The AA Athens Visiting School research was initiated by revisiting the Gestalt principles. The basic design principles of this theory like the perception of space, form, colour, and transparency, the individual and holistic perception of multiple elements were used as the main data that were evaluated in the work of the student groups. Throughout the program various parametric software were taught including Grasshopper for McNeel Rhinoceros, the open-source scripting platform Processing, and open-source electronic platform Arduino, while the participants were introduced to the workflow between analogue and digital methodologies of the architectural discipline. As integral part of the design methodology, the parametric tools used in the AA Athens Visiting School enabled the designers to evolve beyond the linear approach and towards real-time simulation and adaptation of form. This allowed for a more dynamic presentation of the work by the design teams which managed to effectively present through their proposals how various design elements were being altered in time as the prototype reacted to different external stimuli.
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