Journal of Deisgn Studio Air

ABPL30048

Studio 10Yao (Brian) Han,

2013 Semester one

ContentEOI I: Case for Innovation

Previous experiment with digital deisign --------------------- 4

Architecture as discourse --------------------- 6

Comnputational architecture ------------------- 10

Parametric Modelling ------------------- 14

Algorithmic Explorations ------------------- 18

Conclusion ------------------- 21

Learning Outcomes ------------------- 22

EOI II: Design Approach

Content

Previous Experience with Digital Design

I took four studio subject and three of final projects is represented with digital technology. Rhino is the first digital software that I know for the model making that is introduced in the virtual environment.

In the virtual environment, we used surface paneling tool to deisgn the lamp for bodys. And in my first trial with digital modeling, it is mainly forcus on the surface creation rath-er than architectural desin. It is sure that digital design with architecture is more complicated than digital art.

In the second year of architec-tural studio, we made real design of archictectural building. But teh second year’s project were con-ducted by the other digital making software, 3Ds max. With 3Ds, I mainly experienced my design with rec-tileanear shape which is less interest-ing compare to project with rhino. So in this case I have less opportuni-ties playing around with different complex geometry.

And now moving on to the Grass-hopper and Rhino....

‘Reading betweent the lines’ is a project done by Gijs Van Vaerenbergh on September 24th, 2011. The project is costing 30 tons of steel and 2000 columns to build up a transparent church structure on top of fundament of armed con-crete.

According to the reading of ‘Architecture and Visual Culture’ by Richard Wiliam this project would be describled as piece of art work rather than the architecture which is situated in the public space, constructed in the form of church and does not contain any well-defined func-tion. The ‘church’ lead us to a visual experience of what a transparent building would look like.

From the form of this building, of which it cre-ated a sculptural, visually transparent design by layers of steel, the whole idea of that is about a place of reflection and introspection rather than a actual church. It can be read as a heri-tage related reflection on the present vacancy of churches in the area and their potential artistic reuse.This design expresses an existence between the reflection of past and vacancy of the present.

A1: Architecture as Discourse

Related back to the site, the whole site is sitting on natural landscape where is basi-cally covered under the green space. And the use of material, almost red ‘rusting‘ steel, make the project standing out from its surrounding environment. The signifi-cance of steel not only selected as the structural feature, conducting ideas of the lightness of structure, but also it might suggest that it tries to link the project from the past to the present. Old rusting steel reflects the age of old, recently demolished pro-totype. Steel, a innovative material for the construction of the church, connects to the present and introduce a new existence of the project which pass message of this church from the old time.

‘Glass Farm’ conducted by Dutch architects MVRDV at Schijndel, the Netherlands, a square between the church, town hall and main street, it is another project that reflects the architecture in the past with modern expression of both material and structure. Schijndel’s market square suffered from Operation Market Gar-den damages during the Second World War and experiences numerous proposals before this one.

The buidling form of ‘Glass Farm‘ represents a traditional form of Schijndel farm. The whole images of the historical farm is pro-duced by 1800m2 glass facade, resulting in a reflection of stain glass in the chruch. The print is more or less translucent depend-ing on the need for light and views.

What this building bring to the site is a historical image of past as the site has significance of traditional images. The whole build-ing image is out of scale, 14 metres tall for two storey farmhouse and 1.6 times larger than the original proportions, symbolizing a growing of village into the town. In additions, when adults passing by the building, they can experience toddler size again, possibly adding an element of nostalgic remembrance to their reception of the building.

The construction of the building represents the mini-malism in style with the modern technologies of printed glass. With less interest in the strutural component, it provides a special focus on the visual experience on the glass and adjacent conditions. The voids on the surface of the buildingsuggests that building is a part of this urban environment and an interactive roles to-wards the cultural and historical view of this city which quite satisfied with it functions. This building is now ser-viced as Cafe and small shopping mall where people would like to gather and be reminded of the historical significance.

A2: ComputationalArchitecture

We have already acknowledge and experience that digital technology pro-vide great improvement in the area of de-sign providing another perspective view towards the world of nature.

