shape folding fractals for architecture (TED talk/processing)

[kram1032]

This architect uses folding of geometric shapes to come up with new ways to build collumns!
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/dsMCVMVTdn0&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/dsMCVMVTdn0&rel=1&fs=1&hd=1</a>
He even physically created them in the end, via laser-cutting.

[asimes]

I've been checking that out recently, it was made in Processing, and Processing's exhibition section has a link to his website: http://www.michael-hansmeyer.com/projects/project4.html

[kram1032]

awesome

[tit_toinou]

I don't agree this can be called architecture. It's design that's all. He's not creating building that have a real social utility where people are actually going to

[3dickulus]

really interesting!
@tit_toinou I agree, not architecture but architectural features perhaps, erumh, folks at FF have been doing this for quite some time now, although on a smaller scale, I think everything demonstrated in this vid can be found here on FF