Parametricism and Virtuality

Parametricism is pretty new style in architecture.  It arises not long ago, after post-fordism period, the period where everything is tailor-made, customized to fit everyone's need and preference.  Like post-fordism, parametricism offers customization, but even higher calibration by the aids of computerized softwares.  It features complex, free, organic forms that would be impossible to be made unless computer-generated.  The structures it offers are very attractive and interesting.

From my point of view, parametricism are not quite tangible yet.  Being new, there are only a few of parametric architectures nowadays.  Most of the style are being seen in digital forms, such as image renderings and 3d models.  It does show roughly what the building would look like, and a little of what the space feels like, but, I think, we need more.  It is still too virtual, and too much virtual, or in another word, simulation, can be misleading.  There is no prove that the real building could look exactly like in the simulation, because there really are a lot of restrictions in reality.
 To be fair, we could actually expect more of the style to come as it is being built, and it is no doubt that parametricism brings a whole new level in design and architecture to our world.