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Translating serial relations aspects of the genetic grid in algorithmic design Okabe, Aya
Abstract
The notion of seriality describes such relations where each element has a processor. It could be also understood as a condition of sequential translation and transfonnation. This thesis investi gates “seriality” in the relationship to architecture and landscape. I begin my investigation with a criticism of the conventional relationship between architecture and landscape. This relationship is often static and inert while it should be more dynamic and interactive within the design process. Reconsidering the relationship between “research” and “design,” my attempt to connect the two using algorithmic design was instrumental in formulating a new design process. In this thesis, a new design process has been developed and examined in three different sec tions: 1) “Theoretical Approach,” 2) “Technical Approach” and 3) “Case Study.” In the theoretical section, I investigate “rhythm,” which is an underlying series of movements affecting on architecture physically and fundamentally, in both architecture and landscape. In re sponse to this theory, I propose a method known as the “Genetic Grid” to manage grid flexibly by receiving its new identities from “natural conditions.” In the technical approach, I introduce methods in algorithmic design to manage grid flexibly. The basic method is called the ‘UVN generator’ which is based on the algorithmic process com bining the scripting potentiality and flexibility of traditional 3D surface modeling. This technique contributes to a method to generate the “Genetic Grid.” In the third section, I examine this “Genetic grid” more closely throughout a proposed design process called “Condition Linkage.” By embedding “Gene of Place” into architectural elements, I hope to show an underlying harmonious relationship between architecture and landscape.
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Translating serial relations aspects of the genetic grid in algorithmic design
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University of British Columbia
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2008
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The notion of seriality describes such relations where each element has a processor. It could be
also understood as a condition of sequential translation and transfonnation. This thesis investi
gates “seriality” in the relationship to architecture and landscape. I begin my investigation with a
criticism of the conventional relationship between architecture and landscape. This relationship is
often static and inert while it should be more dynamic and interactive within the design process.
Reconsidering the relationship between “research” and “design,” my attempt to connect the two
using algorithmic design was instrumental in formulating a new design process.
In this thesis, a new design process has been developed and examined in three different sec
tions: 1) “Theoretical Approach,” 2) “Technical Approach” and 3) “Case Study.”
In the theoretical section, I investigate “rhythm,” which is an underlying series of movements
affecting on architecture physically and fundamentally, in both architecture and landscape. In re
sponse to this theory, I propose a method known as the “Genetic Grid” to manage grid flexibly by
receiving its new identities from “natural conditions.”
In the technical approach, I introduce methods in algorithmic design to manage grid flexibly.
The basic method is called the ‘UVN generator’ which is based on the algorithmic process com
bining the scripting potentiality and flexibility of traditional 3D surface modeling. This technique
contributes to a method to generate the “Genetic Grid.”
In the third section, I examine this “Genetic grid” more closely throughout a proposed design
process called “Condition Linkage.” By embedding “Gene of Place” into architectural elements, I
hope to show an underlying harmonious relationship between architecture and landscape.
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eng
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2009-02-25
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0066961
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University of British Columbia
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2008-11
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Graduate
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