Hey kids, I am back. I am in Martin Finio's studio this semeseter. We are working on a community courthouse. We started with the courtroom and are working out.
Here is some of my work so far, the diagram on this was drawn, but I hope to automate it with Rhinoscript. Anyone who knows rhinoscript is welcome to offer their help.
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you forgot to mention why the ceiling undulates
where did you get those scalies, pretty cool....
also, why is it only a ceiling?
I really like it but only wish it was a whole construction system, not just one cool surface.
But it's a great beginning.
oh yeah, nice laser cut benches. it's nice to see people makingthe most out of the new technologies available at universities today. where would we be without the laser cutter for the benches??
so....
we had to put furniture in for scale. i am not about to sit there all night and cut out furniture by hand if i don't have to. i can post a photo of the gash on my thumb where i ran an olfa blade over it a few nights ago.
here is the deal: the original scheme had no undulations and a regular geometry. it used a cubic module which allowed an even amount of light to render on the floor, but a varied amount of light to render in the ceiling plane. the new scheme is based on the voronoi diagram which allows for a differentiated packing system. it was generated by analyzing the program and determining where i want focus in the room (more light visible). the depth was generated by taking the square root of the area of the each cell (to maintain the same area to volume ratio as a cube). the surface was generated from the average of the new cell depths so there would be a smooth transition from one cell to the next. I have diagrams for all this stuff but thought it would be too much to post here. I appreciate the interest though.
As for why it doesnt go everywhere....that is a fair question. Honestly, we had a few weeks to do this and it took me long enough to get here. I wanted to make sure that I knew how to control it. Eventually, I want this to become the structure and the enclosure.
Also, very importantly, serious props must go out to Andrew Kudless at OSU. He is teaching a seminar with Michael Weinstock and is the guy who blew my mind with the voronoi diagram. You should visit his website here
thanks for posting your work...nice beginning, and thanks for the (verbal) explanation of the process.
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nicely done, rajish, nicely done.
Who flattened the raccoon's feet?