Assignment 1 Poster

Final model

Iterations:

Students Suggested Tutorials 1

Tutorial on generating a spiral in grasshopper

http://www.designalyze.com/?p=3

suggested by Elaine LODEWYKE

Parametric Truss tutorial 
http://designreform.net/2011/03/rhino-grasshopper-parametric-truss-update
suggested by by zhiqing LIAO

Surface, Primitive: One Point Attractor with Pipes

Images of research:

DRAFT POSTER

Theme - Tree Branches

Tree Branches grow naturally towards the sum as trees need to make sure they’re exposed to as much sunlight as possible 1.  My concept is to create many trees that their branches can be affected by the position of a point (the sun). And hence to form a complicated shape.


Definition
Tree Branch
Noun 1 tree branch - any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree

limb
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
branch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
stick - a small thin branch of a tree
bough - any of the larger branches of a tree 2.

References
1. Why do trees have branches?, accessed 19 March, 2012,  http://www.whyzz.com/why-do-trees-have-branches.
2. The free dictionary, accessed 19 March, 2012, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tree+branch.
3. http://www.freefoto.com/preview/15-19-50/Tree-Branches

Ellipse Tower

Task 1 Concept- Tree Branches

Test

Tree Branches shows a kind of evolution during their grows, The form different shapes and grow towards different directions. It is an architecture built by the nature.