The famous precedence for BLOB architecture design, Montreal Biosphere, that created by visionary architect Rich-ard Buckminster Fuller in 1990s, this struc-ture, biomimetic structure, can never be archieved without the involvement of computational technologies. By creating this dome, it provides new thinking of art design and philosophy, how people sur-rounded by universe. And I believe digital technology is help with the structural and geometric design of the dome. With natu-ral load sharing ability of perfect sphere and rigidity of triangular structure.

Of course that, a great digital de-sign has to encounter with the issue on frabrication and construction as only now digital program is a analytical tool on the problems. Zaha Hadid office has great ability of expressing the idea of of fluidity, velocity and lightness. But in terms of construction, every large struc-ture has to be teared down into small piece and every large surface has to be consisted of small panels. Therefore, digitial technology show its expertise on ccalculations which enable modern architect such as Zaha Hadid to start an inovation on digital fabrication and 3D printing. This proposal for a museum and cultural centre is creating a future architectural language that meets new technologies in order to articulate complexities and forwards the ongoing innovation,

Chun Qing Li’s design of Kreod Pavilion has serious involvement with computational techologies. Contrast from the old time, modern architecture design require several representation to process the design. And the computer has the storage that enable us define the difference stage. In this case, I think the process of design mainly consist of two part. Firstly, it needs to come up with the overall surface of pavilion like the tensile fabric. Computer software would help us divide and map out the tenstion points that form the arcs. Then it can further introduce hexagonal structure on top

Wooden Kreod Pavilion by Chun Qing Li In the four phases of architectural design, introduced by

Kalay, computor are play the big roles. In first stage it re-veal the problem of the those complex geometry. With modelling in software, we can easily identify the workable parts and unconstructable setion simply by looking at the how well the sections are divided into simple geometry and the flatness it produced. In second, it can also provide alternative solution or method of creating patterns and joining the connections. Same rules applied to the evalu-ation part, rationalise and quantilize the aesthetic issue into the exact measurement and assessment. In this case how long is the each timber sticks and in what angle they joined together. Finally, 3D modeling and moder fabrica-tion techologies that heavily related with computer would provide great presentation of project.

A3: Parametric Modelling

Parametric design in my understanding is a systematic approach towards of design. It provides a precise language that might involved series calculation to achieve and record the process of design. It allows de-sign to be visualized and able to commu-nicate the design with others. In particular, provides alternative solutions to each prob-lem that found during the process. In the Woodbury’s paper, he argues that para-metic design provides problem-research and problem-refining in addition to original design.

In parametric design, it is too easy to mod-ify your design in different way. Therefore with a simple geometries as beginning parts, parametric design could produce numerous results for designer to consider. The actions might involved lofting, twisting, triagulating, knotting and framing. In the case of Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center by Reiser Umemoto at Taiwan, it is obvious that the design outcome has involved lofting, twisting and framing the surface.

Architecture design is about archieving the functional needs of building in a aesthet-ic way. With all the action that could successfully archieved by parametic modelling, it has more opportunities to add in design features to the projects. Also the fluidity of design is increased in parametric deisgn which can suit the design into more com-plex conditions and introduce more floating space into the volumes. For instance the stairway that connecting upper floors in the lobby of this service center provide both flows of beauty and flows of traffic way.

On the other hand, not only parametric design offer more designing approaches, but also it creat more problems that could delay the fabrication. Fluidity is great way of expressing natural component and it is possible to manufacture. But it requires larger amount of time to repairing the issues that comes up with it. It takes serious consideration of framing the elements and fabricating it out. And also the mathe-matical and algorithmic codes could be another difficulties in parametric modelling.

National Stadium of Beijing, Bird’s Nest, is one of most unique architectural expres-sions that involved the parametric modelling. The stadium has two independent structures, a red concrete seating bowl and the outer steel frame around it at a 50ft distance. What I have great interest about the parametric design is that parametric design seperates the outter facade from the inner structural and functional compo-nent. Parametric modelling helped to enhance the aesthetic quality produced for facade and keep the main body as functional as before. And what is unique about this project is the facade that contains the interwoven steel enclosure. It is designed to appear as a solid bowl from a distance in the concept shap of bird’s nest. From whole perspective view, the national stadium is seem to be consisted of layers of ir-rational geometries.

