Morphogenetic Design Integral Envelope
Ahmed Adel
Introduction
Biological Patterns
Choosing a pattern from nature
Bearded Dragon
Alligator
Skin
Conifer cone
Viper Snake Skin
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.
Alligator's Skin Pattern Analysis
Understanding the gene of the pattern
Proliferation Rules
Defining the pattern using intersection points
Re-creating the pattern using the intersection points
Defining the centroids of the original pattern shapes
Connecting the centroids creating quadilateral shapes
Connecting centroids creating triangular shapes
Defining the centroids of the triangular shapes
Connecting centroids creating new triangular shapes
Creating curves inside the triangular shapes
Connecting centroids creating rhombuses
Creating curves inside the rhombuses
Defining the centroids of the curves inside the rhombuses
Creating perpendicular axes inside the curves
Creating a star shape inside the rhombuses
Creating curves based on the star-shape inside rhombuses
3D Components
Catalouge
Perspective Top View
Top View
Perspective Top View
Perspective Top View
Top View
The selected 3D component
2D Shape
Top View
Analysis
Moving all the points of the pattern up to define the surface
Joining points using lines to create the surface
Generating the 3D components on the surface
Completion
of the 3D compnents generating
Front View
Side View
Top View
Digital Fabrication
Prototype
Implementations
Front View Perspective
Perspective
Perspective
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