Growing Canopy
Date:December, 2010
Critic: Panagiotis Michalato

The initial design of the canopy was driven from the image of a group of trees casting dramatic pattern of shadow on the ground. During the design process, the overall geometry was simplified into 3 main components; the roof consisted of triangulated louvers that become the roof surface, the tilted columns that become the main structure and the branch elements that connect the roof and the columns. The roof surface is subdivided utilizing the iterative process of Sierpinski Triangle system and each subdivision triangles can be rotated to create different shading effects. The size of the subdivision triangles can be defined by setting the number of the iterative process. Furthermore, the tilt angle of the column and the location of the branch structures on the columns can be parametrically controlled. The overall form and size of the canopy is driven by a single undulating Rhino surface with multiple control points and the initial subdivision is defined with a set of random points on surface and Delaunay Triangulation system. This subdivision can be controlled by setting the number of random points and its x and y seed value.