The following work is a series of design techniques, workflows, and charettes that utilize parametric and/or computational design through Rhino Grasshopper. Some projects are entirely scripted, while others use parametrics and computation for specific elements or to inform the project in a certain way.
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Project date:
January 2024
Software used:
Midjourney
Rhino
Grasshopper
Adobe Illustrator
Every day, artificial intelligence is influencing the way we design more and more. The premise of this project is to utilize a fully artificial intelligence and parametric design based workflow to produce a form and articulate it into a conceptual construct. The chosen form to design was a train station roof, developed through Midjourney text-to-image generation and visually interpreted into a parametric Grasshopper script.
Conducted as part of Tim Fu’s “Parametric Intelligence” workshop.
train station roof wave pattern diamonds concrete parametric modern awardwinning photography, pedestrian view --style raw --c 20 --v 6.0
top geometry
unit typology
bottom geometry
grasshopper interpretation: roof geometry
Project date:
February 2023
Software used:
Rhino
Grasshopper
Adobe Illustrator
This project aims to reimagine the staircase as more than just a means of climbing from one level to the next, but as a space in which activity occurs. The staircase allows one to walk up in the normative way, but also invites the user to deviate from the orthodox path to experiment with a more dynamic method of elevation gain, which consists of jumping and climbing between platforms. The design vocabulary eliminates the distinction between horizontal and vertical, constructed through a series of ribbons that merge the floor, walls, and ceiling of the space to create enclosure and circulation.
This structure is generally used as a connector between levels in the structure, providing a smooth transition between spaces of different elevations.
This structure is generally used to enclose space, as a boundary condition at the end of a stair space.
This structure forms the majority of walkable, inhabitable space in the staircase, as it is a flat geometry.
Project date:
February 2024
Software used:
Rhino
Grasshopper
Adobe Illustrator
This project articulates a developed tectonic system of tensile fabric and applies it to the program of a Syracuse University study abroad fashion school in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan. Parametric design was used to design and iterate the roof and structural system, as well as the facade system, which faced the south and therefore benefitted from a parametric, adaptable shading system.
steel structural system
adaptive facade shading system
parametric column height
ground level fixed shading system
adjustable mullions (z-height)
roof shading / structural system
adaptive facade shading system
steel cross-bracing
mullions A
glazing panels
mullions B
steel cables
metal hooks (column attachment not shown)
PTFE-coated fiberglass
Project date:
February 2024
Software used:
Rhino
Grasshopper
Adobe Illustrator
This project was designed as a means of quickly iterating through forms and layouts of a theater seating arrangement. Dynamic parametric inputs enable incredibly flexible composition of the space, including factors such as overall geometry, seat spacing, row spacing, row arcuation, aisle locations and width, and height between rows.
circle node B
overall geometry
circle node A
circle node C
focus
buffer
aisle I
