Computational and Algorithmic Design Tools are broadly used in architecture. Many of these Architectural Applications can also be applied in Jewelry and Homeware Designs. We have highlighted a few of our designs that we have designed with certain architectural applications to share with the public and the design community.

PIXLS Ring
Curvilinear Form or Organic Form in architecture are often optimized and panelized in Developable Surface for cost consideration as well as for pragmatic reasons for fabrication. One of the pioneers with this technique/application was Coop Himmelb(l)au such as the House of Bread II project in Asten, Austria. This architectural application can also be applied in jewelry design such as the PIXLS Ring to create the Pixelated Affect/Aesthetics. The original shape of the ring that was modeled and designed in Rhino was panelized with GH Scripting in Developable Surface so that the ring is made up of pixels of flat surfaces following the curvilinear form of the ring. This digital model or pixelated ring can then be 3D printed in metal or other materials desired. In this case the technique/application was applied not so much for cost and pragmatic considerations but more on the aesthetics and affect we tried to achieve.

Mug
Gradient is often applied in Building Facade Fenestration in regards to the size of the openings to create a nonmontonous window pattern. An example can be seen in the recently opened Nanjing International Youth Centre in Nanjing, China, by Zaha Hadid Architects. This technique/application was also used in our Mug design to create ornamentation in a gradient pattern. A GH Script was used to create three-dimensional tactile dots in gradient pattern following a partial surface of the original shape of the mug modeled/designed in Rhino. In this design, the gradient pattern was created purely for visual/aesthetic affect but not so much of relating to a functional aspect as the size of window openings. The architectural application was applied purely as part of the ornamentation process for the mug.

Nest Vase
Algorithmic Design in architecture came into prominence and was best represented by the Bird's Nest Stadium by Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron in Beijing, China. The Nest was created through algorithmic scripting in part of form finding for the stadium. This technique/application was applied in our Nest Vase design as well. A GH Algorithm was applied on the original shape of the vase to create a nest that became the vase itself following the original shape of the vase. Selected strands of the nest were given a different colour to highlight the nest nature of the vase and to create intertwining/swirling pattern on the vase. The digital model of the vase at the end of the process can then be 3D Printed in Multi-Colour+ Vero or other desired materials. This application in architecture was applied in Homeware Design as more of a form making process but not so much as form finding process in this instance.

INTLG Ring
Populating a building form with Morphing Custom 3D Metal Panels as Sun-shading and Environmental Device was often used in architecture. One of the examples that best illustrates this technique/application was the Esplanade by DP Architects and Michael Wilford & Partners in Singapore. In the INTLG Ring design process, a pair of custom designed 3D panels were populated onto the original shape of the ring with Paneling Tools Plug-in for Rhino. These individual Custom 3D Panels morphs in the original shape of the ring so that the body of the ring itself is a skeleton of repeating morphing unit of parts. This ring was then 3D printed in Rhodium Plated Brass and 18k Gold Plated Brass in different ring sizes. This architectural application was applied in Jewelry Design purely on the tectonics of form making but not so much on performance aspect of a building as applied in architecture.

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