Instalation by Alexandra Virlan

m.arch. dipl. arch. alexandraVIRLAN

CAD to CAM work samples

alexandra.virlan@gmail.com // +40 744 572 472 // +49 157 745 79 203 //

http://alexandravirlan.blogspot.de/

protoHABITAT // Master plan Genotype // 3D Print // Plastic

protoHABITAT // Master plan Genotype // 3D Print // Powder

protoHABITAT // Master plan Genotype // 3D Print // Plastic

protoHABITAT // Master plan Genotype // 3D Print // Powder

protoHABITAT // Canopies Genotype // 3D Print // Plastic

protoHABITAT // 3d printing powder & plastic The models are part of visualization and experimentation for thesis project at DIA-Dessau 2012. They are 3d type: MASTER THESIS PROJECT // DIA - DESSAU 2012 printed of plastic and powder, varying from 1:2 000 to 1:100 scale. The digital copies were modelled in Maya collaborators: team with Maksym Iurovnikov, Heidy Amanda Herman Moeis, Boris Petrov and Rhino + Grasshopper and tested in softwares as mini-magic for possible errors, prior printing.

protoHABITAT // Unit Phenotype - Section // 3D Print // Powder

protoHABITAT // Unit Phenotype // 3D Print // Powder

protoHABITAT // Genotype Interior // Folding Model// Paper

protoHABITAT // folding For testing the geometry for optimisation, it was used the technique of unfolding the mesh geometry. After- type: MASTER THESIS PROJECT // DIA - DESSAU 2012 wards the geometry was redefined in order to have only planar faces. The prototype is made out of paper, fold- collaborators: team with Maksym Iurovnikov, Heidy Amanda Herman Moeis, Boris ed and glued. The softwares through which this was made possible were Rhino+Grasshopper and Pepakura. Petrov

protoHABITAT // Genotype Exterior // Folding Model// Paper

protoHABITAT // Units Genotypes // Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard

protoHABITAT // laser cut & fabrication The model is part of visualization and experimentation for thesis project at DIA-Dessau 2012. It is virtually type: MASTER THESIS PROJECT // DIA - DESSAU 2012 modelled in Maya and Rhino + Grasshopper; afterwards the files were prepared with 123D Make, Autodesk collaborators: team with Maksym Iurovnikov, Heidy Amanda Herman Moeis, Boris Petrov Application, for laser-cut. The assembly was done gluing all pieces together.

Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard // 135 degrees

Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard // 90 degrees

Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard // 135 degrees

protoHABITAT // Units Genotypes // Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard 45 degrees

Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard // 90 degrees

protoHABITAT // Units Genotypes // Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard & Laser Lights Simulation

protoHABITAT // laser light experimentation After the assembly of laser cut model, it was tested for lighting effects for the night scenario (the project was type: MASTER THESIS PROJECT // DIA - DESSAU 2012 dealing with the concept of space division through light beams). There were used 3 different types of laser collaborators: team with Maksym Iurovnikov, Heidy Amanda Herman Moeis, Boris Petrov beams with different intensities and colours, smoke, a plexiglas box, multifaceted reflecting glass polyedres.

protoHABITAT // Units Genotypes // Laser Cut Fabrication // Cardboard & Instances of Laser Lights Simulation

OPEN AIR VILLA // Simulation // Physics of Material Behavior // Aluminium foil, plastic foil & 3 types of paper

OPEN AIR VILLA // material simulation & 3D print 1. The physical model is made out of aluminium foil, plastic foil and 3 different types of paper. Afterward it is type: MASTER PROJECT // DIA - DESSAU 2012 tested with different intensities and temperature of air flow. The goal is to simulate the material of the walls, collaborators: n.a. made of multi-layered scales with imbedded behaviour: depending of the level of transparency, reflection or weight, the composite material is reacting differently to sun radiation, air flow, humidity and temperature. 2. The 3D printed model with powder is modelled in Rhino+GH and optimized for 3d printing with softwares as mini-magic.

OPEN AIR VILLA // Model of the object Sc 1:200 // 3D Print // Powder

Fabrication in Process // Laser cut & CNC // MDF

Digital Model

Skin Scales Elements for Laser Cut

Beams Elements for CNC

N 14 Pavilion// advanced digital design & fabrication

The Advanced Digital Design and Fabrication Workshop was coordinated by the Hyperbody Research Group, TU Delft in collaboration with UAUIM, Bucharest. The aim of the workshop was to design and build a 1:1 scale pavilion on the terrace of the university in Bucharest. The softwares used in the process were Rhino + Grasshopper. For the fabrication we used MDF sheets. They were partly milled by using a CNC machine (for the vertical beams), partly laser cut for the skin. The production of the fabrication files started with the vertical beams which had to be made out of 3 overlapped 1.8mm MDF sheets. In order to be properly organized we nested them by using Rhinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nesting plug-in. type: Student Workshop // UAUIM Bucharest 2010 The skin on the other hand was produced out of 8mm MDF sheets. The interesting part was that, because of the orientation collaborators: Tutors: Han Feng & Ran Berman TU Delft angle of each element, the unrolling of the whole skin wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an option. In order to be able to prepare the elements for the laser cutter we had to reorient and organize the elements properly by using Grasshopper. After the design and the fabrication processes ended, the build-up started: painting components, calculating and positioning the base elements, finishing positioning all the floor tiles, screwing the beam parts together, putting the beams in place and finally placing the skin scales onto the beams.

workshop

Skin Definition in Grasshopper

Digital Model of Beams and Skin Scales

Floor Beams Positioning

TEX & RELAX // Fabrication Process // Laser Cut // Cardboard

TEX & RELAX// cad logic seminar The seminar purpose was the exploration of digital fabrication methods. The starting point was a complex type: MASTER PROJECT // DIA - DESSAU WS 2008-2009 virtual geometry which should be translated into a physical model using penalization techniques and a laser collaborators: tutor Prof. Daniel Dendra, team with Mircea Mogan & Andreea Nica cutter. The exercise was focusing on component based geometry, with deep understanding of component morphology and adaptation according to overall means of stability.

Digital Model

Components Layout

x-SRF // Fabrication Process // Slitting // Fabric

x-SRF // cad logic seminar This exercise, opposite to the previous one, was started with physical models which were studied and then type: MASTER PROJECT // DIA - DESSAU SS 2008-2009 re-model with 3D Software. The point of interest was slitting techniques in surfaces. The theoretical examina- collaborators: tutor Prof. Daniel Dendra, team with Ban Xu tions of the topic lead us to minimal surfaces and membranes. There were used different cutting techniques and vary materials and thickness of the surfaces in order to receive a wide range of results. Afterwards were chosen one of the experiments and translate the rules into diagrams, as basis for a 3D model using the same principles on a much larger surface. The final model was built in Rhino using surface relaxation plug-ins and refined with nurbs relaxation rhino script. It was using FDM (force density method) and VR (vibration reduction).

Surfaces Connection

Relaxation Script

Unity London 2012 // Masterplan detail // 3D Print // Powder

protoHABITAT // Unuits 1:1000 // Laser Cut & 3D Print // Cardboard & Plastic

infoCLOUD// Tower model 1:500// Laser Cut & 3D Print //AcrylGlas & Plastic

Bloom Isolation // Laser Cut // Fabric

the cave of good sound&smell // 1:200 Model // Laser Cut // Cardboard

infoCLOUD// Site model 1

the cave of goo

MISCELLANEOUS DIGITAL FABRICATION type: Student projects and experimentation collaborators: n.a.