BRIEF:

The aim of this assignment was to create an live-interactive installation using forces as
parameters using Kangaroo as main engine. The main goal will be to build a simple interface where the user can “play” with inputs such as attractors, sliders, functions and time to transform an object in space.

REFERENCE:

EXPO ‘67 GERMAN PAVILION BY FREI OTTO

German architect and structural engineer Frei Otto was well known for his pioneering innovations in lightweight and tensile structures.The main characteristics of tensile structures are the way in which they work under stress tensile, their ease of pre-fabrication, their ability to cover large spans, and their malleability.

OBJECTIVES:
1. Create a simple base geometry inside the given space that can be easily modified.
2. Define a set of behaviors that will deform the model accordingly.
3. Analyze the resulting data to visualize the design transformation.
4. Make a historic catalogue of the form finding exploration.
5. Record a video of the live-interaction interface in “game” mode.

BASIC GEOMETRY:

Hexagonal grid

Hexagonal punctures

Base mesh

BEHAVIOR MODIFIERS:

Naked vertices of mesh used as anchor points

Exploded outer edge segments as springs

Segments of the inner hexagons extracted

Points projected onto circles, and raised up to form the opening, used as anchor points

Remaining segments of the hexagons used as sagging portion of the opening. Edge lengths given as springs to adjust the sagging

Mesh edge lengths as springs

Faculty: Rodrigo Aguirre, David Andres Leon

Assistant: Daniil Koshelyuk