BurgerBlog: Paramod: assigment one

For this assignment I chose to use the plan of Sanaa's Toledo Glass Museum. The plan for this building seems to have a very definite set of relationships, which I thought we be interesting to explore parametrically.

While drawing the plan, I identified and included a few different variables or parameters which seemed to be embedded in the logic of the plan. These parameters included the the distance between the modules, the three different sizes of fillets on the modules, and the x and y dimensions of the overall plan. For the space between the modules, I created three different length parameters, and divided them up randomly so that these gaps could be different sizes. I also set the sizes of some of the modules to be proportional to a parameter.

This first variation is created by changing the parameter which controls the length of the plan. This shows how the footprint of the building can be manipulated, and the interior can still react and make the plan function.(click on the image to view the animation. For some reason I cannot get gifs to work correctly on blogger.)

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This next variation is created by changing the parameter governing the largest fillets.

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This variation is a result of adjusting the parameter which controls the size of some of the modules. This could be used to allow the plan to react to shifts in program requirements. Modules which required more square footage could be enlarged, and the neighboring modules could shrink in reaction.

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This parameter adjusts the space between some of the modules. When the parameter is at its max, open spaces begin to develop between some of the modules. This could be a way of introducing secondary programs to the plan, and stuffing them between the existing modules.

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In this final iteration, all of the spaces between the modules is increased. This could cause the these spaces to be used for the circulation, and not just separation.