Form fitness explorations in Architecture.


Seeking to escape site-specific narratives, programmatic limitations and typological control; this class will explore architecture’s own generative and material capacities to become an organizational mechanism that relates to function.

During this academic term, we will make use of thorough digital experimentation. The use of advanced NURBS operations, computational fluid dynamics and parametric growth engines will be critical to challenge the formal conventions of building envelope and supporting systems—skin/surface/structure and the complexity of boundary definers, tectonic values and circulation areas.

Starting from the study of reference objects, we will identify particular relationships between form and performance, followed by a series of dynamic analyses that would define strategies for form optimization. Using the resultant geometry information as a driver, students will digitally model and modify the original profiles to satisfy the requirements of two architectural applications that will vary in scale.

Friday, October 3, 2008

ralph / angelica

3 comments:

Francisco Waltersdorfer said...

Great start...
But this is still at an only representational stage.
For the analysis, try calculating a larger amount of particles for the documentation (Screenshots in elevation at different stages could help).

RAFAEL CONCEPCION said...

Great, thanks we were just getting familiar with the interface and the importing exporting techniques.

ralph , angelica

Ladies of Leisure said...

Hi there,
I was wondering if you could let me know what program are you using to analysis the water flow.
thanks
shida