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Physical Manifestations of Invisible Forces:
My graduate thesis project which uses environmental parametrics as input for emergent morphological development. This project explores the emergence of tectonic systems through the simulation of fluid & thermodynamic forces simulation modeled after seasonal climate data.

This project uses fluid & thermo-dynamic simulation to challenge traditional legal & public boundaries, while informing the development of tectonic architectural systems that exploit stochastic climate change. By setting up a simulation environment that using annual prevailing wind speed & temperature data within a the confines of the property line and the required building cores as obstacles the natural flow of air speed & temperature creates complex fluid geometry with inherent logics drawn from their behavioral interactions.

By choreographing the stochastic nature of fluid & thermo-dynamic systems within a simple geometric simulation environment complex geometries emerge. These morphological behaviors give rise to geometric, programmatic & tectonic systems that feed from and respond to the environment in which it lies. Active mechanical systems expand & contract, open & close, in response to the shifting wind and temperature patterns within a choreographed stochastic mechanical & architectural system response.

project description:

Morphodynamic generation of structural membrane system logics for output to fiber strand layup via robotic fabrication.

Path length analysis algorithm:
Particle motion paths are analylized & sorted
by length into five fiber strand categories
using a grasshopper defintion. Each fiber
strand category varies in length and thickness
creating an emergent material logic based on
particle velocity.

project description:

Morphodynamic generation of structural membrane system logics for output to fiber strand layup via robotic fabrication.

project description:

Massive scale lightweight pneumatic structure & membrane system.

project description:

Morphodynamic generation of structural membrane system logics for output to fiber strand layup via robotic fabrication.