Category: Spring 2013

Form finding and pattern generation progress:

 

We started with the form, with the idea of the skin being suspended from the ceiling and attached to the wall/door. I created the basic skeleton of curves in Rhino and took it to grasshopper to loft > mesh > weaverbird. But Ben’s idea of a free standing form, during the class discussion, was interesting and cool and we are working on it. 

Group- Myself and Ajitha.

I came up with this idea of a Parametric Threshold- A THRESHOLD THAT DEFINES THE MOMENT OF TRANSITION. Ajitha’s idea was of parametric skin light clusters. After the class discussion we zeroed down on the Threshold idea.

My inspiration for the pattern on the skin was from the traditional Indian ‘Jali’ system- Latticed screen, usually with an ornamental pattern constructed through the use of calligraphy and geometry. Extensively used in Indian and Mughal Architecture. 

I  started on working out the parametric trusses with what we did in class and the help of the tutorial . The grasshopper program worked with simple offsetting, filleting and creating the planar surface. But once i started working with the attractor point and area… Boom! The program doesn work. 

Here are some ideas for the location and form for the canopy. The main idea is to create the canopy by tension in some points and other points let them loosely to create waves.

Here is another one of our concepts for the canopy. It is a structure to create and enclosed space around a bench. There are two openings – one on either side of the bench. From one side of the bench you have a view into the room and from the other side of the bench you have a view out the window. From a given perspective in the room, one person is concealed and one person is revealed, creating a semi-private conversation space.

 

I team with Justin and Edeline. There are some ideas about the shape and location of our work.