Digital techniques including parametrization play an increasingly important role in the work of many architects, engineers, and builders, especially those involved in the design and fabrication of high performance facades.

“Parametrization is a critical path for facade design,” observed Perkins+Will energy strategist Sangeetha Divakar. “A choice set of digital tools are being used to achieve this, especially when design options are optimized in response to several end goal parameters.”

Divakar will share lessons learned from her work in Seattle and elsewhere next week at Facades+AM Seattle. Her co-presenters on “Combined Modeling Efforts for the Optimized Facade: Models, Methods, Materials” include Morrison Hershfield principal Stéphane Hoffman and Richard Green, of Front, Inc.

As someone particularly attuned to environmental performance, said Divakar, “What excites me the most in facade systems optimization now is that the line demarcating design parametrization and energy analysis parametrization is fast disappearing.” But while the worlds of aesthetics and energy analysis are more integrated than ever, gaps remain elsewhere. In particular, Divakar pinpointed a need for “a direct integration of facade parametrization with engineering parametrization.”

Hear more about cutting-edge digital design tools including parametrization from Divakar, Hoffman, and Green on December 4 at Facades+AM Seattle. The symposium, a half-day version of the popular Facades+ conference series, features three sessions on hot topics in facade design and construction, with a special focus on designing and building for the Pacific Northwest.

Learn more and register today at the Facades+AM website.