P.E.A.R. – Paper for Emerging Architectural Research

Today I was sipping a cup of tea and eating a Kit Kat when I came across a new and interesting article written by P.E.A.R..

P.E.A.R. is a new and interesting fanzine engaged with students and architectural practices alike.  The “Paper for Emerging Architectural Research (P.E.A.R.) is associated with an interesting “Research by Design” network called .horhizon.  In one of P.E.A.R.’s articles Bruce Davison and Tobias Klein discuss “parametricism” and explain that it should move beyond “input and output logic(s) and embrace a visual criteria”.

It would seem that .horhizon are questioning parametric tools because the software requires our “blind faith”.

Klein uses data from MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans to create a structure of virtual organs called “voxels”.  I admit I am intrigued, but also confused and frustrated.  I dont fully understand but I DO want to!  I want to learn more about Tobias Klein’s investigation into parametricism but I guess I will just have to wait for issue number 2 of P.E.A.R.!

P.E.A.R. is available from the AA bookshop, RIBA bookshop and the Serpentine Gallery.