This project is to recreate an "urban adapter" bench with controllable parameters, identify environment variables and define it in grasshopper, experiment and demonstrate how environment can modify the form of the bench, then analysis the parameters.
STEP 1
I start by creating a curve representing the profile section of the bench. I deconstruct the control points for later use.
STEP 2
I deconstruct the control
points for later use, here I continued
to created 7 copies of the control
points, generate section profiles from these points, and loft these sections
together.
STEP 3
1. Now let’s look at the XYZ values, the YZ value of section profiles of the bench can be modified individually through sliders. I identified
three environment variables, slope, horizontal profile, vertical background
profile. When we change the slope, the z value also change; for horizontal profile,say
this is the boundary of the road or waterway, we want to align the bench with
the boundary, we can do that by changing the Y value of the benches. Background
profile is similar, but one challenge is that I don’t want the bottom part of
the bench to move I want to hold them to the ground, so I used cull pattern to
divide control points into two parts, and later on combined them back.
Environment variable: slope
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Environment variable: horizontal route
Environment variable: background profile
STEP 4
1. Now we are generally happy with the form, we want to use kangaroo to modify the
form. We can see that kangaroo physic model do change the form dramatically but
not exactly what we want, for this kind of geometry, we really don have much control
by using kangaroo physics model, so we abandon the change.
Model is sliced by intersecting planes with the lofted geometry
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STEP 6
I also created a landscape base using Voronoi, I generate one linear curve from the lofted bench geometry, offset it as a landscape zone, and use Voronoi with random point to generate pattern, then intersect this pattern with the landscape zone.
I also created a landscape base using Voronoi, I generate one linear curve from the lofted bench geometry, offset it as a landscape zone, and use Voronoi with random point to generate pattern, then intersect this pattern with the landscape zone.
Generate random point
Voronoi create the pattern
Analyze with Galapagos, I want to get the smallest volume and the biggest surface area, so I use minimum fit to connect Volume/Area
Determined numbers and forms
Baked product
Can you please send me a copy of this definition on my email?
ReplyDeleteSorry I have been kinda busy, do you mean the definition of urban adapter? It is a name for the bench, and the bench is designed by Rocker-lange Architect: http://rocker-lange.com/index.php?/workproductdesign/urban-adapter/, hope it helps
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