2015年12月6日 星期日

Design Computation | Wild Planet

CMYK Index of Wild Planet, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Project Description |

One of the developments in architecture nowadays is focusing on biomimicry. The mechanism of the growth of the organic creature starts with a single stem cell. The stem cell mutates into different specific cells in relation to the external conditions. Illustrating this mechanism into architecture design may help us push the research of formation further. Stem cell has a genetic code inside, and it will mutate into different cells once the code is activated by external parameters. The growing process of the cell is similar to permutation but more complex. Thus, the algorithm of the cellular differentiation may integrate the permutation, growth and agent-based code. 
The target of our project is to mimic the mechanism of the DNA in the creature which would represent the skin of the architecture. Therefore, we are going to develop the cell which can grow into a facade for a building. And the cell can transform into different cells with the different shapes to form an animallike skin. The mutation may be based on the position of the cell, for example, the cell in a top position may grow into the hairs or a horn, the cell in a lower position may grow into a foot or a tail, the cell in the middle part may grow into limbs or spots. To sum up, our project is to adopt the mechanism of cellular differentiation to generate an architecture component, the facade, and to approach the growing process in nature.


Mutation of Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Mutation of Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Mutation of Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Mutation of Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Mutation of Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Section of Wild City, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Mutation of Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015


Mutation of Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Wild City, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015





Virtual Engagement | Webby Dome

Project Description |

The goal of this project is to use agent-based algorithm to generate a dome by Python, Processing or Grasshopper scripts. The webby dome is generated by an algorithm written in Python and has 5000 agents. There is no main structure such as beams, columns and arches for supporting the dome, instead, hundreds of thousand of thin rods play the role for supporting the dome. Like a straw hut, the rods in the dome act like the straws weaving together and hence form a structural surface. In the end, we are required to make it real in FabLab. Robot arm with an extruder (for extruding PLC) becomes a tool for us to realize the digital model.
Webby Dome, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Webby Dome Generator, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Webby Dome Generator, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Webby Dome, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Webby Dome, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Toolpaths for Webby Dome, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Webby Dome made with Robot-Extruder, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Webby Dome made with Robot-Extruder, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015
Webby Dome made with Robot-Extruder, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015



Design Computation | Wild City

CMYK Mapping, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Project Description |

One of the developments in architecture nowadays is focusing on biomimicry. The mechanism of the growth of the organic creature starts with a single stem cell. The stem cell mutates into different specific cells in relation to the external conditions. Illustrating this mechanism into architecture design may help us push the research of formation further. Stem cell has a genetic code inside, and it will mutate into different cells once the code is activated by external parameters. The growing process of the cell is similar to permutation but more complex. Thus, the algorithm of the cellular differentiation may integrate the permutation, growth and agent-based code. The target of our project is to mimic the mechanism of the DNA in the creature which would represent the skin of the architecture. Therefore, we are going to develop the cell which can grow into a facade for a building. And the cell can transform into different cells with the different shapes to form an animallike skin. The mutation may be based on the position of the cell, for example, the cell in a top position may grow into the hairs or a horn, the cell in a lower position may grow into a foot or a tail, the cell in the middle part may grow into limbs or spots. To sum up, our project is to adopt the mechanism of cellular differentiation to generate an architecture component, the facade, and to approach the growing process in nature.

Wild Skin, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

Profile Recognition, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015


Wild House, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015


CMYK Map, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

CMYK Map, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015

CMYK Map, T.C. Kurt Hong, Fall 2015