After my final model from last summer was somehow misplaced in the trash, then the compactor where it was crushed into a little cube before being placed in a trash barge a mere 36 hours before the final review, five months later the lazy days of winter break seemed like a good time to rebuild. One of the benefits of digital fabrication is you just have to re-lasercut all the files, though there is a certain level of zen like calm in folding and gluing 300 panels. The modular panels and truss were created in grasshopper, then scripted in rhino to unroll onto sheets.

12 Responses to “we can rebuild you”

1. john locke » Blog Archive » summer studio Says:
   March 20th, 2009 at 6:18 am

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2. yahia mito Says:
   March 18th, 2011 at 10:55 am

   nice work , really 🙂

   can i see your grasshopper definition used ??

3. Iain Blampied Says:
   April 3rd, 2011 at 10:39 pm

   Hi, I really like your work this project is really interesting, I’m currently trying to get my head around grasshopper, is there any chance you could share your grasshopper file?

   cheers

   Iain

4. John Locke Says:
   April 5th, 2011 at 8:01 pm

   Hi Yahia, Iain,
   So, here’s the thing about that, back when I made this grasshopper was in version .5xxxx and was called explicit history, not “grasshopper,” and the files were in .wrm format not the .ghx format. That’s a long way of saying that I can’t open the definition anymore because the file format is no longer supported. If you have an old version of grasshopper laying around you can try and open the file. Here’s the file:

   http://gracefulspoon.com/downloads/Star_Surface_FINAL.rar

   If you want to start a definition going I can take a look at it and we could probably re-create the definition. -J

5. Iain Blampied Says:
   April 6th, 2011 at 5:37 am

   Thanks so much for that John,

   I managed to find a copy of grasshopper 0.59 and have the file working, I can send you a ghx if want a copy? The definition is pretty self explanatory, and very clever.

   Thanks again

   Iain

6. John Locke Says:
   April 6th, 2011 at 7:08 pm

   Iain, that’s awesome, glad it worked. Yes, definitely send me a copy if you get a chance and i’ll post a link. -J

7. Alexandra Says:
   May 11th, 2011 at 2:49 pm

   Hello , JOHN LOCKE, i’m a student at the Tehnical Universtity on Faculty of Arhitecture,i saw your project with this amazing stars.Today i’m working on my diploma project, and would like to use your “stars” like a surface on my sport-complex,would you be so kind to send me the file with ” stars” in ghx. format,?!

   Best regards,
   Alexandra.

8. JR Says:
   July 13th, 2011 at 11:10 pm

   Hi John, nice work, I was wondering, when you made the model, how did you made the structure? Do you have more pictures of the model and the structure? thanks

9. Am Says:
   November 11th, 2011 at 12:19 am

   John,

   Thank you for posting your great work. I am curious since I can’t open WRM file you posted, How are you able to achieve the gradient openings for the ‘stars.’ Did you utilize attractors?

   Regards,

   Ayaz

10. Karen Shueh Says:
    November 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Hello,
    Nice work. I was wondering if you have the grasshopper script for the unroll that you used in this project? Currently I have a project with a panelized surface and I am looking for ways to unroll them more efficiently than doing it one by one manually.
    Thanks

11. Irene Says:
    December 16th, 2013 at 3:54 am

    Hey there!!! Awesome work John!!! Not only this, but everything you do 😉

    Could you please upload the definition in .ghx format that Alexandra sent you?
    It would be great, since I’m working in something similar… I’m using the same ‘star’ component for my surface 😉

    Thank you,
    Irene

12. Irene Says:
    December 16th, 2013 at 4:35 am

    mistake.. Iain sent you the file, not Alexandra… sorry!!!

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