Bugs, Blood, and Buildings

BUGS BLOOD & BUILDINGS ARCH 599 INDEPENDENT STUDY WITH PROFESSOR TIERNEY BY M.ARCH CANDIDATE ANDREE SAHAKIAN

BIO

DESCRIPTION

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXPLORATION INTO DATA, PARAMETRIC SOFTWARE, FORM, AND ANALYSIS BY 2018 M. ARCH CANDIDATE ANDREE SAHAKIAN.

BUGS, BLOOD, AND BUILDINGS BEGAN WITH A DESIGN CHARRETTE AND INTRODUCTION TO PARAMETRIC ARCHITECTURE IN THERESE TIERNEY’S ‘MEGASTRUCTURES’ STUDIO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DURING THE FALL OF 2016. MICROSCOPIC IMAGES WERE USED TO DERIVE FORM, WHICH WERE 3D PRINTED IN ORDER TO RAPIDLY ITERATE. THIS INDEPENDENT STUDY ELABORATES UPON THE AFOREMENTIONED CHARRETTE

BY FURTHER EXPLORING THE DATA AND STRUCTURE BEHIND THE SCENES. ONLINE OPEN SOURCE DATA WAS USED WITH SEVERAL GRASSHOPPER PLUGINS INCLUDING MEERKAT, ELK, LADYBUG, HONEYBEE, LUNCHBOX, AND KANGAROO TO GENERATE THE FORMS AND ANALYSES BELOW.

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CONTENT 04 BECKMAN & MICROSCOPES SEM/ ESEM

SPECIAL THANKS BECKMAN INSTITUTE SCOTT ROBINSON

MICROSCOPY SUITE MANAGER

CATHERINE LEE WALLACE MICROSCOPIST

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GIS & MAPPING MEERKAT & ELK FOR GRASSHOPPER

THORNTON TOMASETTI JOHN CAMPBELL ISoA M. ARCH 2018

JULIETTE ZIDEK ISoA M. ARCH 2018

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SIMULATION & ANALYSIS LADYBUG & HONEYBEE FOR GRASSHOPPER

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FORM & STRUCTURE LUNCHBOX AND KANGAROO FOR GRASSHOPPER

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY JAMES WHITACRE SUBJECT EXPERT

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE THÉRÈSE TIERNEY, PH.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

YUN KYU YI, PH.D ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

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SEM

Beckman Institute

scanning electron microscope is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning it with a focused

unit of the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign dedicated to interdisciplinary research. A gift from scientist, businessman, and philanthropist Arnold O. Beckman and his wife Mabel led to the building of the Institute which opened in 1989. It is one of five institutions which receive support from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation on an ongoing basis.

Current research at Beckman involves the areas of nanoscale structures and processes, biological intelligence, imaging science, and human-computer interaction.

Researchers in these areas work across traditional academic boundaries in scientific projects that can lead to the development of real-world applications in medicine, industry, electronics, human health [and

beam of electrons.

ESEM environmental scanning electron microscope is a SEM that allows for the option of collecting electron micrographs of specimens that are “wet,� uncoated, or both by allowing for a gaseous environment in the specimen chamber. The ESEM with its specialized electron detectors (rather than the standard Everhart-Thornley detector) and its differential pumping systems, to allow for the transfer of the electron beam from the high vacuums in the gun area to the high pressures attainable in its specimen chamber, make it a complete and unique instrument designed for the purpose

now architecture] across the lifespan.

of imaging specimens in their natural state.

-Wikipedia

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BABY TICS

TIC

FLY EYE ZOOM

FLY EYE

BUTTERFLY WING SCALES ZOOM

BUTTERFLY WING SCALES

BEE HAIRS

BEE LEG 7

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BLOOD CELLS I

BLOOD CELLS II

BLOOD CELLS III

BLOOD CELLS IV

SAMPLE BURN

POLLEN I

POLLEN II

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GIS DATA

with Meerkat and Elk for Grasshopper GIS data, historically, was controlled and accessed mostly through political bodies. However, with the technological revolution and sharing society sources like Open Street Map make sharing and accessing data easy. More forward municipalities recognize the benefits of making this data more available. San Francisco offers data through their datasf.org portal. This data can then be organized and used in software such as Grasshopper. from there, the possibilities from there are endless. These mapping exercises were generated with Meerkat for Grasshopper.

The software crops a section shapefile data to Meerkat data in order to organize and condense information for mapping exercises.

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TOPO SHAPHEFILE DATA Above are topographical surfaces of San Francisco generated by using opensource ‘shapefiles’. These are downloadable from several sources online, such as the United States Geological Survey, and come in three different resolutions. These resolution comes from spacing of sample data points measured by arcseconds. The suggested resolution to work with is dependent on the scale of the project.

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BUILDINGS

POINTS OF INTEREST

PUBLIC TRANSIT

ROADS

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SAN FRANCISCO

MEXICO CITY

CHICAGO

INDIANAPOLIS

SAO PAULO

BARCELONA

IRBIL, IRQ

TEHRAN

SEOUL

TOKYO

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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS with Ladybug for Grasshopper

Sun Path Diagram

Wind Profile

Illuminance Analysis

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COMFORT SIMULATION with Honeybee for Grasshopper

Polysurface

Simple Box construction in Rhino referenced in Grasshopper.

Layering

Each layers represent types of surfaces such as flooring, walls, and roofs.

Windows and Flooring

Selected Grasshopper Geometry

Window Added

Proper Construction

Windows and flooring added with one Selected Grasshopper geometry appears green component. (default settings).

Window added in order to analyze illumance.

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Polysurfaces all must have outward facing normals when drafting in Rhino.

Comfort Mannequin

Mannequins can be oriented laying down, sitting, or standing and changes colors depending on comfort level.

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STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS with LunchBox for Grasshopper Several structural exoskeletons are superimposed on hemispheres by plugging in Rhino geometry and using a simple Grasshopper component. Each component generates a different structural system. These structural systems can then be analyzed for structural efficiency and stability.

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BLOOD

BLOOD BLOOD ZOOM

EYE OF A FLY

BUGS MONARCH SCALES

STRU

PHOTO

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GRID DIAGRID

UCTURE HEXGRID

SPACE FRAME

TOPO

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DATA TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE