LO 3 – Computational Fabrication

The reason why I so admire the Voronoi architecture statue made by June Lee is that I am really impressed by the organic form in architecture. The Voronoi diagram is a type of partition created by segmenting midpoints of distances of different points. To make this random geometric two-dimensional diagram look smooth and organic, the creator smoothened the shape of each Voronoi cell in grasshopper, then using the negative space created by smaller smoothened cells and the square border of the cube, the creator made a wall with organic Voronoi shaped holes. One great thing about using the grasshopper algorithm to generate shapes is that it allows the creator to easily tweak and manipulate every aspect of the geometry. For example, in this project, June Lee is able to change the size of the cube, how big the holes are, and even how smooth those holes are, without remaking the whole shape.

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