point grid surface

I used the parametric point diagrid to create a grid of lines across a surface. Please note that my grasshopper definition is much larger than necessary! I was having trouble inputting all of the curves to the same definition, and realized after expanding it that I was simply messing up the order.

paneling tools vs. grasshopper

Tower Tutorial Part 02

Twisted tower w/ floor plates and hand rails.

Tower Tutorial Part 01

More tutorials from designreform.net.

"Don't make a twisting tower."

parametric walkway

I have been doing some tutorials to catch up after missing class this week. Here is a parametric walkway I made using a tutorial on designreform.net.

grasshopper: patterns and emergence

I used grasshopper in rhino to create some patterns and (hopefully) some emergent effects. Below are some screenshots of the file in rhino and grasshopper, and then some drawings I made in illustrator.

Panel

Using paneling tools in Rhino, I modeled a 3d panel which I then constructed a physical model of using a laser cutter.

This is the underlying plane I used to create the panel.













This is a custom 3d part that I first created the panel with. However, the only way I could get the panel I created with it to unroll was by unrolling each piece individually. So, I moved on to preset paneling options.













These are a few of the options I experimented with. The panel in the bottom left is the one that I ultimately constructed.













I unrolled the surfaces and added planar lips to each part, and then labeled the individual pieces in order to laser cut them. However, the translation from digital to physical model turned out to be a difficult one for me. Ultimately, I realized I should have used a thinner material, and problems with the labeling utility led to an unnecessarily difficult construction.

[photograph of physical model to come]