High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
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Architecture and parametric design: A prototype for a kiosk
L. Mateus & F. Roseta
CIAUD, Faculty of Architecture Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
F. Vaz-Monteiro
Roseta Vaz Monteiro Arquitectos, Lisbon, Portugal
ABSTRACT: This paper describes the application of the visual programming interface Grasshopper, which
runs in Rhinoceros software, in the architectural design of a prototype for a kiosk. The concepts supporting the
architectural approach encountered four problems which required innovative design tools: 1) the kiosk was to be
built in renewable materials, mostly cork; 2) the kiosk was to be repeated in different locations, ...