HBIM: Visual Scripting for the Walls of Vietri’s Mummarelle

This article analyzes the Solimene façade (Vietri sul Mare, Campania, Italy, 1952–1955). The survey, already acquired with active and passive sensors, was integrated with close-range photogrammetry of some sections of the main wall. The purpose of the new acquisitions was to generate data to inform a plug-in that, in the latest versions of the Revit software, correlates parametric and procedural environments. The focus of the study was the rationalization of the formal structure of the amphora, the heart of the main façade. Logic and geometric language guide the identification of a possible mathematical relationship aimed at parametrically modifying the model. The logical diagrams, converted into a Grasshopper preview, can be managed through graphical nodes. In the form of flowcharts (visual scripts), the finite sequence of procedural steps has the advantage of managing and modifying, in real time and in a user-friendly manner, the morphometric characteristics of the small “mummarella.” The results identify the morphometric characteristics common to a typological family composed of Vietri amphorae that, in the field of architectural design, uses the typical functions of system families. The goal is to approach sustainable and participatory design solutions by providing functions that can be graphically manipulated from within the software environment.