1. FINAL PROJECT WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 -niketa shah

2. SKETCHES WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

3. DESIGN INTENT AND PARAMETERS: The assignment was designing a window screen which filters light into the room. The idea was to address this issue, by series of screens which work individually through different seasons of the year. Started off with a organic model on rhinoceros which was visually appealing and gave scope to experiment light based on simple variations. Flexibility in terms of angles and densities helped achieve the transformation. The tectonics applied to the definitions is a combination of louvers and egg – crate. The investigation led to creating interesting play of light within the room through positive and negative spaces. Greco and Ecotect were used to predict the light penetration through the screens. The project captures and exploits the critical relationships between the design intent and geometry. WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

4. 3 DIMENSIONAL MODEL WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 PLAN BUILT ON RHINO BY LOFTING CUVES

5. DESIGN DRIVERS -NUMBER OF DIVISION WITHIN THE SURFACE -ANGLE OF THE LOUVRES -MATERIAL THICKESS WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

6. STEP 1 -Create a bounding box around the object -Divide the surface by using a number slider

7. STEP 2 -Extruding the division, flat planes in z and y directions. -Intersection between the boxes WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

8. DESIGN I -Line Drawings WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

9. STEP 3 WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 -Moving the surfaces in either directions - Extracting the curves and lofting them - Toggling material thickness to the surfaces

10. STEP 3 WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 -Solid Notching

11. DESIGN I WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 -Exploring the densities within the screen

12. WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 DESIGN I -Screen applied to the window in the room -During summers this screen will bring distributed diffused light within the space.

13. WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 DESIGN I -Model

14. DESIGN II -Changing the angle of the planes to achieve appropriate lighting conditions WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

15. DESIGN II RULE BASED MODELING INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12

16. DESIGN II -Shadows on March 12 th at 12.00 o clock noon. -Shadows on March 12 th throughout the day. -During spring, there is enough light filtering through, the screen allows light to hit the floor and give indirect lighting in the room.

17. DESIGN II -Line Drawings

18. WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 DESIGN II -Model

19. DESIGN III

20. -Shadows on December 12 th at 12.00 o clock noon. -Shadows on December 12 th throughout the day. -During the winters, there isn’t light filtering through, hence the screen allows light to hit the ceiling and give ambient lighting with interesting shadows on the floor.

21. DESIGN III WINDOW SCREEN INT 659.01 rhinoceros and grasshopper spring ‘12 -Model