Stephanie Tabb
ARCH + TECH
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
The first 4 days of Smartgeometry consists of a series of workshops, of which I was part of a cluster entitled Parallel Parametrics. We envisioned and demonstrated future design media that enabled us to find, make, compare, combine, organize, recall and reflect on many design ideas at once.
We used custom parametric cloud-based software tools to explore variations and optimizations of decentralized vertical transportation systems.
vertical transportation systems - re-thinking the concept of vertical mobility allows us to re-think architectural typologies all together, and perhaps even revolutionize them.
options gallery - we used parametric cloud-based software tools to not only record design options, but also to recombine, recover, and remotely compute them.
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
Within my cluster, I took on the challenge of optimizing the grasshopper definition being used to generate the vertical transportation exoskeletons. I deconstructed the existing framework and embedded new design parameters within it. Instead of being a randomized series of network connections, I designed the script to respond to inputs like tower footprint shape and size, program type and desired connections per level. This definition and resulting forms were then used by the rest of the team to create 3D prints, responsive façade systems, and agent-based simulations.
packaged grasshopper cluster
DIGITAL FABRICATION
AGENT BASED SIMULATION
This analysis was performed using software developed by PLP Architect’s Research Computation Group to test structural integrity and passenger circulation efficiency.
