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
Panel evo
Inspired by theverymany ‘APERIODIC VERTEBRAE’ Experimenting Rhino + Paneling Tools onto simple loft surface . Grid points onto the black vertebrae are linked to Grasshopper as surfaces for future different possible options (presently spheres with diameter plugged to a slider)
parametric tunnel
A more complex experiment using grasshopper.
The geometry is controlled in rhino by 5 curves (the black ones) so you can change the shape of the entire structure by editing a set of control points. The size of the various grids that flow over the surface is controlled by sliders in grasshopper.
View original size
I only managed to get so far with grasshopper; the glazing, frame and fabric are made in 3dsmax by copying the triangulated geometry a few times and with a couple of stacked modifiers. If anyone knows how to sort a list of points which are the result of an extrude to point component in grasshopper then let me know..
Grasshopper wrm file. You’ll need to create some control point curves and loft them first, then plug in the loft to grasshopper.
basketweave
Based on a great tutorial by David Fano (of SHoP Architects) on his blog designreform.net
This 3d form is generated from the following grasshopper script, which itself is a thing of beauty I think:
The only geometry in rhino is a point, which defines the centre point of the first circle, which is then copied up on the z axis. Both circles are then divided into a series of points, the top one rotated, lines drawn between the points and then all lines are lofted to make a surface…. for the rest you can try to interpret the grasshopper flow chart (which I have annotated to make sense of).
Grasshopper is essentially a graphical interface to rhinoscript, which is based on Microsoft’s VBScript language. For examples of rhinoscript’s use within architecture, check out Marc Fornes’s blog theverymany.net or go to Bedford Square in London to see the DRL TEN Pavilion winner outside the AA by lan Dempsey and Alvin Huang
Here is the grasshopper wrm file if you want to play about with it.
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