Physico-Logical Parametrics
Toni Kotnik

Intermediate - Autumn 2009

16.B01 [16 Morwell Basement]
Mondays 10am - 1pm

 

Digital design doesn't mean working in virtual space but rather informing the physical reality of buildings and materials, production process, and assembly logic. That is why the course on physico-logical parametrics is engaged with the question of permeability of the threshold between the physical and the digital realm. Such permeability is procreated by an exchange of data which itself is dependent on the formalization of inherent geometric relationships between different elements of the design. In the course the process of abstraction of physical phenomena will be exemplified by an investigation into patterns of movement of bodies in space and the architectural utilization of these patterns by means of parametric and geometric variation. Grasshopper, an algorithm editor for Rhinoceros, will be the major tool for such formal exploration of the threshold. Digitally controlled machine will be used in order to establish physical constraints to the computational design process and to build prototypes of the design. This year's design proposal will be the design and production of a series of lamps. In designing and producing these objects we will have to deal with problems of parametric control, material behavior, structural integrity, tessellations and component systems, spatial organization and inaccuracy similar to the design and production of large scale architectural elements.  

 

Image: Course
Student: Stephen Marshall
    • Session 1: Monday 5th Oct:

    • -Geometric abstraction

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    • Session 2: Monday 12th Oct:

    • -Grasshopper I: Curves

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    • Session 3: Monday 19th Oct:

    • -Grasshopper II: Surfaces

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    • Session 4: Monday 26th Oct:

    • -Digital Exploration

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    • Session 5: Monday 9th Nov:

    • -Grasshopper III: Subdivision

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    • Session 6: Monday 16th Nov:

    • -Work in progress: Production

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    • Session 7: Monday 23rd Nov:

    • -Work in progress: Production

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    • Session 8: Monday 30th Nov:

    • -Course Submission

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  • -Physico-Logical Resource Page-
  • Enrolled Students

  • Colin Applegate

  • Richard Baxley

  • Conner Callahan

  • David Chen

  • Hwui Zhi Cheng

  • Yheu-Shen Chua

  • Michal Ciomek

  • Karen Glik

  • Julio Guzman

  • Max Hacke

  • Noam Hazan

  • Jihyun Heo

  • Lee In-Sub

  • Yu Won Kang

  • Conrad Koslowsky

  • Seung Youb Lee

  • Scrap Marshall

  • Iker Mugarra

  • Wataru Sawada

  • Margaux Schindler

  • Roland Shaw

  • Wesley Soo

  • Carine Stanton

  • Elizaveta Tatarintseva

  • Emily Thurlow

  • Sharon See-Wan Toong

  • Yuan Wenlan

  • Chong Yee Hoong

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  • *Please note, any students unable to be enrolled in a MS Autumn 2009 course will be prioritised for enrolment for the Spring 2010 term.

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