Process Documentation.pdf

TLRP TURTLE SYSTEMS sml.pdf

While in Melbourne recently, i made a side trip to the southern suburbs to visit Charlie Hutchings at the not-so-small firm Timberbuilt. Timberbuilt focuses on manufacturing/ fabricating large span structures from LVL product to rival similar steel structures. With significant cost benefits.

Due to difficulties in locating 5-axis timber milling machinery in the Sydney regio… Continue

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Here are some panelling studies for the buildings’ facades. The parameters involved are the number of panels, dimensions, shapes, and rotation, which are controlled through related sliders. The rotations of panels can result in shadings for the openings.

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Here are some study models of how we applied the Voronoi System to the site.

The Grasshopper definition works through:

1. Distributing points due to our master plan, access through the site, landscape, slope and the buildings areas (built areas)
2. Creating both Voronoi nurbs cells and straight cells
3. Using a Slider, offsetting cells to provide distance between buildings
4. Defining a surface due to the slope, heights, and wanted views.
5. Referencing the surface in Grasshopper
6. Projecting… Continue