<p>The paper explains the process used in a research project whose objective was the reconstruction of the hyperbolic-parabolic surfaces of a selection of non-built projects designed by Félix Candela.</p><p>The workflow was based on an automation process. After setting up the variables and define a procedural design, it has been possible to obtain the variation of the projects designed by Candela.</p><p>The virtual reconstruction was done using models parameterized with Grasshopper and experimentally with Houdini FX.</p><p>The results are valid not only for their scientific debate but also can have an educational role in the fields of geometry and architectural communication.</p>
What we call visible is (…) the surface of a depth, a cross section upon a massive being. — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
If, as stated by the French philosopher Guillaume Blanc [2], the visible is sewn to the invisible, while reading the projects developed by students, we should be able to read traces of the hidden, the structure which made them possible. We will therefore focus on HOUSE 1, an experimental collaborative project designed and built by 227 first-year architecture students by the end of the spring semester 2016 in the XXX university campus.
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