STUDIO AIR ALGORITHMIC SKETCHBOOK 2017, SEMESTER 1, CHRISTOPHER FERRIS LAURA RAWLINGS
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WEEK 1. VASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 WEEK 2. CONVERTING GEOMETRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 WEEK 3. SHELVING UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 WEEK 4. RECURSIVE DEFINITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 WEEK 5. CHROMODORIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
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WEEK 1. VASE
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esign a vase using lofted surfaces in grasshopper.
organically shaped vase that is much more interesting than the first.
The first vase is made using two identical mirrored curved, I then divided those curves, created arches between the divisions and did a flat loft. The outcome is a fairly typical vase.
I then begun experimenting with using flat closed curves , varying the control points, heights and degrees of rotation but retaining the same curves and lofts between them to make the last three vases.
For the second vase I used those same curves, divisions and arched, but changed the control points of the original curves and did a smooth loft. This created a more
The most interesting I believe is the last one, where the surface created by lofting the curves is very complex and overlapping which looks a bit like folding.
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WEEK 2. CONVERTING GEOMETRY
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reate a definition that converts different geometry. E.g. Start with a list of points, create several curves. Turn the curves into a surface(s). Convert the surface back to curves. Convert the curves back to points.
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WEEK 3. SHELVING UNIT
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esign a shelving unit based on the Patterning Lists tutorial. Shouldn’t be uniform, should have breaks in the pattern. To create this series of shelving units I used triangular and rectangular patterns as a base points for my designs, manipulating points and lists in grasshopper in order to create breaks in the pattern.
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My favourite result is the shelf I created. I Like that missing largechunks from sides and looks as though could only just stand
first it is the it up.
the most practical would have to be shelves 02 and 04, as they have the most horizontal shelving spaces, however I like the randomness generated form the triangular patterns seen in 01, 03 and 05.
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WEEK 4. RECURSIVE DEFINITION
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or my recursive definition I begun with a close curve , offset it, moved it in the z direction and then rotated on three different planes. The results are not as orderly as I though they would be which I like. They have a quality somewhat like a birds nest.
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WEEK 4. RECURSIVE DEFINITION
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WEEK 5. CHROMODORIS
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or practice with chromodoris I used the curves created in the previous sketchbook task. For variation I adjusted the curve division length, and smoothing value.
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WEEK 5. CHROMODORIS
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