Hello has anyone ever attempted recreating the centre pompidou metz? weather the shape or the structure? anyone can give me some insight please? thanks!
thank you but i needed more insight on how to really create the shape!
thank i ve actually checked all the videos on youtube and found nothing on recreating the shape , all the videos show how to create the pattern , and i need to do the shape on grasshopper , im already starting to do it using kangaroo, heres the file
pompidou.gh (13.3 KB)
What units are you working with?
And what’s the purpose of this incomplete file you shared?
default millimitres, but it doesnt matter i just need the overall shape!
Size does matter.
Another one…
Rhinoceros design Shigeru Ban Works Centre Pompidou Metz - YouTube
犀牛建筑网（Rhino3d） - Rhino建筑学习平台 -
this is also rhino , and not the full shape , im trying to do it using kangeroo but it doesnt want to work , any ideas?
pompidou.gh (18.6 KB)
i dont see no pigeons xD
You also don’t see the shit until you stand right there
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That looks like a funicular vault. The actual building appears to be a minimal surface.
In the past this would have been determined by soap film on wire boundaries.
ref: Frei Otto.
There’s a Kangaroo component for this, SoapFilm. You need to anchor points at the boundaries and let the rest of the mesh relax. Generating this initial mesh from boundary curves could be done any number of ways, or you could model it in rough form with a SubD and use that mesh with naked verticies as your anchors. There are plenty of tutorials out there for this component.
The hexagonal grid is quite simple, being exactly aligned to the hexagonal boundary in plan. You’ll be able to project smooth lines for the beams if your mesh is fine-grained enough, but I imagine you’ll have “fun” controlling torsion when sweeping a profile along those lines. Getting the face normal from the mesh at regular intervals might do it?
(I am resisting the urge to actually dive into this in GH. It’d eat up my day! But hopefully those are enough pointers to steer you in the right direction)