A Workshop prepared by dr Mirjana Devetakovic (Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade), realised on 4th of September, 2012 in Rijeka, Croatia, within the GEFFA Summer School. An explorative tool (applet available online ) has been exclusively developed with aim to help understanding the nature of affine transformations related to creation of spatial form, as well as to support a creative process that might continue on other CAAD platforms. Participants have produced series of visualisations, exploring architectonics of selected affine form, and shared them within the discussion forum (Explorative Dialogue).

GEFFA (Geometry Education for Future Architects) is an international project funded by German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD.

The Box Packing is an exercise in creating an analogue cube consisting of 27 identical cuboid elements. In this case it has been initiated ad-hoc by dr Daniel Lordick (inspired by results of the course 3D Visual Communications, dr Mirjana Devetakovic, Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade), and built in the main aula of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Rijeka. The building elements are in fact the ambalage of computers found on site. The exercise is based on the Box packing algorythm, published within the Wolfram Demonstrations Project. Apart from its geometry side, this exercise has its ecological significance, because it deals with the used components that could be found almost everywhere.

GEFFA (Geometry Education for Future Architects) is an international project funded by German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD.