Geometric Variability and Viability in Designing and Fabricating Concrete Façade Components – A Systematic Review

This paper explores the integration challenges of advanced parametric mod-elling techniques and architectural-scale concrete façade fabrication tech-nologies. Despite concrete's versatility and durability, which make it a pre-ferred material for parametric façade designs, a nuanced comprehensive un-derstanding of balancing its geometric variability and viability is absent. This review investigates the interplay among digital geometric design and fabrication techniques, shedding light on design strategies regarding fabrica-tion constraints and the limitations of current design approaches. By cate-gorising design methods in concrete façade design and production, it under-scores the importance of fabrication-informed parametric design strategies. The paper reviews recent research on geometry types and related design ap-proaches. It concludes by highlighting the strength and potentials of balanc-ing geometric variability and viability in the parametric context, which has implications for the future design and construction of concrete architectural elements.