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ABPL30 0 48 ARCHITEC TURE DESIGN STUDIO: AIR 2017
l STUDIO 10 MANUEL MUEHLBAUER SEMESTER 1
EL AINE CHAN 67830
A r c h it e c t u r e St ud io: A i r E l a i ne C h a n 2017 Tut or: M a nue l Mue h lb aue r
CON T E N TS
4 C onc ept u a l i s a t ion 1 2 C r it e r i a D e s ig n
Part A - Conceptualisation 01 Setup Loops
02 Setup Loops
Increasing the number of points on ‘Populate 3D’ and number of repeats on ‘Loop Start’ for a denser and more opaque structure.
Increased the data to duplicate in ‘Duplicate Data’ to achieve this bulbous
Increasing the the number of repeat and reducing the number of points on ‘Populate 3D’ to ‘1’ for one continuous line composed of shorter lines that are perpendicular to each other.
Increased the Script Variable Res in ‘VB Script’ for a closed surface with larger triangulations and harder form.
Reducing the the number of repeats to ‘1’ on the number slider, and increasing the number of points on ‘Populate 3D’ for disconnected lines floating in a 3D grid.
Increased the Script Variable Iso in ‘VB Script’ for a completely different form from the first one. The sufaces are sharper and no rounded corners.
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03 Voronoi Mapping
04 Twisted Beso Tower
The twist beso tower can be un-twisted by changing the rotation of the plane around the z-axis.
Changing the height and form of the tower.
Several different surfaces were ‘Baked’ after changing the number slider of the number of points in ‘Populate 2D’. I observed that the height/width of the tower could also be changed using the number slider of the multiplication component.
Further experimentation with the form of the tower by changing the ‘Step size’ and ‘Count’ value.
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05 Multi Agent Mesh Structure
Lofting and State Capture
Experimenting with changing the size of the hexagrid.
Lofting a surface with three curves on Grasshoppers.
Increasing the number of ‘Loopstarts’.
We can vary the thickness of the frame structure by changing the distance in ‘Weaverbird’s Mesh Thicken’ component.
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Triangular Algorithims
Week 1 summary Turn on ‘Preview’ and ‘Enable’ components to load scripts. Experimented with changing slider values of scripts. Started constructing some basic geometry using loft and octree functions.
Applying the ‘Octree’ function to a sphere...
...and deleting some of the blocks to create light/dark or hiddens spaces.
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Week 2 01 Initial Structure
02 Kangaroo
The ‘Kangaroo’ script creates a curved surface as well as a frame structure.
Interesting plane-and-infill structures are modelled by changing the ‘Step Size’ and ‘Count Value’ of the ‘Series’.
More interesting forms were modelled by changing the parameters of ‘Concatenate’.
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Adjusted the ‘Domain’ of the ‘Reference Surface’ to get a more dramatically curved surface.
03 Karamba
04 Cocoon
Toggling with the parameters of ‘Curve Charge’.
Changing the ‘Cell Size’ and ‘Iso’ of the cocoon.
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Mesh Geometry
Curve Menu
Mesh Brep + Mesh Weld Vertices + Face Boundariers to create a mesh from a number of joined spheres.
Divided two curves, then used ‘ARC’ and ‘Interp Crv’.
Used ‘Polyline’ instead of ‘Interp Crv’ for sharper, straighter lines.
Changing the control points of the object, curves update to changed form.
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Part B - Criteria Design Weaverbird
Changing geometry parameters.
Changing the input surface to a curved C surface.
Increasing the number of triangles on the surface.
Changed input solid to a sphere. The resulting form is quite interesting, a solid constructed from triangular panels (top view).
Elevation of the previous iteration.
Changing geometry parameters to see its impact on form.
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Changing the input to a rectangular prism to see its effect on pattern.
Elevatoion of previous iteration. The triangular panels are elongated due to form.
Increasing denstiy of frame.
An interesting pattern is generated from the side.
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Weaverbird
Reduceing the density of the frames result in a clearer and more defined pattern.
Panelling Optimisation
CHanging the input surface to create a more freeform pattern & shape.
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Kangaroo
Reducing extrusion length.
Increasing density of X-Y grid.
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Millipede - Basic Analysis
Simple Frame. Increased inflation and subdivision value.
Changing the deflection value. The frame bends as though it is being subjected to a load.
The geometry of the bent frame is more interesting in ‘wireframe’ view. Composed of repeated squares.
The original ‘001 Curvedframes’ script.
I changed the input curve of the ‘001 Curveframes’ script to a 3D spiral curve. Resulted in something very unexpected!
The resulting form resembles a flower.
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Millipede - EigenModeMeshAnalsysis
Changing the mesh input of ‘EigenModesVisualisation’ to a Torus. Resulted in arrays of donut-shaped forms.
Changing the mesh input of ‘EigenModesVisualisation’ to a cone. Resulted in arrays of spikes.
Changing parameters of the Eigen System to vary the slenderness of the limbs.
The surface may be triangulated, unrolled and fabricated.
Increasing the displacement number slider.
Creating my own mesh from three unioned toruses and changing parameter values. Resulted in a very strange-looking form.
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Millipede - Form-finding
Changed the degree and strength of the parabolar in the X and Y direction.
Changing amplitude, frequencies, phases and rotations of two planar waves.
The geometry of the bent frame is more interesting in ‘wireframe’ view. Composed of repeated squares.
Manipulating the parameters of the Geometry Generation. The bridge can become curved and twisted.
Changing the Inner Radius of the Cross Section completely morphs the form into something unrecognisable.
Further experimenting with changing parameter values of ‘Geometry Generation’ to generate different forms.
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