Generative minimal making system for 3-D structures

Master’s thesis

Summer 24 - Spring 25

Developed from the Fall ‘24 independent study with Prof. Daniel Cardoso Llach
@Generative Fabrication Lab, Carnegie Mellon University


Implementation tool: GH Python, Rhinoscript Python, Web GL
Source code

Advisory Commitee:
Prof. Daniel Cardoso Llach, Prof. Daragh Byrne, Prof. Chris McChomb


Related publication:
Sohyun Jin and Daniel Cardoso Llach (2025). “Design, material, and structural aspects of friction-based spatial structures: the case of a “minimal making grammar” IASS 2025.
Sohyun Jin and Daniel Cardoso Llach (2025). “A Minimal Making Grammar for 3D structures”. CAADRIA 2025

Alwin Cassens, Jr. Memorial Fund, School of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University
Frank-Ratchye Further Fund, Carnegie Mellon University