Experiment Lab

E X E R C I S E S . S C R A P S . S K E T C H E S

SH.01
parametric

23.ian.2012

SPORTS HALL Project

Location: UAUIM [University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu"], Bucharest.RO

Task: Designing the enclosure of a sports hall

Project by Maria Pantir
Parametric model by myself

There comes a time in everyone's life to tackle with diagrids. Recently i was requested by my friend Maria Pantir, to help her design the 3d model for the double layered enclosure of the sports hall she was working on.

I researched for a while and came across the 'box morph in diagrid' discussion that Fernando Rial posted on the forum. I am pretty thankful for the info i found there and for the diagonal grid script made by LaN - Live Architecture. The definition and other codes can be found on their web site: http://www.livearchitecture.net

Here are some of the variations made on the theme:

double layered skin, with three dimensional truss and a diagrid external structure

CST. 03

modeling

31.ian.2011

CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL Project

Location: UAUIM [University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu"], Bucharest.RO

Task: Last assignment for my diploma work

Current state

_ Roof's another tricky business if you haven't integrated it from the beginning

{_Still a long way to go}

CST. 02

form

finding

18.ian.2011

CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL Project

Location: UAUIM [University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu"], Bucharest.RO

Task: Last assignment for my diploma work

GO_TO: Flickr

I've began the research for this project by focusing on the circulation scheme.

As we all know, a cruise ship terminal is not always like a walk in the park for architects but for the passengers it might as well be. Besides the trees and the crazy swarms of psychedelic butterflies, i thought that maybe something else might be the backbone of a 'park'. Call them 'alleys' [&gt;flows of people].

Taking in account the fact that generally any passenger terminal has departing and arriving guests aboard, managing the flows of people comes in handy most of the time.

Therefor, having this in mind, I've rolled up my sleeves and started doing some research in order to get the job done.

In my venture I've ended up focusing on minimal surfaces and to be more specific, on Nodal Surfaces Of Degenerate States.

WOLFRAM &gt;&gt; http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/NodalSurfacesOfDegenerateStates/

What Is Meant By 'Nodal Surface'?

"A nodal surface is defined as a surface where the amplitude of a standing wave changes sign (that is, where negative amplitudes become positive and vice versa) and the probability to find an electron equals zero. The term 'nodal surfaces' is used in the context of wave patterns for an electron in an atom of hydrogen." [&lt;&lt; to put it shortly &gt;&gt;]

[Scientists have a lot more fancy explanations for it, but i wont go into any further details for the time being. I'll keep it as shallow as i can]

As things 'heated up', I've ended doing some experiments using Mathematica 7. Here are some of the results:

Following these, I've developed my own prototype for the project. The development process was rather simple and not that elegant. I still have to figure out how to use complex numbers in Grasshopper.

Here's how the physical model of the concept turned out

Updates will follow

SCRPT. 02

script

exercise

31.ian.2011

RE[2009]: RECURSION: "ELIPCIRCOID" Patterning

Location: DIA[Dessau Institute of Architecture], Anhalt, Germany

Task: Recursive algorithm | encoded it in python; ran it in Maya

Learning Python : Learning Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/static/LearnPythonTheHardWay.pdf

Dive into Python: http://diveintopython.org/

This is an exercise i have ignored for much too long!

I have always said I'll come back to it and eventually the thought got lost and ended up somewhere gravitating around the 2250th place on the priority list. Well, today the universe smiled and I've accidentally stumbled upon the sketches and the ideas again.

My concept looks something like this:

As soon as the other "must"s are over I'm going to ponder on these little babies! :D

Juicy!

PNML. 06

m o d e l

13.jul.2010

PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE SITE_STL's of the empty space reconfiguration

Location: Cyprus_Famagusta, Varosha [No Man's Land]

GO_TO: You can find more photos uploaded on Flickr

The 3D prints were made with the help of the guys from Spot Design.

PNML. 05

m o d e l
13.jul.2010

PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE SITE_STL's of the empty space reconfiguration

Location: Cyprus_Famagusta, Varosha [No Man's Land]

GO_TO: You can find more photos uploaded on Flickr

After determining the empty space network in the prior phase, I selected the most important buildings that were pointed out for us by some of the refugees, kept them as urban poles, and according to their position in reference to the empty spaces, generated a voronoi network that was later hybridized. This network was the first base for the reconfiguration of the empty spaces.

Have to mention that this should be understood as a diagramatic organization of the space, not the final literal design. The inner cells represent pedestrian zones that should act as orange tree plantations, sustainable energy resources and plazas.

In the initial proposal, the cells that are covered by a canopy in the upper image, represent an urban node that should facilitate the transition between a new sea terminal and the city. More images and explanations will follow.

*** Here you can see how the cells are laying underneath the canopy. They are basically pointing out how the space inside is organized.

*** The 3D prints were made with the help of the guys from Spot Design. Many thanks Alex :)

PNML. 04

m o d e l
13.jul.2010

PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE SITE

Location: Cyprus_Famagusta, Varosha [No Man's Land]
GO_TO: You can find more photos uploaded on Flickr

PNML. 03

m o d e l

29.jun.2010

PHYSICAL MODEL OF THE SITE
Location: Cyprus_Famagusta, Varosha [No Man's Land]
GO_TO: You can find more photos uploaded on Flickr

Phase I: Assembly

Phase II: First result [intermediate]

Phase III: Final result

PNML. 02

diagrams
09.jun.2010

The final diagrams for the site model

Re: Empty space vs. built space analysis diagrams made for my thesis project

Location: Cyprus_Famagusta, Varosha [No Man's Land]

Tools: Image Sampler component, Grasshopper

The prior analysis evolved by following these steps

In order to point out the main roads that connect Famagusta with Protaras and the empty spaces in the city, i had to reinterpret the map and distinguish the locations and the way they blend together.

SCRPT. 01

diagrams
13.jul.2010

From GH image sampler to the Minesweeper cascade algorithm

Re: Empty space vs. built space analysis diagrams made for my thesis project

Location: Cyprus_Famagusta, Varosha [No Man's Land]

Tools: Image Sampler component, Grasshopper

Im not exactly sure why but i developed a fascination for these minesweeper like fields that resulted from the city map yesterday. The level of detail is fascinating.

Actually the minesweeper idea is revealing! It somehow correlate with no man's land...if you extrapolate it a bit. I'll work on it some more and see where it gets me.

[h 16.43]

Here's what i ran into: INFO: Minesweeper Cascade Algorithm

Richard Kaye's Minesweeper Pages

Minesweeper and NP-completeness

Clay Mathematics Institute

PDF: Some MS Configurations

JAVA script: Geekpedia_MS Game in Java

LSYS. 01

experiment

16.jun.2010