Exploring the possible role of parametric design in addressing the compositional problem : theory and practice of an evolving approach toward the urban design perspective.

The thesis explores parametric design technology from an urban design perspective of development. Pre-cisely, our concern is embracing a genuine orientation to what parametrics could do for the substantive performance of morphology, shifting the focus from a seemingly fashionable, but sterile conception of ap-pearance. Within this framework, we consider a possible finalization of technique based on informing the occupation of available space. The attempt, in this case, is addressing the compositional problem from the standpoint of urban geometry and energy efficiency, which is a humble, but conscious reduction of com-plexity. Starting from the assembly of generative rules, parametrics may assist designers in returning a blending range of correlations between shape and density options, with direct feedback on consequences that outcome occupation may yield for solar access. The recognition of urban space as a field of complex equilibria, where different demands of occupation intersect likewise different solid-void structures, helped interpret methodology from a critical stance. Though grounded on a non-exhaustive selection of studies and a partial, rudimental experiment, the interface between theory and practice led us to gain awareness of potentials, frictions and development lines of a support system that, borrowed from non-urban domains, is called to embed and simulate the complexity of city forms.