ALGORITHMICSKETCHBOOK

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WEEK 01Task: Model a basic NURBS surface replica of a famous building whose form is curved, for example the Sydney Opera House. Apply the OcTree component to your surface(s) and create a ‘blocky’ version of your chosen building.

Create NURBS Surfaces > GRASSHOPPER > Geometry > Set Multiple Geometry > Populate Geometry >OcTree > number slider

WEEK 02

Kangaroo is a live physics engine which allows for interactive

simulations within grasshopper. For this task, a mesh was cre-

ated, with anchor points underneath and around the perimeter.

The Kangaroo ‘springs from line’ option was used and connect-

ed to the Kangaroo physics simulator. This then allowed fluid

shapes the fluid shapes to be created.

Task: Set up the Kangaroo Physics Plug-in for Grasshopper. Model a few columns (tree trunks) and aim to suspend a mesh between the columns, as well as anchoring the mesh to the columns.

WEEK 03Task: Play around with Kangaroo. Watch LAVA - Green Void Case study tutorial and use these techniques, or techniques in the Mesh Relaxation video, in order to create something unexpected.

FRACTALSCASE STUDY 1: I originally planned to pick biomimicry as my research field. I experimented with The Morning Line definition.CASE STUDY 1: I originally planned to pick biomimicry as my research field. I experimented with The Morning Line definition.

METABALLSCASE STUDY 1: After changing my research field to sectioning, I trialed cre-ating sections/contour curves using the metaballs tool. This gave interesting outcomes.

CASE STUDY 1: After changing my research field to sectioning, I trialed cre-ating sections/contour curves using the metaballs tool. This gave interesting outcomes.

SECTIONINGCASE STUDY 2: I experimented with a varitety of parametric tools in order to reproduce the lignum pavilion.