jingyang (leo) liu

fROM SUBSTANCE TO FORM

This project draws inspiration from the dynamic patterns formed by water ripples in response to disturbances such as noise and waves. Utilizing an analogical approach, wax was employed to physically capture the form of water under agitation. When melted wax is poured into ice water, it cools and solidifies, freezing the interaction between the two materials at the precise moment of infiltration. To digitally simulate this phenomenon, a noise function was applied to control a two-dimensional grid of pixels, representing the water’s surface. The pixel values were then translated into three-dimensional voxel data, and through the application of the marching cubes algorithm, volumetric objects with platonic geometries were generated under the influence of noise. This process allows for the exploration of the intersection between natural fluid dynamics and computational design, producing intricate 3D forms that echo the behavior of water under disturbance.