Strategies • Daniel Locatelli

Agent-Based Modeling

Swarm diagram.

Attractors

A triangular grid modified by a curve in S using the attractor strategy.

Catenary Arches and Shells

A shell created with interpolated catenaries (lofted).

Cellular Automata

A sequence of the same cellular automata in three frames.

Circle Packing

A topography with a valley and a mountain packed with circles on its surface.

Computational Engineering

Analysis of a bamboo structure based on the ZCB Pavilion.

Differential Growth

A sphere with a curve growing on its surface using the differential growth pattern.

Diffusion-Limited Aggregation

A diagram in three steps explaining how the algorithm works.

Dynamic Relaxation / Particle-Spring System

A reconstruction of the German Pavilion at Expo 1967 by Frei Otto.

Environmental Design

Solar radiation rose. Copyright Ladybug Tools.

Geodesic Dome

A spherical mesh created with a geodesic algorithm.

Honeycomb

Full honeycomb pattern image.

Inflatables

The polygon mesh of an inflated cube.

L-System

A tree created with a L-System algorithm.

Lattice Structures

3D model of a lattice structure with 90 degrees angle connections.

Leaf Venation / Shortest Walk

A diamond shape with a leaf venation growing on its surface.

Metaball

Two spheres united with the metaball strategy.

Minimal Surface / Soap Film

A circular minimal surface is disturbed by two small circles: the left one moving up and the right on moving down. Creating a mountain and a vale.

Network Optimization

A circular wool-thread model.

Noise

A flat pixelated image with the black and white colors modified with a noise algorithm.

Origami

A flat, squared mesh on the left, a folded cylinder-like origami on the center, and an over-folded origami on the right.

Phyllotaxis

A phyllotaxis pattern similar to a sunflower.

Reciprocal Frames / Systems

3D model of a shell with a single layer of reciprocal frames.

Skeletal Mesh / Exoskeleton / Skeleton Fattener

A skeletal mesh exposing also the mesh lines.

Stress Lines / Isostatic Line / Principal Stress / Vector Field

A network of isostatic lines.

Voronoi Diagram

A 2D Voronoi diagram.

Waffle Structure

3D model of a waffle framework pavilion.

Weaving Pattern / Knitting Pattern

Knitting pattern over the full-screen.

Zonohedral Dome / Zome

3D model in wireframe view of a zome.