Folding Style Low-poly 3D model

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Parametric modelling is a technique that utilizes intelligent 3D software to guide and track complex project designs. Software such as Catia, Revit, ArchiCad, and Digital Project are increasingly popular in commercial architecture firms due to their ability to manage information throughout design and construction phases. In design studios, parametric modelling is used to create patterns, spaces, and forms through input of specific criteria and operational parameters, with contours determined by software-controlled input data rather than hand-drawn gestures on paper. The current ideological divide involves a resemblance to the split between back-to-nature environmentalists and postmodern formalists in the late '70s and early '80s, albeit with a reversed scenario: sustainable design and mission-driven practices now serve as reactions against what are perceived as overly autonomous projects designed using parametric modelling. This evolution might signify the end of an historical arc initiated in the early '70s and framed by global energy crises.