Morphogenetic Design Integral Envelope
Ahmed Adel
Instructor
Yusuf A. Fahmy B.Sc. in Architecture, Alexandria University. Degree of Master, Advanced Design and Digital Architecture, Elisava Escola UniversitĂ ria de DIsseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona. Founder and Managing Director of Yusuf Fahmy Architects. Founder & Managing Director of Cloud AI-D.
Contents
Introduction ..................................................... 4 Proliferation Rules ........................................... 9 3D Components .............................................. 24 Digital Fabrication .......................................... 42 Implemntations ............................................... 45
Introduction
Biological Patterns
Choosing a pattern from nature
Bearded Dragon
Conifer cone
Alligator Skin
Viper Snake Skin 5
Alligator Brief The American Alligator is indigenous only to Southeastern United States, available as both farm raised and harvested from the wild. Its skins are prized for their incredible quality and texture. Along with crocodiles and caimans, the American alligator is part of the Crocodillian family Alligators have been on earth for more than 65 million years. Alligators were here when dinosaurs roamed the land and have remained almost unchanged since then. Being reptiles, alligators are cold-blooded. They lie motionless for lengthy durations, but move swiftly to hunt both on land and in water. An alligator relies on its large and incredibly strong tail for mobility in water. Like all crocodillians, they also have four short legs with webbed back feet. Alligators have very tough skin, usually a dull gray or deep olive in color. They are often mistaken for logs floating in the water. The bony plates within the skin give the body of alligators an “armored� look.
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Alligator's Skin Pattern Analysis
Understanding the gene of the pattern
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Proliferation Rules
Defining the pattern using intersection points 10
Re-creating the pattern using the intersection points 11
Defining the centroids of the original pattern shapes 12
Connecting the centroids creating quadilateral shapes 13
Connecting centroids creating triangular shapes 14
Defining the centroids of the triangular shapes 15
Connecting centroids creating new triangular shapes 16
Creating curves inside the triangular shapes 17
Connecting centroids creating rhombuses 18
Creating curves inside the rhombuses 19
Defining the centroids of the curves inside the rhombuses 20
Creating perpendicular axes inside the curves 21
Creating a star shape inside the rhombuses 22
Creating curves based on the star-shape inside rhombuses 23
3D Components
Catalouge
Perspective
Top View
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Perspective
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Top View
Perspective
Top View
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Perspective
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Top View
Perspective
Top View
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The selected 3D component
2D Shape
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Top View
Perspective
Analysis
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Moving all the points of the pattern up to define the surface
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Joining points using lines to create the surface
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Generating the 3D components on the surface
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Completion of the 3D compnents generating
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Front View
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Side View
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Top View
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Digital Fabrication
Prototype
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Implementations
Table
Front View
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Perspective
Perspective 47
Perspective 48
Perspective 49
Earings
Perspective 50
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