genetic housing
carlo aiello’s genetic housing project looks at the development of rules of interaction between differential mathematical systems to create genetic architecture. Different regimes of organisation are studied and translated into architectural landguage. traditional weaving methods are used to interlock different programme. lindenmayer rules are applied to develop systems of self-organisation. the interaction of both systems generates an urban housing concept, a cohesive organism that adapts itself to programmatic, climatic, contextural, economic and social conditions.
the ‘fibre works’ software, normally ised in the textile industry to create patterns and designs in fabrics, is used in this project to weave different programmes. a series of rules for interaction are developed for three programmatic categories; type of occupants, environmental conditions, and aesthetic expression.
the basic idea is to define complex objects by successively replacating parts of a simple one, using a set of rewriting rules. the resulting information from the weaving software is then translated into the scripting language of maya software as l-systems.
this rigorous process is notoriously difficult to master, but when done successfully results in an almost poetic deconstruction of immense complexity into logical automated steps. Perhaps the next step is to have some sort of designer input to engage the aesthetic results of the scheme along the way, rather than the generic angular ‘gas-works’ that naturally results.
Tags: l-system
