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A Minimal Making Grammar
Ongoing MS ThesisSummer 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
Pre-thesis presentation
Advisory Commitee:
Prof. Daniel Cardoso Llach, Prof. Daragh Byrne, Prof. Chris McChomb
Related publication:
Jin, S., & Cardoso Llach, D. (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
Abstract
The research explores human-machine collaboration in the design and fabrication through a custom procedural method based on a single vocabulary element for physical interlocking structures. This method, called “Minimal Making Grammar” (MMG) (Jin.S and Cardoso Llach.D, 2025), was initiated and developed by the author in the Generative Fabrication group within the Computational Design Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University in Summer ‘24.
The MMG Design and fabrication space is investigated through MMGModeler, a custom 3-D software that implements MMG rules, enabling users to design and save their own structures. This thesis mainly focuses on MMG Modeler, detailing its development process through rule deconstruction, material and node trajectory data integration, structural simulations and validation, its application in a workshop and exhibition to examine human-machine interaction.
