lowercase for a reason by adam schwartzentruber sayjel patel.———————see something you like ? contact us! adamleeschwartz@gmail.comTumblr (3.0; @grasshopperforhumanity)http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_menuziMsY21qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/37399636597http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/37399636597Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:35:42 -0500<p>as sayjel and I are back to our masters at different schools - this blog has been pretty lacking - and I apologize to all who are following us.</p> <p>I don&#8217;t want to make empty promises, but I really would like to keep this going and updated soon.</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/32221862201http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/32221862201Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:25:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m31wspQEWv1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m31wspQEWv1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I brought a couple of things into the office to make me feel more at home :)</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/21797216225http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/21797216225Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:58:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m31wq6ResP1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>hmmm what’s this?</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/21797127147http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/21797127147Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:56:30 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0j5ch3uOZ1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0j5ch3uOZ1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>beauty is in the eye of the beholder - currently investigating the cost to tear down and re-use the lumber from this barn - the owner is just about the best possible client you could ask for - his only concern is that we take the barn down before or after the birds nest in it in the spring…   :) my kind of person </p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/18911012442http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/18911012442Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:41:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo47mLmGZ1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo47mLmGZ1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo47mLmGZ1qa4lzho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/16819199355http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/16819199355Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyo431fxBF1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>its been ages since updating gfh and thought it was time to add some old projects from the archives. this is a feature wall produced for a design show in 2010. it was produced using cnc milled polystyrene and finished with latex paint. basically we wanted to find out the limits of what was possible with the school’s CNC when used in conjunction with a parametric modelling process. (big thanks to c’ogrady for photography)</p> <p>- sayjel</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/16819122290http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/16819122290Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:54:37 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymz7uowMw1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymz7uowMw1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymz7uowMw1qa4lzho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymz7uowMw1qa4lzho4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lymz7uowMw1qa4lzho5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>experiments in paper pulp. low cost, low energy, recycled goodness.</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/16787637521http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/16787637521Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:11:53 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpxkfpEXO91qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from ages ago  - working with a friend sayjel patel - this structure is constructed of two simple components laser cut from cardboard. its remarkable lightweight to structure ratio was never calculated but it is obvious that it comes from a pure geometry. </p> <p>this project stemmed from a playful exploration of creation which when fused with an analysis by sayjel v. patel combined to create something rigid and repeatable without internal stresses. </p> <p>the goal i have for these sort of systems is to allow structure to be redefined by a user of architecture, whereas it has long been static and timeless.</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/8914505221http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/8914505221Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:23:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_le4jwe70s91qa4lzho1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/2493861734http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/2493861734Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:12:14 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc4imdljgy1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc4imdljgy1qa4lzho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lc4imdljgy1qa4lzho5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>grasshopper mosiac surface</p> <p>description coming soon</p> <p>s</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1617226428http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1617226428Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:37:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbim6wx8hw1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbim6wx8hw1qa4lzho3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbim6wx8hw1qa4lzho5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Rethinking a Section of dei Fori Imperiali</p> <p>Charette, Roma Tre, Rome Italy October 2010</p> <p>The project imagines how Urban Artefacts could be approached in the future by new forms of architecture and urban life as positions on preservation are reconsidered by society.</p> <p>The installation proposes a mesh of steel elements, rethinking the typology of the scaffold as architectural ornament. The veil will structure new circulation, frame internal spaces, and provide sporadic articulation as a screen for the Basilica. It will have an urban identity that is entirely seperate to that of the Basilica.</p> <p>Rather than stucturally anchoring into the Basilica directly, the veil is hung from a steel frame that is offset from the building.</p> <p>The images are produced to communicate what this new type of urban space could feel like. In reality, the materiality and nature of the veil will be far more open, temporal and invisible.</p> <p>s</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1505628074http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1505628074Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:47:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l85bl8GRVu1qa4lzho1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>snake wall attempt 2</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1055780289http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1055780289Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:48:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8322jaMVc1qa4lzho2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8322jaMVc1qa4lzho4_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8322jaMVc1qa4lzho5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>snake - wall</p> <p>this  experiment begins to look at non-regular panelization of a double curved surface. this is achieved first by faking recursive subdivision based on minimizing curvature of a given panel, then uses voronoi to rebuild the cells. </p> <p>this example is also my first exploration into how texture can be in introduced to a paneling algorithm along with parametric color to further explore generative patterning techniques</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1049153893http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1049153893Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:27:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7y9esTxqX1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7y9esTxqX1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7y9esTxqX1qa4lzho4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7y9esTxqX1qa4lzho7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>snake - skin </p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1035180749http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/1035180749Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:18:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4vht2pfTx1qa4lzho2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4vht2pfTx1qa4lzho3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>beautious 2</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/757134162http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/757134162Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:46:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4gqo228od1qa4lzho1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4gqo228od1qa4lzho2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>more beautious…</p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/728665106http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/728665106Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:33:00 -0400<p>beautious flowers: </p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4fdaw1b981qa0z2r.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4fdbzmvn91qa0z2r.jpg"/></p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/725835215http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/725835215Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:50:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4474vBkah1qa4lzho1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/704803958http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/704803958Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:31 -0400<p>following is a quick study involving my growing fascination with blobs (taking hints from greg lynn&#8217;s embryo-logical house of course). i create the blob surface by revolving parametrically controlled arcs about an axis for 360 degrees.</p> <p>trigonometric graphs, along with multiplication factors, are used in the deforming procedure. through this method thousands of blobs can be created which are at the same time unique and genetically related (more on this later).   </p> <p>the next step is to automate this process, as well as to investigate the use of evolutionary algorithms as a driving method to produce future blobs   </p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4428dX9Zl1qa0z2r.png"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l441qbIiZV1qa0z2r.png"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l443jsDcij1qa0z2r.png"/></p>http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/704562504http://grasshopperforhumanity.tumblr.com/post/704562504Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:14:00 -0400