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Alexander Llantada

Alexander Llantada

Bergenfield, NJ, US

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'Best All Around' Outside Rendering
"Best All Around" Outside Rendering
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Grasshopper Project

An assignment for an Architectural Technology course utilizing Grasshopper and its plugins. First, I played around with Grasshopper to see what kinds of complex designs I could come up with. After settling on a twisting tower with a voronoi façade, I started to play around with Karamba, a structural analysis plugin, and Ladybug, a heating and cooling analysis plugin. With these in place, I used Octopus to generate 3 designs that fit different criteria. One is great for heating, another is great for cooling, and the third is good for both. All 3 of them are structurally sound according to Karamba.

 
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Status: School Project

 
Interior Rendering 1
Interior Rendering 1
Interior Rendering 2
Interior Rendering 2
Interior Rendering 3
Interior Rendering 3
'Best All Around'
"Best All Around"
'Best All Around' Cooling Period
"Best All Around" Cooling Period
'Best All Around' Heating Period
"Best All Around" Heating Period
'Best All Around' Structure
"Best All Around" Structure
'Best Cooling'
"Best Cooling"
'Best Cooling' Cooling Period
"Best Cooling" Cooling Period
'Best Cooling' Heating Period
"Best Cooling" Heating Period
'Best Cooling' Structure
"Best Cooling" Structure
'Best Heating'
"Best Heating"
'Best Heating' Cooling Period
"Best Heating" Cooling Period
'Best Heating' Heating Period
"Best Heating" Heating Period
'Best Heating' Structure
"Best Heating" Structure
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Grasshopper Definition
Octopus
Octopus
Octopus
Octopus