greg lynn FORM
Over the past
three years the office of Greg Lynn FORM has produced projects that challenge
traditional ideas about architectural design methods. The work has integrated
the computer in its design process in an increasingly innovative manner. Used
as a tool to investigate design decisions dynamically through animations and
the moving section, and to represent the project both in 2D and 3D in Cabrini
and Cardiff, the computer then plays a part in the generation of forms in response
to programmatic exigencies in the Yokohama project. Finally, in the Port Authority
competition, the most recent project, Lynn models forces on the site, using
the advanced inverse kinematics capabilities of Alias Poweranimator. This charting
of forces on the site then inflects the design.
The office views the incorporation of state of the art hardware and software
- SGI Indigo and Indigo Extremes, running Alias, Wavefront and SoftImage (grateful
acknowledgement is made by Greg Lynn FORM to Alias and Wavefront for the donation
of their software)- as a set of tools to investigate architectural performance
within the framework of theories based on performance parameters that are only
now being theorized in architecture. Greg, as perhaps the leading voice in the
development of these theories, is informed by the work of Prigogine, Thom, Bateson,
Deleuze, Thompson, Irigaray, Kwinter, et. al..
projects | CARDIFF
BAY OPERA HOUSE | YOKOHAMA
PORT TERMINAL | PORT
AUTHORITY TRIPLE BRIDGE GATEWAY | CABRINI
GREENE URBAN DEVELOPMENT COUNTERPROPOSAL | ANIMATIONS
CGI
imaging for Cardiff, Yokohama, and Cabrini by Ed Keller, Straylight Imaging
and Design, NYC, on an SGI Indigo xs24 using SoftImage. Ed can be reached at
mantis@basilisk.com.
CGI imaging for Port Authority project by Greg Lynn on an SGI Extreme running
Alias. All Greg Lynn FORM Animations rendered by Greg Lynn using SGI/Alias,
and Microstation on a 486. Greg Lynn may be reached at glynn@echonyc.com
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