Research • Daniel Locatelli

Building Across Scales

Final full-scale demonstrator at night. The holes the slab became lamps.

Acropora Pavilion

Day rendering of the Acropora pavilion.

Bending-active Bamboo

3D model in wireframe showing bending forces on the case study, the ZCB pavilion.

Differential growth in corals

Frame sequence of the differential growth algorithm using a mesh.

Architecture + Biomimicry + Algorithm

Rendering of the Microverse installation in front of the FAU-USP.

Automatic Column Placement

Three building layouts showing the final positioning of the columns resulting from the algorithm.

Life Lamp: Connecting Design and People Through Emotion

Life Lamp concept diagram: three heartbeat values overlaying on top of a baby, an adult and an elderly silhouette. Side by side with the resulting respective 3D geometries.

Computational Design Strategies

Capa original do E-book: the mesh of a radiolaria.

High-Low as Expression of The Brazilian Digital Fabrication

Fabrication of pavilhão O3 by Paleta Stands. A blacksmith takes photos of the small scale model, while two other appear in the background.

Algorithmic Design for Traditional Bobbin Lace Methods

Daniel Locatelli presenting the paper at IASS 2017, Hamburg.