Virus Capsid
The present paper introduces a mechanical model that helps to understand the expansion of a virus capsid in terms of classical principles of structural mechanics.
Fractal Anemone Branch
In this grasshopper example file you can model a simple parametric fractal branching model using the anemone plugin.
Seaweed Simulation
In this grasshopper example file, You can use a simplex noise field to simulate the moving of a series of strips using the Kangaroo Plugin.
Swarm Intelligence (Agent Based Modeling)
This graduation thesis by Mohd Syafiq Azmy introduces the definition of the swarm, theory of swarm intelligence, and presents an example of case studies on how a swarm can generate specific architectural typologies.
What is a self-supporting structure?
A reciprocal frame (RF) is a self-supporting structure made up of three or more sloping rods, which form a closed circuit, namely an RF unit.
Tutorial on Generative Modeling
This graduation thesis by Ulrich Krispel, Christoph Schinko, and Torsten Ullrich, introduces the concepts and techniques of generative modeling. Generative modeling has been developed to generate highly complex objects based on a set of formal construction rules.
Parametric Chair Weaverbird
In this grasshopper example file you can use the Mesh+ plugin and weaverbird to make a bridge between two surfaces and model a parametric chair.
Polygonal Slabs
In this grasshopper example file, you can model parametric polygonal slabs with different radius numbers by dividing a line parametrically.
Circular Bench
In this grasshopper definition You can model a deformed circular bench using Grasshopper’s native components .
3D Printing Concrete
This graduation thesis by R.J.M. Wolfs, aims to contribute to the foundations of research on the (structural) behaviour of the to-be-printed shapes and materials by designing a method to study 3D concrete printing technique.
Foldable Skyscraper
In this grasshopper example file, you can model a foldable skyscraper using the Kangaroo plugin. By changing the Parameters you can fold the main curves.
Random Extruded Wall
In this grasshopper example file, you can divide a surface into a series of panels and then randomly select the panels and extrude them. We have used the Lunchbox Plugin to model the panels.
Gaussian Random Translation
In this grasshopper example file, you can deform a mesh by moving its vertices in their normal direction and based on a Gaussian distribution.
Auxetic Structure
In this grasshopper example file you can model an Auxetic structure using the native grasshopper Components.
Parametric Joint
In this grasshopper example file you can model a parametric joint using the Cocoon and meshplus plugin.
Rabbit
Rabbit by Morphocode is an open-source plug-in for McNeel’s Grasshopper that simulates biological and physical processes. Rabbit comes with a set of 13 components allowing you to model cellular automata and L-systems directly inside Rhino and Grasshopper 3D.
Pipe Variable
In this grasshopper example file by using a Delaunay mesh combined with the pipe variable component, you can model a parametric pattern.
Artificial Intelligence
The advent of AI in Architecture is still in its early days but offers promising results. This thesis by Stanislas Chaillou, proposes to evidence this promise when applied to the built environment. Specifically, author offers to apply AI to floor plans analysis and generation.
Fibonacci Division
In this grasshopper example file, you can divide a mesh based on the fibonacci sequence and stellate each face relative to their area.
Tension Pavilion
Tension by StructureMode is a lightweight pavilion with a tensegrity ring and a tensile fabric membrane. The sinuous geometry used for Tension provides a minimal base on three points, formed of three arches and three valleys to support an anticlastic fabric surface.
Parametric Wall
In this grasshopper example file, Using a series of circles and moving them upwards, we have created a wall with graph component. In one part of the pipes, a semicircle has been removed.
Masonry Walls
This project by Elena Vazquez, proposes a digital framework for optimizing the environmental performance of masonry screen walls through shape configuration. The development of the proposed “smart” low-tech framework relies on several computational design methods.
Scattered Points Voxelization
In this grasshopper example file, you can voxelize a series of parametric random points which are based on some curves as their emitter sources.
Quantum Memories
Exhibited on the largest LED screen that NGV has deployed to date, Quantum Memories is Refik Anadol Studio’s epic scale investigation of the intersection between Google AI Quantum Supremacy experiments, machine learning, and aesthetics of probability.
Mesh Plus Pattern
In this grasshopper example file you can use the mesh+ plugin to model a series of random pattern in a simple facade.
Spatial Wire Cutting
This thesis by Romana Rust, develops around a multi-robotic hot-wire cutting technique, that allows to significantly expand the set of possible hot-wire cutting geometries. This technique modulates the curvature of the hot-wire…
Mesh Split Plane
In this grasshopper example file you can create a stellated mesh and split it with a parametric plane.
Y Installation
An international team of architects and fine carpenters in collaboration with the Finnish National Museum brings modern architecture into the Seurasaari open air museum in Helsinki, Finland, for the summer of 2017.
HORTUS BIONICA
Studio Samira Boon presents its HORTUS BIONICA series, seeking to cultivate a healthy indoor environment that adapts to the needs of its occupants like a living ecosystem. the first two ‘sprouts’ of the new product series are entitled: sonic blossom and proxi flower.
Islamic Pattern
This thesis by Noor K. Khouri, examines Islamic pattern through a parametric, performance-driven framework in the context of conceptual design, when many alternatives are being considered. Form finding is conducted via the force density method…