The following is a collection of essays I've written about computational design over the years. For a full list of my writing, return to the main writing page.
2019
2016
2015
2014
What's Next for Autodesk is What's Next for Architects
Architect MagazineQuantitatively Analysing Parametric Models
danieldavis.comHow to Draw a Hyperboloid
danieldavis.comNot Everything is Captured by the Fitness Function
ColonSmartgeometry: Drones, Games, and Mathematics are What’s Next in Urban Design
Architect MagazineParadigm Shifted: New Zealand
danieldavis.comDesigning Architecture Like We Design Software
ENR
Architect MagazineQuantitatively Analysing Parametric Models
danieldavis.comHow to Draw a Hyperboloid
danieldavis.comNot Everything is Captured by the Fitness Function
ColonSmartgeometry: Drones, Games, and Mathematics are What’s Next in Urban Design
Architect MagazineParadigm Shifted: New Zealand
danieldavis.comDesigning Architecture Like We Design Software
ENR
2013
Big Data
AEC MagThe Future of Architectural Discourse
danieldavis.comPhD Thesis – Modelled on Software Engineering: Flexible Parametric Models in the Practice of Architecture
RMIT UniversityParametric Typography
danieldavis.comA History of Parametric
danieldavis.comPractice 2.0: 10 Years of Smart Geometry
ArchDailyFabPod
danieldavis.comDesign Ecosystems: Customising the Architectural Design Environment with Software Plug-ins
AD
AEC MagThe Future of Architectural Discourse
danieldavis.comPhD Thesis – Modelled on Software Engineering: Flexible Parametric Models in the Practice of Architecture
RMIT UniversityParametric Typography
danieldavis.comA History of Parametric
danieldavis.comPractice 2.0: 10 Years of Smart Geometry
ArchDailyFabPod
danieldavis.comDesign Ecosystems: Customising the Architectural Design Environment with Software Plug-ins
AD
2012
HTML5 & WebGL – one year on
danieldavis.comInterview with a supernode - Andrea Graziano
danieldavis.comYeti: Designing geometric tools with interactive programming.
danieldavis.comCASE inc. on putting computation to work
danieldavis.comResponsive architect: Chin Koi Khoo
danieldavis.comDigital Culture in Architecture
danieldavis.com
danieldavis.comInterview with a supernode - Andrea Graziano
danieldavis.comYeti: Designing geometric tools with interactive programming.
danieldavis.comCASE inc. on putting computation to work
danieldavis.comResponsive architect: Chin Koi Khoo
danieldavis.comDigital Culture in Architecture
danieldavis.com
2011
Of the year - 2011
danieldavis.comParametric modelling is hard
danieldavis.comCAD's uneasy relationship with tablets
danieldavis.comUnderstanding Visual Scripts: Improving collaboration through modular programming
danieldavis.comScripting cultures - Mark Burry
danieldavis.comThe MacLeamy curve
danieldavis.comModelling Hyperboloid Sound Scattering: The Challenge of Simulating, Fabricating and Measuring
danieldavis.comDatamining Grasshopper
danieldavis.comPatenting Geometry
danieldavis.comYeti - 0.2
danieldavis.comScripting Cultures
danieldavis.comCAAD Futures 2011
danieldavis.comUntangling Parametric Schemata: Enhancing Collaboration Through Modular Programming
danieldavis.comDesignScript - Autodesk
danieldavis.comYeti - public release
danieldavis.comHTML5 & WebGL
danieldavis.comYeti
danieldavis.comThreading Grasshopper
danieldavis.comInside Smart Geometry
danieldavis.comLive Programming in Rhino
danieldavis.comSmart Geometry 2011
danieldavis.comThe Flexibility of Logic Programming: Parametrically Regenerating the Sagrada Família
danieldavis.comDesigning Responsive Architecture: Mediating Analogue and Digital Modelling in Studio
danieldavis.comCopenhagen 2.0
danieldavis.comDermoid
danieldavis.comResponsive Acoustic Surfaces
danieldavis.comA computer scientists dream system for designing houses
danieldavis.comLars Spuybroek
danieldavis.comSmart Geometry
danieldavis.com
danieldavis.comParametric modelling is hard
danieldavis.comCAD's uneasy relationship with tablets
