Student Portfolio
ARCH 473/3522 - DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO AND WORKSHOP Student Name Fall 2018
The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Sciences and Engineering - Department of Architecture ARCH 473/3522 - Digital Design Studio and Workshop (Fall 2018) Student portfolio documenting samples of work submitted along the course, including research, experimentation, 3D modeling, digital fabrication, parametric design and modeling, physical model realisation and analysis. Student name: Lorna El Moghazi Student ID: 900140684
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Lorna El Moghazi Architecture Student
computer engineering and really enjoyed it at that time since it gave me a sense of that digital space where your imagination can take you to so many places. I later changed major because I believed there was even more to discover and I found what I needed in Architecture. It finally gave me the added imagination I was looking for.
I am student majoring in Architecture Engineering and minoring in Business Administration. I am a very practical person in my everyday life. I have an eye for detail and like to perfect everything when I have the time. I have always enjoyed fictional books and movies that leave so much room for imagination and creativity. It allows you to create worlds and spaces that have no limit with nothing to guide you in them but your own imagination and senses. The digital world allows me to place my imaginary content and what I have created in my mind by my own senses into something that can become a new reality. It allows us to create so much since it has so many possibilities and allows for so much experimentation. I originally wanted to major in
This Digital Design Studio was similar to this journey you take through unknown waters with so much to discover and learn to implement. It allowed each and every student to experiment with various techiques of modeling, digital fabrication and presentation. This really gave me the push I needed to learn even more. It was a new course with the same setting as any other in this department, yet it revived that lost element of imagination that is put aside once you start mass producing any project and creating their endless posters with no guide as to where or when they might end. It was a great breather in between all of this. I managed to learn several new softwares and different forms of presentation that enhanced my projects.
Testing different types of materials to determine their properties and learn from their materiality using various experiments.
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2 Blue Foam: Test 1 (Stretching slime) Materials Used: • Blue Foam • Liquid gas Quantities/Dimensions: • 5 Pieces of Foam cubes 5x5x5cm • ¼ cup of liquid gas Process: 1) Place foam in box with liquid gas 2) Test pressure on foam while being submerged Results: • Foam pieces appeared to dissolve and turn into a slimy material • It took around 10 mins for one foam piece to completely dissolve • When pressure is applied, foam dissolved quicker. (25% percent less time) • Resulting slime started to gain a plastic feeling when left to dry for 2 hours
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4 Blue Foam: Test 2 (Subtraction) Materials Used: • Blue Foam • Liquid gas Quantities/Dimensions: • Small board of blue foam (25cmx15cm) • ¼ Cup liquid gas • Injection of liquid gas Process: 1) Spill cup of liquid gas on blue foam. 2) Inject liquid gas into blue foam. Results: • Foam starts to dissolve in area where liquid gas was spilled. • Foam starts to be subtracted more gradually. • Injecting liquid gas into foam creates a more concentrated method of subtraction which allows for further manipulation of the process. • Place of injection gradually grows and forms a larger hollow space in the blue foam.
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Digitally fabricating a pavilion that captures the esence of mobility learnt from the previous experimentation to be installed in a specific location.
02 Capturing Mobility
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9 Site location showing pattern of movement of the users and function of space.
Location: American University in Cairo, Architecture Department side corridor to bridge. Opportunities: Interactive space not only used as a passageway to the bridge but also used as a working space and for the AA stationary Challenges: Considered a main route of escape for students from the department so the installed pavilion should not be constricting the main circulation of escape.
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Forming a continuous ribbon like structure that creates a working space using the method of stretching similar to the original material testing.
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A structure is creating using the method of subtraction from a solid form to create a functional space for users to utilize in the specified location.
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15 A pavillion used as a guiding for and a seating and working space for students to utilized.
Physical Model Installed in Location Purpose: • Guides main circulation of users from main corridor to side corridor that leads to the bridge. • Creates a functional working space and seating area for users. • Allows for additional storage space on top of it to maximize its use by the users.
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Defining a parametric logic behind the proposed pavilion and creating several iterations.
03 Patterns of Mobility
Solid continuous form defined by single curves.
Alternative 1 Function: • create a seating space for users and have a guiding form in the corridor. Method: • Create several horizontal curves affected by the stimulus in the space (In this case the circulation and people clustering). • Loft the space between the curves to create onhe continuous form that allows for seating while respecting the previously mentioned limitations.
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Varrying spacing between horizontal curves using the number slider to create different heights
Manipulate the horizontal curves using different graph mappers to respect the surroundings in site.
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Altered defintion to create several alternatives and iterations
Loft the curves and create a projected background to rest on the wall. This creates a continous form that satisfies the ergonomics
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23 Form defined by the natural voronoi pattern with varrying openings
Alternative 2 Method: • Create several horizontal curves affected by the stimulus in the space (In this case the circulation and people clustering). • Loft the space between the curves to create onhe continuous form that allows for seating while respecting the previously mentioned limitations. • Create voronoi pattern on a flat surface and place it on the lofted surface while controlling its openings to ensure the space of seating has smaller openings to aid the function of the space.
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24 Natural voronoi pattern created on a flat surface to place on curved surface.
Varrying opening sizes using th to test the structures stability a ing at the lower part of the pav
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he graph mapper and allow for seatvilion.
Front view of varrying opening sizes of the voronoi pattern on the surface.
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27 Form created by the waffle structure for maximum support while maintaing the function.
Alternative 3 Method: • Create several horizontal curves affected by the stimulus in the space (In this case the circulation and people clustering). • Loft the space between the curves to create onhe continuous form that allows for seating while respecting the previously mentioned limitations. • Define isocurves on the lofted surface with varrying spacing. • Create extrusions that form a waffle structure using these isocurves and have a diagonal structure for further support between them.
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Creating several isocurves on the surface and manipulating t Extruding curves in each direction to form a rigid waffle stru for further support
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their horizontal and vertical numbers. ucture and adding diagonal bracings
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Alternative 4 Purpose: • Manipulating the cross sectional surfaces and extruding them to create a different alternative to the waffle structure with a solid back to rest on the wall in the corridor.
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32 Manipulating the graph mapper to varry the spacing between cross sectional surfaces to decrease spacing in utilized seating areas.
Extruding defined tional curves to m functional.
Creating perpendicular cross sectional surfaces to form a waffle like structure for further stability.
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35 Final form respecting the new location while maintaing the same function.
Alternative 5: Chosen Alternative Location: • SSE Haroun lounge. • It has a larger space of circulation across it so the pavillion won’t constrict the passage of the users. • Still satisfies the main objectives of the pavillion of guidance and ergonomics. Method: • Create several horizontal curves affected by the stimulus in the space (In this case the circulation and people clustering). • Loft the space between the curves to create onhe continuous form that allows for seating while respecting the previously mentioned limitations. • Mirror the created surface to allow for different iterations from both sides. • Extrude the contours that are affected by the function of the pavillion.
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Mirroring the surface and freedom in the new select
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flipping it to manipulate the additional ted site.
Creating extruded contoured surfaces to add the waffle structure to the new form.
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Biblography
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https://www.archdaily.com/tag/parametric https://www.archdaily.com/886741/7-myths-in-architectural-detailing-that-are-changing-in-thedigital-age https://www.designtechsys.com/articles/parametric-modelling https://www.pinterest.com/chungsong/parametric-design/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/429460514465099203/
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