The Southern California Institute of Architecture - Intelligent Digital Systems Architecture

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antonio mora & nicholas conrique

SCI-Arc//AS2583 - CATIA: Intelligent Digital Systems

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Antonio Mora + Nicholas Conrique

INDEX CHAPTER I: The Power Copy 6 CHAPTER II: The Midterm 14 CHAPTER III: The xGen Workshop 24 CHAPTER IV: The Final 30

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CELLUNOI Our concept for a functional cladding structure for external use is composed of numerous cellular co mponents that work both as a scaffold for algae to grow and also as an icon to our waterfront museum proposal in Hunter’s Point, NY. The patterns have multiple patterns with gaps and crevices that aim for a gradual involvement of nature in its three-dimensional surface.

This play of inverting what is usually hidden hundreds or thousands of feet under the sea is the focal point of our design, offering both the formal sensibilities of an articulated sea floor as well as the functional requirement for shelter and habitation to an otherwise anthropocentric program brief.

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CHAPTER 1: THE POWER COPY In the interest of replicating undersea life-specifically barnacles and calcium carbonate skeletons--we began defining the shape of the individual power copy by dictating the number of vertices necessary to create a tensioned volume. The shape is defined by a boundary that is responsive to its promixity to the origin point.

As a result, the number of sides each power copy has is chosen at random, and is always a factor of 8. Attractor points, meanwhile, govern the height and volume of each power copy. Ultimately, these parameters control each barnacle with the effect of mimicking natural organisms with the underlying logic and constraints of a machine.

CHAPTER 1: THE POWER COPY Antonio Mora + Nicholas Conrique

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ORIGIN

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2D-BASE GEOMETRY PARAMETERS:

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1: HEIGHT=0.138m=`PC-2\Parameters.13\Length` /8 2: ANGLE.1=951.869deg= distance(`PC-2\CONSTUCTION -GEO\PT-OR` ,`PC2-INPUTS\AP-2` ) 3: LENGTH=1.108m= distance(`PC-2\CONSTUCTION -GEO\PT-OR` ,`PC2-INPUTS\AP-2` ) /5

ATTRACTOR LINES

SMOOTH BASE

3D-BASE GEOMETRY PARAMETERS:

1: TRANSLATION HEIGHT (top) = `PC2\Parameters.13\HEIGHT` /.75 1: TRANSLATION HEIGHT (bottom) = `PC-2\Parameters.13\HEIGHT` /-0.75

INTERSECTION PLANE

TANGENT CURVE

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IF `PC-2\Parameters.13\TYPE`==”1” { `PC-2\SURFACES\FINAL-VOL`=`PC-2\SURFACES\CloseSurface.3` `PC-2\SURFACES\FINAL-VOL`.Color=”207,185,151” }

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FINAL VOLUME 01

BOTTOM SPLINE

INNER CIRCULAR GRID CONSTRUCTION 2D-BASE GEOMETRY PARAMETERS:

1: HEIGHT=0.138m=`PC-2\Parameters.13\Length` /8 2: ANGLE.1=951.869deg= distance(`PC-2\CONSTUCTION -GEO\PT-OR` ,`PC2-INPUTS\AP-2` ) 3: LENGTH=1.108m= distance(`PC-2\CONSTUCTION -GEO\PT-OR` ,`PC2-INPUTS\AP-2` ) /5

TOP SPLINE

OUTER CIRCULAR GRID CONSTRUCTION

3D-BASE GEOMETRY PARAMETERS:

1: TRANSLATION HEIGHT (top) = `PC2\Parameters.13\HEIGHT` /.75 1: TRANSLATION HEIGHT (bottom) = `PC-2\Parameters.13\HEIGHT` /-0.75

RESULT

SURFACES / ASYMMETRY RESULT

TANGENCY

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IF `PC-2\Parameters.13\TYPE`==”2” { `PC-2\SURFACES\FINAL-VOL`=`PC-2\SURFACES\HOLE` `PC-2\SURFACES\FINAL-VOL`.Color=”85,107,47” }

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FINAL VOLUME 02

FINAL VOLUME 02

2D-BASE GEOMETRY PARAMETERS:

