GEOMETRY OF GROWTH
Video on Philip Ball’s Self-made Tapestry
Animated examples of how nature uses simple processes to generate complex patterns that vary according to the starting condition. A compilation of the gorgeous Youtube clips include Fractals including branching & cracking, Golden Ratio generating a sunflower, animal Stripes vs. Spots.
(start at 1:22)
GRASSHOPPER
Golden example: Circle > Spiral > Spiral with Graph Mapper or ArcTan profile
Trigonometry ref: Wikipedia, Wolfram Alpha
Wolframs’ Demonstrations (parametrics created in Mathematica)
Solar Simulation Heliotrope & Ladybug Setup
Heliotrope: lightweight, direct sun angle simulator, gives shadows.
Dynamic and interactive.
Example: Solar Flags – 2D Morph (3D Morph traps flag to the box geometry)
Data management: lists need to be in same format
- Use Tree Mapper, Panel, Point List and List Item as Diagnostic tools
- Graft separates each item onto its own list
- Flatten puts all the items into one list so that Cull Index can remove problem ones
- Simplify removes extra, unused branches
- Some operations such as find grid centers for diagrids destroy the grid structure of rows and columns
LADYBUG
Ladybug: climate visualization (sun, wind, temp, etc.), portal to powerful Radiance and Daysim daylighting, EnergyPlus
- Open file in METERS
- Place: Import Weather Data
- Time: Set up moment or time of interest
- Factor: Select study of interest
- Sun Path: multiple paths
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Homework for 2/4:
Develop research project outline and draft, using Wolfram’s demonstrations and Nancy’s Diigo references (posts https://blogs.uoregon.edu/bioform)
Work with Heliotrope to create interactive component and surface (Assignment 2)
Install Ladybug and watch tutorials: 00 Getting Started and 03 SunPath.
Homework for 2/11: Assignment 3, self-shading surface using Ladybug Solar Radiation.
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