Encoding matter 2010 spring usc
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spring 2010 | usc | roland snooks | roland@kokkugia.com
Contents |
resources
kAgent a repository of processing based agent code
rvbScripts a repository of rhinoscripts
EM10 reading list
processing.org
kGeom processing vector library
basic kAgent code flow diagram
swarm intelligence reading
swarm intelligence links
scripting links
meshing resources
processing useful stuff
student projects
usc: Sahar, Priyanka, Kelly
usc: Nima, Sean, Hayley
usc: Craig, Joe, Alex
usc: Alice Hovsepian, Yisi Yu
usc: Chao & Shen
student initial research
usc: Sean Hohman
usc: Kelly Olson
usc: Alex Shu
usc: Joe Flynn
usc: Hayley Burns
usc: Craig Schabel
usc: Sahar Boloorchi
usc: Nima Abili
usc: Priyanka Karpe
usc: Shenyuan Guo
usc: Yisi Yu
usc: Chao Xie
syllabus
Encoding Matter will posit a behavioral design methodology, re-conceptualizing design as the organization of matter. This behavioral understanding of design will focus on the dissolution of normative hierarchies that operate within architectural organization and tectonics. A non-linear algorithmic design methodology is proposed capable of displacing existing hierarchies through the emergent operation of self-organizing systems.
The studio will develop an understanding of agency and its role in the formation of complex structures. This exploration will rethink the formation of order from the behavior and intent of the monad or agent and explore this within a framework of the brief for the design of a mixed-use tower.
The studio will explore how normative tectonic hierarchies can be dissolved and re-imagined within a systemic non-linear logic. Where it is the local interaction of the monad which gives rise to global complex order, rather than a design process operating on sequentially decreasing scales. The premise of the studio rejects modernist tectonics (including mass standardization) and contemporary parametric component assemblies (mass customization). Instead we will look for an alternative organization of matter that draws from an understanding of micro-structures such as those found in butterfly wings; where color and pattern are determined through the organization of matter as a geometrical configuration rather than through chemical attributes such as pigmentation.
methodology + techniques
The design methodologies explored in the studio will draw heavily from the field of Swarm Intelligence in developing agent based design strategies. Students will develop their own methodology which embeds intent at a local scale and enables the self-organization of intention within a system of swarm intelligence.
The studio will run in parallel to the seminar, Continuous Matter: Algorithmic Tectonics, which will deal with the development of agent based design techniques and their application at a structural/ornamental scale. While the seminar will deal with the self-organization of matter at a micro scale, the studio will focus on the affect of self-organization at a macro scale and the application of the tectonic understanding developed in the seminar to a larger architectural proposal.
