Learn How To Create An Organic Roof Structure (Centre Pompidou Metz)

Learn how to design organic surfaces using Rhino and T-splines and learn how to generate seemingly complex patterns with ease using Grasshopper.

What you’ll learn
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In this course, we’re going to model an organic roof structure to a schematic design level and for our reference project, we’re going to use the Centre Pompidou in Metz from Shigeru Ban Architects. We’ll start by generating the pattern for the roof structure flat on the construction plane, and we’ll show you the logic behind this unusual pattern using Grasshopper 3D.
Next up, we’re going to model the roof shape, using a plugin for Rhino called T-splines. This plugin will allow us to model organic shapes more fast and accurate. When we’ve shaped the roof, we’ll use Kangaroo, a physics engine plugin for Grasshopper, to relax the roof shape to a more natural form.
Once we have the final form of the roof, we’ll jump back to our pattern we generated at the beginning of the course and project that pattern on the ceiling shape using Grasshopper again.
Finally, when we have our structural lines projected, we’ll use Grasshopper to generate the structural beams and create the interwoven pattern of the structure.

Take Aways:How to create the hexagonal grid
How to use Rhinoceros 3d to model the basic roof shape
Use Kangaroo to relax the roof shape
Use T-splines to refine the roof shape
Use Grasshopper to quickly adjust the roof structure and dimensions of structural members

Overview

Lecture 1 Introduction – Course Overview

Lecture 2 2D Pattern – Creating the Structural Pattern – part 1

Lecture 3 2D Pattern – Creating the Structural Pattern – part 2

Lecture 4 2D Pattern – Creating the Structural Pattern – part 3

Lecture 5 2D Pattern – Creating the roof flat – part 1

Lecture 6 2D Pattern – Creating the roof flat – part 2

Lecture 7 2D Pattern – Creating the roof flat – part 3

Lecture 8 3D Roof – Going from 2D to 3D

Lecture 9 3D Roof – Relaxing the Roof Shape using Kangaroo – part 1

Lecture 10 3D Roof – Relaxing the Roof Shape using Kangaroo – part 2

Lecture 11 3D Roof – Relaxing the Roof Shape using Kangaroo – part 3

Lecture 12 3D Roof – Relaxing the Roof Shape using Kangaroo – part 4

Lecture 13 3D Roof – Projecting the structural grid to the roof – part 1

Lecture 14 3D Roof – Projecting the structural grid to the roof – part 2

Lecture 15 3D Roof – Generating the Beams