Realtime Physics for Space Planning

Just want to share with you guys a project I am working on at NBBJ. It is a conceptual design tool and is in the early stages of exploration in upcoming projects. See link to video (with sound)

Architecture: Realtime Physics for Space Planning
http://vimeo.com/15563685

"This is a preview of a parametric conceptual design tool for architectural practice that I have been developing at NBBJ. I wanted to develop a
system that allows designers to quickly organize and understand complex
architectural programmes in three dimensions.

It is an advancement of the traditional bubble diagram; it solves
adjacency requirements automatically and suggests planimetric and
sectional relationships. The resulting diagrams are not formal
solutions; they are simply organizational diagrams with solved
adjacencies and accurate required areas. The diagrams are raw
materials, meant to be manipulated sculpturally, or even squeezed into a
formal container.

Technical Information
The tool was created in the Grasshopper plug-in for Rhino. Custom components, written in VB.NET,
read programme data directly from Excel into Grasshopper. The tool
uses the Kangaroo engine for realtime spring dynamics simulation."

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Marc Syp on October 8, 2010 at 9:04am

Damien -

I would love to see some advanced tree management in gHowl. That would be a cool addition.

Actually, I would love to see gHowl, period. Any way for me to get my grubby little mitts on it?

Thanks,
Marc

Permalink Reply by Damien Alomar on October 8, 2010 at 9:42am

You can email us at gHowlComponents[at]gmail.com Right now the spreadsheet implementation is very limited, and it will probably be a few weeks till we can get the new version out. Just so you know ;)

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on April 24, 2012 at 4:15pm

hey Marc, great stuff. Curious if you are sharing this yet? IF not would you have any resources I you could point me towards, maybe some helping in your research?

Thanks

Permalink Reply by Mohamed Naeim on April 10, 2011 at 8:17am

Thanks Mark, Very interesting and promising

i am doing a research in this field and i was looking for information about it

Permalink Reply by Mish on April 11, 2011 at 11:26pm

That's great!

Hope to see this tool soon!)

Permalink Reply by bea franko on April 20, 2012 at 9:06am

hello,

i just found your video, so amazing! it would be great to play around with it. is there any possiblity to get this definition? im working on something like this for 2 months but get stuck...

one year ago you wrote, that you maybe publish you definition, after testing it...

it would be so great if i could have a look!!!

so if there is a way: bea.franko@googlemail.com

thank you!

kiss bea

Permalink Reply by Mr. Gudjon Thor Erlendsson on August 13, 2012 at 7:05am

Fantastic potential in this demonstration. Is there any chance you would share the definition, in full or part?

Permalink Reply by Schaeffer Somers on December 15, 2012 at 1:26pm

I saw a presentation by Jacob Simons about a rapid prototyping lab at NBBJ--were you involved? He presented some grasshopper definitions for planning complex medical facilities. I am taking some steps in this direction. If you are not planning to share the work, I'll post some follow-up questions.

Permalink Reply by Marc Syp on January 15, 2013 at 10:10am

We're not sharing the tool yet... but feel free to ask questions. There are some questions answered on the vimeo page:

http://vimeo.com/15563685

Permalink Reply by Fred Becquelin on January 15, 2013 at 3:04am

Great stuff! I had lost this video and have been looking for it for a long time! Thanks for digging thisup Really inspiring work..

Permalink Reply by Marc on January 21, 2016 at 6:58am

Hi Marc,

I've been interested in this approach to space making for a while. The time has come where I am going to try and implement a similar approach in to my current MArch Studio. Have you decided to share the tool yet? I would not know where to start and it would be a huge help!

Kind regards

Marc

Permalink Reply by snehatech on March 18, 2016 at 7:02am

Hello Marc,

Great stuff ! BUT I have a doubt ? Based on what logic these spheres are associated with each others ? I mean are they associated with each other on basis of proximity length or any specific interrelation like travel time?

Thanks