Algorithmic Sketchbook

STUDIO AIR

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2018, SEMESTER 1, Tutor Alessandro Liuti Yicheng Han

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YICHENG HAN

“THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ARCHITECTURE.” - LOUIS. I. KAHN I NEVER FIGURED I WOULD DO ARCHITECTURE. THE TERM WAS NEVER FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO ME BEFORE I ENTERED THE UNIVERSITY. BUT I WAS SUFFERING AND STRUGGLING TO FIND OUT ABOUT ASPECTS OF LIFE. SO I PUT HOPE IN ARCHITECTURE AS I STRONGLY BELIEVED, THAT THROUGH STUDYING IT, MANY OF MY QUESTIONS COULD BE ANSWERED, AND IT VERY MUCH DID. I FOUND BUILDINGS ARE CARRIERS OF THOUGHTS AND DREAMS, THEY TELL STORIES OF THEIR CREATORS’ STRONG SOUL & TENACIOUS HOPE. EVERY PROPERLY TRAINED ARCHITECT IS A HERO TO THIS WORLD, WE EACH HAVE ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITIES TO SAVE THE PLANET, AS DESIGN IS UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE FEW LINE OF DEFENCE REMAINING AGAINST OUR OWN DESTRUCTION.

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STUDIO AIR 2018, SEMESTER 1, Tutor Alessandro Liuti Yicheng Han

Table of Contents Constructing Geometry: Rhino only. 4.

Rhino - Grasshopper. 5.

Grasshopper only. 6.

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THE PATHS, POSITIONS OF THE CONTROL POINTS ARE RECORDED. THE RED NUMBER S SHOW THE STEPS A POINT TRAVELLED AND EACH POLYLINE SHOWS THE PATH TRAVELED

BY A POINT FROM THE STARTING POINT, ALL CONTROL POINTS FOR EACH CURVE IS ALIGNED ON Y-AXIS, THE DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN POLYLINES IS ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF A CLEARER DEMONSTRATION. *THE CO-ORDINATES OF EACH CONTROL POINT WILL BE THE DATA THAT DEFINES THEM IN GRASSHOPPER.

USING THE “CURVE” COMMAND TO CREATE 3 CURVES FROM THOSE CONTROL POINTS, “LOFT” TO GENERATE A SURFACE FROM THEM. “PROJECT” TO PROJECT THE CONTOUR OF THE SURFACE ONTO A PLANE.

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FOR ME, IT IS SIMPLY EASIER TO CREATE & MODIFY POINTS & CURVES IN RHINO, SO THE FIRST 3 STEPS STAYS THE SAME, BUT I WILL USE GRASSHOPPER TO CREATE NURBS AS IT PROVIDES ADVANTAGE WHICH RHINO CANNOT.

THE DIAGARM SHOWS THE GRASSHOPPER PROGRAM THAT GENERATES THE NURBS. THE POINTS OF “LEFT”, “MIDDLE” & “RIGHT” ARE REFERENCED FROM POINTS IN RHINO. *IN THIS CASE, GRASSHOPPER ALLOWS ANY CHANGES THAT APPLYS TO THE POINTS/CURVES TO ALSO IMMEDIATELY APPLY TO THE NURBS REAL-TIME.

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PART.B. SKETCHBOOK EXTENSIVE EXPLORATIONS

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