Painterly Formation explores the emergent spatial & ornamental qualities that start to occurwhen algorithmic, procedural and manual modelling processes are iteratively sequenced in thedesign process. This research involves the development of novel algorithmic workflows thatfacilitate geometry generation whilst removing the friction of inter-software interactions.

A core research objective of Painterly formation is to develop a series of process that balance aratio of shared iterative methodologies. This is an attempt to not overly influence the formalcharacteristics of the design but instead give rise to the emergence of multi-scalar qualities. Theinherent qualities of interest shift from ornamental, tectonic and spatial conditions withoutdefaulting to an explicit fractal aesthetic. Typically, the algorithmic processes operate iterativelywith direct intervention from the designer during the formation. Initially the intervention wouldoccur in sequence whereby the output of a multi-agent system was manually re-modelled. Thispresented a number of procedural issues as to the consistency of the feedback mechanismbetween the designer and algorithm.