intersections & overlaps.

Looking at spatial configurations of existing plans, I found layouts interesting that had more unconventional circulation patterns. In particular the spaces that were formed through the resulting overlaps or intersections.

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I began by looking at the spaces created when horizontal and vertical walls were randomly arranged in a uniform grid. Developing this further I introduced a wider variety of rotations and intersections to see how this would impact the spaces in-between.

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In an attempt to escape the rectangular boundary I experimented with sequences of squares and circles in different sized grids, creating spaces from the overlapping boundaries. By merging these varying scaled shapes as if they were layered, I was able to begin to create a more hierarchical spatial pattern.

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Additionally, I began looking at how one of these patterns could be placed on a site, and will explore further how aspects of the site could be implemented as parameters for my future code.

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Gothic-inspired Vaults

Process:

Sketches A3 

Sketches 2 A3

Selected Patterns A3

Spherical A3 (ornament)

Script:

GH Scripts A3

Script Diagram

Vault variations:

Vault Patterns1

Vault Patterns2

Vault Variations1

Vault Variations2

Architectural Renderings:

Top View

Visual 1

Visual2

Visual3

Simple Section

Booklets:

Process Renderings:

Process Renderings A4

Patterns:

Patterns Booklet A4

Ribs:

6ribs9ribs10ribs

Vaults:

6 vault9 vault10 vault

L-systems

kilim

For anyone interested in L-systems, here are a couple of nice examples by Fatih Erikli and Diana Lange:

https://fatiherikli.github.io/kilim-motifs/

https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/205214

An interesting book on the subject, “The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants” by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Aristid Lindenmayer, is also available online:

http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/abop/abop.pdf

Videos

The Beautiful Math of Coral, Margaret Wertheim

Why Beauty Matters, Roger Scruton

Building Unimaginable Shapes, Michael Hansmeyer

Michael Pawlyn: Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture

 

12 Sustainable Design Ideas from Nature: Janine Benyus

 

Lars Spuybroek, The Sympathy of Things, University of Innsbruck 2012