#forms generated by code

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Title: P&A Lab

Category: #generativesystems #emergentbehaviour #formsgeneratedbycode #agent based model

Author: P&A Lab

Year: 2012

Url: http://pandalabccc.blogspot.com.es/

Description: Programming and Architecture Lab

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Title: From Code to Atoms

Category: #digitalfabrication #generativesystems #formsgeneratedbycode

Author: Marius Watz

Year: 2012

Url: http://www.imal.org/activity/generatorx3

Description: Participants will explore how software processes can be combined with digital fabrication to produce physical objects that are the result of dynamic software systems. They will look at how generative systems can be used to create objects according to a programmed logic, allowing for great complexity and a semi-automated model of creativity.  Digital fabrication drastically changes manufacturing by democratizing access to industrial tools as well as changing the way objects are produced, opening the door for the on-demand creation of bespoke objects. Combined with the “craft” of code it becomes possible to directly connect parametric software processes to an instant manufacturing workflow, turning bits into atoms and introducing a paradigm that is radically different from traditional 3D modeling.  Generative systems shift the focus from static models towards a computational logic – what Bruce Sterling calls processuality. Here objects are understood as mere instances of a family of forms, produced by a specific interaction of parameters. Such forms may be data-driven or created through interactive means, adapting to conditions coded into the system. The artist becomes a “gardener” of possible forms, harvesting desirable results in an iterative process of coding and prototyping.