Developed from ‘Costa’ minimal surfaces, this design incorporates sitting, lighting and storage into an elegant unit suitable for waiting lounges. Sleeves for magazines and newspapers are incorporated into the pads while a lighting fixture, placed in the central part of the structure, adds a glowing ambiance to the design.

The Costa minimal surface was plotted in Wolfram Mathematica, after which the geometry was imported into McNeel Rhinoceros for further manipulation.

The design allows for various plan layouts of the lounge system.

 

 

 

Posted: June 19th, 2009 under Architecture, Parametric Design.
Comments: 2

Bracelet design generated through Rhino Scripting. First of all, the Pickover Strange Attractor is scripted. For more information on Pickover Attractors, you can check http://www.chaoscope.org/ .

Then, each point in the Pickover Attractor point cloud is evaluated. The nearest 7 points to each point is found and connected to the input point.

Thanks a lot to Seda Zirek for her help in the point connection code.

(http://mel-examples.blogspot.com/)

 

Pickover Strange Attractor code

 

Option Explicit

‘Script written by Elif Erdine Baskin

 

Call Pickover()

Sub Pickover()

 

            Dim i

            Dim x()

            Dim y()

            Dim z()

            Dim pt()

            Dim maxpoints

            maxpoints = 20000

           

            Dim  A, B, C, D

            A= -0.759494

            B= 2.449367

            C= 1.253165

            D= 1.5

           

            ReDim Preserve x(maxpoints)

            ReDim Preserve y(maxpoints)

            ReDim Preserve z(maxpoints)

           

            x(i) = 0

            y(i) = 0

            z(i) = 0

            i=0

            Do While (i < maxpoints) 

                        x(i+1) = Sin(A * y(i)) - z(i) * Cos(B * x(i))

                        y(i+1) = z(i) * Sin(C * x(i)) - Cos(D * y(i))

                        z(i+1) = Sin(x(i))

 

                        ReDim Preserve pt(i)

                        pt(i) = Array(x(i), y(i), z(i))

                       

                        If IsArray(pt(i)) Then

                                    Call Rhino.AddPoint(pt(i))

                                    ‘           Dim plane

                                    ‘           plane = Rhino.PlaneFromNormal(pt(i), Array(0,0,1))

                                    ‘           Call Rhino.AddCircle(plane, 0.2)

                        End If

                        i = i+1           

            Loop         

End Sub

Point Connection code

 

Call ConnectPoints()

Sub ConnectPoints()

 

            Dim ptcloud, ptall

            ptcloud = Rhino.GetObject(”input pointcloud”, 2, True, True)

            If IsNull(ptcloud) Then Exit Sub

            ptall = Rhino.PointCloudPoints(ptcloud)

            If IsNull(ptall) Then Exit Sub

            Dim i

            Dim ptnearest

            For i=0 To UBound(ptall)

                        Dim arrPtall : arrPtall = functNearestNeighbor(ptall, i)

                        Dim strLine1 : strLine1 = Rhino.AddLine(ptall(i), arrPtall(0))

                        Dim strLine2 : strLine2 = Rhino.AddLine(ptall(i), arrPtall(1))

                        Dim strLine3 : strLine3 = Rhino.AddLine(ptall(i), arrPtall(2))

                        Dim strLine4 : strLine4 = Rhino.AddLine(ptall(i), arrPtall(3))

                        Dim strLine5 : strLine5 = Rhino.AddLine(ptall(i), arrPtall(4))

                        Dim strLine6 : strLine6 = Rhino.AddLine(ptall(i), arrPtall(5))

                        Dim strLine7 : strLine7 = Rhino.AddLine(ptall(i), arrPtall(6))

                        i=i+1

            Next       

End Sub

 

 

 

 

Posted: June 11th, 2009 under Parametric Design.
Comments: none

Gumowski-Mira attractors were developed at the CERN research centre in 1980 by I. Gumowski and C. Mira while aiming to calculate the trajectories of sub-atomic particles. They create organic patterns resembling natural/marine forms.

 

 

Option Explicit

‘Script written by Elif Erdine Baskin 

Call GumowskiMira()

Sub GumowskiMira()

 

            Dim i

            Dim x()

            Dim y()

            Dim pt()

            Dim maxpoints

            maxpoints = 5000         

            Dim  B

            B = 1

            ReDim Preserve x(maxpoints)

            ReDim Preserve y(maxpoints)

            x(i) = 0

            y(i) = 5

            i=0

            Do While (i < maxpoints) 

                        x(i+1) = B*y(i) + GM(x(i))

                        y(i+1) = GM(x(i+1)) - x(i)

 

                        ReDim Preserve pt(i)

                        pt(i) = Array(x(i), y(i), 0)

                       

                        If IsArray(pt(i)) Then

                                    Call Rhino.AddPoint(pt(i))

                                    Dim plane

                                    plane = Rhino.PlaneFromNormal(pt(i), Array(0,0,1))

                                    Call Rhino.AddCircle(plane, 0.2)

                        End If

                        i = i+1

            Loop

            If IsArray(pt) Then

                        Dim ptcloud

                        ptcloud = Rhino.AddPointCloud(pt)

            End If

            Dim ptdel

            ptdel =  Rhino.GetObjects(”select points to delete”, 1, , , True)

            Call Rhino.DeleteObjects(ptdel)         

End Sub 

Function GM (ByVal x)

            Dim A

            A= 0.305

            GM = A*x + 2*(1-A)*x^2 / (1+x^2)

End Function

 

Posted: April 16th, 2009 under Parametric Design.
Comments: none

Rossler attractor behaves similarly to Lorenz attractor. It’s formed by 3 non-linear ordinary differential equations. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossler_map )

