Definition and representation of complex architectural shapes.Experiences in advanced courses at the Faculty of Architecture in Milano

The complex shapes and building technologies that are more and more often used in contemporary architecture remind to us that new tools are necessary when we mean to control the process from the stage of conception until the final realization. After decades of predominance of standard orthogonal systems, the design process seems to have reached such an high grade of difficulty, to require a review of traditional teaching programmes in architecture schools, particularly if we consider that even the simple comprehension and interpretation of some realized works requires new approaches.