Chuhan Zhou| Columbia GSAPP | Selected Physical Model & Fabricated Objects

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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