Algorithmic design offers unique abilities that do not exist within more traditional methods of design.

CONTENTS

  • ATTRACTORS - LASER CUT WORK

    Determine a procedure of modifying 2D geometry based on a distance measurement. Using the existing definitions as examples but construct my own definition. From the final Grasshopper definition, laser cut three different variations from 1/32” chipboard.

  • POPULATED SURFACE - 3D PRINT WORK

    3D print a sequence of different outcomes from a grasshopper definition, the printed-out volumes are of 8 cubic inches. My inspiration comes from the form of cotton in nature. The purpose is to reproduce this continuous and soft from with Grasshopper, forming a combination of parameterization and nature.

  • KANGAROO - COLLAGE WORK

    Kangaroo is a Live Physics engine for interactive simulation, form-finding, optimization and constraint solving. I used kangaroo to simulate the formation of wormholes in universe and extract their form after formation. I quoted Arata Isozaki’s architectural work and re-created it with the concept of time travel.

  • GALAPAGOS - PARAMETRIC DESIGN

    Galapagos is a kind of algorithm inspired by evolution, which can quickly search for the approximate optimal solution from a large number of possibilities. By simulating the process of biological evolution and reproduction, the survival of the fittest forces the evolution of population, so as to obtain an approximate optimal individual.

COMPUTATIONAL TECONICS

Instructor: Bob Pavlik

“We live within an era of two dominant design paradigms. In the first, and most entrenched, we mentally envision a design solution and translate that into a reality through the act of drawing or other methods of design representation. In the second, we arrive at a solution by following a procedure. In computational design, our procedure is a step-by-step sequence of rules that we call an algorithm. In this course we will focus on algorithmic design methods using the Grasshopper plug-in within Rhino.

Algorithmic design offers unique abilities that do not exist within more traditional methods of design. By changing the values of multiple input variables (“parameters”) we can often achieve a radically complex array of outcomes from the same set of algorithmic rules. Consequently, we may not be able to predict the geometrical outcome. Rather than design by envisioning forms, we will be designing by defining the logic of a series of relationships.”