Catalan Rooftop

Pseudo Code

Set up

Generate and locate a basic geometry, a triangle, over Iaac’s rooftop

Anemone

Open loop

Selection of basic geometry

Mirror geometry using one of the triangles edges, this will generate 2 triangles attach to each other

Selection of second triangle, mirror it using one of the edges from previous mirror geometry

this rule will generate 3 triangles attach to each other their edges

Close Loop

Cleaning

Remove duplicated lines

Generate a mesh

Kangaroo

Using previous mesh apply select specific points to anchor our geometry to the ground

Apply different forces over mesh

Test deformations using different strength apply to each of the forces

Post-production

Clean mesh generated form kangaroo

Extract its Edges and Vertices

Pipe Edges/Generate structure

Sphere over vertices generating structural Nodes

Generated mesh will represent a lightweight fabric.

Process

Exterior Views

Kangaroo iterations

Geometry Segments = 3 // Anemone Mirror position on curve = 0.50 // Kangaroo Edge Length = 1.3 – Vertex Loads = 0.126 – Smooth = 101 -Planarize = 1

Geometry Segments = 3 // Anemone Mirror position on curve = 0.50 // Kangaroo Edge Length = 2.0 – Vertex Loads = 0.339 – Smooth = 3 -Planarize = 0

Geometry Segments = 3 // Anemone Mirror position on curve = 0.50 // Kangaroo Edge Length = 0.60 – Vertex Loads = 0.339 – Smooth = 41 -Planarize = 1

Geometry Segments = 3 // Anemone Mirror position on curve = 0.50 // Kangaroo Edge Length = 2.0 – Vertex Loads = 0.057 – Smooth = 3 -Planarize = 0

Forces Of Nature, Catalan Rooftop is a project of IaaC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
developed at Master in Advanced Architecture, in 2019 by: Osmin Josué López Avalos
Faculty Rodrigo Aguirre, Mohamad Elatab, Ivan Marchuk, Oana Taut