Anthurium Andreanum - Moodboard

After further analyzing the flower we have found the following characteristics, along with the ones mentioned before:

- Palmate veined. Veins diverge from near the leaf base where the stem and spadix are, and radiate towards the edge of the apex of the leaf.
- On the face of the spathe the veins project outwardly while the “skin” sinks inward. Hence the corrugated appearance.
- The direction of the veins influence the leaf’s plication.
- Colors: Yellow(spadix), red(mature spathe), green(during maturing process of spadix and spathe), purple(during maturing process of spathe)
- Mature leaves are a strong, solid and vibrant red, while in the maturing process the leaves have a combination of a deep purple, green and red color.
- Main color, red which means: attention, attraction, standing out.
- The veins are the vascular tissue (conducting tissue) of the leaf. They are examples of pattern formation through ramification, that pattern is called venation. Our main concept.
- Venation subtype: craspedodromous, veins stretch up to the margin of the leaf.
- Leaf morphology: heteroblasty, characteristic in which a plant displays different shapes and/or colored leaves while young and older.
- Spathe creates a spiral section around spadix.

From these findings we have developed certain initial ideas of what kind of spaces and or atmospheres we would like to accomplish within this courses project. The three image columns above, architecture, ambience and nature, illustrate some of those ideas. Be it the spatial bounding structure, the density of said structure for the light ambiance inside, the levels within the project, the colors and such. Along with these ideas we looked at other natural examples of venation such as the roots of a tree for further inspiration.

To further understand the topological modeling program Topmod, we have developed a series of models with the purpose of understanding and grasping the newly learned commands and also experimenting with these models to find their pros and cons making an initial selection, or set of, for further analysis and design.

Through this model testing we found, as with all testing, positive and negative results. The positive results were considered as such because they had further potential for spatial, structural and or surface use. The ones that were considered negative where considered so because we felt they were “dead ends” or contained geometry errors which would not be useful for further analysis.

The two models selected where one created through the multi-face command which created a set of interior tunnels, and the other through poche which created an interesting corrugated surface. These where selected because not only did we see further design possibilities in them, but we saw architectural interpretations of the parameters of our Anthurium Andreanum within them. For example, the tunnels could be seen as the veins that run through the project and the corrugated surface as an interpretation of our leaf’s corrugation.