This post tells the story of DOME, a product developed in our studio with the hope of improving conditions in interim housing facilities. DOME has sold over 600 units nationwide.
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One Size Almost Fits
Like the clothing we wear, the software we use is created for a broad range of customers. What is to be gained from end user development tools like McNeel’s Grasshopper which allows designers to tailor their tools to their process?
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Building Optimization Tools
A tutorial which covers the basics of building custom optimization tools with McNeel’s Grasshopper and Galapagos.
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Optimization with Galapagos
What is Galapagos and how can it be used to inform design decisions? This article gives examples of how scripting and optimization algorithms can be integrated into the design process.
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LA Federal Courthouse Competition: Quantifying Complexity
Part one of this article discussed facade design and environmental analysis. In the second half, we focus on system rationalization and conceptual cost estimating. A more detailed description of real-time scheduling, tagging, and rationalization using Grasshopper for Rhino is also covered. As mentioned in part one, the design-build competition format presented us…
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A New Way of Visualizing Solar Radiation
Its always hard to represent the results of a solar radiation analysis. In this post, we attempt to take this 3-dimensional information and communicate it more effectively in a single 2D infographic.
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CJ R&D Center Kinetic Facade
As part of a recent design effort here in the studio we attempted to develop a kinetic facade that could respond and adapt in real-time to both solar radiation and user input. The client, CJ Corporation of Korea, was enthusiastic about the idea as part of their “only one” initiative which promotes unique…