Parametric Study Model
This Grasshopper-based study model was created for the fine folks over at Archipelagos. The proposal is a renovation of an existing building in Queens to create a performance venue and three-story facade. The architects wanted to utilize a material-accumulation strategy and express the performance space’s acoustic treatment, foam blocks, by using them to also contain programmatic elements, such as coat check and bars, and be expressed as the facade itself. I was asked to develop a parametric model , fabrication strategy and cost estimate. The Grasshopper model auto-generated all material take-offs for cost estimation and included many user adjustable features such as displacement and multi-level pixelization.
