June 2009 Blog Posts (13)

mmblog.be online!

A blog collecting work done at the Mixed Media department of Sint-Lucas School of Architecture, Belgium.

http://www.mmblog.be/

Ok it is in dutch but there are pictures ;)

Added by corneel cannaerts on June 23, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

ACADIA 2009 Paper Accepted!!!

I just received notice that my ACADIA 2009 paper was accepted! I will be a presenter at the ACADIA 2009 conference in October... more details to come...

Added by Nathan Miller on June 23, 2009 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

CEILING CLOUD wins First Prize in AA|FAB Awards

The AA|FAB Cluster at the Architectural Association organizes a competition to award new projects that employ digital design and fabrication in innovative ways. The parametric suspended ceiling system that Joe Meppelink and I developed with an exceptional group of students at the University of Houston College of Architecture 5500 Studio and DigiFAB with Scott Marble as visiting critic and Rajaa Issa as PT and GH instructional consultant impressed the jury who… Continue

Added by Andrew Vrana on June 22, 2009 at 8:33am — 3 Comments

surface with two arcs sharin one pt

Hi there I`m tryin to create a panelized surface with the tringaulation component - using all single 4 corner pts of a pattern to create surfaces.

pretty easy

further on i had the intention not only to use lines creating hard edged triangels but arcs to give those forms a smoove shape.

my problem now is that i couldnt find any possibility to build a triangle with two arcs and one line.

the only way to get my forms smoover was to extrude an arc onto one point.

what… Continue

Added by andreas P on June 22, 2009 at 6:55am — No Comments

Job opening in Copenhagen

There is a Job opening for an experienced Grasshopper and Rhino user in Copenhagen.

For more information please contact Ali Tabatabai - latest 26th of June, email a short CV and reference projects to at@wem3.dk. (max 2Mb)

Best regards
//ALi

Added by Ali Tabatabai on June 22, 2009 at 3:18am — No Comments

Sliders and expressions

I finally figured out that the variable to use in a slider's expression is the name of the slider itself. Unfortunately, changing the name of the slider does not seem to automatically update the variable.

Added by jameslucas on June 18, 2009 at 2:39pm — No Comments

shelling

hi all
how can I do the shelling of an surface?
thanks

Added by giorgio gurioli on June 18, 2009 at 8:07am — 1 Comment

Grasshopper - gmp - SOSC _ #02 - mockup

first of all, the SASC – Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center was renamed by the mayor

now it is called SOSC – Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

(seems all important building or event are called “Oriental XX” in Shanghai ...)

the façade and roof 1:1 mockup of SOSC is finished

it is one corner of the last girder of natatorium

and the girders is one series of slightly changing… Continue

Added by ZHANG Yan - popabczhang on June 16, 2009 at 10:31am — 2 Comments

3D L-Systems

Here is an attempt to make 3D LSystems, but I'm not sure if the algorithm is right. Comments are most welcome. Thanks!

3DLSystems.ghx

3DLSystems2.ghx… Continue

Added by Milana Dabic on June 16, 2009 at 3:30am — 4 Comments

Spatial curves

minU - minimal U value

maxU - maximal U value

dens - curve density (number of objects along curve path)

VB Code

(creates a list of points for calculations)

Sub RunScript(ByVal minU As Double, ByVal maxU As Double, ByVal dens As Integer)   Dim uStep, i As Double   Dim rv As New List(Of Double)   uStep = (maxU - minU) / dens

   For i = minU To maxU + 0.0001 Step uStep


      rv.Add(i)…

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Added by Bojan Mitrovic on June 13, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Grasshopper - gmp - SASC _ #01 - introduction

I'm really involved in an EXCITING real project of our office - gmp

SASC - shanghai aquatic sports center

including one gymnasium, one natatorium and one outdoor diving stadium mainly…

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Added by ZHANG Yan - popabczhang on June 11, 2009 at 12:24pm — 3 Comments

wireframe modelling

Hi there,

Just to share with you; a parametric model of the temporary cardboard bridge I designed fir Shigeru Ban at the pont du gard. The wireframe is supposed to go to the structural engineers directely.

It's my first attempt in grasshopper, so any comments on efficiency or further possibilities of the script are welcome.

I wish to implement a horizontal scale factor, for instance, so the structure becomes wider at the fixations only. How to do… Continue

Added by pim marsman on June 9, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Studio Mode launches modeLab

Dear All,

We have just launched our new sister site modeLab.

modeLab is the research entity of Studio Mode. It is conceived of as a laboratory and serves as a knowledge base for design research and experimentation. The laboratory is distributed in nature and operates across multiple time-scales and locations ranging from intensive workshops to design studios throughout North America and Europe.

Our primary objective is to discover… Continue

Added by GIL AKOS on June 9, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments