Procedural Strategies

RunTime of the VICR project.

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It’s the first ever run time video i’ve done, so please be indulgent. Feedbacks are welcome too :)

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project: _VICR
site: _ geneva
date: _ 2012
client: _ group8
As a part of the design of the ICRC visitor center in Geneva, Group8 architects, had planned a raw concrete ceiling. The structural constraints, as well as the acoustic constraints made it for a slightly too complex system to compute by hand. A custom software was developed in Processing to explore the relationships between the several ceiling elements (lights, fume escapes, acoustic elements, structure, water evacuation pipes, etc.). That allowed to place every element within the constraints specified by the structural engineer, as well as meet the requirements of the acoustic engineer.
A run time of the software can be seen here

project: _VICR

site: _ geneva

date: _ 2012

client: _ group8

As a part of the design of the ICRC visitor center in Geneva, Group8 architects, had planned a raw concrete ceiling. The structural constraints, as well as the acoustic constraints made it for a slightly too complex system to compute by hand. A custom software was developed in Processing to explore the relationships between the several ceiling elements (lights, fume escapes, acoustic elements, structure, water evacuation pipes, etc.). That allowed to place every element within the constraints specified by the structural engineer, as well as meet the requirements of the acoustic engineer.

A run time of the software can be seen here

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project: _ICRC
site: _ geneva
date: _ 2011
client: _ group8
Procedural Strategies was asked by group8 architects to develop an interface to define the orientation of each lighting element in the ceiling of the ICRC logstics building, so they would reveal a flows and different attraction points.To do so, a processing applet was built that allowed to load the 3D model and each light center points. Different solutions were explored. The one that was retained is built around 3 attractors defining individual “force fields”. Interestingly, as the light systems develops on 2 levels, depending on the view point, a spherical attraction force field is revealed.

project: _ICRC

site: _ geneva

date: _ 2011

client: _ group8

Procedural Strategies was asked by group8 architects to develop an interface to define the orientation of each lighting element in the ceiling of the ICRC logstics building, so they would reveal a flows and different attraction points.
To do so, a processing applet was built that allowed to load the 3D model and each light center points. Different solutions were explored. The one that was retained is built around 3 attractors defining individual “force fields”. Interestingly, as the light systems develops on 2 levels, depending on the view point, a spherical attraction force field is revealed.

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project: _BUD
site: _ geneva (CH)
date: _ 2010
client: _ Guenin Huni architects
While working on the renovation of the cycle de Budé for Guenin-Hüni architects, the need to develop a custom sun protection arose. The building needed to reach high environmental standards. To get to those, a system of automated shutters was planned. However, for maintenance costs and to propose a more robust solution, a metal curtain was developed. Inspired by moucharabié types of structures, a custom software was created to maximise both sun protection, and offer an feeling of transparency. Part of the brief was to avoid using an image as a template, as seen in numerous other projects, and instead work on a self generated pattern. This was achieved by exploring Perlin noise. A grid was laid out, acting as pixels, and their radius was defined by the radii of their neighbors. That allowed for smoothed out result and prevented from having big jumps in perforation sizes. In order to avoid big openings, and a too much direct sunlight, the grid elements with the biggest radius value were closed. This resulted in island floating among a sea of preforations, creating an interesting contrast, as well as allowing the façade of that part of the building to get to high environmental standards.

project: _BUD

site: _ geneva (CH)

date: _ 2010

client: _ Guenin Huni architects

While working on the renovation of the cycle de Budé for Guenin-Hüni architects, the need to develop a custom sun protection arose. The building needed to reach high environmental standards. To get to those, a system of automated shutters was planned. However, for maintenance costs and to propose a more robust solution, a metal curtain was developed. Inspired by moucharabié types of structures, a custom software was created to maximise both sun protection, and offer an feeling of transparency. Part of the brief was to avoid using an image as a template, as seen in numerous other projects, and instead work on a self generated pattern. This was achieved by exploring Perlin noise. A grid was laid out, acting as pixels, and their radius was defined by the radii of their neighbors. That allowed for smoothed out result and prevented from having big jumps in perforation sizes. In order to avoid big openings, and a too much direct sunlight, the grid elements with the biggest radius value were closed. This resulted in island floating among a sea of preforations, creating an interesting contrast, as well as allowing the façade of that part of the building to get to high environmental standards.

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