Project 3 Poster

12 Iterations AND 3D Print Model

Final Grasshoper Definition

Progress Update 3

Upon consultation with Jeremy I have refined my design to incorporate the initial ideas generated from my proposal report. Initially I found difficulties in finding the required grasshopper definition to create 3 towers that respond and deform dependent on attractor points located on plane x,y & z.

With the help from Jeremy I have altered the form to correspond to similar attractor points for each individual tower. See below images;

Final surface morph of panel object with 3 towers

Creation of base with use of Stephens cube example

Creation of the panel to be morphed on surface

Progress Update 2

Initially I wanted to develop a skin that would be of light material and display a fluid motion molded onto the built form. However due to complexities in understanding of the grasshopper program and time constraints I have decided to create a voronoi diaphragm that is morphed on to the surface of the towers for the reasons of laser cutting or 3d printing to be completed in time. I have also experimented in creating 2 base towers that held a main residential form spanning all the way across as an alternative configuration.

Images below illustrate the morphing;

Progress Stage Update 1

1. Created a grid to show dimensions of site = 184 x 60.

2. Created Points where residential towers will evolve within constraints of the grid.

3. Utilised a cylinder object to deform and create towers.

4. From the 3 deformed towers and the base, I have created with the help of Stephen an attractor to reduce parts of the base form closest to the center point of the cylinder which resulted is as slopey base.

Wk10 - Progress

• The residential buildings to the right side of the polyline redefines the site to display a curved surface which is deformed and managed by 4 attractor points on the polyline. This formation results in an open circulation carved straight through from one end to the other suggesting a notion of fluid motion and flow through fenestration.

• The facade will cover much of the built form except for the residential buildings which will extrude through individual holes in the roof of the envelope.

• The site in question also suggest a separation between the aquatic and the parkland with Macquarie St dividing the two public spaces. My idea is to connect the two disparate and fundamental spaces with an elevated bridge extruding from the facade.

• Experimentations in Rhino and Grasshopper shows the use of the attractor point to create the image below. The components used was to create a plane with points places on the x and y axis with affiliated sliders to manage the amount and spaces of these points. Extrusions in z axis was then created to provide length and end points. This led to the connection in responding to the attractor point controlled by the MD slider. From there cylinder forms linked with solid difference component were used to create the hole. The results have proven successful in creating the early stages of my design.