Art Fund Pavilion competition submission
Parametric pavilion modelled in rhino + grasshopper.
I started the whole pavilion with 5 curbs (that will be lofted) and a grid of perpendicular lines (that will make the ribs of the pavilion).
The build-up (essentialy creating the ribs with adjustable parameters) was made with grasshopper.
And the final frame looks as below
The whole thing was eventually exported to 3d Studio and rendered with vray as this is my favorit combination to render.
You will see that the grasshopper definition is far from short as I did not manage to get the result in any other way.
Here is at last a link to both files http://drop.io/panelion
As I commented below, this is far from pretty as I ran short of time for the competition and had to get a result.. So any suggestion to make this smarter is welcome!
Once modelled with Rhino, I exported the model to 3d Studio and rendered all with vray. You can download the scene here http://drop.io/panelionscene
nice form, but i can’t read the text so well. can u retype them out.
Hi STU. Thanks. I am really sorry for the late reply. Here is the text below. Any question, please feel free to ask
Concept
The concept of the pavilion is to experiment with a developmental pattern in the evolution of an organism, to let spontaneous forces go without mediation. This results into an organic structure that wraps itself with a protective membrane. The skin (i.e. membrane) reveals life from the skeleton.
The pavilion is now one creature dipped in the real bio mass. The inside glow (i.e. internal lighting) reveals a pulsating organism into the night. The permanent incompletion is the evolutionary change that rejects the idea of a prediction about its form of growth
Technical – wood frame & reactive skin
The structure of the pavilion is a plywood frame assembled into ribs-like elements. The base structure of the pavilion is a 200mm x 400mm perpendicular grid. Ribs depth & thickness are integral and adjustable parameters of the model and adjust according to constrains (evolutionary change).
Each rib is a flat panel on a vertical plane (world z axis). All elements are planar & parallel on each x or y axis. Therefore all ribs intersect perpendicularly. Each element is given a unique id. The structure can be sent straight to digital production and cnc technology with all connections also cnc routed. Once all the pieces are cut, units can be preassembled in factory.
The reactive skin is a high-tech teflon membrane protecting the structure designed to react to changing light conditions. Its primary element is a honeycomb cell that optimises wrapping capabilities and semi-rigidity. It is flexible, wraps like a cloth, and can be folded.”
Pierre
Hi,
this is a great design.
I was wondering if i can a look at the grasshopper and rhino file.
I am a new user and would like to have a look.
Thanks.
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really nice specially for its lighting plan!!!! but can you describe me the assembly of its part?
Hi Behrang. Many thanks. Well the Pavilion is made of 2 essential components : the plywood structure + a Teflon skin to protect it from the elements. The idea of the skin is also to give extremely difrent feels of the pavilion between daytime and nighttime. I just replied to STU and included the all description now readable.
The ply ribs simply intersect 1/2-1/2 and perpendicularly. The main idea was to keep the construction very simple and to get the maximum effect.
May you send me the Grasshopper definition along with the Rhino file. I would really like to dissect it apart.
did you generate the curves with the grasshopper or did you draw them in rhino before building the definition?
i am new at grasshopper and trying to generate some curves parametrically in grasshopper for a similar project. if it is possible can i take a look at the definition file?
Hi,
I did generated the curves with rhino as I had some particular shape in my mind. You can find all the info in the link below.
I hope this can help
http://drop.io/panelion
Hi, i´m new with grasshopper, and i would like see the definition.
Could you please send it to me? Thank you.
[sorry for my english]
http://drop.io/panelion
This should do and good luck with grasshopper
thank you.
Hey,
Some really nice images and it looks like a cool project. i’ve recently gotten into rib structures, i probably think about them a little bit too much. My girlfriend is worried…
Would it be possible to have a look at your definition, im new to grasshopper and i’ve been using paracloud quite a bit for ribs, but the ribs it genetates are non-planar, and curve a lot, which isn’t what i want really… would appreciuate it greatly! my email is ar0u222f@student.liverpool.ac.uk
Cheers!
Thanks for this. Well here is the link for both files. You will see it’s not sophisticated. I seriously got into deep thoughts to make this shorter and smarter.. As usual ran out of time and had to repeat loads of operations manually to get to the result
http://drop.io/panelion
Wow! Great!
I’m studying the rhino3d with grasshopper.
Your work is really nice. If it is possible, I would like know how to generate such parts by using grasshopper. Thank you.
files r all good. thanks for sharing.
any tips on the sweet rendering you accomplished. all done w/ the vray files/materials w/ the pavillion, or other setting? shoot me an email if you’d rather discuss privately.
thanks!
Hi Stu,
Just added a link in the post to download the complete scene (Max file archived & zipped) I generally like to use 3d Studio + Vray to set-up scenes and render in a relatively quick way. Enjoy!
so you model in rhino, then take to 3d studio (not sure what software that is?) and render in it w/ v-ray?
why not just do Rhino + Vray?
so you model in rhino, then take to 3d studio (not sure what software that is?) and render in it w/ v-ray? why not just do Rhino + Vray?
Hi
I think this pavillion is great! I’m trying to generate something similar but i can’t seem to get it happening in Grasshopper. When i select the curves to loft it just generates something crazy.
A big request could you talk me through how to do it step by step?
Thank you
Hi Francis,
I also sometimes get unexpected results while lofting multiples curves in rhino or even grasshopper (like lofting in the wrong order or inside/out). When askedto select the curves in grasshopper, I would try making sure you select them one after the otherin the rhino viewport . If this still doesn’t work, try right clicking the loft module in GS and try the different lofting options to see if you get better results.
Cheers
Thanks a lot. Please find attached all you need in the link below. Enjoy and good luck.
http://drop.io/panelion