algorithmic sketchbook- part a

S T U D I O AIR

ALGORITHMIC SKETCHBOOK

2015, SEMESTER 1, ALESSANDRO

CHRISTOPHER DUNKLEY

TABLE OF CONTENTSCONCEPTUALISATION

4 WEEK 1 VASE10 WEEK 2 PAVILION12 WEEK 2 DATA TREE14 WEEK 3 PATTERNS

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Strategy 1

This vase design strategy uses 4 simple creations of a circle that are based off different set axis (X,Y,Z) as well as manipulable radiuses. They are then lofted with each other to create the form seen.

Vase Design - Week 1

CONCEPTUALISATION 5

Strategy 2

This vase design strategy uses 2 set polylines that create a form. The forms are then connected via multiple changeable marker points which create connected lines with the shift list input tool and then loft to the various forms

Strategy 3

This vase design strategy has been created using many different shapes (pentagons, circle, square ect) that are stacked upon each other via axis points. The shapes are then created multiple times via the series tool and lofted to various shapes.

Strategy 4

This vase design strategy has been created from a set polyshape which has been replicated up and allowed to fillet to various sizes

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Strategy 5

This vase design strategy has been created from a curve that has been created and replicated up various times. The shape has then been cross referenced with multiple series and then revolved around each other

CONCEPTUALISATION 9

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Pavilion Design - Week 2

CONCEPTUALISATION 11

Script- Design

The dimentions of this pavilion are 20x20 and aim to respond to a give location along Meri creek. This design is created with the experimentation of creating a pavilion that is dynamiclly manipulated from a known point on a curve running through the pavilion outline. The form of the pavilion shape then responds to the location of that point on the curve and therefor changes the shape accordingly.

After the script has been created for the pavilion materials can be added using Weaverbird which adds differnet surfaces depending on the tool used from the Weaverbird plugin (see images).


Extra Task-

The images shown are exporing the use of Data Tree Managment in which it is possible to create short, long and cross referenced lists of lines connecting from two curves.

Data Tree Management


All Lists

Long List

Short List

Cross Ref

Patterns - Week 3


Strategy 1

For this task we were asked to create a pattern using the connection points between lines and points placed on a grid surface. This involved the use of the cull tool to the list outputs. As well as this the script I have created is used from a cross reference and is dynamic in its output.


Strategy 2

This task took a similar approach to the first however also involved the tool of a flatten tree which flattened the grids data structure onto the one grid face, which I created with a surface.


Strategy 3

The third strategy was created using an image as the modulator for the placement of points. These points were created as circles and then flattened onto the grip surface. The placement of the points was determined by the black & white shades of the drawing, which in this case had a clear definition between the two shades.


Strategy 4

The final strategy was created using the voronoi component which can determine the placement of points and the formation of the pattern based off a given parameter.

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