A Place to enjoy the sun, play, hide and chill
The Rooftop Playground proposes, as the name suggests, a leisure (playground) space on the given rooftop of IAAC building. This attempt is derived from the current lack of character, the needs in alternating qualities of spaces (privacy, light, etc.), as well as the need of a place where the students can relax and release their thoughts. The proposal is based on a modular system based on a grid. The articulation of the panels follows some specific constraints, in order to be generated as a minimal, continuous surface. The main structure is based on six types of modular poles and arcs that can be assembled to achieve various geometrical results. The surfaces in between stretch from pole to pole, supported by additional frames on their naked edges. The panelization system follows a finger-joint logic, remaining in the concept of modular fabrication.
pseudocode 01 : Aggregation Loop
The main goal of the loop was to generate a population rule for surfaces (as extrusions on the code) that take into account those conditions necessary, in order to be able to get a minimal surface. These include [1] evaluating and not reusing the same edge of previous iteration for extrusion, [2] elimination of those vectors that result to extrusion parallel to line (result wouldn’t be a surface), [3] keeping only those surfaces that are within the defined growth area, [4] check for corner collision that don’t share a full length edge.
Initial explorations to test panel size, density and bounding geometry type
Iterations of Composition with selected density and panel size
pseudocode 02 : Structural Arcs
For the selected Aggregation there are [69] Base Poles. [670] Vertical Generators. [30] Top Arcs. [14] Arcs with Connector to the Left. [10] Arcs with Connector to the Right, [6] Arcs with Connector to both sides.
pseudocode 03 : Deformation Forces
Fabrication Detail of one panel
