Giuseppe Canestrino, Architect and PhD, is an adjunct professor and postdoctoral research fellow in Architectural Design at the University of Calabria. He has previously been a guest researcher at Delft University of Technology and a visiting PhD at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. His primary research interest lies in exploring the relationship between digital culture, formfinding, and architectural design also through the investigation of scientific and logical processes for solving design problems. His critical-theoretical research informs his professional practice, in which he engages through participation in design competitions, gaining various victories and honourable mentions. He is the author of La Concezione Parametrica dell'Architettura (trad. The Parametric Conception of Architecture, 2024) and his writings have been published in The Journal of Architecture, The Plan Journal, Nexus Network Journal, Agathòn, Storia Urbana, U+D - Urbanform and Design, and Metamorfosi, among others.

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Introduction: Why Moretti matters today

1 Moretti within the proto-parametric patchwork: Amid international trends and Italian culture

Italian architectural design culture, between anti-scientism and digital transition kick-off

2 Architettura Parametrica: In theory

The juvenile period and the early insights of Architettura Parametrica (1930s-1950)

The maturity period and the outline of a personal architectural theory (1950-1957)

The commitment period and the contaminations of an architectural theory (1957-1973)

3 Architettura Parametrica: In practice

A design exegesis of the Architettura Parametrica exhibition projects

Formal Analogies with Architettura Parametrica in Moretti's oeuvre

Methodological analogies with Architettura Parametrica in Moretti's oeuvre

4 Foresights and topicality of Architettura Parametrica

Continuities and ruptures with contemporary computational design

Architettura Parametrica between AI and Parametricism

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