Tafonic

As part of a global high school architecture competition sponsored by Autodesk, I designed the Tafonic Project, placing in the top 10 finalists, and receiving a $1,000 USD prize. My project was inspired by the porous patterns of tafonic rock forms. Utilizing a porous shape to passively ventilate heat upwards and outwards, while traditional wind catching stations could draw in cool air to naturally regulate temperature. Since the competition asked for an interesting application of 3D software, I used Grasshopper to mimic the organic patterns of pores. Starting with a cube of randomized voronoi shapes, I then randomly subtracted shapes until a single structure remained.