The focus of the Assignment is to propose an architectural element at Mies van der Rohe pavilion by applying recursive growth systems.
Propagating Surfaces
Concept
To design a façade that controls the intensity of light in the Barcelona pavilion.
Pseudo Code
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_10000-730x548.png)
Step 1 -Defining the space by drawing line where there is high intensity of light passes
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_10100-730x548.png)
Step 2 -Extruding surface from line
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_30000-730x548.png)
Step 3 – Dividing surfaces with hexagonal grid
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_30025-730x548.png)
Step 4 – Offsetting the surface
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_120000-730x548.png)
Step 5 – Scaling the surface and moving the scaled surface
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_90001-730x548.png)
Step 6 – Lofting between the extruded surface curve and the scaled surface curve
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_90004-730x548.png)
Step 7 – Repeating the process of scaling, moving and lofting with anemone for creating more iterations
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_130000-1-730x548.png)
Iteration 1
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_130003-730x548.png)
Iteration 2
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/frame_130004-730x548.png)
Iteration 3
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a3_aparandhaman_render_1.jpg)
Render
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a3_aparandhaman_render_2.png)
Render
![](https://www.iaacblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a3_aparandhaman_script.png)
Grasshopper Script
Algorithmic Emergence – Propagating Surfaces is a project of IAAC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed in the Master in Advanced Architecture 2020/21 by student: Ashwin Parandhaman and faculty: Rodrigo Aguirre and Faculty Assistant: Ashkan Foroughi Dehnav