Growth Forms

Year: 2009 Authors: George W. Hart

Core claim

Simple bud-based local rules can produce a wide variety of sculptural growth forms, including smooth manifolds and rare icosahedral structures.

Topics

procedural growth, organic sculpture, 3D fabrication, cellular forms

Domains

graph theory, topology, geometry, triangulated manifolds, generative art, sculpture, computational design, organic form

Methods

cell division simulation, bud-based local rules, spring energy relaxation, algorithmic programming

Media

software simulator, 2D graphics, 3D STL output, solid freeform fabrication

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