For my initial ideas for the final project, I decided to take two ideas I explored in the previous Grasshopper paneling exercise. First, I looked into taking a shape or module, creating a gradient in size, and overlapping the various gradients to create an effect in porosity and aperture. The second idea I looked into was taking a simple module and creating a morphed opening in order to vary the sunlighting results. I am still experimenting with creating a more fluid transition between the overlapping geometries, as well as faceting the morphed modules in order to show expressions of movement.

Grasshopper Paneling Systems

For this exercise, I was very interested in seeing how thicknesses in the module/geometry affected how the different shapes meshed together when transformed into a surface. I explored these controls using the V-Count and the size of the shape of the module in order to yield various results. As expected, the middle ground between an appropriate V-Count and module size showed the most legible and expressive results. However, I came across a "happy accident", in which I got the shape I made to overlap itself in a gradient that was applied to the surface, and I chose to explore this idea further for my final project (top row, 4th image).