Beskrivelse
Architecture, is a practice that is strongly correlated to the process of breaking things into smaller discrete elements as a way of construction. This as a material practice becomes ever more interesting in today’s architectural landscape where we see an ever increasing number of buildings with ties to complex geometry, which have inevitably lead to an even increased need for geometrical control within architectural practice.Therefore, this workshop will playfully explore explicit and implicit mesh modeling techniques as a scaffold for geometrical discretisation explorations, with the aim to understand their effect on the material manifestation of a design. The designs will explore and understand the relationship between tensile and compressive structures, through a prototypical process that will be guided by tools and techniques found in practice that have been used on projects at various scales.
The study will be conducted through parametrization, analysis, optimization and form-finding to investigate structural behaviour and automated production processes. We are interested in harnessing the engrained geometric or structural physical properties of materials. The workshop topic will unfold through Rhino and Grasshopper, where participants will be presented with a toolbar designed for the workshop. This will support mesh discretisation through clustering and mesh-walk techniques using algorithms such as kMeans and Breadth-First- Search (BFS). These will be used to treat implicitly available geometrical information such as surface curvature, normal direction or topology as the driver for the process leading to fabrication as a direct result of the design. Throughout the workshop, participants will be invited to build several small forms physically to test various assembly strategies, thereby informing the digital process.
| Periode | 21 sep. 2018 → 23 sep. 2018 |
|---|---|
| Begivenhedstype | Konference |
| Placering | Gothenburg, SverigeVis på kort |
| Grad af anerkendelse | International |