Programmatic Constraints

The Seattle Central Library identified programmatic clusters: five of stability and four of instability. Each platform is a programmatic cluster that is architecturally defined and equipped for maximum, dedicated performance. The spaces in between the platforms function as trading floors where librarians inform and stimulate, where the interface between the different platforms is organized spaces for work, interaction, and play.

We started look at diagram and focused on exploring methods for engaging data into grasshopper and using it to create geometry output. Based on the Excel spreadsheet, we used Lunchbox "Excel reader" component to calculate dimensions. We found variables width, number of floors, and floor to floor height of each space from the excel spreadsheet to make five stacked boxes. We took the data to define the height of each block using a MassAddition component and Vector components, and a Replace component and Random components were used to remove boxes to manipulate the volumes.

I think, Lunch box plug-in is very useful. This plug-in includes components for parametric geometry, paneling, structure, utilities, and workflow. One of great things using Lunch box in grasshopper, it helps us simple to work comparative to conventional grasshopper when modeling and creating programmatic placement.