CASE STUDY 1.0 MATRIX OF OUTCOMES - STRUCTURELUNCHBOX PLUGIN

Diamond grid with pipe applied to lengths. Most appropriate depiction od structure

The idea of structure has been explored through the use of the Lunchbox plug-in for Grasshopper. Within this plugin, various sturctural components such as diamond-grid panelling, quad panels, braced grid structures and hexagonal grid structures have been used to achieve some sort of struc-tural language. Not all iterations are successful; however, with minor tweaking, the structural form becomes clearer.

Diamond grid Diamond grid with in-creased diamonds and triangles

Random Quad- Pan-el. Less panels create rougher surface

Random - Quad Panel. resembles Gehry-like structures

Random - Quad Panel with extruded panels

These random quad panels do not effectively represent “structure” as they appear they would mask underlying structural systems if built.

Grid structure with the application of pipes to the lines. The pipes appear to give the form a solid and structural aesthetic, as if it clearly expresses itself and does not hide any of its features. Iteration 03 introduces the use of a lofted surface between the openings of the grids. These lofted surfaces could perhaps be fabricated from some sort of glazing or polysynthetic material. It’s effective because the form still expresses its structural properties. This combination may be explored further.

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Using the grid shell tutorial, the definition was applied as a linear tunnel structure. This definition was useful in formulating a ran-dom-looking structure similar to Herzog and De Meuron’s Bird’s Nest in Beijing. Furthermore, just like the Bird’s Nest, the pipes appear random however, the defi-nition does in fact implement the use of patterning through the shift list component.

RANDOM STRUCTURE: BIRD’S NEST

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Using the grid shell tutorial, the definition was applied as a linear tunnel structure. This definition was useful in formulating a ran-dom-looking structure similar to Herzog and De Meuron’s Bird’s Nest in Beijing. Furthermore, just like the Bird’s Nest, the pipes appear random however, the defi-nition does in fact implement the use of patterning through the shift list component. The images depict an increase in

The images above show state captures with increasing values in curve points. This in-creases the amount of overall pipes in the structure. The shift list components shift the data along the curve, by a factor of 5, making the curves follow the corresponding point on the opposite line. This gives the criss-cross effect. In image 01 and 02 the random nature and crossing pipes are strongest.