my design work in and out of architecture school.luis@legildesign.com

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Grasshopper Basics
Grasshopper Basics

I put together these files a while back for a Grasshopper workshop I gave while I was working at WE Architecture in Copenhagen. While these files are not so much tutorials, they present the very basic knowledge that is necessary to be able to really get off the ground when using Grasshopper. There are three […]

Living Market
Living Market

Located very close to the busiest metro station in Denmark, Israel Plads can be seen asa central location various regions of København such as Nørrebro and the historical citycenter. This location makes for a natural gathering space for the inhabitants of the city andgreat social attractor, especially given its close proximity to Nørreport station. Until […]

Happy 2011
Happy 2011

Yaay! It’s almost 2011! I’m posting this and I’m realizing that I haven’t updated this website in quite a while! My post of the 2010 poster is only a few posts back and that was a year ago! My 2011 resolution? Update the site more frequently. There are a lot of projects missing on this […]

Hexagonal Weaving in Grasshopper
Hexagonal Weaving in Grasshopper

This Grasshopper definition was inspired by the structure for the new Pompidou-Metz Center by Shigeru Ban. The structure is said to be inspired by hexagonal weaving pattern found in traditional Chinese hats. This is a very common weaving pattern also found in things such as chairs. For a large scale structure, however, it is impractical […]

Weaving in Grasshopper
Weaving in Grasshopper

This is an update to the weaving Rhinoscript I posted a while back. I decided to play with it and try it out in Grasshopper a while back when I was learning Grasshopper. This is the result and it works a lot better and smoother than the RhinoScript version ever did. Feel free to download […]

Nansensgade Furniture Showroom
Nansensgade Furniture Showroom

A semi-automated furniture showroom/boutique in Copenhagen.

Studenterhuset Design Competition
Studenterhuset Design Competition

A dynamic, covered outdoor space in a tiny courtyard in Copenhagen.

Processing Mosaic
Processing Mosaic

Photo mosaics in Processing.

Parametric Stairs in Grasshopper
Parametric Stairs in Grasshopper

A useful tool to dynamically create and edit staircases via Grasshopper.

Portraits of Friends
Portraits of Friends

I made these a little while back as birthday presents for some friends. One really likes rainbows and one is my favorite sci-fi nerd. It was good to sit down and draw again for the first time in a long time.

Sankt Jørgens Sø Bath House
Sankt Jørgens Sø Bath House

A bath house proposal on Sankt Jørgens Sø in København.

Danish Co-Housing
Danish Co-Housing

A Danish cohousing proposal. My first design project in Copenhagen.

Happy New Year
Happy New Year

A greeting to ring in the new year.

Arch 303, Final Project
Arch 303, Final Project

A proposal for an new elementary school in

Weaving Rhinoscript
Weaving Rhinoscript

A weaving experiment using Rhinoscript.

Arch 302, Charrette One
Arch 302, Charrette One

A case study on the Kanchanjunga Apartments in India by Charles Correa.

Arch 301, Final Project
Arch 301, Final Project

My Arch 301 project at Cal Poly Pomona.

Arch 301, Charrette One
Arch 301, Charrette One

A case study of Albert Frey’s second house in Palm Springs, CA.

Random Tessellation
Random Tessellation

A script developed for the irregular tessellation of a randomly generated “tile”.

Random Sketches
Random Sketches

A few sketches from an old sketchbook.

First Generation Table
First Generation Table

The first successful table is DONE! Have a look.

Particle Text
Particle Text

This script creates the text from a number of swarming particles. It is what I used to make my old site logo.

Delaunay Import from Qhull to Rhino
Delaunay Import from Qhull to Rhino

Translates delaunay triangulation information from Qhull to geometry in Rhino.

Convex Hull Import from Qhull to Rhino
Convex Hull Import from Qhull to Rhino

A tool for importing convex hull information from QHull into Rhino.