Architecture Design Studio: Air Natalie Louise Cain 2017 Lindy Hayter
WEEK 1 - LOFTING AND ALGORHYTHMIC SKETCHING
PLAN
ELEVATION
PERSPECTIVE
Set of curves
Lofted curves
Loft is triangulated
Loft is closed
Closed loft is triangulated
The Populate3D command fills the set geometry with points. When inputted into the voronoi comment, this creates 3D cells in the geometry, which can be moved/deleted.
The PopulateGeometry command fills the set geometry with points. When inputted into the Octree command, it partitions the space into a structured set of boxes. To change the number of points each leaf (box) contains, or the size of the boxes, a slider can be attached to the Groups input.
WEEK 2 -PAVILIONS I began with a set of curves and referenced these into rhino. The next step was to loft them. I attached this to a surface box.
I created a 2 dimensional domain and divided this. I attached it to the surface box. Under the options, click reparameterize to create the boxes around the loft. Height can be altered using slider. Form a mesh, reference it into grasshopper, and connect it to a BoxMorph. Connect surface box to BoxMorph to display the mesh within the boxes surrounding the loft. Hide other components to see the mesh creating the shape.
Plan view of pavilion
As I was playing around with the curves and lofts, I was wondering how I could connect this with the CERES site. When looking at the repeated triangular mesh I used to morph into my loft, it reminded me of the wings of a bird. I then slightly altered my curves to mimic the shape of the wings of a bird in flight, a scene very common at the environmental site. In this way, my design was the result of computation experimentation.
WEEK 2 -POINT ATTRACTORS AND PARAMETRIC DESIGN
ONE POINT ATTRACTOR
TWO POINT ATTRACTORS
ONE POINT ATTRACTOR USING 3D GEOMETRY
I LOVE THE ORGANIC NATURE OF THE FORMS DESIGNED BY MARC FORNES AND THEREFORE DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT THEM IN MY DESIGN. IT REMINDS ME OF INTERSECTING CORAL OR ANEMOMES THAT HAS INDENTATIONS AND HOLES FOR ANIMALS TO SEEK SAFETY. THE LOFTING OF THE CURVES ALLOWS THESE SOFT, ORGANIC SHAPES TO BE FORMED.
PART B
Box morph
Polyline instead of curve
Open curves
Alter curves and change shift values
Alter curves
Alter curves
B.2 CASE STUDY 1 - MATSYS GRIDS
SHELLS
Minimal Surface
Mesh Relaxation
Points to referen
What creates minimal surface meshes?
What permits the relaxation and formation of minimal surfaces?
Between what d form?
- Kangaroo Physics
- Boolean Toggle and Timer
- Anchor Points
Creation of point openings How can the ver into points with fa ing them (clothe with openings(na
- Naked Vertices
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Mesh divided into vertices
Starting Mesh
does the mesh
What breaks a mesh into vertices that can be manipulated?
How to create a mesh with openings that can provide anchor points for the relaxation?
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- Deconstruct Mesh
- create meshes in rhino - intersect meshes and boolean union, in places where openings are wanted - explode booleaned mesh - delete faces to become openings - join together remaining surfaces - weld at 180 degrees