algorithmic sketchbookstudio air 2015 sem1 t2

tutor:bradley elias

jaime ka wing lee

/a1. Oc Tree Component: Effiel Tower task_model up NURB surface replica of a famous building, apply the OcTree component to the surfaces and create a 'BLOCKY' version of the chosen building

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For this exercise, I have replicated the Effiel Tower on Rhino into NURB surfaces. Image on the right shows the exploded diagram of the tow-er, which can be seen clearly that it’s sim-ply produced out of 4 curved surfaces. Image on the right is what I have referenced into Grasshopper in order to procede with the Oc Tree component.

1. GEOMETRY \\ Set Geometry2. Populate Geometry (Producing random scattered points on surfaces) 3. Number Slider: indicating how many points are generated. Input to Number

/a1. Oc Tree Component: Effiel Tower

4. OcTree Component 5. Number sliders on both Square and Group, both contributes to the 'blockiness' of the geometry.

left:100 points on geometrytop right: 50 points 1 square per leaf, 1 box per leaf middle right: 50 points, 1 square per leaf, 5 boxes per leaf bottom right: 50 points, 1 square per leaf, 10 boxes per leaf

/a2. kangaroo physics plug-in task_model up columns, suspend a mesh between them.

This week, we were to research on a case study, the Vousoir Cloud by Iwamoto Scott, in order to attempt in producing sketches with a similar concept. Using the Kangaroo physics stimulation plug-in, meshes are able to suspend by anchoring points onto ’columns’ (vertices that do not change position) and applying forces, using the plug-in, to create new forms, hence in this case, producing the curvy suspending effect. This type of computation method is very foreign to me, therefore I have made my attempt for this exercise in reproducing the Vousoir Cloud.

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/a2. kangaroo physics plug-in