Grasshopper WIP Definition Library

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20174762/WIPDefinitionLibrary.zip

Final Poster

Grasshopper Definition

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20169756/MagneticPavilion.ghx

Final Renders

Test Renders Of Final Iterations

Final System Testing And Thoughts

Thoughts...

After much work creating many versions of this system and experimentation ive decided to change the paneling elements to 3 or 4 sided polygons that attach at each intersection. The box morphing is far to bloated and resource intensive for my liking.

One thing i have created in this system that im quiet proud of and will come in useful in future is a definition to convert intersection points (XYZ) on a surface into domains and then into UV coordinates.

In the interest of simplicity of elegance and simplicity im going to take my Experiments back a few steps to produce more iterations faster and interesting designs in terms of form.

Parametric Magnetic Lines Concept

The idea is to start with a series of lines. These lines will then be divided into segments with points at each segment. Then attractor points will be introduced and the points on the curves will be deformed relative to the attractor points. The challenge is then to create interesting forms based on these new deformed curves. A structural system or a surface? what kind of surface?

Creating an Architecture

I've decided to create a structural and surface system combined. This way ill be able to bake the geometry of a skeletal structure based on the line deformations and a dynamic surface that is applied to the structure.

Magnetic Lines Pipe System Test

Here is a render of 1 of my current parametric attractor systems with a Pipe surface used to create the geometry. I think this is create a beautiful image as it is a simple and elegant arrangement of lines to create some form of shelter structure. The form suggests that the structure is being sucked down to the ground instead of something raising the structure.

Magnetic System Developement

At the moment I'm creating a series of lines, then dividing them into points, then calculating the deformations from the attractor point by comparing the distance to the attractor to a threshold, then creating a vector and translating the point using that vector. The new lines are then being offset and then lofted into a series of surfaces.

I'm using a bunch of nested series' to select the precise list elements that i want to draw the lines between.

After much experimentation with developing my own attractor systems to create a magnetic effect, ive realised that this method is an overly complex and bloated method of creating a grid, a more clean solution would be to use a point grid component. However the main advantage (which im yet to experiment with) is that ill be able to control the length and positioning of each row of points which creates the grid and lines.

Where to from here?

Im thinking of creating a truss system to apply to this system that will create a complex structural skeleton.

Paneling a parametric geometry that will have a relationship to the attractor point along lofted surfaces.

Some Parametric System Tests

Magnetic Parametric Design

Zaha Hadid Studio Videos

parapatricists - 01 - FieldLines - Masterclass Zaha Hadid from paraparicists on Vimeo


parapatricists - 02 - field line interpretation - Masterclass Zaha Hadid from paraparicists on Vimeo


parapatricists -03 - building generated by FieldLines - Masterclass Zaha Hadid from paraparicists on Vimeo


parapatricists - 04 - generic building - Masterclass Zaha Hadid from paraparicists on Vimeo

Further Reading

http://spacesymmetrystructure.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/grasshopper-magnetic-displacement/

http://my.execpc.com/~rhoadley/magfield.htm

Interesting Parametric Design With Rhino

http://nmillerarch.blogspot.com/2009/12/parametric-strategies-in-design-of

3 Systems of Interest

Magnetic Fields

Cell Growth

Fractals