Technicart_parametric sculpture_Marina Bay Singapore

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Comment by djordje on December 20, 2012 at 6:05am

Thank you for the reply Luke.
Can I ask you to just a bit further explain this part:

"a series of arcs which has maximum length and minimum bend tolerances."

You used Galapagos to achieve this?

Comment by Luke Novotny on December 20, 2012 at 5:33am

Nothing overly complex. I used grasshopper to space the columns along the 3D line at intervals specified by our engineer. The columns has precise positions on the paving pattern and were limited in the angle they could lean due to issues around the vision impaired. I also used grasshopper to translate a free form spline into a series of arcs which has maximum length and minimum bend tolerances. We weren't able to achieve variable radius in the pipe bending though this may be available now? The grasshopper setup allowed me to radically tweak the form of the line and maintain all the engineering and fabrication constraints.

Comment by djordje on December 20, 2012 at 4:04am

Very nice Luke!
Can you tell me more about the usage of Grasshopper to rationalize geometry?
In what way was that achieved?