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Erin Bell and Yuriy M: Leaf Enclosure
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Create a canopy and a logo for the green movement. The leaf will change seamlessly in response to circumstantial parameters.
Description of design drivers / goals
- Goal 1 - Create a symbol for the green movement
- Goal 2 - Adjust to wind, sunlight, occupancy, and site dimensions
- Goal 3 - Create infrastructure to support water collection and photovoltaics.
Logic Diagram
CAD models
Parametric variations: Images
Lessons learned
- When using PowerCopy, save parameters
- Avoid similar names
- Balance sensitivity for parameters affected by more than one condition
- Avoid lofting over dramatic curves
Discussion
The rendering is fantastic. If you want to push it further with the next round, adding people to the model will give it a sense of scale and realism. And hard shadows will help suggest that it's an outdoor thing on a sunny day (the East part of the city).