 

 

Call Rossler()

Sub Rossler()

            Dim x, y, z

            Dim maxpoints

            maxpoints = 8000

            Dim h

            h = 0.025

            Dim p(2)

            Dim ptnew()

            Dim i

            Do While (i<maxpoints)

                        p(0) = p(0) + h* dx(p(0), p(1), p(2))

                        p(1) = p(1) + h* dy(p(0), p(1), p(2))

                        p(2) = p(2) + h* dz(p(0), p(1), p(2)) 

                        Rhino.AddPoint(p)

                        ReDim Preserve ptnew(i)

                        ptnew(i) = p

                        i=i+1                

            Loop

           

            Call Rhino.AddCurve(ptnew, 3)

End Sub

 

 

Function dx(ByVal x, ByVal y, ByVal z)

            dx = -y-z

End Function

Function dy(ByVal x, ByVal y, ByVal z)

            dy = x + 0.4*y

End Function

Function dz(ByVal x, ByVal y, ByVal z)

            dz = 0.31 + z*(x-5.3)

End Function

 

Posted: April 16th, 2009 under Parametric Design.
Comments: none

I’ve recently started using Rhino Scripting as a design tool in my research. I will be documenting here my learning process through the .rvb scripts.

This study shows the Curlicue Fractal, which generates quite intricate patterns. (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CurlicueFractal.html)

 

Call Curlicue()

Sub Curlicue()

            Dim f

            Dim i

            Dim j

            Dim pi

            pi = Rhino.Pi

            Dim sqtwo

            sqtwo = 1.4142135623730950488016887

            Dim eulers

            eulers = 0.577215664901532860606512

            Dim golden

            golden = 1.618033988749894848204586

            Dim lntwo

            lntwo = 0.69314718055994530941

            Dim e

            e= 2.71828182845904523536028747

            Dim p(2)

            Dim ptCur()

            

            For j=0 To 50000*pi Step sqtwo*pi*2

                       

                        f = f + j

                        p(0)= p(0) + Cos(f)

                        p(1)= p(1)+ Sin(f)

                        p(2)=p(2) + Cos(f)*Sin(f)

                       

                        ‘Rhino.AddPoint(p)

                        ReDim Preserve ptCur(i)

                        ptCur(i) = p

                        i=i+1

                       

            Next

            Call Rhino.addcurve(ptCur, 3)       

 

End Sub

Posted: April 16th, 2009 under Parametric Design.
Comments: none

The House of Arts and Architecture Association CASARTARC settled in Settimo Torinese, Turin, is developing a project called ‘Advanced Architecture Settimo Tokyo’ (AAST), a group of Generative Architecture events: workshops, a two days conference and an exhibition with venues in Settimo & Tokyo and possibly Cagliari & London.

The events of AAST focus on the approach to design through parametric design tools, such as Rhinoscript, Grasshopper, Mel script, DP, GC.

YME will be part of the international exhibition with our AA MArch. thesis project Hybrid Species, presenting the utilization of Mathematica as an architectural design tool.

The first stage of the exhibition will run from 7 April to 17 May 2009 in Turin, Italy. The opening conference for the exhibition will be made by Patrik Schumacher (partner at Zaha Hadid Architects). The exhibition will travel to Tokyo, Japan in May 2010.

For more information, you can check http://www.casartarc.org.

Posted: March 15th, 2009 under News.
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I and Margarita of YME presented our MArch. thesis project Hybrid Species at the Architectural Association on the 05^th of March. The presentation focused on how YME employed the software Mathematica as a parametric design tool throughout our 16 month design research.

For more information on Hybrid Species, you can look at www.yme-uk.net .

 

 

 

Posted: March 15th, 2009 under News.
Comments: none

A wine bottle generated in GC. The form itself is created by a series of quartic curves, whose radii are parametrically interrelated to each other.

( http://mathworld.wolfram.com/QuarticCurve.html )

The ornamental pattern is created by firstly forming tubes that pass through the diagonals of one component and then creating hyperbolic curves whose midpoints meet in the centroid of the component. The hyperbolic curves are then lofted with each respective edge of the component, forming planar surfaces.

 

 

 

Posted: February 28th, 2009 under Parametric Design.
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Back to conventional architecture for a shopping mall competition in one of the most touristic destinations of Turkey, Fethiye. The competition resulted in June.

“Shopping is arguably the last remaining form of public activity.” (Rem Koolhaas, The Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping / Harvard Design School Project on the City 2, Taschen, 2002)

The proposal brings together 2 distinct urban programmes, the Urban Park and the Shopping Mall. Constructing its presence from the duality created by these otherwise discrete functions, it creates an urban activity area as its exterior shells emerge from the landscape at different intervals and become a park. The shopping mall function is distributed beneath these shells.

Credit List:

Designers: Elif Erdine Baskin, Ceyhun Baskin

Design Consultants: Evren Basbug, Inanc Eray

Static Consultant: I. Cem Baskin

Electrical Engineering Consultant: Ali Gunduz

Mechanical Engineering Consultant: Soylu Kaan Akyurek

 

 

 

 

Posted: July 7th, 2008 under Architecture.
Comments: none

Parametric wall tiling study generated in GC. The wall tile itself is a 3-dimensional form inspired from the Tetracoralla depicted in Ernst Haeckel’s “Art Forms in Nature”.  The same wall is populated twice with the wall tile components; the first series being a less dense and the second series being a denser version.

Tetracoralla(from “Art Forms in Nature”; Ernst Haeckel, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugosa )

Version 01//Less Dense

 

 

Version 02//More Dense

 

 

 

Single Wall Tile Component 

Posted: July 6th, 2008 under Parametric Design.
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