Sewon Park LO-03

A computational fabrication project that I found to be inspiring is the Narrow-Band Topology Optimization by Haixiang Liu, Yuanming Hu, Bo Zhu, Wojciech Matusik, and Eftychios Sifakis. As structures found in nature are often unique in shape and feature, it is difficult to analyze and recreate such structures with the existing computational approach. As such, the team created a highly efficient framework.

Although the exact algorithm used to devise the framework is highly complicated, the general idea was to track the evolution of such structures in a in a narrow-region grid with high density so no effort is wasted on large void areas.

This project is captivating as it uses pre-existing structure in nature to enhance existing structural components. Such components can be used in a variety of fields including architecture and product design. Because structured naturally developed by the Earth’s atmosphere is high in both practicality and beauty, the new framework will be valuable for the path of futuristic design. The few given examples demonstrates the engineer’s sense for incorporating the beauty of nature to everyday products.