danieldavis.comUnderstanding Visual Scripts: Improving collaboration through modular programming
danieldavis.comScripting cultures - Mark Burry
danieldavis.comThe MacLeamy curve
danieldavis.comModelling Hyperboloid Sound Scattering: The Challenge of Simulating, Fabricating and Measuring
danieldavis.comDatamining Grasshopper
danieldavis.comPatenting Geometry
danieldavis.comYeti - 0.2
danieldavis.comScripting Cultures
danieldavis.comCAAD Futures 2011
danieldavis.comUntangling Parametric Schemata: Enhancing Collaboration Through Modular Programming
danieldavis.comDesignScript - Autodesk
danieldavis.comYeti - public release
danieldavis.comHTML5 & WebGL
danieldavis.comYeti
danieldavis.comThreading Grasshopper
danieldavis.comInside Smart Geometry
danieldavis.comLive Programming in Rhino
danieldavis.comSmart Geometry 2011
danieldavis.comThe Flexibility of Logic Programming: Parametrically Regenerating the Sagrada Família
danieldavis.comDesigning Responsive Architecture: Mediating Analogue and Digital Modelling in Studio
danieldavis.comCopenhagen 2.0
danieldavis.comDermoid
danieldavis.comResponsive Acoustic Surfaces
danieldavis.comA computer scientists dream system for designing houses
danieldavis.comLars Spuybroek
danieldavis.comSmart Geometry
danieldavis.com
2010
Of the year
danieldavis.comSchumacher on Schumacher
danieldavis.comThe New Mathematics of Architecture
danieldavis.comThe logic of architecture
danieldavis.comThe New Mathematics of Architecture
danieldavis.comNew tools: DraftSight to Evolute
danieldavis.comPatrik Schumacher - Parametricism
danieldavis.comElements of parametric design - Woodbury
danieldavis.comI suck at parametric design
danieldavis.comUntangling Grasshopper - Part 2: Optimisation
danieldavis.comUntangling Grasshopper - Part 1: Design patterns
danieldavis.comTrending topics
danieldavis.comSwarming /& dynamic relaxation on a surface
danieldavis.comOptimisation in the 1960s and 2010
danieldavis.comGraph visualisation in processing
danieldavis.comA stalkers guide to Neil Leach
danieldavis.comDeLanda & Leach
danieldavis.comEaster eggs
danieldavis.comDo relationships matter?
danieldavis.comWhat the GUI cost architecture
danieldavis.comVoussoir Cloud
danieldavis.comParametric Software review
danieldavis.comManuel Delanda
danieldavis.com
danieldavis.comSchumacher on Schumacher
danieldavis.comThe New Mathematics of Architecture
danieldavis.comThe logic of architecture
danieldavis.comThe New Mathematics of Architecture
danieldavis.comNew tools: DraftSight to Evolute
danieldavis.comPatrik Schumacher - Parametricism
danieldavis.comElements of parametric design - Woodbury
danieldavis.comI suck at parametric design
danieldavis.comUntangling Grasshopper - Part 2: Optimisation
danieldavis.comUntangling Grasshopper - Part 1: Design patterns
danieldavis.comTrending topics
danieldavis.comSwarming /& dynamic relaxation on a surface
danieldavis.comOptimisation in the 1960s and 2010
danieldavis.comGraph visualisation in processing
danieldavis.comA stalkers guide to Neil Leach
danieldavis.comDeLanda & Leach
danieldavis.comEaster eggs
danieldavis.comDo relationships matter?
danieldavis.comWhat the GUI cost architecture
danieldavis.comVoussoir Cloud
danieldavis.comParametric Software review
danieldavis.comManuel Delanda
danieldavis.com
2009
CAD 50 years ago
danieldavis.comA-periodic tiling in architecture
danieldavis.comGraphemes by Sawapan
danieldavis.comGenetic Staircase by Caliper Studio
danieldavis.comArchiKludge
danieldavis.comEvolving Digital Morphogenesis by Means of Biology and Computer Science
danieldavis.comThree essential books
danieldavis.com
danieldavis.comA-periodic tiling in architecture
danieldavis.comGraphemes by Sawapan
danieldavis.comGenetic Staircase by Caliper Studio
danieldavis.comArchiKludge
danieldavis.comEvolving Digital Morphogenesis by Means of Biology and Computer Science
danieldavis.comThree essential books
danieldavis.com