Learning Digital Form Finding

First explorations in MaxonForm with Archicad. I began experimenting with organic shapes by folding a simple flat polygon using the soft selection live select tool.





Here I experimented with a thickness to the wall element whie attempting to making a dynamically curving form. I repeated the same element to create an archtitectural composition. Such repetitions make production simpler throughout the design/build process. If arranged with care, a sense of energry and discovery can be maintained even though the elements may be duplicates.




Flat slab polygon is folded and then duplicated into a more complex building form. Duplicating and overlapping is intriguing to me. In this instance the larg gaps in the overlap create large window openings. Fitting in window elements will be a challenge for later stage renderings and BIM drawings.














Again bending, repititon, overlap, but this time with thickness. The large scale of these forms reveal the imperfection in the thickness. I need to improve my techniques. Digital design is a quick and fun tool, but it gets heavier when expectations for consistancy begin to be placed on the design.