ANIMATED SYSTEMS

STREET LIBRARY PAVILLION, BULGARIA

Nature inspired this stunning street library in Bulgaria, but it was computers that made the design possible. A team of young architects and designers created Rapana, the first street library in the city of Varna, using parametric design tools Rhinoceros and Grasshopper. The Rapana street library is built from 240 CNC-milled timber pieces fitted together into a curvaceous pavilion that provides shade, seating, and room for 1,500 books.

Pavillion installed on site. (link)

GRASSHOPPER DEFINITION

I started by creating the circular base and the structure center line.

From this point I made an offset and duplicated the curve and began to draw the horizontal line. With the command “Polar Array” I completed the semi circle. To be able to start the extrusion of the structure it was necessary to divide the curve and make a new offset in each segment.

I made another offset so I could be able to extrude the lines. But to do the horizontal structure was necessary to divide the curves and use the command “Interpolate” after this it was possible to join the surfaces with the command “Caps Holes” I completed the design.

Render

References

//Animated Systems

Animated Systems || Rapana Street Library is a project of IaaC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed at the Master in Advanced Architecture in 2018 by:
Student: Sara Kelliane Alves da Costa
Faculty: Rodrigo Aguirre, David Andres Leon
Assistant: Daniil Koshelyuk