Shapes, geometries and complexity | A method to create architectures

Project Description |

This project is inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis I. Khan. In the works of both of them, obviously there was a "geometry context" in the very beginning of design process. Geometry context can be viewed as a "underline grid" for designer. After having this geometry context, architects start to do some operations on it such as "removing some lines", "making some lines thicker", "making some lines as dash lines", etc. The entire design process is actually based on this geometry context. When the geometry context changes, the design changes too. To be brief, the combinations of the operations on the geometry context can form a design, and there are so many combinations. However, the potential of geometry context is always under-evaluated because it is difficult to plot all the combinations by human's eyes. There is always a missed case if we only rely on our eyes. So, here is a question, why not take advantage of computer's powerful computation to figure out all the possibility of the geometries. Furthermore, once we can list out all the combinations, the complexity of the geometry can be surprisingly high and the design can thus be much richer.

Complexity of shapes can be incredibly high when users can inquire shapes in any way. For example, 2 overlapping squares can be a context for generating thousands of possibilities. In this case, users can inquire these two squares to get all the combinations of 1 “T” shape with 1 “L” shape. There are 36 different candidates for architects to create plans. Users can inquire these two squares to generate any kind of shape combinations such as 1 cross with 2 Ls, 2 crosses, 2 floating lines with 1 T, and so on. All the possibilities can be turn into an architecture and provide architects a category in the design process. Architects can put all the candidates into simulation software to test the energy performance, or use the category to communicate with clients and other professionals.

Fig.01 - Combinations with 1 T-shape and 1 L-shape

Fig. 02 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One "T" shape + One "L" shape)

Fig. 03 - Small 4-wall Architectures (Two "L" shapes)

Fig. 04 - Small 4-wall Architectures (Two "T" shapes)

Fig. 05 - Small 4-wall Architectures (Four jointed lines)

Fig. 06 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One "T" shape + Two floating lines) - Page 1

Fig. 07 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One "T" shape + Two floating lines)  - Page 2

 Fig. 08 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One "T" shape + Two floating lines)  - Page 3

Fig. 09 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One "T" shape + Two floating lines)  - Page 4

Fig. 10 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One floating line + Three jointed lines) - Page 1

Fig. 11 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One floating line + Three jointed lines) - Page 2

Fig. 12 - Small 4-wall Architectures (One floating line + Three jointed lines) - Page 3