Skyscraper Internals

Experimenting with the skyscraper core, floors... trying to create some interesting living spaces within the structure. Would you work in an office like that? Is it mandatory nowadays to integrate "green" gardens with trees some 100m above the ground?

Refining the Genotype

...of my genetic algorithm prototype, in order to derive more interesting shapes, actually resembling architecture.

Skyscraper #1

It surely would be hell to build, but I assume that the irregular exoskeleton may prove to be a wind-cheating design. Of course, this is merely a speculation which should be put to the test.

Skyscraper - Getting There!

Well, in the end, it’d have to be architecture. I decided to go for the skyscraper design, since the skyscraper has been the paramount challenge of architecture for more than a hundred years, and it still is.

So in the weeks ahead, I shall design – based on the stuff accumulated so far – a nice, somewhat surreal, skyscraper. What could be more fun?

Tree or Chalice

Joints

Preparing for a Skyscraper

Rise

Simple outisde, complex inside

Bayerischer Zwiebelturm

Uebungen #3

Uebungen #2

Uebungen #1

Tools Improved

Today I added the possibility of simultaneously displaying both the Voronoi input points and the Voronoi graph in my software. In this way, I will understand the relationship between the Voronoi input and output in 3D space better.

Try it Out Yourself (2D)

I've put together a small program for toying with the interactive evolution. It features 2D patterns, which are generated by a logo turtle. You'll find that even with such a simple approach, there are infinite numbers of patterns which can be generated.

Try it out.

Instructions:

• You'll have to have Silverlight installed. If you haven't installed it yet, you should be prompted to do so when you click the link above. It's a perfectly safe and cool piece of software and it only takes a few seconds to get it running.


• To select an image (subject), just click on the "Select" button above it. The next generation will be produced with a strong influence of traits of the selected subject. To increase the variety in the population, select the subject which stands out.


• There is a slight mutation rate which sould prevent loss of variety in the population. Should that occur, just click the top most button "Start Again".

Sandbox: Forms Emerging

Sandbox: Curves

Sandbox: More Voronoi Excercises