During the parametric modelling of the Bird’s Nest, the obvious issue come to the front is how to rationlize the steel wiring of the building of which some of the steel

components are interconneted with each other. From its scripting, it needs to have two main parts. One is the steeling wiring components and the other one is the hypo-thetical surface where the lines are running on. Then finally to merge this two com-ponets into one components that have all the steel wiring lies on a particular plane. Even that is archievable it is still a question how to run the line on the exactly the shape that expected. And how do we limited the angle the steel wiring would bend in to the shape. All of the parametric modelling require higher skills of practicing dif-ferent geometries with different combinations which bring up a shortage of paramet-ric design. Becasue there is infinitely possiblities of development, so there will not be any exact solution towards each problem. Finally, recent technologies of fabrication might be the main constraint of parametric design. Sometimes parametric design would bring out the results that seemed quite irrational, possibly the same situation as Bird’s Nest, therefore manufacturing the product such as that would come with ex-tremely high cost. That’s most likely why there is more proposals of parametrc design than the actual built one.

A4: Algorithmic Explorations

The action that I used to create the random points is the bounding box and populate 3D. In order to make the line running irrationally, I introduced two sets of random points give different counts of points for each populate 3D command.

In the next stage, I would join the population points together graphically to define the numbers of lines that will join and provide the general directions, by normal plane command, for the steel wirings. To be aware that I generate 94 points in the first group and 46 points in the second group. This would result in some of lines are most likely share their starting points or ending points. But it is fine with my intension here. Once the random lines are created by brep command on the surface, it is easier just warp them up into volumes.kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkTo summarise this exploration enabled me understand-ing how to creat the random distribution of geometries on the surface. I think it provides a better experience

In the section of algorithmic exploration, I am going to introduce my grasshopper experience with the para-metric modelling, especially related to the second precedence in the parametric modelling section, the National Stadium of Beijing. The reason why I chose to complete the exploration towards this bird’s nest struc-ture is that the National Stadium of Beijing has its unique expression with parametric design and during the parametric modelling secion, I had attempt to explain the designing process and issues on that projects. So it might be a good experience to have a try with that.

As my assumption in the last section, we need two dif-ferent components to complete this geometry. But the reality is more complicated in order to archieve this shape. Firstly, we need several curves and a loft surface to creat the surface of which steel wiring are running on. In the second stage, I introduced two random sets of points related on the loft surface that I just created.

A5: Conclusion

In conclusion,architectural design is not just simply an art work expression. It has all the social, cultural and even the historical aspects that need to be consider. And the importance of reacting with surrounding site is another enssential factors that involved in ‘archi-tecture as discourse’. Move forward to the modern design process, it is not doubt that computer-aided design program has used widerly in the field as it en-hace the quality in problem analysis, problem solving, project modification and project representation. It improves both productivity and communication level, providing designer with apportunities to challenge more complex tasks.

The parametric modelling certainly is the one major computational technologies that forward our think-ing in both graphical design and structural expres-sion. It provides more actions in modifying the forms and shapes. it opens up variety in architecture de-sign. But the more range of choice it brings to us, the more chances we will encouter all the unknowns and uncertainty. And also modern limitation of fabrication techologies is another aspects that hold the back of parametric design.

than the general patternalizing or most commonly the tragulation of the surface. It provides the same concept of finding starting points on the different sur-face. But with the different number of counts in each group, it results in different outcomes and provide more knowledges in alorithimic thinking and problem solving. But there is one issues that could overturn the whole experiment which is the problem of rationalize and quantize the design into exact measurements. It is not impossible but it would require large amount of time to do so. For the rational patterns which I also have attempted with the same curves to begin with, I found that is more easy to control the aspects and it spent less time solving the difficulties that come with the random number.

A6: Learning Outcomes

Reference

Richard Williams, 'Architecture and Visual Culture', in Exploring Visual Culture : Definitions, Concepts, Contexts, ed. by Matthew Rampley (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005), pp. 102 - 116.

