SNOW
FLAKE
CITIES

Snowflake Experiment

 

This parametric exercise was born out of personal curiosity - could I replicate the seemingly infinite permutations of a snowflake, and produce several unique designs ready for fabrication?

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The script explores variables including the number of legs, number of offshoots (or "prongs") from each leg, and the angle of those prongs relative to the center of the snowflake. 

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Animations were helpful for visualizing the variety of forms the snowflakes could take, and inspired me to take my experiment to a new place - What would happen if I overlaid two of these volumes on top of each other and looked at just their intersections?

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The result can look like an organically growing city, or rather jarring with jagged geometry. Either way, it looks pretty cool. 

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Click through the images at the top of this page to learn more about the parametric components.