Smart Geometries

A quick video I produced for the Smart Geometries 2012 conference at RPI. I used CamStudio to capture the program footage. All the video editing was done in Adobe After Effects and Premiere. No fancy fades or effects since this is simply a schedule. Some of the technology featured includes: Vasari, Ecotect, Rhino, Grasshopper (firefly) and the arduino microprocessor.

I was assigned to the team, Form Follows Flow. The team consists of RPI professors and students, in collaboration with workshop participants. We will look at dynamically testing building geometries and use an artificial neural network to create calculations for every given depth (of a certain configuration). This project will catalog the effects of certain geometry change to wind loading for tall towers. Less load on a building means that less material is needed for structural support (structure presumably being more expensive than the addition of the surface boxes). The surface geometries could then become balconies (although they may be to windy) or other architectural features.

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