Mesh Grammars: Studies for a Dome is a project by Benjamin Dillenburger & Michael Hansmeyer trying to create “highly articulated architecture using a novel method of folding”. The duo designed a series of domes by folding a surface over and over again, using a dynamic process entitled mesh grammars.
Domes have a long architectural lineage extending into prehistory, and have always long been an expression of both technical and artistic skills. Our aim is to expand this typology with a new language of form in an extreme resolution of detail that could not be achieved using traditional processes.We develop a process called mesh grammars that combines mesh refinement techniques with the logic of shape grammars. Unlike traditional shape grammars, mesh grammars do not consider isolated objects but always view objects as embedded in a network – the mesh.
Read more about the project here and see also other “grammars“.
Benjamin Dillenburger is an architect with focus on computational architecture. He currently works as researcher and lecturer at the Chair for CAAD, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
