STUDIO AIR
algorithmic sketchbook
ELOYSE McCALL CAITLYN PARRY STUDIO SEMESTER 2 : 2016
W1: EXPLORING THE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT W2: UNDERSTANDING GEOMETRY, TRANSFORMATIONS & INTERSECTIONS W3: CONTROLLING THE ALGORITHM: LISTS, FLOW CONTROL, MATCHING
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EXPLORING THE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
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1. CREATE A SUITE OF DRAWINGS EXPLORING VERTICAL WALLS WITH ITERATIONS CREATED FROM LOFTING 2, 3 & 4 CURVES DRAW THE LINES IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS (IE. CREATE LINES IN GH ITSELF AND USING POLYLINES IN RHINO) 2. EXPERIMENT WITH 3 TRIANGULATION TOOLS AS PER THE TUTORIALS (IE. VORONOI, DELAUNAY. 3D VORONOI) - 5 ITERATIONS USING THE TRIANGULATION TOOLS - INVESTIGATE THE ‘GRID’ TOOL IN THE VECTOR TAB FOR WAYS TO SET UP FIELDS FOR THE TRIANGULATION ALGORITHM
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UNDERSTANDING GEOMETRY, TRANSFORMATIONS & INTERSECTIONS
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1. GENERATE 5 DIFFERENT SURFACES THAT CAN WRAP THE BODY USING: LOFT TECHNIQUES FROM LAST WEEK NEW LOFT TECHNIQUES INTRODUCED THIS WEEK DOWNLOAD T-SPLINES IF YOU WANT TO PUSH THE FORM THE RHINO BLEND TOOL CAN CREATE INTERESTING FORM 2. ON EACH OF THESE 5 DIFFERENT SURFACES, USE THE BOX MORPH TOOL AND PROPOGATE 3 DIFFERENT FORMS. SET UP A GRID OF 5 SURFACE X 3 PROPOGATED GEOMETRIES 3. USING THE CONTOUR COMPONENT, CONTOUR THROUGH 3 OF THE SURFACES FROM THE PREVIOUS QUESTION THINK ABOUT WHICH DIRECTION YOU NEED TO CONTOUR YOUR SURFACE USE THE PROJECT COMPONENT TO LAY OUT THE CONTOUR STRIPS OFFSET YOUR SURFACE WITH A RANGE OF VALUES (LIKE IN THE VIDEO TUTORIAL) AND CREATE A MULTI-LAYERED SURFACE 4. MODEL UP AN INTERESTING FORM IN RHINO AND CONVERT TO MESH (THINK ABOUT MAKING IT RELEVANT TO OUR DESIGN BRIEF) MAKE 5 ITERATIONS OF HOW THE MESH CAN BE ALTERED AND TRANSFORMED AS PER THE VIDEO TUTORIALS 5. USING SIMPLE LITTLE INTERSECTING SURFACES, MAKE A LITTLE DETAIL CONNECTOR PIECE CONNECTING 5 SURFACES TOGETHER
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CONTROLLING THE ALGORITHM: LISTS, FLOW CONTROL, MATCHING
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1. FROM THE ‘PATTERNING LISTS’ VIDEO TUTORIAL THINK OF THE FASHION GARMENT AS AN UNDULATING SURFACE EXPERIMENT WITH MAKING AN UNDULATING SURFACE (THIS CAN JUST BE DONE IN RHINO TO START WITH) USING ONE SURFACE AS THE GARMENT, USE AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT CULL PATTERNS TO CREATE A PATTERN ON ‘GARMENT. TRY CULLING BOX MORPHS FROM LAST WEEK 2. FROM THE ‘DAVID RUTTEN’S INTRODUCTION TO GRASSHOPPER WEBINAR’ TUTORIAL SELECT A BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE THAT YOU THINK MIGHT HAVE SOME REFERENCE TO THE MERRI CREEK, NEAR CERES. EXPLAIN YOU CHOICE OF IMAGE: IS IT PROVOCATIVE, POLITICAL STATEMENT, POLITICAL QUESTION, REFERENCES THE SYMBOLIC IDEOLOGY OF CERES ETC... USING THIS IMAGE USE THE IMAGE SAMPLER COMPONENT TO COME UP WITH 3 DIFFERENT PATTERN OUTCOMES
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undulating surface patterns
VORONOI
CULL + CIRCLE CNR
FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
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CULL + CIRCLE CNR FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
CHANGING SCALE VALUE
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z- axis FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
Same definition, just swapping the axis vector in which it extrudes i.e. unit x, y, z vectors 12
x-axis FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
y-axis FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
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CULL + CONE
CULL + SPHERE
FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
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WEAVE ATTEMPT FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
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image sampling patternation
FIG. UNKNOWN, PAWEL KUCZYNSKI
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RADIAL GRID + SPHERE FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
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SQUARE GRID + CIRCLE FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5 18
TRIANGULAR GRID + CONE FLEXIBILITY /5 ELEGANCE /5 ECONOMY /5
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fractals
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fractals hoopsnake
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fractals weaverbird
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fields
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panelling
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COLOUR
FLATTEN 'T' WHEN ADDING COLOUR PART OF DEFINITION
EXTRUSION
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