Composing the Bits of Surfaces in Architectural Practice (2007)
article⁄Composing the Bits of Surfaces in Architectural Practice (2007)
abstract⁄Emergent design tools, with enhanced modeling and parametric manipulation capabilities, are encouraging the exploration of new geometric typologies in the field of architecture. Designers are not only finding more opportunities to work with geometries of higher complexities but are also becoming able to manipulate their designs with simple formulations. After a decade of familiarity with free form modeling tools, architects must now become more aware of the critical relationship between design and construction. When a design is performed without taking the constraints of construction into account the inefficient method of geometric postrationalization becomes necessary. Thus, the knowledge of the rationale should be applied from the very beginning of the design processes, and digital models should be informed and controlled while being developed. This paper will present analytical strategies and methods for working with nonstandard geometries in a geometrically and parametrically controlled environment. Each method is supported with custom scripts which run in both parametric and nonparametric computer aided design CAD platforms. Each script and method is manipulated for the next project and the computational tools created build up a library of surface generation, manipulation, and subdivision tools. This library later becomes a source for officewide use of surface manipulation.
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| Year |
2007 |
| Authors |
Gun, Onur Yuce; Wallin, Nicholas J. |
| Issue |
Expanding Bodies: Art Cities Environment |
| Pages |
66-73 |
| Library link |
Brian Lilley & Philip Beesley, 2007. bib⁄Expanding Bodies: Art - Cities - Environment. Riverside Architectural Press and Tuns Press. |
| Entry filename |
composing-bits-surfaces-architectural-practice |
