In the last decade realization of
transparent free from architecture has
changed the map of contemporary
architecture. This has been enabled
through the developments of digital
modeling software and fabrication
techniques. The computer has helped
to move the boundaries of complex
architectural forms which can be
realized. Not only because of new
complex shapes which can be generated,
but also because of the development
of new tools, which can rationalize
and refine the complex geometries into
easier buildable and more cost beneficial
solutions. It is further possible to provide
data for fabrication and installation in
a streamlined and automated process.
This enables the client to afford freeform
architecture, which in earlier days would
have been vastly more expensive due to
the doubly curvature.