Curve Weave
In this grasshopper example file you can simulate two particles weaving around a curve by using the stella3d plugin.
4D Printing
This paper attempts to go beyond existing capabilities in 4D printing to create precise and universal folding techniques that approach a wider range of applications through a series of radically new physical models.
Weave Loft
In this grasshopper example file, you can create a lofted surface from a series of lines with different rotations.
Flocked Floor Lamp
In this grasshopper example file you can use the agent-based modeling plug-in “culebra” to run a flocking simulation and create a floor lamp.
Cooperative Robotic Fabrication
This paper by Andreas Thoma, David Jenny, Matthias Helmreich, Augusto Gandia, Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, presents a novel constructive system made solely of wood, enabled by a cooperative robotic fabrication process.
Stellated Cells
In this grasshopper example file you can model a parametric pattern from a 2D grid cells.
Tensile Surface Along Curve
In this grasshopper example file you can model a tensile structure by using the kangaroo 2 plugin and a base curve.
Structural Acoustic Optimization
This thesis by Jonathan Michael Broyles, performs an investigation of structural and acoustic behavior for shaped concrete slabs with curved, non-standard geometry. Nine unique geometric variables were used to define and shape concrete slabs.
Origami Explorations
This research by Yomna Saad ElGhazi and Ayman Hassaan Ahmed Mahmoud, explores the possibilities of kinetic composition afforded by Origami different techniques using squared module.
Sonumbra
Loop.pH realized the first version of Sonumbra ( 2006) as a responsive play space in Mowbray Park, Sunderland. It is designed to respond to the interplay and activity of the people orbiting the umbrella.
Sustainable Fabrication
The aim of this doctoral thesis by Isolda Agusti Juan, is to identify the sustainability risks and opportunities associated with the implementation of digital fabrication in construction.
Spatial Nets
This research focuses on an approximate control over the fundamental geometric characteristics of a reticular system such as node density and directionality. The proposal frames the favorable result of the weave to be three-dimensional and volumetric…
Flocking Inside Mesh
In this grasshopper example file, you can simulate agents, flocking inside a mesh which is generated based on a fractal curve.
Spin Fields
In this grasshopper example file you can use the stella3d plugin to simulate spinning particles in a field.
Multiscale Modeling
This paper introduces concepts and methodologies for multiscale modeling in architecture, and demonstrates their application to support bi-directional information flows in the design of a panelized, thin skinned metal structure.
Chevron Pattern
In this grasshopper example file you can create a parametric chevron-like pattern on any surface.
Differential Growth Pattern
In this this grasshopper example file you can model a differential growth pattern using stella3d.
Silhouect
Kinect Silhouette Reaction-Diffusion, Silhouect, is an experiment by CacheFlowe with a cheap reaction-diffusion technique which turned into a traveling interactive art piece.
The Social Weavers
The research presented here by Paul Nicholas, David Stasiuk and Tim Schork, describes the context of open-ended design spaces, and distinguishes between two characteristic modeling approaches…
10 Print Panel
In this premium python script you can create a parametric pattern based on a random geometric rule inside a panel in grasshopper.
Snube Square Tiling
In this grasshopper example file, you can model a snub square tiling on a mesh surface using the mesh+ plugin.
Naturally Inspired Design
The aim of this thesis by Azadeh Rabbani Rankouhi, is the systemization of biomimicry application in the field of architecture. The methods utilized herein rely on the analysis of successful samples of biomimicry in other fields.
Spatial Structures Conference
The Spatial Structures 2020/21 Conference will be the first ever IASS Symposium to be held fully virtually. Join the Conference on 23-27 August 2021.
Droneport Prototype
A full-scale prototype for a droneport designed by Foster+Partners built on site in the Arsenale in Venice, was unveiled at the 15th International Architecture Biennale. The droneport prototype is the first project to be presented by The Norman Foster Foundation.
Design Ecologies
This paper positions the development and performance of a responsive acoustic envelope system, called Resonant Chamber, within discourses in ecology, systems theory and cybernetics.
Curves Loft
In this grasshopper example file, you can create a parametric surface by deforming a series of curves using graph mappers.
Mesh Pavilion
In this grasshopper example file you can create a mesh based pavilion by using the stella3d plugin.
Ghostcube
Ghostcube by Erik Åberg is a sculpture inspired by moving origami. It consists of cubes connected in a three-dimensional structure. You can manipulate it to change shapes in different ways.
Interactive Phototherapy
This thesis by Phillip Hampton Ewing, Jr., proposes both a physical platform and analytical model for implementing phototherapy in the context of architectural space and dynamic user behavior.
Expandable Surface Pavilion
This design by Pablo Esteban Zamorano, Nacho Martí and Jacob Bek, manifested into a small meeting room-pavilion that explores complex geometries generated from plywood sheets.