Digital Representation - Complex Geometry

This week I want to share how people are portraying Complex Geometry online:

This girl is a hero-  She's posted graphics, animations, and grasshopper solutions to recreating basic and complex equations and case studies.
Dynamic Knowledge Repository for Parametric Design (Divide_Shift-List_Morph Curves_Twisting_Random...) 

These equations, like a graphic calculator, are able to show a range of images based on a modified value of "x" . Animations and flow charts (which happen to be just how the program looks) are a great way of explaining what's going on here mathematically. Her hard work and research is compiled on a tumblr (she also has a blogspot Algorithmic Design in Architecture ) that seems to go on forever.  This is something that I think is manageable and does not require a lot of webdesign expertise and allows the author to focus on content creation as opposed to making a polished site to convey information.  This body of work benefits from holding nothing back and putting all the cards on the table at once. 

ZA Architects has a presentation method that's a little more story-like.
smart masonry

They rank the images based on breadth of information presented.  The overall information is taught first, then honed in on as the user scrolls down.  This is a great way to get an uninformed audience to understand more specific information. They use an ikea style iso to set the tone and explain the process.

High quality videos are definitely an option.
Michael Hansmeyer - Computational Architecture: DIgital Grotesque

 Hansmeyer's website has gone through a variety of iterations, this current one I think is amazing for documenting is work.  CNC Milling is a surprisingly labor intensive process.  At large scales, it is very much a combination of digital and traditional fabrication techniques.  The best way to explain this is through documenting time and process as well as initial design.  It is very much a labor of love to take these ideas from a virtual realm into the built environment.

Finally, I've been working on a way to get 3d Information to be represented in a browser with -no plugins-
Spr 13 Airport — Sarah Bonser

3js, camera controller, and collada viewer were very easy to customize once the pieces of the puzzle were put in place.   I think it's critically important to use mediums to their fullest potential-- websites should be interactive and have high quality graphics.  The ability to rotate a model gives a huge amount of data to an unfamiliar audience.  This could be used for sharing information about details or help with circulation or wayfinding for hospitals on mobile, desktop, and tablet devices.  Nothing to download, just grab and go. I am very excited for what this means for digital representation and looking forward to throwing some point clouds in here as well.

If you'd like to talk about some of the acrobatics this one required, I'm happy to share.