mineral structure gridshell
07/2019This case study represents a shell structure derived from the hexagonal arrangement of atoms in the mineral herbertsmithite. This geometry, transposed as support structure, offers advantages in terms of load-bearing capacity and enables building lighter structures.
This system consists of two repetitive standardized parts, a triangle and an octahedron. These parts can be mass produced and kept in stock and easily be transported to the building site. These two elements are connected with one another through cnc-milled connection nodes. These nodes are unique for every position in the network and their geometry is automatically produced by the script - down to every screw needed. The output of the definition is every solid polysurface needed to manufacture the gridshell.
The parametric model for this project covers topics such as vector optimization, cfd analysis, sun analysis, mesh topologies and list/tree handling.
The system is capable of creating gridshells based on only a perimeter curve as input as well as desired properties like panel size, resolution, and height of the structure i.e. .
plugins: weaverbird, kangaroo, karamba3d, ladybug, metahopper;
