4.112 | Fall 2012 | Undergraduate

Architecture Design Fundamentals I: Nano-Machines

Projects

This page features selected student works from the studio. Documentation for each of the three projects includes a variety of precedent background, drawings, renderings, and photographs of models. Processing sketches, which develop dynamically and are interactive to mouse-overs and mouse-clicks, are also included for Project 1 as part of the students’ productions. Video demos of the sketches are provided in addition to the executable and code.

  TOPICS / PRECEDENTS PROJECT COMPONENTS
Project 1: “The Drawing Machine”
Black lines forming general outlines of rectangles and some interconnectivity on a white background.

Processing sketch with logic simulating the transformations of mesenchymal cells.

EMT Variations in Cancer

(Courtesy of MIT Student. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF)

Video Demonstration of Project 1: EMT Variations in Cancer

Processing Code (PDE)

Executable for Windows (ZIP - 1.3MB)

Executable for Mac OS X (ZIP - 1.3MB)

Executable for Linux (ZIP - 1.3MB)

Fine, short black lines that show feathering around three circular clusters on a white background.

Processing sketch with logic simulating clusters of hexagonal and branching networks.

Viral Capsid Self Assembly: Hierarchal Pair Construction

(Courtesy of Phillip Hu. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF)

Processing Code (PDE)

Executable for Windows 32-bit (ZIP - 6.3MB)

Executable for Windows 64-bit (ZIP - 6.3MB)

Executable for Mac OS X (ZIP - 6.5MB)

Executable for Linux 32-bit (ZIP - 6.3MB)

Executable for Linux 64-bit (ZIP - 6.3MB)

Network of black lines with some clustering around polygonal shapes on a white background.

Processing sketch with logic simulating the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction through drawn lines and network points.

The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction

(Courtesy of Juanita Ballesteros. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 1.0MB)

Video Demonstration of Project 1: Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction

Processing Code (PDE)

Executable for Windows (ZIP)

Executable for Mac OS X (ZIP)

Executable for Linux (ZIP)

Groups of black lines, clustered in three longer and thicker strands on a white background.

Processing sketch with logic simulating the process of chitin synthesis.

Chitin and Butterflies

(Courtesy of Lina Kara’in. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 2.9MB)

Video Demonstration of Project 1: Chitin and Butterflies

Processing Code (PDE)

Executable for Windows 32-bit (ZIP - 2.4MB)

Executable for Windows 64-bit (ZIP - 2.4MB)

Executable for Mac OS X (ZIP - 2.8MB)

Executable for Linux 32-bit (ZIP - 2.6MB)

Executable for Linux 64-bit (ZIP - 2.6MB)

Clusters of webbed white lines drawn on a black background.

Processing sketch with logic simulating how a spider web reacts to a point of stress.

Spider Web Deformation

(Courtesy of Tiandra Ray. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF)

Video Demonstration of Project 1: Spider Web Deformation

Processing Code (PDE)

Executable for Windows (ZIP - 1.3MB)

Executable for Mac OS X (ZIP - 1.4MB)

Executable for Linux (ZIP - 1.3MB)

Project 2: “The Making Machine”
Photograph of twisted tentacle-like extensions from a flat base.

Model of cell transformations as oxygen concentrations vary in the z-direction.

EMT Variations in Cancer

(Courtesy of MIT Student. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 1.4MB)
Photograph of gray stacked discs in multiple bundles.

Model of branch growth shown through cylindrical branches and nodes.

Branching Out

(Courtesy of Marianna Gonzalez. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 3.0MB)
Project 3: “The Architecture Machine”
Photograph of faceted, clear plastic around a darker core.

Final model depicting spatial relationships between labs, CO2 collection chambers, and vortex rings.

CO2 Accumulation & Conversion

(Courtesy of Anonymous Student. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 9.0MB)
Photograph of bundled, white clear tubes against a black background.

Final model of branch growth using plexiglass plates and rods.

Branching Out

(Courtesy of Marianna Gonzalez. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 7.5MB)
Drawing of vertical branches with horizontal divisions of spaces and contour lines on the branches.

Section drawing of the branched spaces with partial submersion in water.

Chitin and Butterflies

(Courtesy of Lina Kara’in. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 1.9MB)
Drawing of bulbous cells with standing and reclining figures in the spaces.

Section drawing of inhabitable spaces formed by packed volumes and their intersections.

Packing, Volume, & Density

(Courtesy of Christiana Rosales. Used with permission.)

Documentation (PDF - 41.2MB)

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Demonstration Videos
Projects with Examples
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