BIO

ELIF ERDINE is an architect and researcher.

Currently, she is a PhD Candidate at the Architectural Association (PhD in Design, Advisor: Patrik Schumacher).

She received her Master of Arch. & Urbanism degree from Architectural Association (2004-2006, Project Distinction). She received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Istanbul Technical University (2003, top 3rd).

Since 2006, she has been working for Zaha Hadid Architects in London.

She is the co-founder of YME, a design research collaborative of young architects.

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Archive for March, 2008

GC Rib Structure

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A recent rib structure study developed in GC.

The depth of the ribs is controlled by a variable which is calculated in relation Dot.Product function. Dot Product: In mathematics, the dot product, also known as the scalar product, is an operation which takes two vectors over the real numbers R and returns a real-valued scalar quantity. It is the standard inner product of the Euclidean space.In Euclidean geometry, the dot product, length, and angle are related: For a vector a, a•a is the square of its length, and, more generally, if b is another vector, a * b = |a| *|b| *cos(?) where|a| and |b| denote the length (magnitude) of a and b , and ? is the angle between them. Since |a|cos(?) is the scalar projection of a onto b, the dot product can be understood geometrically as the product of the length of this projection and the length of b.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_product )

The variable created in this example takes the Arccosine of the Dot Product for 2 vectors, which are the Z direction of the base coordinate system and the Z direction of the coordinate system created on the surface. Since the result will be an angle between 0 and 180, the Arccosine of the Dot Product is divided to 180, thus producing a variable between 0 and 1.

 

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Posted: March 15th, 2008 under Parametric Design.
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AADRL.TEN Book Special Edition Book Case: morpho.X

 

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YME has been commissioned by the Architectural Association to design and manufacture a special edition book case for “DRL TEN: A DESIGN RESEARCH COMPENDIUM”. The book is a critique of the 10 years of DRL, including thesis projects, articles by the tutors, etc.

X: 1. (Roman numerals) The number 10.    

2. a letter in the Latin alphabet.

3. an unknown variable in algebra. (from wikipedia.com and wiktionary.org)

The concept of morpho.X is derived from the trajectories that X would travel in time through an unknown landscape. As X makes its journey in this unknown landscape, it creates multiple trajectories and fuses with the landscape, adapting its morphology to the changing topography. X becomes the landscape, or the landscape becomes X; the result is a Moire pattern.

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 The book and the special edition slipcase, morpho.X, were launched on the 13th of March at the AA.

Posted: March 15th, 2008 under News.
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Smart Geometry 2008

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I’ve attended the Smart Geometry 2008 Workshop and Conference, which was held on February 27th- March 5th, in Munich.

The workshop structure was comprised of 5 different categories, namely Environment, Fabrication, Form, Computation, and Architecture.  I was part of the Computation group, looking into ways of scripting and manipulating mathematically defined forms in GC.  My goal was to develop YME’s proposal for the AADRL.TEN Pavilion, basically defining the underlying geometry, the mobius-klein nonmanifold, in a parametric manner inside GC and then populating this geometry with components of varying depths and openings. In GC script, it is possible to describe any geometry with an explicit formula. Thus, by defining the x, y, z parameters of the surface and inserting variables for its sub-domains in GC script, it was possible to visualize any part of the surface by changing the sub-domain variables. Afterwards, four types of simple components with different depths and openings were assigned to the UV coordinates to populate the 4 sub-domains of the mobius-klein nonmanifold.  

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Mobius-Klein nonmanifold scripted in GC.

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Sub-domain of the surface visualized by changing variables.

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Sub-domain populated with one type of component.

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My next intention for the future is to map coordinates of differing densities on the surface, since UV coordinates are sometimes not enough to emphasize the topological transformations in surfaces. Mapping denser coordinates on areas of the surface with more curvature and less coordinates in areas with less curvature would both enhance the visual effect and also be more beneficial for manufacturing purposes.

Posted: March 11th, 2008 under News, Parametric Design.
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“Digital Concrete” Dossier published in Betonart, Winter 2008 issue

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Elif Erdine and Ceyhun Baskin have been the guest editors of Betonart for its Winter 2008 issue, investigating the impact of concrete and digital technologies upon one another under the theme “Digital Concrete”. Their article “Towards a Paperless Architecture” have been published alongside with articles from Christos Passas (ZHA), Charles Walker (ZHA), Andrew Murray (AKT), and Wolfgang Rieder (Rieder FiberC).

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Posted: March 11th, 2008 under Architecture, News, Parametric Design.
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