Assignment 1 Grasshopper Code

Assignment 1 Renders

Assignment 1 Poster

First Render

Draft Poster Layout

Assignment Concept

For Assignment 1 I have chosen to do my work based around the random assortment in nature. To come to this concept I saw dew drops on a small spiraling plant and the effect created is something I have never seen before. 

Articles:

http://www.miqel.com/fractals_math_patterns/visual-math-natural-fractals.html 

This article discusses patterns within nature, although its not exactly what I'm looking at doing it is extremely similar. As you look through the images within the article it shows how many patterns there are in the natural world and how from the simplest of things, patterns can evolve.

http://www.patternsinnature.org/Book/Chaos.html

This article refers to a book being developed on the development of software being used to generate the most random of patterns and amongst these comes nature. The patterns and book are known as "Chaos" which is a strange way of defining patterns that are rarely seen twice. With random assortment added to the equation these patterns never will repeat andi believe that being able to create something that may only be seen once in life is quite an amazing experience. 

Images:

The concept of the spiderweb is relatively simple and a fairly common technique used in this first task, so to do it differently, I found a web covered in dew. With this effect it adds another level of depth but I still think my first concept with the idea of the spiraling plant is more complex and a better challenge for task 1.

This image represents the design concept I am going to follow for my task, Jeremy has shown me the basic way of making  3D structure have a large form at one end and a smaller form at the other end. So I have the idea that I will make a spiral shaped object similar to this plant with the random dew points as spheres on my design.

The concept of the spiderweb is relatively simple and a fairly common technique used in this first task, so to do it differently, I found a web covered in dew. With this effect it adds another level of depth but I still think my first concept with the idea of the spiraling plant is more complex and a better challenge for task 1.

Weekly Task 1

Assignment 1 Concept- This image inspires me to represent form in a different way within architecture. The way the plant curves over on itself creates quite a majestic feeling. With the randomly assorted drops of dew, the pattern almost becomes non-repetitive and flows consistently throughout the plant.

Tree branches represent a strong algorithmic pattern within the natural world. This image represents the strong yet delicate way in which branches wrap and intertwine with each other to form rigid structure. At the same time the pattern is never repetitive and as each branch meets another, a new form is created.

 

This pattern is relatively simple and highly repetitive, but I believe the affect that it creates is amazing. Through the spiraling system of triangles that create a small star in the centre adds to the plants natural beauty. This design would be quite a simple task in Grasshopper, but for a first attempt at the software I think it is a reasonable task.