Principal Researcher: Pavel Hladik, Ing. arch. MA AA
Research Period: 2005-2010
Research Status: ongoing
Expert Advisors: Michael Hensel, Achim Menges, Michael Weinstock, Milos Florian, Filip Dubsky
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The project aims to investigate the techniques and processes that are related to a study of mathematical models of forms driven by self-organisation and emergence. The application of Lindenmayer system (Lsystem) provides the necessary rewriting and production rules for a digital growth process of a parametric component. The secondary articulation follows a phyllotactic pattern and related mathematical models of plant growth. In botany, phyllotaxis describes the arrangement of the leaves, buds, thorns and so on of the plant.

The initial shape in algorithm is replaced by the geometry according to the rule combining the linear dependence in five variables derived from the physical experiments. The examined multi-blob consists of three generations of the component in space. The population in digital space feature the variety of intersections that deserve the innovative approach for the convenient fabrication solution and further replication. The mesh of parastichies is developed for the general description of surface and the collision-based model is used for modelling the spirals. It allows for the intersections and continuity of material at the same time.

The proliferation logic and differentiation are derived from mathematical models of plants. The observation of natural patterns and behaviour of plants offers the opportunity to find solutions for the fabrication without loosing the self-organizing property. It also provides the posibility to predict and frame the behaviour of the complex design in a setting of changing conditions of the environment and hence enable to effectively model the environmentally- sensitive growth.