Creating 3d Voronoi Skeleton

Hi,

I created a 3D voronoi block from a point cloud and am now trying to figure out how to create the script to turn the voronois into a skeleton like the picture below. I realize the script must be somewhere in one of these discussion forums, but I've had no luck with finding it yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Kudless on March 31, 2012 at 12:21pm

Hi RWNB,

There's not too much to know. It was a very fast competition project (2-3 days) that I did a couple of years ago. The competition brief called for a new gate on the site of London's Aldgate (Old Gate) to commemorate the recent development of East London for the Olympics. I thought that putting a gate up to celebrate the connection between two communities (The City & East London) was a bit too binary. If the goal was to celebrate a new, more inclusive London, putting up a gate (which by definition signifies 2 sides) was the wrong tactic.

So, instead of a simple, singular, passive gate separating the two sides, I decided to create a more complex, multiple, inhabitable network of gates that create both an area of shelter for markets, protests, etc below and a series of amphitheatres, hills, and grassy patches above. So rather than creating a space of division (you are either on this side or that side of a gate), the "New Aldgate" would be a space of community and inclusiveness.

On the technical side, it was actually the first project that I did completely in Grasshopper (handrails, stairs, wood decking pattern, everything). I'm glad you liked it. Right before submitting, I reread the requirements and saw that you had to be a registered architect in the UK (which I am not) so we never actually submitted for the competition. That was probably all for the best considering the winning proposal. The judges were clearing looking for something more minimal and gate-like.

Permalink Reply by RWNB on March 31, 2012 at 12:46pm

dear andrew,

many thanks for the detailed explanation.
i have also worked on a similar theme,
but formally slightly different.
http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/hamburg-river-promenade/

maybe that's why i like your project. :)

again, many thanks.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Kudless on March 31, 2012 at 1:17pm

Great project. Thanks for the link.