📌Before Algorithms, There Was Form-Finding Long before tools like Grasshopper, Frei Otto was already “computing” with nature. Instead of drawing forms, he discovered them using soap films and wireframes to let forces like tension and air pressure shape architecture. This experimental approach led to groundbreaking projects like the Munich Olympic Stadium and the Mannheim Multihalle icons of lightweight, material-efficient design. His work reminds us: architecture is not just what we design, but the systems and rules we set in motion. 🧪✨ 🔗 Want to explore this digitally? Learn parametric workflows like Kangaroo in Grasshopper, simulating real-time physical forces such as tension. Tap the link in bio to get started. #FreiOtto #FormFinding #TensileArchitecture #LightweightStructures #PAACADEMY #ComputationalDesign #Biomimicry

13 Acute Unequal Angles by Bernar Venet a striking sculpture composed of steel beams arranged in a complex geometric configuration. The work challenges perceptions of balance and form through its seemingly precarious and dynamic angles, embodying the artist’s exploration of abstract structures and their spatial relationships. The sculpture’s imposing presence and angularity invite viewers to engage with the tension and rhythm of its composition. #parametricarchitecture #angle #steel #sculpture #formfinding #bernarvenet #contemporaryart

2/2 The work challenges perceptions of balance and form through its seemingly precarious and dynamic angles, embodying the artist’s exploration of abstract structures and their spatial relationships. The sculpture’s imposing presence and angularity invite viewers to engage with the tension and rhythm of its composition. #parametricarchitecture #angle #steel #sculpture #formfinding #bernarvenet #contemporaryart

Customer Project | Steel Membrane Roofing of Grandstand at Xuzhou University of Technology, China © Jiangsu Jingong Space Structure Co., Ltd. bit.ly/4dQFRXl #CustomerProject #Customer #RFEM #RWIND #SteelDesign #FormFinding #Membrane

I am not big on utilizing large AI models such as "text2img," "img2img," and "vid2img" in direct architectural implementations beyond conceptualization. Yes, they are likely to replace the entire rendering process within a year or two. However, focusing solely on this aspect would essentially transform architects into rendering specialists (i mean, thats the current state anyway). Faster renderings do mean more time for ideation, but AI can expand our ability to perceive ideas and, in turn, enhance our current vocabulary—which I have many issues with, as my followers might know. One of my greatest concerns over the past year and a half is how these big models have made great leaps in photorealism, which has come at a significant cost and has impacted the "creativity" of these outputs. This is something that both confuses and troubles me. I'm constantly thinking about quality, technicality, bias, and influence. To adopt either a wholly optimistic approach or an entirely pessimistic one would be both superficial and lacking in understanding. No one knows how significantly these tools will influence what we do or in what direction. All we can do is observe, document, and critique. The City - Wicked Emergence Unconventional form-finding through non-architectural processes. soundtrack: "Come here" by Kath Bloom. #ai #architecture #formfinding #stablediffusion

Formfinding 2024 @wearelaurdesign Creating a plot with flowy meandering lines. Plotted on @gordonharrisartsupplies black A4 paper, using @uniballco white ballpoint. Plotted on @idrawpenplotter using grasshopper.

ERROR, 2023 Concrete | Steel 14 x 12 in #sculpture #design #brutalism #architecture #construction #exploration #materialsscience #materiality #formfinding #art

It's just a few planes with some noise, intersecting. It's a surprisingly simple and very fun formfinding device.

Inclined Unsymmetrical Conical Roof Supported by 3D Truss Mast Cables | Structural Analysis Model for RFEM 6 to Download dlubal.com/en-US/downloads-a… #MembraneStructures #TensileMembraneStructures #FormFinding #CuttingPattern #Dlubal #DlubalSoftware #RFEM #RSTAB #BIM

🔔 Membrane Structure with Two Columns | Structural Analysis Model for RFEM 6 to Download 👉 dlubal.com/en-US/downloads-a… #MembraneStructures #FormFinding #CuttingPatterns #Dlubal #DlubalSoftware #RFEM #RSTAB #StructuralEngineering #StructuralDesign #StructuralAnalysisSoftware #BIM

A few snippets of today’s @UWEArchBuiltEnv @UWE_GEM Design Research Symposium. Opening talk by @GeoffRich @FCBStudios on research in practice set the scene for fab student & staff projects, from formfinding mycelium to ethnographic readings of home to smocking fabric envelopes

🔔 Funnel Umbrella | Structural Analysis Model to Download for RFEM 6 👉 dlubal.com/en-US/downloads-a… #MembraneStructures #TensileMembraneStructures #FormFinding #CuttingPattern #CuttingPatterns #Dlubal #DlubalSoftware #RFEM #RSTAB #StructuralDesign #StructuralAnalysis #BIM

🔔 Membránová konstrukce podepřená oblouky | Statický model pro RFEM 6 ke stažení 👉 dlubal.com/cs/stahovani-a-in… #MembranoveKonstrukce #TextilniKonstrukce #FormFinding #Strih #StrihovyVzor #Dlubal #DlubalSoftware #RFEM #RSTAB #StatikaStaveb #StatickyVypocet #Statika #BIM

🔔 Membrane Structure | Structural Analysis Model to Download for RFEM 6 👉 dlubal.com/en-US/downloads-a… #MembraneStructures #FormFinding #CuttingPattern #Dlubal #DlubalSoftware #RFEM #RSTAB #StructuralEngineering #StructuralDesign #StructuralAnalysis #StructuralAnalysisSoftware #BIM

The usage of Stable diffusion animation in architectural form finding has a huge underrated value. Will be talking about this in more days in the upcoming days. #stablediffusion #stablediffusionart #StableDiffusion2 #AI #AIArtwork #aiartcommunity #architecture #formfinding

💡 Online Manual Form-Finding This manual describes the Form-Finding add-on for RFEM 6. 📖 More Information: dlubal.com/en-US/downloads-a… #MembraneStructures #TensileMembraneStructures #FormFinding #CuttingPattern #CuttingPatterns #Dlubal #DlubalSoftware #RFEM #RSTAB

Technical Article: Member and Surface Configurations for Stress-Strain Analysis dlubal.com/en-US/support-and… #MembraneStructures #TensileMembraneStructures #FormFinding #CuttingPattern #CuttingPatterns #Dlubal #DlubalSoftware #RFEM #RSTAB

tdfers, getting hyped to add all of their formfinding analyses into one big searchable table or post of some kind, whooping and hollering support to each other, one of them is holding a goldfish in a bowl (2012, colourised)

Parallel Session 73: A. Baghdadi, M. Heristchian & H. Kloft (@tuBraunschweig) present "Arch-Based #formfinding technique in optimum #shell #structures" from our #Conference. Read the paper by accessing our conference #proceedings. 📚 Use the link doi.org/10.15126/900337

Galactic Architecture #ConceptArt #ArchitecturalConcept #ConceptualArchitecture #Biomorphic #FormFinding #ComputationalArt #ImageSynth #MachineLearning #StableDiffusion #AI #AIart #AIArtist #AiArtCommunity #AiArtwork