shatter

In this project, we explored how simple actions could create complexity with repetition and new rules added to the movement of the grammar.

 

The actions we focused on were fracture, split, rotate, and shift. We found how to design grammar could be used globally and locally to modify shapes further.

 

With the concept of fracture, we considered how to make this idea parametric controlling the number of shapes created while producing different geometries each time. Using a randomized generator, a point was mapped on the top surface of the mass. With each number, the center point is moved and therefore impacts the base pieces of the iteration.

 

After this step, the same rules were then applied to look at how the base geometries could impact the outcome. We started with local transformations, rotating each piece separately from the first initial split, and then brought the pieces back together and used global modifications.