The aim of the “Natural Forces” assignment is to create a live-interactive grasshopper script and an interface by the use of Kangaroo as the main engine and the appliance of forces as the parameters. The interface is organized in a way to allow the user to play with different inputs in order to transform an object in space. The rooftop of the IAAC building is the chosen location for the installation.
The first step was the selection of a reference project reliant on forces. The chosen structure in this section is the “Inhabitable Sculpture” by Neon. The formation of the morphology of this structure could be conceived as a cube shaped fabric element that is under tension from its vertices.
Inhabitable Sculpture by Neon-
The resulted Grasshopper script is an interactive interface that gives the users the chance to explore different morphologies and form finding of this structural system by choosing and drawing the base geometry as poly-lines. The following image displays some of the form finding attempts.
Form Finding Catalog
The gradient applied to the surface of the models is a representative of analysis between the difference of the morphology of the structure at rest and after tension.
Models Placed on the Chosen Site
The following image shows the created script in Grasshopper which is a combination of Loads, Wind, Pressure, as goals, within the Kangaroo Bouncy Solver engine.
Grasshopper Script
Finally the function of the interface is explained through a short video:
Student: Baran Mostafa Tehrani
Faculty: Rodrigo Aguirre- Aldo Sollazo