Re_Flex Patterning

Integrating digital media with material world reveals emergent performances. Parametric modeling techniques encourage designers to study more one the envelopes of potentials instead of singular artifacts. Working with these envelopes reveal a design cycle that entails determination of relations and within this relational framework, dynamics keep design process active and variable. In the serie of workshops titled “Infections”, static and regular patterns of built environment are considered as “host bodies”. Their contextual potentials are revealed and digital technologies start the becoming of these bodies within the concept of infection. In second workshop titled “Re_Flex Patterning”, an atrium is considered as the host body. It will be studied beyond its gridal order, generating re-flex patterns as the initial step on the revealing of it’s potentials. Throughout the workshop, Grasshopper will be used as a tool of parametric modeling and digital deformation techniques, while physical form-finding will be studied on a composite material.

Re_Flex Patterning workshop is conducted at İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture between 6-8th May, 2013 by Tuğrul Yazar and Fulya Akipek, from İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture.

Revisiting Infections v1 @ YTU: Plasma

This is the third and the last project of Gridal Infection workshop conducted at YTU. Conceptual Framework is developed by Betül Dönmez (DEU). In this project, the host body is infected by high fever and pressure, changes its solid phase into plasma. The solid molecules of the existing body transforms to become plasmatic. This substance can react to various movements around it. When someone comes close to the wall, the plasma molecules start to get into motion, unify, expand, and react to push the existing body itself. This transformation of the glass brick wall to plasmatic body makes it more interactive with other bodies around it. The new plasmatic body becomes sensible to the real world and it’s environments. Parametric definition is based on this conception, extended into a geometric solution based on metaballs. After various experiments on the reactions of metaballs, a grid-based deformation is chosen. Below are the cute initial sketches of Betül, along with screen shots and photographs of the actual installation.




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