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Christian R Pongratz
Office: 705 C
Email: Christian.Pongratz@ttu.edu
Studio location: 511
Phone: 806-742-3169-226
Course time: m,w,f>1-4.30 P.M.

GREEN curtains/ Crafting Parametric Surfaces

GREENcurtains is a Design Studio that will explore the potentials of the parametric design paradigm with specific regards to the digital crafting of the additive joining of geometric units which form a unified load bearing facade structure, in particular façade screens, geared towards exploiting form with (adequate methodologies of material removal) latest numerical controlled manufacturing technology.
Our rationale is that successfully advancing strategies in architectural and engineering design for the assembly of units joined by particular surface geometry will provide new opportunities for necessary processes of joinery systems and potential novel applications for form generation.

The studio will participate in the DDF SP 2012 parametric design workshop and engage visual programming methods as base skills and start to develop geometric species for the further development in the course of the semester.
Students are further encouraged to travel to Italy for fabrication lab visits to follow up on prototyping in scale 1x1 and Germany to exchange with students and faculty from the University of Braunschweig for discussions of the designed geometries.
The project of the studio is to develop the digital design for wall screens in form of virtual prototypes. the outcome will be tested in form of 3d prototyping with the ddf lab facilities, 3d printing, cnc routing etc..

individual steps of the design process:

Goal 1: Identify critical two dimensional geometry patterns, which determine the genetic pool from which to generate designs. We will build upon and enlarge our existing decision catalogue, in order to determine and classify the characteristics of ideal rule based patterns.

Goal 2: Identify optimal design strategies for the multiplication of three dimensional pattern tiles. Our working hypothesis, based upon preliminary data, is that selected rule based two dimensional patterns and their tiling strategies, transform successfully into three-dimensional solid geometry.

Goal 3: Establish algorithmic processes for design variation and optimization to determine successful three dimensional tile joining methodologies. Computational scripting techniques incorporating design, engineering and material parameters condition the performance during the generation of self similar variations.

Goal 4: Implement virtual and physical three dimensional solid fabrication and assembly simulation processes. A virtual and physical prototyping phase permits the evaluation of designs, facilitates early detection of shape problems and simulates the fabrication process and assembly with 3D solid free form fabrication methodologies.

individual knowledge of Rhinoceros, Grasshopper and/or Python is necessary but not mandatory for the development of the project.
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