1. Introduction Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK and Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA 2. The Historical Pertinence of Parametricism and the Prospect of a Free Market Urban Order Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK 3. On Numbers, More or Less Reinhold Martin, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA 4. There is No Such Thing as a Political Architecture; There is No Such Thing as Digital Architecture Neil Leach, USC School of Architecture, USA 5. Parametricist Architecture Would be a Good Idea Benjamin Bratton, University of California, San Diego, USA 6. 'Play Turtle, Do It Yourself': Flocks, Swarms, Schools, and the Political-Architectural Imaginary Manuel Shvartzberg, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA 7. Breeding Ideology: Parametricism and Biological Architecture Christina Cogdell, University of California, Davis, USA 8. Speculation, Presumption and Assumption: The Ideology of Algebraic-to-Parametric Workspace Matthew Poole, Freelance Curator/Writer, UK 9. Undelete: Recreating Uncensored Archives Laura Kurgan & Dan Taeyoung, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, USA 10. Architecture as Disputing Calculations: Notes for a Pragmatic Reframing of Parametricism and Architecture Andrés Jaque, Andrés Jaque Architects: Office for Political Innovation, Spain 11. Parametric Schizophrenia Peggy Deamer, Yale School of Architecture, USA 12. The Architecture of Neoliberalism Teddy Cruz, University of California, San Diego, USA 13. Parameter Value Phillip G. Bernstein, Autodesk, USA 14. Spinoza's Geometric and Ecological Ratios Peg Rawes, Bartlett School of Architecture, UK Index

The Politics of Parametricism is the book I have been waiting for; it stands alone as the best attempt yet to comprehensively understand this ‘movement for the 21st century’. Most importantly, it is the first book to critically contextualise Patrik Schumacher’s contributions to architectural theory, and to seriously respond to his claims ... Politics engages and explores Parametricism with great care ... [and] has done much to untangle the mess of misconceptions and misinformation surrounding the architect’s frequently controversial positions.

Parametricism (or generative, computational, or digital architecture) is the most important contemporary development in architecture, urbanism and industrial design, and is included in all courses on contemporary building and city design