final project window screen int 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 -niketa shah

FINAL PROJECTWINDOW SCREEN

INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopperspring ‘12

-niketa shah

SKETCHES

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

DESIGN INTENT AND PARAMETERS:

The assignment was designing a window screen which filters light into the room. The idea was to address this

issue, by series of screens which work individually through different seasons of the year. Started off with a organic

model on rhinoceros which was visually appealing and gave scope to experiment light based on simple variations.

Flexibility in terms of angles and densities helped achieve the transformation. The tectonics applied to the definitions

is a combination of louvers and egg – crate. The investigation led to creating interesting play of light within the room through positive and negative spaces. Greco and Ecotect were used to predict the light penetration through the screens. The project captures and exploits the critical

relationships between the design intent and geometry.

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

3 DIMENSIONAL MODEL

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

PLAN

BUILT ON RHINO BY LOFTING CUVES

DESIGN DRIVERS

-NUMBER OF DIVISION WITHIN THE SURFACE-ANGLE OF THE LOUVRES

-MATERIAL THICKESS

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

STEP 1-Create a bounding box around the object

-Divide the surface by using a number slider

STEP 2-Extruding the division, flat planes in z and y directions.

-Intersection between the boxes

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

DESIGN I-Line Drawings

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

STEP 3

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

-Moving the surfaces in either directions- Extracting the curves and lofting them

- Toggling material thickness to the surfaces

STEP 3

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

-Solid Notching

DESIGN I

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

-Exploring the densities within the screen

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

DESIGN I-Screen applied to the window in the room

-During summers this screen will bring distributed diffused light within the space.

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

DESIGN I-Model

DESIGN II-Changing the angle of the planes to achieve appropriate

lighting conditions

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

DESIGN II

RULE BASED MODELING INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

DESIGN II

-Shadows on March 12th at 12.00 o clock noon.

-Shadows on March 12th throughout the day.

-During spring, there is enough light filtering through, the screen allows light to hit the floor and give indirect lighting in the room.

DESIGN II-Line Drawings

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

DESIGN II-Model

DESIGN III

DESIGN III

-Shadows on December 12th at 12.00 o clock noon.

-Shadows on December 12th throughout the day.

-During the winters, there isn’t light filtering through, hence the screen allows light to hit the ceiling and give ambient lighting with interesting shadows on the floor.

DESIGN III

WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

-Model