinery required
Assembly time: 3 days
PROJECT 2: WANGEN TOWER
Location: Wangen im Allgäu, Germany | 2024
Architect: ICD/ITKE, University of Stuttgart @icdstuttgart
World's first multi-level walkable building using self-shaped timber.
Location: Wangen im Allgäu, Germany | 2024
Architect: ICD/ITKE, University of Stuttgart @icdstuttgart
World's first multi-level walkable building using self-shaped timber.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
PROJECT 2: WANGEN TOWER
Location: Wangen im Allgäu, Germany | 2024
Architect: ICD/ITKE, University of Stuttgart @icdstuttgart
World's first multi-level walkable building using self-shaped timber.
Location: Wangen im Allgäu, Germany | 2024
Architect: ICD/ITKE, University of Stuttgart @icdstuttgart
World's first multi-level walkable building using self-shaped timber.
3. Child-centered design via computational analysis → Skylight positions optimized for 1.2m eye height.
Parametric design serving vulnerable populations, not corporate lobbies. This is the future parametric architecture should be building.
Parametric design serving vulnerable populations, not corporate lobbies. This is the future parametric architecture should be building.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
3. Child-centered design via computational analysis → Skylight positions optimized for 1.2m eye height.
Parametric design serving vulnerable populations, not corporate lobbies. This is the future parametric architecture should be building.
Parametric design serving vulnerable populations, not corporate lobbies. This is the future parametric architecture should be building.
Why Cocoon Preschool is important:
1. Proves parametric ≠ expensive → $750/m² (half of typical Indian construction)
2. Climate-responsive without high-tech systems → 100% passive cooling (42°C exterior, 28°C interior)
1. Proves parametric ≠ expensive → $750/m² (half of typical Indian construction)
2. Climate-responsive without high-tech systems → 100% passive cooling (42°C exterior, 28°C interior)
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Why Cocoon Preschool is important:
1. Proves parametric ≠ expensive → $750/m² (half of typical Indian construction)
2. Climate-responsive without high-tech systems → 100% passive cooling (42°C exterior, 28°C interior)
1. Proves parametric ≠ expensive → $750/m² (half of typical Indian construction)
2. Climate-responsive without high-tech systems → 100% passive cooling (42°C exterior, 28°C interior)
Parametric innovation:
→ Undulating green roof (computational thermal analysis)
→ Ovoid skylights (optimized for children's visual height)
→ Natural ventilation (CFD-optimized apertures, no AC required)
Parametric design for social good, not iconic statements.
→ Undulating green roof (computational thermal analysis)
→ Ovoid skylights (optimized for children's visual height)
→ Natural ventilation (CFD-optimized apertures, no AC required)
Parametric design for social good, not iconic statements.
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Parametric innovation:
→ Undulating green roof (computational thermal analysis)
→ Ovoid skylights (optimized for children's visual height)
→ Natural ventilation (CFD-optimized apertures, no AC required)
Parametric design for social good, not iconic statements.
→ Undulating green roof (computational thermal analysis)
→ Ovoid skylights (optimized for children's visual height)
→ Natural ventilation (CFD-optimized apertures, no AC required)
Parametric design for social good, not iconic statements.
PROJECT 1: COCOON PRESCHOOL
Location: Vijayawada, India | 2024
Architect: andblack design studio
Budget: $180,000 (entire building)
Program: 240 children, educational facility
Location: Vijayawada, India | 2024
Architect: andblack design studio
Budget: $180,000 (entire building)
Program: 240 children, educational facility
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
PROJECT 1: COCOON PRESCHOOL
Location: Vijayawada, India | 2024
Architect: andblack design studio
Budget: $180,000 (entire building)
Program: 240 children, educational facility
Location: Vijayawada, India | 2024
Architect: andblack design studio
Budget: $180,000 (entire building)
Program: 240 children, educational facility