After working on a brise soleil project using Rhino and Grasshopper for a class, I began experimenting with geometric facades using Grasshopper. Learning from YouTube Videos that roughly resemble the look I am trying to achieve, I have learned to customize scripts to generate my intended design. Though I am still developing my skills in Grasshopper, I am intrigued by the design opportunities afforded by repeating geometric patterns and introducing perceived randomness.
The cover image for this section came from this experimentation. I was looking to create a brise soleil composed of wooden sticks that connected and undulated along a series of lines. I came across a script that connected objects along a sin wave, and I customized it by adding two repetitions of the sin wave to create the hinged appearance. The script as written allows you to define any curve as the base geometry, so I used a rectangle with rounded corners to create the wrapped facade.
This triangular truss facade was an experiment for a shade structure for the Barcelona Market project. The triangular forms in the shade structure were selected to refer to the Market's original triangular steel trusses. Light tests via Enscape revealed the dappled shade created by the structure.
Randomized cubes facade created with Grasshopper inspired by the music school studio project. This was an experiment with creating an acoustically responsive surface.
