http://obleo.net Wed, 16 May 2012 20:12:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://obleo.net/2009/07/from-top-down-to-bottom-up/ http://obleo.net/2009/07/from-top-down-to-bottom-up/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:44:32 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=344 Bottom-up conceptual approaches are found throughout other art disciplines, but it is still rare in architecture. But Woo JaeSung sees bottom-up as up and coming. Sung recently taught a workshop at Cornell, where architectural students experiment with generating highly complex 3D forms by automatically repeating patterns of components. “In my perspective, the generative design process is not a sub-discipline in architecture, but rather another paradigm,” says Sung. “Traditional design tools prohibited us from thinking bottom-up, while parametric or generative tools are broadening our design perspective.”]]> http://obleo.net/2009/07/from-top-down-to-bottom-up/feed/ 2 http://obleo.net/2009/06/stadium-elastique/ http://obleo.net/2009/06/stadium-elastique/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:09:01 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=268

Breathing Room

The gill-like openings of this architectural model widen or narrow in response to changes in roof and wall dimensions. The automated model of the sports stadium cuts out the many hundreds of manual changes the curves would have required during the development phase.]]> http://obleo.net/2009/06/stadium-elastique/feed/ 3 http://obleo.net/2009/05/remixing-in-grasshopper/ http://obleo.net/2009/05/remixing-in-grasshopper/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 07:43:13 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=76

Whiskery

The Birds' Nest Remix is an example of how a small conceptual shift in 3D modeling is now producing a mother lode of innovative forms for studios like Noiz in search of the unexpected. The experiment in generative modeling “samples” a work of another: the Beijing National Stadium by Herzog & de Meuron. His rendering shows the Bird’s Nest of the 2008 Olympics strapped down by what appear to be tens of thousands of steel cables, which shoot up to over twice the height of the stadium roof.]]> http://obleo.net/2009/05/remixing-in-grasshopper/feed/ 0 http://obleo.net/2009/05/grand-designs/ http://obleo.net/2009/05/grand-designs/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 07:14:51 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=71 “This is a very large project. It’s essentially a city,” explains Moshe Safdie & Assoicatesdesigner Jaron Lubin, who was part of the design process from the beginning. The Marina Bay Sands development spreads across a six-million square-foot footprint, containing casinos and hotels, a 54,000-capacity convention center, an Art/Science museum, a mall, two large theaters, and six signature restaurants. To ensure the on-time delivery of the massive submission and to keep track of all the design output, the team tried a somewhat different approach to project management. The designers’ strategy was to maintain the entire project in a 3D master model. “We started to develop our 3D models right away,” Lubin explains.]]> http://obleo.net/2009/05/grand-designs/feed/ 1 http://obleo.net/2009/05/qa-pushing-visual-limits-of-3d/ http://obleo.net/2009/05/qa-pushing-visual-limits-of-3d/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 04:10:31 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=63

Part-time Model

In their spare time, husband-wife visual effects team create stunning, lifelike renderings of historical Seattle landmarks. ]]> http://obleo.net/2009/05/qa-pushing-visual-limits-of-3d/feed/ 0 http://obleo.net/2009/05/slipstream/ http://obleo.net/2009/05/slipstream/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 00:21:27 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=58 If your architectural project scrapes the atmosphere, you will likely need the rarified services of a company like Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin (RWDI). This Toronto-based consulting firm has provided wind engineering, environmental air quality and noise management services for many of the largest architectural projects in the world, from Taipei 101 in Taiwan (currently the world's tallest building) to Burj Dubai in the Middle East (which will soon take over the title) to Daniel Libeskind's Freedom Tower at New York's World Trade Center site.]]> http://obleo.net/2009/05/slipstream/feed/ 0 http://obleo.net/2009/05/curves-without-the-cost/ http://obleo.net/2009/05/curves-without-the-cost/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 21:53:08 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=46

Wood Builder AWI adopts 3D in construction processes

Advancements in 3D design tools have given manufacturers tremendous productivity gains over the last two decades. Automotive development, for example, is nothing like it was twenty years ago. In this industry, not just styling and engineering revolve around 3D data, but downstream factory processes have evolved to take advantage of the efficiencies that 3D technology offers. One would think 3D CAD should provide the same benefits to the field of architecture and construction. Architects would have a wider palette of forms for expression – curvatures and non-rectilinear textures; contractors would have clearer visuals and less confusion, delays, and overruns when erecting complicated structures. But for the most part, these benefits have not emerged. ]]> http://obleo.net/2009/05/curves-without-the-cost/feed/ 0 http://obleo.net/2009/05/topologica/ http://obleo.net/2009/05/topologica/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 07:19:35 +0000 admin http://obleo.net/?p=266 http://obleo.net/2009/05/topologica/feed/ 0