Form and Performance

Natural Models for Environmental Fitness

Form and Performance

Nancy Cheng

Univ. of Oregon Architecture Department head Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP researches how design tools and approaches shape outcomes, with a specialization in how craft and computation can stimulate the creative process. She has developed expertise in manipulating sheet materials to create light-modulating structures and has researched how surface relief patterns can increase convective cooling. She has developed fold and slot joints that give structural rigidity to foldable sheet structures and is eager to apply them to rapidly deployable refugee shelters.

Homepage: http://blogs.uoregon.edu/nywc

Feb 3 Class Notes

Posted by  on Wednesday, February 3rd 2016     

I. Inspiration Presentations (10:00) Addison Isabel II. Homework (10:20) III. Genetics (10:40) Evolutionary Development Master Hox genes turn on genes that create parts of the body. Chicken Teeth can be created when latent extinct genes are accidently activated: John Conway’s Game of Life video showing the simplest computational genetic system (3:30 min.) Fractals and Recursion III. […]

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Jan 29, 2016 Class Notes

Posted by  on Saturday, January 30th 2016     

I. Nicole’s Presentation II. Review Questions How could you use Grasshopper to create the following? (see Series.GH) 1. Convert Celsius numbers to Fahrenheit 2. Points in a diagonal line 3. Points along a parabola 4. Rotate a point around a circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohp6Okk_tww III. How can a point rotating around a circle generate interesting adjustable form? […]

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January 27 Class notes

Posted by  on Thursday, January 28th 2016     

10:00 Connor presentation w discussion 10:30 Pinup homework / review solar skin approaches 10:50 Introduce New Assignment: GROWTH – Capturing Change 11:00 SYSTEMS THINKING 1) What is a system? (from Daniel Kim’s Leverage Network:  https://www.leveragenetworks.com/learn/systems-thinking) Purpose Parts contribute to the purpose Organization and roles make the system work Stability through feedback See Donella Meadow’s book Thinking in […]

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Jan 22, 2016 Class notes

Posted by  on Friday, January 22nd 2016     

I. Review Q. How can we generate points (0,0), (10,0), (20,0), (30,0), (40,0), (50,0)? A.Use a Series that starts with zero, steps 10 and has a count of 6 Q. How can we generate petals of a flower that are interactive (number and angle?) A. Use the Rotate command and feed in a list of […]

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Jan 20 Class Notes

Posted by  on Wednesday, January 20th 2016     

Handback Assignment 1 Jean’s Presentation, Review Schedule Review Homework & Questions. If there is interest, show how to do examples (on Course Folder) Fern Spiral Shell / Treety Paneling tools Discuss Homework 1C : Hand-in PDF & Rhino GH to Course Folder, bring Hardcopy to class Heliotrope, Ladybug Install, what they do Systems Thinking: Dryer […]

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Jan 15 Grasshopper session 2

Posted by  on Friday, January 15th 2016     

AGENDA 1/15/2016    Goal:  Become comfortable with Paneling tools. Self-quiz / Challenge 160115 GH week2_self-quiz RESOURCES – Blog: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/bioform – GRASSHOPPER PRIMER 3rd Edition – Paneling Tools’s Grasshopper Manual and Components examples   Before you start:  Pseudo-Code   GH Examples – Hypar – Paneling_Basic – Polyclose   WHAT TO DO NEXT: >> Read Grasshopper Primer 3rd […]

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