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Great work by my students of Architecture and Performative Design

APD thesis on Flexible Formwork by Kavin Horayangkura

Some more of the final work 2013 is online on Vimeo

APD on informance

Städelschule Architeture…

gPlanks can be downloaded form here.

For a workshop at Muenster School of Architecture I put together a Python component that lays linear strips on any mesh, following the "plank path" on a a given start point and direction. This simulates the behavior of a strip of flexible but sheer resistant material like paper or plywood. 

A mechanical representation of the algorithm was 3d…