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Biomechanics at level -3: Giger's Alien in Santiago's metro, and the vaults he built
Giger's Alien: El Origen runs free at level -3 of Ñuñoa station in Santiago. Read the Swiss artist as a builder, then array a ribbed vault in Grasshopper.
Throw a Thousand Rays at a Section and Watch the Daylight Argue Back
Drag the sun, watch the section light up: raycasting from Wolfenstein 3D to SN EN 17037, with a GhPython snippet that scores how much floor the sun reaches.
Metropolis at 100: Lang's stacked city is still the section every architect draws
Metropolis turns 100 as Don Davis opens its centenary in Lyon. Read Lang's stacked city as a section, and draw your project's lower city on the sheet.
Seven Lines of Plain Text Turn the Room You Draw Into an IFC Solid
Draw a rectangle, circle or L-shaped room and watch the IFC4 lines write themselves: three lines for a profile, one on the origin, four more for a solid.
The Sun Is a Zoning Rule You Can Compute: Knowles' Envelope and Zürich's Three-Hour Shadow
Ralph Knowles' solar envelope and Zürich's ABV § 30 shadow rule share one inequality. Carve the hull, test the tower, loft it in Grasshopper + Rhino.
Hang it, then flip it: the sketch that does what Gaudí did with lead sacks
A cord can only pull, so a flipped hanging net only pushes. Follow Gaudí, Frei Otto and ETH's Block Research Group, then reseed the sketch in your browser.
The Smear Frame, Built in Steel: What MSCHF's Twisted Lexus Cars Teach Every Freeform Facade
MSCHF bent two Lexus cars into a render glitch made of steel. What one-click twist and bend operators really cost in panels, seams and transport on site.
A Wall Is a List: Coding the Bond, the Overlap Rule and KCAP's Strasbourg Tower
A wall is a list: code the Eurocode 6 overlap rule, see stack bond fail and a 16 % offset lock, and follow it to the KCAP tower in Strasbourg.
A Steel Beam With a Name Can Stand Twice, From Double-T to Winterthur's K.118
From the rolled double-T to EN 10365, the section table made steel reusable. K.118 in Winterthur proves it; a sketch recomputes 129 real profiles.
One shape, no repeat — and the bill for building it
How the hat monotile quietly needs two moulds, why the chiral Spectre needs one, and the two debugging lessons behind PAZ's verified tiling sketch.
