Chuhan Zhou Selected Physical Models & Fabricated Objects
MSAAD Columbia Univeristy GSAPP
Contents CNC Fabrication 01
Joints To Geometries
02
Calligraphy Chair
Material Thing Elective Class, NYC
Art of Objects Elective Class, NYC
Studio Models 03
Recom - Gas Station
04
Rise And Fall Diamonds
05
8/10 House
06
Vitalization In The Context
Gas Station Design, Chelsea, NYC
Cantonese Fork Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
Individual Solar House in Rural Area, Hubei, China
Revitalization of Daliang Old Town Historic District, China
Other Models
01 JOINTS TO GEOMETRIES Material Things Elective Class, NYC Critic: Joshua C. Jordan Material: Plywood Technique: CNC Gsapp, 2017 Spring The objective of this project is to conceive and design a physical joint, and to problemsolve its geometry and fabricate it using tools and materials available in the Fab Lab. The joint is real, direct, and straightforward-its completion should demonstrate an
understanding of the digital and analog tools needed to finish it. In addition, the idea behind the joint be taken literally: the connection detail as a node or element in a larger aesthetic/structural/organizational system.
Rounded Corner As Decoration Square corners can’t be cut with cylindrical hiding this rounded corners, the design intends router bits. For many cases, this means joints to display it as decorative detail for the whole need to be designed with rounded corners. Not geometry.
CNC Process
Casting with Silicon Extensive Geometry
Mold As Components Exploring the opportunity of casting silicon becoming part of the joinery beside the CNC wood components, the traditional casting process could be Challenged in a way that the
wood components become the mold as well as the final part of the joinery. As a result, Mold is not treated negative but play an indispensable part in the whole joinery system.
02 Calligraphy Chair Art of Objects, NYC
Critic: Aaron Berman, Jonathas Valle Material: Mapel Wood Technique: CNC Flip Mill Gsapp, 2016 Fall The purpose of this class, is to define (or at least to question) the lines that separate and bind architecture and art. This exploration will be the basis for the design task of the semester, and will be explored in terms of light, space and proportion. Students will move
away from pure formalism or pure function, or from "Free Art", to create a well-defined and full quality Physical Object that is not entirely Art and not entirely Architecture; an object or process that could be defined as a true prototype or novelty - truly "state of the art."
03 Recom - Gas Station Gas Station Design, Chelsea, NYC Critic: Dan Wood, James Wines, Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli Gsapp, 2016 Summer
04 Rise And Fall Diamonds
Cantonese Fork Art Museum, Guangzhou, China Critic: Tian Ruifeng South China University of Technology 05/2013-07/2013, 8 weeeks
0 8/10
Individual Solar House i
Critic: Gu South China Uni 01/201
05 HOUSE
in Rural Area, Hubei, China
uanqiu Zhong iversity of Technology 15-02/2015
06 Vitalization In The Context
Revitalization of Daliang Old Town Historic District Critic: Feng Jiang, Francesca Frassoldati South China University of Technology Location: Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China 03/2015-06/2015, 16 weeeks
Renderings In V-ray for Rhino
Illusion Flatware Art of Objects Elective Class, NYC Columbia GSAPP Tech Elective / 3D Print / Critic Aaron Berman & Jonathas Valle / Partner Kevin MacNichol & Naifei Liu/ 2016 Fall CULTURE — Life is moving faster. We accept the banality of most everyday objects. We are lost in the ordinary. FOOD — The food industry is deceptive. We decode the words of colorful packaging, to uncover pernicious additives and genetic modifications. Everything is deception. FLATWARE — The form of each utensil is derived from that of another. The knife looks like a spoon, the fork looks like a knife, and the spoon looks like a fork. The illusion questions the cliches of cutlery, and our choices of what to eat. 3D Print Products
Acrylic Laser Cut Product
Calligraphy Capture Art of Objects Elective Class, NYC Columbia GSAPP Tech Elective / Acrylic Laser Cut / Critic Aaron Berman & Jonathas Valle / Partner Kevin MacNichol & Naifei Liu/ 2016 Fall MOTION — The stroke of a hand as it brushes characters onto paper forms into specific curves and patterns. SPEED — Faster stokes take on more gradual curves, but also more perfect ones. Speed can be witnessed by studying calligraphy, even though the charcter on the paper is static. SATURATION — Not every mark leaves the same about of ink. Brush hairs deposit more or less in depending on their angle, speed, and spread. This results in a rich texture that has a gradient of consistency and density. Moments Capturing
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