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Pattern - Dynamo - Lumion - Another Facade

Just a quick tutorial / introduction about the power of the combination of Math / Scripting / Imagination / Pattern Design…

Normally any fancy façade in most of the Retail, Office… have a pattern, just we need to find the right pattern or the idea to design.

As one of the stronger geometry is the “triangle”, it means most of the shape can be develop by triangles, so it is the best friend of a pattern, the combination of them make the pattern of another complex geometry.

In this case the example is a combination of this shape plus a bit of math using “Sin” for the intersection with the surface to create something more dynamic. I have to say the most difficult exercise is just the idea, it is where you expend most of the time, once you have the idea it is matter to develop it, but again it is not something you can say “Hmmm Pop up… an exercise of thinking need to be done previously, things do not appear out of the blue”

The example is a rush example, but it could be implemented on any scheme, as it is just panels, nothing else.

As I said using triangle you can achieve most of the shape, therefore I am using triangles. In order to give the element a bit of relieve I can make triangles in 3D -no flat I mean-.

Once I have may pattern, just apply Dynamo to get an organic shape

From the previous picture you can realise the pattern is a X, but applying math on it the shape change for something more interesting.

Once you are done, put on Lumion, spend a few minutes and one option done. You are ready for another or just develop the idea further.

In any scenario the exercise to create pattern is a really old tiring when you are making/thinking the design, so probably you will need a rest before jump to another.

It is a simple output.

BIM and Design go hand in hand

AFL is glad to be part of student education again. This time it was in Liverpool University. I was invited by Mr Martin Simpson who has a very interesting programme for his student.

I showed how Dynamo-Scripts created by me improve AFL workflow. This time it was focused on Sport where I showed to students what is the process.

Below there is a quick video of the presentation where show the basic rules to design a bowl. Computanting Design and technology help to design the most officiant design which help the client to get the best product.

As we could not explain everything we focus on:

- Profile maker with superiser or not.

- General Shape for any type of bowl or scenario (no matter existing or new) which give you the key information and constrain of the design.

- Analyses of the C-Value on the bowl.

- Serious Obstruction Seats as well as Partial Obstruction views.

- Calculate automaticly the Vomitories and allow you to customize then (location, size number of then per Gangway Grid) according with designer's desire.

- Report Information as number of seat per block and per escape, etc.

Also, another topic about how to clinic functional spaces was explained.

We realise the technology help and improve the "We've Always Done it This Way", it is time to push our boundaries, open our minds, see the benefits as we do not evolve we die (including myself). Evolve make us valuable.