Height Field

I've been experimenting with the generation of "height fields" in Rhino. This is not merely 3d extrusion of plan data, it is the creation of 3d envelopes according to instruction sets given in the form of floorplans. The gray tones in the plan drawings show the programmatic organizations within spaces (this diagram shows the 5 classrooms and the music/arts room). Each layer of program receives a grayscale value of "10" (out of 100) and the overlapping program conditions result in deeper gray tones (x+10). The more program that takes place in a given area, the loftier a space could become. This is of course a generalization at this point. The result is not a plan extrusion, it is the creation of a 3d envelope based on a floor plan impregnated with program-specific information that requires an architectural response.