#visualization

One of the main requirements of being successful in the field of digital design seems to have nice high-tech background images. Usually, it contains different kinds of nebula-like grids, plastic-explicit, and/or combinations of curves-surfaces-and-numbers, burnt by a couple of photoshop filters. If you have the right background, this means you are ready for a workshop, a book, or a presentation. (just joking) However, I love these, and cannot stand more than 1 minute working for them. So, here is what I…

Here are funny icons from Martin Berube (other icon sets of him here) if you plan to build your components or clusters in Grasshopper. It somehow became a fashion of Rhinoceros, to give names of animals to products, that at first seemed to be only the species in danger of extinction. (maybe I am wrong but it is a fact that %85 of Black Rhinos were killed in the past 25 years) However, this tradition seems to be changed eventually…

Last year, I posted a way to create a Grasshopper command button in Rhino 4 (here). As the scripting possibilities increase in Rhino 5, the new tab feature can be used to put them together. I’ve made 4 of the most used platforms in a tab named “Scripting”. Here is how I did it; Use right-click on the empty area to open the above menu and select “new tab” to create an empty tab, naming it “Scripting. Right-click on the…

This was my old plan to work with images in Grasshopper. Certainly, that was not the result I expected, but this could be counted as a starting point. After seeing beautiful circle packing compositions here, I decided to program Grasshopper, so that it’ll create a subdivision, based on image data. This was the initial version, just subdividing a plane with Voronoi points and visualizing it according to the image’s color values of proper UV coordinates. There is no interpretation on…

Which keywords are the most popular, regarding contemporary architectural geometry? Above is the wordle.net analysis result for all 155k words of the famous book “Architectural Geometry” by H. Pottmann, A. Asperl, M. Hofer, and A. Kilian. Not many surprises though, this may be a starting point for research on today’s understanding of geometry in architectural design. You can click on the image to see the top 500 words mentioned in the book. It may be used to construct a conception…

I recently discovered Wordle, a visualization tool for websites. I’m very curious about the social network of design computing community. Trying to understand the trends, how the knowledge is spreading, and the role of different actors on this developing field of architectural design. First of all, I analyzed designcoding.net with all words within 103 posts until today (Click on the image for full size). Wordle can be visited by clicking here. Below is the grasshopper3d.com’s wordle result. I suspect it’s rss…

Here are three technical tips, that might help you model in Rhinoceros faster. In most cases, you’ll find CTRL+F1,F2,F3 and F4 very helpful in modeling and transforming objects in digital space. These key combinations will focus you on Top, Front, Left and Perspective views (maximized) respectively. Also, when you try to express your design process (especially supporting geometries) using different linetypes, it’s possible that you’ll never like those preset linetypes. By choosing Tools / Options, you’ll have the opportunity to change and add new…

This was a design competition of a precast concrete roof system. My design proposal was a modular and variable structure for İstanbul’s old bus station, converted to art galleries. However, this project was developed purely by hand-sketches, I’m planning to create an envelope of alternatives by creating a parametric model. Each module is proposed to be converted differently in order to meet various functions such as single or double module galleries, shopping and restaurant, and a theater also. The varying…

This was an interesting challenge for me to find out if an architect can use Visual Programming Languages (VPL’s) also for graphical purposes? Now, I would say “not exactly” because this definition took much time than I expected. The aim was to create an algorithm for a business card design that has variable outputs. Each card should be different, but without using any randomization. This project is suitable for more development because now it is only producing one sequence of…