New Years Lanterns 2012-2013

Stellated polyhedra are three-dimensional geometric shapes formed by extending the faces of a regular polyhedron (a solid with flat faces) beyond their original boundaries until they intersect with each other. The term “stellate” comes from the Latin word “stella,” meaning star and these polyhedra often have a star-like appearance due to their extended faces. They are popular because of their aesthetic qualities. I studied these forms many times before. This time, I implemented the stellations and negative stellations (the excavated…

In geometry, the excavated dodecahedron is a star polyhedron that looks like a dodecahedron with concave pentagonal pyramids in place of its faces. In this short tutorial video, I am modeling an excavated dodecahedron in the Rhinoceros software. I use basic drawing and modeling commands. I aim to introduce this skill to beginner-level architects and designers. As the name suggests, this process includes the construction of the dodecahedron first. Then, the pentagonal faces of this polyhedron were “excavated” to the…

Stellation of polyhedra refers to the process of extending the faces (or edges) of a polyhedron outward to form new, more complex shapes. These new shapes, called stellations, are created by adding extra vertices, edges, and faces that “project” outward from the original polyhedron’s structure. You can create an infinite number of new polyhedral forms, depending on how you extend the faces and edges. In this short tutorial video, I am modeling a stellated icosahedron. I use basic modeling commands…

This is a student project of the Computation-based Basic Design Lanterns finals of the year 2019. This year was exceptionally successful in creating 3d components and constructing relationships as a systematic whole. Again, the students started with small-scale experiments on folding and attaching cards. This is a study of how planar elements can generate volumetric units. They also studied Archimedean solids to understand geometric performances of particular shapes. We encouraged students to develop and control three-dimensional structures instead of thin…

This year’s Computation-based Basic Design Studio finals were very successful. Below are some of our student’s design works, and lanterns that light the campus area at İstanbul Bilgi University. It was a great experience for them to seek a design system between the domains of material computation and architectural geometry. 28 first-year students of architecture, interior design, and industrial design completed their projects in groups of 4. Students: Aleyna Demirkök, Aleyna Yıldız, Ali Hayder Ali Al Obaidi, Ara Yerlikaya, Aybike Sarıgül, Ayşe…