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SHAPE GRAMMAR FALL 2022
Exploration of preforated brick wall design, using shape grammar machine. The script is written with Drawscript+ program, producing variety of iteration on formalism coding.
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The study also focuses on the environmental performance of the building, specifically on the effect of perforated brick facade on natural systems. The effect of opening arrangements to control natural ventilation is simulatied using CFD. This study is part of a larger study of my studio project, which proposes an unconditioned structure for a research center in the site of the Rich Computer Center Building (1971), as a proposal for the College of Design expansion.
Academic Project
Georgia Institute of Technology
Shape Grammar
Instructor: Athanassios Economou
Individual
Ice-Ray Skeumorphic Variation Study
Type 1 Machine is inspired by the Ice-ray grammar. It is modified in a dynamic way, in that the brick which is a 3D object is considered as a 2D isometric drawing. The machine operates based on added joint configuration of the bricks. Each iteration determines the new system for the next brick in x-y direction.
Type 2 Machine develops from rod placement and curvature. The rods determine the placement of bricks, as well as the perforation. The “site” wind vectors are transformed into the start of the rods, then, they are given instructions of curvature with a grammar similar to the staircase grammar. The rods are considered in elevation, therefore the last iteration of the grammar shows he movement of rods in plan.
