component acting as a stair system

a rendering of one section shown below

generative section: building envelope

here the mesh from an earlier paper model is contorted to fold over itself instigating the development of flat planes which may be occupied.

inhabitable components

Shown here are some potential ways in which a large scale component could be inhabited.

component

The left two drawings in the top row depict the logic regarding the manner in which the cephalopod's muscular tissue causes the the epidermis to texturize. Right two drawing show how this logic can be applied to the component. shown in the middle of the page are seven basic variations that the component can take. Many more variations are possible. at the bottom is an explanation of the 5 variable that work to control the form of the component. These variables are now assigned arbitrary numerical values, but have the potential to take their inputs from programmatic, structural, environmental, or any other needs or demands.

generative sections

Here, I take a lateral, longitudinal and plan section. The three sections are then placed relative to one another in three dimensional space. The lines are manipulated in three dimensions rather than two. By working on all three section simultaneously and within relative spacial context to each other, I have a conscious understanding of the spacial relationships of the sections during the manipulation process. In this plate the sectional object is viewed from the top, the left and the front so that the transformation, and its consequences with regard to the other sections, may be understood. Next to each step in the transformative process is a representation of the surface created from lofting the lines at that step. In the final step of the sectional object is scaled in the x, y plane leaving the z dimension untouched.