S2 2014 Lexie Ho Ming

sketchbook2014 Semester 2 Phillip Belesky

Lexie Ho Ming

2 algorithmic sketches

week 01

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 01: The angular form creates a directional sense to the object, and in addition the symmetry creates an kind of order, whereby the whole element comes off as a stable and directive force of movement.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 02: The different angles of the vertical planes creates a different visual effect when standing at the horizontal top plane. It gives off the feeling of leaning forward and backwards, almost too much and about to fall.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 03: The twisting and curvature of the 4 sides resulted in a dynamic but simple form. On the same plane, it slowlys become from a curve surface to a flat one, before twisting sharply into the back.

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week 02

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 04: Creating short paths along the curve, with the pipes randomly protruding at angles, hence making the paths seem dark and compressed as the tall pipes loom over the clear route.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 05: Similarly to sketch 4, long paths have be created with much shorter pipes at both sides of the walkway. In contrast, the space is more open despite the increase in number of pipes along the way.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 06: The density of the pipes is increased drastically making it a forest of thin sticks that pierce out at random angles. The diameter of the circles are much smaller and hence appear to seem sharper and more menacing/ dangerous.


week 03

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 07: The top and bottom curves are not the same, in terms of shape and the varying heights of the control points hence creating a bulgy like surface as the end product.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 08: The reduction one of the UV values resulted in an exaggerated elongation of the triangular panels, ending up with angled planes turning sharply instead of a smooth surface according to that of the base curves.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 09: The number of panels were increased, resulting in the reading of a very smooth curvilinear surface. The base curves were rotated to create a twisting motion on the surface, which in turn looked as though it is a compressible structure.

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week 05

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 10: A curve tunnel that converge at the central point in seemingly created (in the perspective view). The field curves downwards, creating a hut like design or even the idea of spider/ insect legs or hair strands.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 11: The base circle is enlarged and the angle of the field is positive leading to the upwards turn of the lines. It seems to form a flower or lily pad shape, or just small slopes rolling over each other.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 12: The number of lines created were reduced and the upwards field is emphasized, which formulate a wire frame tree or hands, ready to catch something. From top view, the lines can be seen to be spreaded out more spaciously.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 13: The starting circles’ radius are reduced to an extremely small value which almost can’t be seen from the top view. The negative field charges are tuned down, creating a root like structure of a tree, opposite to that of sketch 12.

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week 06

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 14: The triangular panels were culled in a pattern after the boundary surface were extracted to create this diagonal patterning across the surface.

E = 7.09

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 15: The angled panels of different sizes were created through Relative Item where the culling of the points were done before the extracting of specific points.

E = 20.68

algorithmic sketches

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week 06

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 16: Similar to sketch 15, Relative Item was used to extract the points with culling before the step. But with an overlapping patterning created on the surface instead.

E = 43.92



week 07

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 17: The top surface surprisingly doesn’t gain much heat (blue) while the lower surface gains more heat (red) which is probably due to the placement of the structure in relation to the sun direction.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 18: This structure is much taller than the rest and the left side (facing the West sun) is prodominately gaining more heat compared to the right side which is safely blocked away from heat gain.


week 07

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 19: The entire rock structure seems to gain heat at all surfaces which makes it a good surface for solar energy conversion but not a good structure for people to use or be in.

ALGORITHMIC SKETCH 20: Similar to sketch 18, one side gains more heat (which is heat gain also on the top surface) while the other side is cool due to the shading from the structure, and gains little heat. It is a very big contrast from red to blue.

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ladybug sunpath analysis

Through ladybug, the different seasons and the sunpath can be derived. It can be seen that in Autumn and Winter ,the sun is pretty low, and the direction of the sun comes from the South.


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ladybug windpath analysis

As one of the proposed sustainable system is a solar pond, not only does sunlgiht account for its energy absorption but the amount of wind also affects the system. The movement of water on the surface has to be in a controlled environment (not exposed to strong winds) hence the solar pond have to use the structures as buffer when the wind comes.



development of technique on site

The technique whereby the voronoi pattern responses to the attractor curve is applied onto the site to create a landscape pattern (in contrast to randomly placing the rocks on the site). The movement of the site curves across it, directed to the little mermaid statue. Open spaces and closed spaces are a paramter as well for gathering and circulation.

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further exploration of voronoi patterning

Varying the attractor curve and random reduce to create different patterns on the surface. A larger distance between the rocks would make it more challenging for the user


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Tapering the rock structures and varying the heights of the extrusion. The top row is a pattern from one different attractor point per surface and the bottom row is from multiple attractor points scattered across each surface.


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Instead of removing the simple extrusion, the tapered extrusion was used as a solid difference to the surface hence resulting in a tapered perforation. The top row illustrates through attractor curve while the bottom row is a pattern made from singular attractor points.


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As in the proposal it was only developed in terms of the scaling of the voronoi pattern, the radius of the pattern remained untouched. Thus this exercise would illustrate the patterning scenario if the rocks were curved instead of angluar. From left to right; simple extrusion, attractor point, attractor curve, varying of heights, random reduce of rocks and perforations on surfaces.


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A responsive surface was derived from points which the influence on the grid could be ranged. This resulted in different patterning of the regular voronoi patterning as a result of the change in the amount of strength on the point would influence thte reaction of the grid.



other design ideas: circular ramp

The initial idea was to have a bicycle pavilion as most people in Copanhegan are cyclists (most common mode of transport). Hence the idea to create a circular ramp that is gravitated upwards or downwards.

S2 2014 Lexie Ho Ming

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