Yehuda E. Kalay, Architecture’s New Media : Principles, Theories, and Methods of Computer-Aided Design (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2004), pp. 5 - 25

Kolarevic, Branko, Architecture in the Digital Age: Design and Manufacturing (New York; London: Spon Press, 2003), pp. 3 - 28

Woodbury, Robert (2010). Elements of Parametric Design (London: Routledge) pp. 7-48

N.Shireen, H.Erhan, R.Sanchez, J.Popovic (2010), Design Space Exploration in Parametric Systems: Analyzing Effects of Goal Specificity and Method Specificity on Design Solutions Cross N and Dorst K Co-evolution of Problem andSolution Spaces in Creative Design: observations froman empirical study, Computational Models of Creative Design IV(1998), J Gero and M L Maher (ed),University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Visual News, 2011, http://www.visualnews.com/2011/10/03/the-transparent-church-read-be-tween-the-lines/

Archdaily, 2012, Reading Between the Lines / Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, http://www.archdaily.com/298693/reading-between-the-lines-gijs-van-vaerenbergh/

Archdaily, 2013, Glass Farm / MVRDV, http://www.archdaily.com/321503/glass-farm-mvrdv-2/

Dezeen Magazine, 2013, http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/17/glass-farm-by-mvrdv/

A.L.Alperovich, 2012, Chun Qing Li’s Sustainable Wooden Kreod Pavilion Unveiled at London Design Festival, http://inhabitat.com/beautiful-kreod-pavilion-opens-today-as-east-londons-new-sus-tainable-architectural-landmark/

Key Data, 2013, Beijing National Stadium, ‘The Bird’s Nest’, China, http://www.designbuild-net-work.com/projects/national_stadium/

After four weeks of experiencing the parametric design, I felt a strong wave driven by modern com-putational program that provide innotative ways of thinking and designing. I understand how simple shaps such as points, curves and planes can be reform under different algorithm sets and produce a dymatic outcome. And mainly I learnt how to modify the surface pattern in a parametric approach. Al-though I had limited skill on rhino and grasshopper, and I constantly suffer with the technical difficulties, I still believe the parametric modelling has more ben-efits than its disadvantages. Parametric modeling really amazed me by providing the stages to com-plex geometries and the combinations that complex geometries would produce.

From the study of precedences and research, I think I would focus my design approach at the area where we can playing around the simple and light geom-etry to patternalize the surface facade, in which should be different solid and heavy structural compo-nents. Architecture is about designing toward differ-ent functions. Therefore the design for main structural body and additional aesthetic facade should be seperated and demostrating the different of needs.

B1: DesignFocus

PART B. EOI IIDESIGN APPROACH

Design FocusBIOMIMICRY

BIOMIMICRY (Bio = nature, mimicry =Imitation)literally represents the action which we are studying and taking inspiration from nature, then imitates and apply the designs and process into system for problem sovling. We chose biomimicry as our design focus referring to mainly three points:

1) Adaptations: a bio-system in a specific environment has the specific fea-tures that allows the connections and adaptability towards the local environ-ments and providing the sense of belonging with the state. 2) Vitality: nature is a collections of living things. In terms of design benefit, the project from biomimcry could provide image where it is a good destination for life and has good development within the communities. 3) Eco-friendly: the thought for future city development should really em-brace the nature and building a society with sustainablity because nature is actu-ally the place we live in.

To summaries the points, we think we can develop our approach of biomimicry by looking into the biomolecular structure, to dig deep into how the molecules structure are growing from ‘individuals’ to ‘the society’, to gather and form a strong networks that pretecting the members in the groups.

Molecular Structure

Roskilde Dome, 2012 Biosphere Peoject

Molecular sphere

ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion at the Univer-sity of Stuttgart is another of the research project on the performance of biosystem by computational design. It engages the complex morphology of hexgon structure to the visual effect it produces. In term of geometry and overall form, it draws the idea from sea urchin’s plate skeleton and applied that to structure system which al-lows the performance of the structure to show a adaptability towards the environ-ment by having the geometic differentia-tion.

In term of fabrication, the modular sys-tems are connected face to face by finger-joints which is quite a common skill in carpentry assembly. On one hand, it en-sure the design purely stands on the shell structure and geometric performance. And on the other hand it introduces a little dynamic experiment when you looking close on the surface.

