RADIOLARIA
Parametric Design / Grasshopper Vessel Construction
PARAMETRIC DEFINITION
THE TERM PARAMETRIC ORIGINATES FROM MATHEMATICS
REFERS TO THE USE OF CERTAIN PARAMETERS OR VARIABLES THAT CAN BE MANIPULATED TO ALTER THE END RESULT OF AN EQUATION (PARAMETRIC DESIGN OF PURELY COMPRESSED SHELLS)
_GRASSHOPPER VISUAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT
ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS THE USER TO CREATE ALGORITHMS
DESIGNS CAN BE BUILT THROUGH ALGORITHMS THAT PRODUCE PARAMETRIC MODELS
FORM STUDIES
RADIOLARIA __ MICROSCOPIC UNICELLULAR FORMS THAT PRODUCE MINERAL SKELETONS
THEY ARE PRODUCED ONLY THROUGH RADIAL SYMMETRY
SKELETAL ELEMENTS OF RADIOLARIANS __ EVEN THE PERFECTLY SYMMETRICAL ONES DO NOT MEET AT THE CENTER OF THE ORGANISM
GRASSHOPPER VISUAL PROGRAMMING
SKELETAL FRAME OF RADIAL VESSELS
PARAMETRIC FORM EXPLORATION
3D PRINT
_EVERY ITERATION
WAS CREATED BY THE SAME SKELETAL ALGORITHM_
_DESIGNS BUILT FROM THE SAME BASE FORM
__CAN FOLD TOGETHER
_EXPLORING PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
AND MODULAR DESIGN
INFINITE VESSEL VARIETIES