http://elif-erdine.com Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:24:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This winter the AA will hold its first annual Beijing Global School at the Digital College of CrystalCG in collaboration with the parametric Studio of Tsinghua Architectural Design & Research Institute. I will be a part of this event as a tutor. The studio-based course is open to anyone interested in ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=383 As part of my work for Zaha Hadid Architects, I have designed the installation for the ZHA retrospective exhibition and the Table of Architecture, both of which have been unveiled during the 2009 Barbara Cappochin International Architecture Biennial. The exhibition takes place at The Salone of Palazzo della Ragione (constructed ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=364 I am glad to announce that I will be a PhD Candidate Student at the Architectural Association starting in September 2009. As part of PhD in Architectural Design Program (which is an option for qualified architects with experience in design research and an interest in relating theory to design practice), the ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=353 I have been invited by Nous Gallery (Melissa Woolford) to participate in Beyond Media 2009, the 9th Edition of the International Festival for Architecture and Media, that takes place in Florence, Italy during 9-17 July 2009. I will be presenting a 3-minute video showcasing my work on www.elif-erdine.com, as part of ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=348 Developed from ‘Costa’ minimal surfaces, this design incorporates sitting, lighting and storage into an elegant unit suitable for waiting lounges. Sleeves for magazines and newspapers are incorporated into the pads while a lighting fixture, placed in the central part of the structure, adds a glowing ambiance to the design. The ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=337 Bracelet design generated through Rhino Scripting. First of all, the Pickover Strange Attractor is scripted. For more information on Pickover Attractors, you can check http://www.chaoscope.org/ . Then, each point in the Pickover Attractor point cloud is evaluated. The nearest 7 points to each point is found and connected to the ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=317 Gumowski-Mira attractors were developed at the CERN research centre in 1980 by I. Gumowski and C. Mira while aiming to calculate the trajectories of sub-atomic particles. They create organic patterns resembling natural/marine forms. Option Explicit 'Script written by Elif Erdine Call GumowskiMira() Sub GumowskiMira() Dim i Dim x() Dim y() Dim pt() Dim ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=283 Rossler attractor behaves similarly to Lorenz attractor. It's formed by 3 non-linear ordinary differential equations. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossler_map )     Call Rossler() Sub Rossler()             Dim x, y, z             Dim maxpoints             maxpoints = 8000             Dim h             h = 0.025             Dim p(2)             Dim ptnew()             Dim i             Do While (i<maxpoints)                         p(0) = p(0) + h* dx(p(0), p(1), ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=274 I've recently started using Rhino Scripting as a design tool in my research. I will be documenting here my learning process through the .rvb scripts. This study shows the Curlicue Fractal, which generates quite intricate patterns. (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CurlicueFractal.html)   Call Curlicue() Sub Curlicue()             Dim f             Dim i             Dim j             Dim pi             pi = Rhino.Pi             Dim ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=268 The House of Arts and Architecture Association CASARTARC settled in Settimo Torinese, Turin, is developing a project called ‘Advanced Architecture Settimo Tokyo’ (AAST), a group of Generative Architecture events: workshops, a two days conference and an exhibition with venues in Settimo & Tokyo and possibly Cagliari & London. The events of ... http://elif-erdine.com/?p=256