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COMPUTER PROGRAM
Box placement analysis YEAR
: 2018
COPYRIGHT : Jun Yanagimuro, Kazuki Hayashi KEYWORD
: design interface / Rhino / Grasshopper / strength analysis
"If it was possible to make a building with such a method how something was merely scattered, I thought it was a dreamlike building. And, as for this method, surprisingly precision planning is possible. As opposed to the complicated program called for, moving a box delicately, the plan can be flexibly packed just because it is random." ― Sou Fujimoto (https://www.archdaily.com/8028/children%E2%80%99s-center-for-psychiatric-rehabilitation-sou-fujimoto/)
However, such a design method is difficult to be realized without consideration of structural requirements, and this problem is particularly the case when no expansion joint is installed between the boxes. To tackle this problem, we developed a system for architects to visualize structural performance for current box placement in real time. Once an architect moves the location of boxes, Grasshopper components instantly compute eccentricity and wall strength against horizontal loads of the strucure, and the design feasibility can be immediately confirmed in Rhino window.
