10_Grasshopper House Variation3

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Comment by André on June 14, 2011 at 10:55pm

quite interesting.

Comment by Bryce Willis on June 11, 2011 at 11:06am

Most floor plan generators begin with a floor footprint and pack the program into the footprint. This can be thought of like pouring cubes into a box. The cubes represent the program and the box represents the footprint. In this scenario the final form is predetermined, the cubes will make the shape of the box.

 

I started my project by exploring a different method. Each room is independent and relates to the other elements. This can be thought of as pouring those cubes onto the top of a table. As a result the cubes combine to produce the footprint.

 

 

Comment by djordje on June 11, 2011 at 10:35am

Thank you for the reply Bryce.

Can you just clear this up a bit more:

 

"The floor plan generations I have seen in the past are based on a boundary that then uses a packing system to solve for plans"

 

So in comparison to those systems, yours is different?

Comment by Bryce Willis on June 11, 2011 at 9:49am

In this project I used Galapagos to create iterations. The floor plans are based on two basic calculations, adjacency which is controlled by a matrix that keeps everything packed together and overlap to keep the elements from stacking.  The floor plan generations I have seen in the past are based on a boundary that then uses a packing system to solve for plans, this was designed without a boundary and aggregates the elements. Although, these plans are not fully developed I am continuing to work on this project and will update my page as I create a more resolved solutions.

Comment by djordje on June 11, 2011 at 1:32am

wow!

grasshopper can actually find different solutions for the floor plans??? really ???