design computation | YSoA | architecture 873b | simon greenwold final project | allan william martin built with Processing original conception | stage 1 Given a set of starting parameters, namely a three-dimensional model of a site, a description of the limits of the lot, and a script describing the programmatic requirements in terms of volume, type, and connectivity, the computational model would develop an additive building envelop as the result of the application of a point-mass and spring system which also incorporates elementary conceptions of gravity and magnetism. modification | stage 2 The initial criticism of the first Processing sketch made note of (1)the lack of a tectonic understanding of the form and (2)the missing control over the underlying organization of the building. recombination | stage 3 The goal of this stage was to take the two methods from Stage 2 and combine them, creating a bubble diagram with elements that define space around each bubble. structural rules | stage 4 This stage applied a set of extremely simple structural rules as the basis for the interaction between groups of elements. Spacial delimiters act in the most basic sense: they either look for support or look for something to support. processing sketches | assignments