This skin is an assemblage of 900 individually fabricated ceramic lenses, each allowing a set amount of light in by apertures of varying sizes [using distance-based algorithms generated both randomly and from points of occupation] and focusing it along a length determined by the same qualifying distance. The pieces are suspended by a structural grid that nests itself inside the open ceiling of the Fine Arts B building (FAB).
The intervention utilizes grasshopper to establish several parameters to generate the gridded array of poly-surfaces. A grid is created and from it a series of square and circular curves, each of which is lofted together to create a dynamic poly-form that can respond and change to simple manipulation of the relationship between two control points.
The figures below show (in descending order) the generative geometries and curves, the resultant lofted surfaces, an elevation of the assemblage, a planometric view from beneath, a piece 'cut' from the structure and skin, and two interior images within the context of the FAB.
The figures below show (in descending order) the generative geometries and curves, the resultant lofted surfaces, an elevation of the assemblage, a planometric view from beneath, a piece 'cut' from the structure and skin, and two interior images within the context of the FAB.
Following is an image of the Grasshopper script I developed for generating the poly-surfaces.
