ABSTRACT
Generative Architecture refers to a unitized membrane system that has the ability to generate highly complex geometries capable of organizing architectural program and complex building envelopes. The resulting membrane is a powerful mechanism ruled by simple principles which produce unlimited forms. The project begins with a study of natural organisms that are self-referential and regenerative based on rules of emergent behavior. For example, three simple rules that define the ways in which individual fish interact with one another can trigger an emergent behavior at the scale of the collective school. This very strong local-global relationship between individual and cluster became the clear principle of design for the membrane system. Processes of analogical modeling, algorithmic construction, and anagrammatic sequencing inform the development of the membrane. The evolving topology of this system strongly associates with the genetic unit, which makes it a flexible yet specific mechanism for creating novelty within the architectural fabric.