1: HEIGHT=0.138m=`PC-2\Parameters.13\Length` /8 2: ANGLE.1=951.869deg= distance(`PC-2\CONSTUCTION -GEO\PT-OR` ,`PC2-INPUTS\AP-2` ) 3: LENGTH=1.108m= distance(`PC-2\CONSTUCTION -GEO\PT-OR` ,`PC2-INPUTS\AP-2` ) /5

FINAL VOLUME 02 SECTIONAL CUT

3D-BASE GEOMETRY PARAMETERS:

1: TRANSLATION HEIGHT (top) = `PC2\Parameters.13\HEIGHT` /.75 1: TRANSLATION HEIGHT (bottom) = `PC-2\Parameters.13\HEIGHT` /-0.75

FINAL VOLUME 01 RESULT

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INSTANTIATIONS ARE CREATED TO RESEMBLE A FAMILY OF BARNACLE TYPES, ALTERNATING IN PROPORTIONS AND OPEN/CLOSED CONDITION.

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THE POWER COPY

ITERATION V1

ITERATION V2

ITERATION V3

ITERATION V4

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CHAPTER 2: THE MIDTERM The overall organization of cellular components is the result of a computational voronoi pattern that determined the size and complexity of each cell. The result is a sequence of lofted surfaces that follow a gradient of punctuated lines and indentations that vary according to the geometric inclination of each surface – similar to growth layouts in sea barnacles and shells.

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CHAPTER 2: THE MIDTERM

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THE RESULT Antonio Mora + Nicholas Conrique

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THE RESULT

THE GRID THE SKIN

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CONCEPT DRAWING

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FRONT ELEVATION

ROOF PLAN

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CHAPTER 3: THE xGEN WORKSHOP The composition we generated in the xGen Workshop had the intention of creating a field of randomized depths using extrusions as the primary unit. We decided to import a shape from an investigation in formal studies that would serve as the input for our workshop exercises. Along with the field of objects, we formed a sense of the panel’s underlying structure in order to suggest the panel’s articulation. This gave us a list of all the extrusions and how they were mapped according to their varying heights. This process gave us the boundaries needed to instantiate the barnacle power copies across the “negative” areas of the panel.

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EXTRUSIONS SCRIPT

STRUCTURE SCRIPT

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THE RESULT

CATIA WORKFLOW

LINKED SPREAD SHEET

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CHAPTER 4: THE FINAL Our concept for a functional cladding structure for external use is composed of numerous cellular components that work both as a scaffold for algae to grow and also as an icon to our waterfront museum proposal in Hunter’s Point, NY. The patterns have multiple patterns with gaps and crevices that aim for a gradual involvement of nature in its threedimensional surface. This play of inverting what is usually hidden hundreds or thousands of feet under the sea is the focal point of our design, offering both the formal sensibilities of an articulated sea floor as well as the functional requirement for shelter and habitation to an otherwise anthropocentric program brief.

THE INTEGRATION OF CAD SOFTWARE, SPECIFICALLY CATIA, IN THIS PROJECT IS TO INTENTIONALLY CREATE THE PARADOX OF A MANUFACTURED NATURE WHILE PROVIDING US THIS INTERSECTION OF LANDSCAPE AND INTERIOR. BETWEEN NATURAL AND THE INDUSTRIAL.

Antonio Mora + Nicholas Conrique

CHAPTER 4: THE FINAL

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SOUTH SECTION

NORTH ELEVATION

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WEST SECTION

EAST ELEVATION

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UPPER LEVEL CAFE

THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE IDEAS RELATING TO THE ENGAGEMENT OF MAN AND NATURE BY PROMOTING THE INTERSECTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL LANDSCAPE AND ITS INDUSTRIAL INTERIOR.

OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN

UPPER PARK SPACE

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OSCILLATING WATER COLUMN + CONTROL ROOMS

OVERHEAD VIEW OF BARNACLE CLADDING AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES

UPPER LEVEL BREEZEWAY

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CHUNK MODEL

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THE INTEGRATION OF CAD SOFTWARE, SPECIFICALLY CATIA, IN THIS PROJECT IS TO INTENTIONALLY CREATE THE PARADOX OF A MANUFACTURED NATURE WHILE PROVIDING US THIS INTERSECTION OF LANDSCAPE AND INTERIOR. BETWEEN NATURAL AND THE INDUSTRIAL.

WEST SECTION

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PROCESS VIDEO

ISOMETRIC SECTION

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