LO-03 Generative Physical Forms

Iris Yip iyip
15-104 Section D
LO-03

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This week, I looked at ‘Colony‘ by Nervous Systems, a project where the artists combine the use of 3D printing, data visualisation, and the use of a virtual environment to explore coral reefs in nature as a look into how generative sculpture/design is used to visually represent/mimic aspects of nature. The project is currently ongoing, but like many of their other works/series, Nervous System utilises custom software in order to algorithmically depict generative growth.

It is currently an ongoing project, and their current focus is on extrapolating and replicating the “lives of colonial, sessile invertebrates”; hence the name, “Colony”. I found this project really intriguing as their ingenious use of computational fabrication to study; and to some extent even replicate, nature indicative of the possibilities generative/algorithm based design can bring to our physical world.