Times Eureka Pavilion is a graden ap-proach design by the inspiration of cellular structure and how the process of growth of cellular structure will futher impact on the design outcome.

It is quiet relevant to our design ap-proach, first it show how the biomimicry design works. It took the inspiration of cellular structure of plants and mimic the growing process by using the parametric design. Although, It is simple and clear in their basic idea and design process, the design outcome it produce is quite dramatic. We can see how design is in-tergraded into the natural environment and garden landscape.

And in this design it also use the different material to express the nature of bio-molecules. The timber frame represent-ing the groups and plastic to show how flexible the individual members can be when in the groups.

Times Eureka Pavilion, by Next Architecture

ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion at the University of Stuttgart

CASE Study 1.0

Morning Line by Aranda \ Lasch

Creating base geometries by trimming with its scaled-down

Adding more features by creating pattern design on the surface of geometry

When arranging the pattern like this, it need to make sure every patterns like this has con-nections so it can assemble together at fabrication stage

Again Introducing more scaled struc-ture to increase visual impact

Arrange the structure by con-necting each face

Add more fractal features by introduce more scaled truncated structure at seach end

Reflections: So accoding to the exploration towards morning line, we leant how to transform a basic and simple structure into complex geometry and introduce the feature such as pattern on the surface and align the structure with specific expression to engage our design with the ap-proach of biomimicry.

So in the case study 1.0, there comes the trial version of morning line by our own experiment and development.

Step one: create the exact same basic geometry as the morning line by trimming each edges with set scale to c reate the fractal structural type.

Step two: finding the mid-points on the original pyrimid structure and connecting the mid-points together form-ing another triangles on the surface.

Step three: Keep developing the same fractal gemetry type to the new pyrimid forming a new basic geometry,

Step four: Create an interacting pattern on the surface of the fractal geometries which is the final structure of the Morning Line, a holo-tectonic system exploring the ge-ometries and expression.

CASE Study 2.0

Second case study is about reverse engineering for producing ZA11 Pavilion

Setting up the basic surface place for creation

Layout out the hexagon grid onto the surface

Find the center point of the surface volume

Creating the extrusion towards the cen-ter point and trim out the center space

Introducing feature with extrucsion for the design ideas whether it is scaling or hollow the surface sections.

The most valuable lession from the case study is the fabrication skill. The website of designdia-gram.com provide a clear images on how the ZA11 pavilion is assembling togther by useing the hexagonal connector.

Getting the digital model unrolled and layouted, sent the fabrication sheet to fab-lab for printing. In this case, we hace two ways of fabrication, first one is face to face connection and second on is what is introduced by ZA11, using the hexgonal connector

TechniqueDevelopment

This is the matrix development base on the exploration toward case study 1.0, the Morning Line. Bascially it is exploring the possible variation it has with solid geom-etries.

By looking at both 2D pattern it produce by the ma-trix on the right and the 3D perspectives view from the matrix on the bottom, four-sided structures which is marked in red provide better outcome showing the connections between the individual elements when there is lining pattern on the surface.

Also from the perspective view down the bottom, there is design protentials or the possibility for connecting the single structure together by using those blank surface on the geometry.

U Variable of 3

String Form Excessive Form of String

Offset Extrusion

Opposite Direction Extrusion

Frame Mode Parts Assembly

Extrusion with Sharp Edges

Extrusion toward Center Point

U Variable of 5

U Variable of 7

V Variable of 12

V Variable of 20

V Variable of 32

V Variable of 40

V Variable of 50

Scale Variables of 0.3

Scale Variables of 0.5

Scale Variables of 0.8

The matrix on the left represents the different exploration out-come by different gird of geometry for Case study 2 project. Four type of geometries are tested in these context, rectangular, hexa-gon, diamond and a custom setting with crossed-shape in the middle. From the test, we could come up a reflection that retan-gular shape cannot be to squeezed, and diamond is not working well under the stretch in horizontal direction where the hexgon has same situation as diamond structure but it perform quiet good in most scenario. From the experiment of forms, I think both framing structure or surface construction could present better result with our approach of biomimicry due the perfomance they have ro show the struc-tural aspects of molecular structure,

Apart from what is introduced in the case study, we need to inprove or develop some grasshopper design skills towards the performance or the ideas we what to achieve in the context of biomimicry. So go back to the precedence study for our design focus, the Times Eureka Pavilion and ICD/ ITKE Research Pavilion in the University of Stuggart, the design idea towards the biomimicry should have some biody-namic movement when expressing the geometry. That thought is challenged later in the design process in which the biodynamic could be too much distraction for our desin. But in this point, we just want to explore some of dynamic feature towards our design.

