Parametricism cannot become dominant architecture style as capitalism has abandoned the masses, argues Douglas Spencer

Summary

Douglas Spencer argues that parametricism, once proclaimed as the next dominant architectural style after modernism, cannot achieve dominance because the capitalist conditions that originally supported it have fundamentally changed. He contends that contemporary capitalism is no longer invested in the lives of the masses, undermining parametricism's foundational premise. The article critiques Patrik Schumacher's Parametricist Manifesto and explores the shifting relationship between architecture, design, and economic systems.