Diploma Unit Two. Architectural Association School of Architecture

Tools for Architecture is a research unit based at the Architectural Association in London formed by a team of MArch AA Diploma students and lead by Space Popular directors Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg.

Displacement Facade

The first factor is based on geometry. This is a head of a Antarctic mite magnified 1500 times. It shares a similar quality as the bank note of looking simple but getting more complexity while zooming in. The geometry of the detail are composed by different patterns.

The facade is built out of more than 12 different geometry patterns. Each pattern has different levels of complexity as well.The method used to generate the ornament is the displacement in digital modelling. The variousity of patterns and geometry may refers to the person’s reliability, honesty, ability and so on. The facade is the appearance that reflects on processing power and the trustworthiness.

Some people with lower ratings may try to replicate the real high resolution facade with fake complex facade.