There is one exploration towards the idea of biodynamic for cellular structure (Scripts are learnt from Co-de-it Computaional Design). It looks complex but generally it is just dividing random hexgon gird cells into small pieces and set up the variables to control the amont of influence. This technique could reflects on the scaling production with the base geometry and introduce the various type of molecules forming together in the groups and represent property of the cell plasticity.

The other change it could be is with the geometry. From the previous matrix study, we come up that hexgons has the better adaptability in terms of strucutral design. Perhaps, we would not stick to the hexgon cell shape and allow the hexgon structure to be the starting point to our de-sign. The following experiment is focus on drawing the cell-structure-like shape on the UV grid and set up the reference distance with the corre-sponding end points for the variations

The other aspects for the ‘dynamic’ idea is create a reference object that could control the points or the area of influence it has for reshaping the forms. The page on the left show how a point attractor would impact on the surface and the geometries within the surface. And the experi-ment at the bottom provide how the both surface and extrusion from the surface would be affected by the reference point

Technique:The prototypes

Now the time get back to think the approach towards the final project in terms of both design features, structural types and fabrication technique.And we found that the project Voussoir Cloud is quite critical to out design ap-proach, firstly the geometry expression is quite interesting, secondly the overall form is well considered in structural performance.

In the ways of geometries, Voussoir Cloud is constructed up by individual members of curvy trianglars. And by this geometries that with curve edges, the overall structure has smooth vaults and sense of internal surface tension that also allow the porosity on the surface. The geometry has great outcomes towards the biomimicry approach where the individual members of base geometry express the its adpatability by form-ing the different density area at different loading part, specifically they gathered a denser area along the edges.

And the structral thinking of the this project is the most amazing part of this design, where the vaults have relied largely on the compressive strength that holds and cre-ate the face-to-face connections. Such technique is usually found in brick or stone construction,the solid construction sequnece. But in this case, it is achieved with thin laminated timber plates there it is quite clear to see the structural ribbs by face-to-face connections that transferring the loads, and even more suprised the how point connections exist and survive with the overall forms.

So what we trying to achieve through this precedence is express the adaptability of molecular structure by the compressive forms like this. After all, this might be another distracting point where mix-up too much idea together for our projects.

TechniqueProposal

Idea Refining

In forms, with the continuting research on the DLA’s project of hexgon sur-face patterns and Voussoir Clould, we are trying to produce a compressive forms of a hexagon surface to show how the molecules are gathered and adapt inmmediately with the living conditions.

In performance, we extrude the structures into the center point to represent that molecular structure has 3D dynamic movement. And using different color to show that structure might be formed by different cells

In geometries, we choose the hexagon as our developing stages due 1) most commonly shape recognized in molecular structure, 2) from the matrix text, hexgon grid have great potentials adapting the different variables.

And from the hexgon, in real molecular world, hexgon is formed after six single molecules bonding together for better performance. So we might divide the hexagon into six parts referring how the molecules are grouping together.

In ideas, stick to the concept of polymerization, the aggregation process of molecule strucutre to achieve better functional adaptability toward the systems.

From case study 1,the Morning Line, we learnt that designing a project re-quire 1) basic geometry, 2) expression of the design project which it needs to be united and 3) little design feature to increase the visual affect. Hence:

What is beneficial of our design is that, our design ideas, polymerization rep-resents the out-growing society with strong link between its individual mem-bers and provide great adaptation with living conditions which satisfied what Wyndham city’s agenda, a new developping urban environment require populations and unity between the society.

