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	<title>Digital Fabrication &#187; fractal</title>
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		<title>Fractile</title>
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		<dc:creator>Baseta Efilena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Efstathia Eleni Baseta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sahil Sharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sviatlana Matushko]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being inspired by the perpetual geometry of fractals in which similar shapes recur at progressively bigger scales, we created a flower-like pattern based on our Grasshopper definition. Shallow in the middle and gradually deeper towards the edges, our concrete tile works as a landscape, driving the water flow outwards. The number of recesses on each [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Being inspired by the </span><span lang="CA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">perpetual</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> geometry of fractals in which similar shapes recur at progressively bigger scales, we created a flower-like pattern based on our Grasshopper definition.<span id="more-1793"></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Shallow in the middle and gradually deeper towards the edges, our concrete tile works as a landscape, driving the water flow outwards. The number of recesses on each side of the tile was done according to the requirements. The aforementioned restriction helped us to make a more dynamic pattern, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">dense in some sides and sparse to othe</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">rs.</span></span></p>
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