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project for Club 52 - Polyclaykunst.de - still experimenting with folding: I've made some (more or less) regular folds in one direction and some irregular small ones in the other ...
~1925 multi-bedroom beach house. The structure was slated to be dismantled and demolished mid-September 2022 to accommodate a modern climate controlled all-season structure of similar design.
Note original board-and-batten internal and external wall construction and the lack of HVAC or extensive electrical circuitry. The structure was airy - with many windows and all the inside doors were louvered to allow the summer sea breeze to pass throughout the home.
See more images of this home at flic.kr/s/aHBqjAqUNr.
(Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
Linemen prepare to pull an underground transmission cable through conduit at a transition structure.
Here's another Structure Synth / Sunflow creation. Just a basic fractal. I really like the DOF effects you can get with sunflow.
I've added several different random color schemes to Structure Synth.
The image demonstrates the use of the 'color random' operator, for different color pools:
set colorpool randomhue
set colorpool randomrgb
set colorpool greyscale
set colorpool list:orange,white,white,white,white,white,white,grey
set colorpool image:filename.PNG
These schemes are described in more details on my Syntopia blog.
This update necessitated a few changes to the underlying random number generator system: the Eisenstein Engine in Structure Synth is now powered by two independent Mersenne Twister streams. And not only does that sound sexy - it also ensures that structures made from a specific random seed can be reproduced on different platforms.
"Bridge 1"
STRUCTURES is a series of generative art pieces the explores the constructions of our world by taking photographs of man-made and natural structures and placing them into a new structure. This process semi-randomly fragments and rearranges the photographs into a grid of my design. I'll often run the images through this process several times, using various grid structures along the way.
Programs used: Lightroom, Photoshop, Processing
Structure Synth terminates the recursion if the number of objects is greater than the given threshold ('set maxobjects ...') or if the recursion depth becomes greater than the maximum depth ('set maxdepth ...'). It is also possible to set a maxdepth for an individual rule ('rule R1 maxdepth 5').
I've added two new rules for controlling the termination.
'set minsize {size}' and 'set maxsize {size}' allows you to specify how large or small a given object can be before terminating. The 'size' parameter refers to the length of the diagonal of a unit cube in the current local state. (The initial coordinate frame goes from (0,0,0) to (1,1,1) and hence has a diagonal length of sqrt(3)~1.7). It is possible to specify both a mix and a min size. The termination criteria only stops the current branch - if other branches are still within a valid range, the will be continued.
This is very useful for preventing Structure Synth from creating boxes which cannot be seen anyway or from growing without bounds.
The image shows the same structure at three different minimum size tresholds.
Example script (requires a post-version 0.9 of Structure Synth!):
set minsize 0.8 // or 0.4, or 0.2
set maxdepth 600
set background #333
{ h 30 sat 0.2 h -67 b 0.8 } spiral
rule spiral w 100 {
box2
{ y 0.4 rx 90 hue 1 s 0.995 b 0.999 } spiral
}
rule spiral w 100 {
box2
{ y 0.4 rx 90 hue -1 rz -90 s 0.995 b 0.999 } spiral
}
rule spiral w 100 {
box2
{ y 0.4 rx 90 hue 0 rz 90 s 0.995 b 0.995 } spiral
}
rule spiral w 3 {
{ rz 5 s 1 1 1 } spiral
{ ry 4 h 3 s 1 1 1 } spiral
}
rule box2 {
{ s 1 5 1 } box
}
rule box2 {
{ s 5 1 1 } box
}
rule box2 {
}
The Royal Liver Building is a Grade I listed building located in Liverpool, England. It is sited at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's waterfront. It is also part of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City.
Opened in 1911, the building is the purpose-built home of the Royal Liver Assurance group, which had been set up in the city in 1850 to provide locals with assistance related to losing a wage-earning relative. One of the first buildings in the world to be built using reinforced concrete, the Royal Liver Building stands at 90 m tall and was, until the construction of St John's Beacon in 1965, the tallest building in the city.
Today the Royal Liver Building is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the city of Liverpool and is home to two fabled Liver Birds that watch over the city and the sea. Legend has it that were these two birds to fly away, then the city would cease to exist.
A Little Bit Of History .......... In 1907 the Royal Liver Group had over 6000 employees and given the need for larger premises the company gave the go-ahead for the construction of a new head office. Designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas, the foundation stone for the building was laid on 11 May 1908 and just 3 years later on 19 July 1911, the building was officially opened by Lord Sheffield. The building became the first major structure in Britain, and one of the first buildings in the world to be constructed using reinforced concrete,[2] and given the building's radical design was considered by some to be impossible to build.
Since its completion in 1911, it has overlooked the River Mersey from its waterfront location on the Pier Head and forms one of the 'Three Graces' along with the Port of Liverpool Building and the Cunard Building. This is reflected in the building's Grade I listed building status. It stands at 90 metres (295 feet) and has 13 floors.
The building is crowned by a pair of clock towers: as a ship passed along the river, mariners could tell the time from these. The clock faces are 25 ft (7.6 m) in diameter, larger than those of London's famous landmark, Big Ben, holding the distinction of being the largest electronically driven clocks in the UK. They were originally named George clocks, because they were started at the precise time that King George V was crowned on 22 June 1911. In 1953, electronic chimes were installed to serve as a memorial to the members of the Royal Liver Friendly Society who died during the two World Wars. During hours of darkness, the clock dials are illuminated.
Atop each tower stand the mythical Liver Birds, designed by Carl Bernard Bartels. Popular legend has it that while one giant bird looks out over the city to protect its people, the other bird looks out to sea at the new sailors coming in to port. Alternatively, local legend states one Liver Bird is male, looking inland to see if the pubs are open, whilst the other is female, looking out to sea to see if there are any handsome sailors coming up the river. Yet another local legend, reflecting Liverpudlians' famous sense of humour, avers that every time a virgin walks across Pier Head, the Liver Birds flap their wings. It is also said that, if one of the birds were to fly away the city of Liverpool would cease to exist, thus adding to the mystery of the birds. As a result, both birds are chained to the domes upon which they stand.
During the early 1950s the sixth floor was occupied and used by No 3 Movements Unit (Embarkation) of the Royal Air Force, overseeing and controlling the movement of RAF personnel and goods through the port.
The building remains the head office for the Royal Liver Assurance. It is reputed to be the Gothic inspiration for both the Manhattan Municipal Building in New York and the Seven Sisters in Moscow.
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