Molucular Structure = Base Geomtry Aggregation Process of Molecules = Expression Biodynamic Feature = Design Perfomance

Creating a simple hexagon grid

Introducing point attractor to create dynamic

Creating the compressive form

Adding more design features on

General Design Process

Fabrications

Producing two models with same morphology but different patterns on the surface for materials and fabrication testing. Basically, we want to follow the face-to-face connections that resulting a smooth compressive forms for Voussior Clould project.

Using perspex black and clear, more rigid material to test the light and shade per-fomance

Grey and white card to test the plasticity of the material and its overall forms

Learning Objectives& Outcomes

Summary:

Future Improvement:

OR

Case Study

Design Prototypes

Final Project

Technique Development

Simple and Effective

Biomimicry = Bio-systems + Imitation (Forms)

Molecular Structure: 3D Perspective of Cellular Shape

Scaling Features, Pattern Connections & Extrusion Surface, Connector Joints

TOO MUCH IDEAS!!!!!!!!!

Surface Pattern Design & Point Attractor Influence

Not just the surface but Engaged more with the structure

student work from Pratt institute’s graduate architec-ture & urban design exhibition 2013

ZA11 Pavillion from case study 2.0

Smooth Expression of Structral Forces and Forming Making

- cellular structure- Hexgonal Feature- Light & Shadows- @#$**.............

Biomimicry

New Refinement:

Polymerization Bonding definition: Aggregation for Adaptation

Further improvement should be focus on the true perspective on molecular structure and mimcry the forms and structures by representing the bonding between the molecules. It could be either go back to the extrusion explo-ration with ZA11 or a framing systems towards fractal structures

Conclusion:

From the mid-semester feedback, we realized that the design appraoch for our teams is too spread out that contains too much factors which it was coming from the basic concepts. By which, the more we summaries from each case study or the technical explorations, the more we forced things into our design. In that case, we better go back to the original points development the new projects towards the true meaning of Biomimicry, then go beyond the surface design and more engaged with three dimensional structure design. For the next few weeks, we need to push our design futher with struc-tural improvement that focused and closely connected with original concept of generation and adaptation of molecular strucutre.

For the possible improvement for our final projects, we need to focus more with the structure, for instance, either by using either the connectors and extrusion surface that we explored from the case study two or the new area of framing systems from the precedence of student work from Pratt Institute’s. And we should also evolve our expression in a clear represen-tation of structure to produce our final design. Because the mosting important feature within the process of polymeriza-tion is the bonding, great connection provide both structural firmness and adaptability towards environmental conditions.

ReferenceThe Biomimicry Institute , © 2007-2013, What is biomimicry, http://biomimicryinstitute.org/about-us/what-is-biomimicry.html

Andrew Michler ,2011 ,Beautiful Times Eureka Pavilion Mimics the Structure of a Leaf, Inhabitat, http://inhabitat.com/beautiful-times-eureka-pavilion-mimics-the-cellular-structure-of-plants/

“Times Eureka Pavilion / Nex Architecture” 12 Jun 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 May 2013. <http://www.archdaily.com/142509>

ICD/ITKE Research Pavilion at the University of Stuttgart, 31 Oct 2011, Dezeen Magzine, http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/31/icditke-research-pavilion-at-the-university-of-stuttgart/v

CLJ02: ZA11 PAVILION, 2013, designdiagram.com, http://designplaygrounds.com/deviants/clj02-za11-pavilion/

Rob Ong, 2008, Voussoir Cloud by IwamotoScott, Dezeen Magzine, http://www.dezeen.com/2008/08/08/voussoir-cloud-by-iwamotoscott/, photos by Jud Terry

Voussoir Cloud – IwamotoScott, 2008, Bios, http://biosarch.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/voussoir-cloud-iwamotoscott/, photos by Stephine Lin

Plataforma Arquitectura, 2011, Voussoir Cloud, Triangulartion Blog, http://www.triangulationblog.com/2011/06/voussoir-cloud.html

Techinical Reference:

Grasshopper code, 2013, Co-de-it Computational Design, http://www.co-de-it.com/wordpress/code/grasshopper-code

Discussion Forum, 2013, Grasshopper.com

Jason Ivaliotis, 2012, Armstrong, Gerber, Paz_Grasshopper Parametric Mesh Generation, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, http://vimeo.com/25639993