professional elective : advanced productions

F R A M E W O R K S

SPRING 2022 | ADV PRODUCTIONS | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

Given seats, rebar, welding equipment, and a HoloLens, this project challenged us to create a seating framework using mixed-reality. This was made possible through a parametric Grasshopper script that recognized various hand gestures for drawing in real space. The Grasshopper script was deployed in a HoloLens headset using an application called Fologram, which connects hand-held devices to Rhino3D to facilitate mixed-reality modes of working. Our group drew the desired rebar shapes as a virtual reality projection onto physical armatures (foam blocks). The final shape of the rebar pieces were then projected onto a rebar-bending machine. Another Grasshopper script gathered information such as length and bend angle of our virtual rebar pieces to help facilitate physical bending. For our physical seating frame, we developed a module, created 3 copies, and rotated them multiple ways to create our final frame. Scan the QR code to view our video documentation:

Group members: Shaun Enwright, Justin Lui, Mackenzie Shinnick, John Wilson

INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES

SPRING 2022 | ADV PRO | PROF. KEITH KASEMAN

In an exercise to imagine a mixed-reality interactive design operation, we were asked to develop a program and a narrative for an imaginative production. Some of the questions we were posed included: what types of immersive scenarios, architectural actions, and results can be imagined, developed, and articulated with mixed-reality? How many people would be involved to explore, configure, and fix a scenario for potential assembly? How might this scenario be fabricated, assembled, constructed and activated?

We developed two modular components that can be projected into real space using Fologram. One component is a fixed module that serves as a connection piece for the second component, which is a rectilinear tube. The idea is to have these prefabricated modules on site and deployed using Fologram as a real-time, on-site design tool. The rectilinear tube can be modified to a desired length in Fologram and be cut to size on site before assembly. The drawing on the next page illustrates one of many possible configurations that these two simple components can produce. The proposed program is an semi-enclosed pavilion for a market.

Group member: Mackenzie Shinnick