a Zaha Hadid modeling question

I'm really interested in the Galaxy SOHO project by Zaha Hadid:

http://www.zaha-hadid.com/wp-content/files_mf/1449_sohoc_rend_0437.jpg

http://www.zaha-hadid.com/wp-content/files_mf/1449_sohoc_draw_01.jpg

and i tried to make a grasshopper definition like so

it's not so hard to make 4 individual circle towers, but when two circle towers meet and fuse into one [like biological cells], I really don't know how to connect them smoothly.

any hint?

thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Hannes Löschke on April 18, 2012 at 5:53am

I'd guess the original shells are made in T-Splines, if in Rhino at all.

Permalink Reply by Jan Kozerski on April 18, 2012 at 6:11am

i think you can try simly draw smoothly connections by curves,loft etc. in rhino :D, nice way is also metaball, splines beetween elipsses (towers), i think the is no main parametric definition for "zaha forms", first sketh of design,idea and using digital tools for help and changes.

Try metaballs and squize them > galaxy soho

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/metaball-2?xg_source=activity

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/metaball-question

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