Parametric Design Imitation
For this assignment, a parametric facade was to be selected and decipher the same using grasshopper computational design tool. The facade considered is The Entrepreneurial Museum of Challenge and Innovation, Osaka.
The Entrepreneurial Museum of Challenge and Innovation. (2017, September 13). Retrieved November 12, 2017, from
The interpreted logic is to create an array of lines and calibrate them in order to attain the two main curves. As the curves are created on the vertical face, the following step is to create the curves in the planar surface and join them to act as a single entity.
Step 1: To create array of lines on the vertical face.
Diagram 1: Array of line segments
Script : Part 1
Step 2: Generate the endpoints of the array and mark midpoints of the array using the average mean.
Diagram 2: Midpoints
Script : Part 2
Step 3: Scale lines from the bottom to top to achieve a triangular base geometry.
Diagram 3: Scaled geometry
Script: Part 3
Step 4: Bend the geometry in the desired way using a variable that can be changed according to the curve definition. A sine wave component is used to create the curve as per the reference image.
Diagram 4: Bend geometry using sine wave and a variable
Script: Part 4
Step 5: To generate the bend in the curve on the negative x-axis so as to develop the planar curved surfaces in the reference image.
Diagram 5: Planar curves along -x-axis
Script: Part 5
Final Result:
The concluding outcome is a parametric facade which can be wavered using the ‘variable y’ as per the script.
Final Script
Baked result in Rhino3d
Parametric Design Imitation is a project of IaaC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
developed at MAA01 in 2017 by:
Student: Ipsita Datta
Faculty: Aldo Sollazzo, Rodrigo Aguirre