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ARCH 473/3522 - DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO AND WORKSHOP Rami Faroukv Spring 2019
The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Sciences and Engineering - Department of Architecture ARCH 473/3522 - Digital Design Studio and Workshop (Spring 2019) Student portfolio documenting samples of work submitted along the course, indccacluding research, experimentation, 3D modeling, digital fabrication, parametric design and modeling, physical model realisation and analysis. Student name: Rami Farouk Student ID: 900142901
Š The American University in Cairo (AUC), May 2019
Rami Farouk Architecture Student
This studio is all about the factos you can assign that will dramatically change the design of your building. Our theme as about fire ants and its language between each ant and the other. We studied the dynamic movements and mechanism of the ants to get inspired from them and to form and esign with the langauge of the ants. we started first with a group presentation to better demonstrate the mechanism of the ant then each group memeber will start exploring alone. I was very inspired with the mechanism of the movements of the ants and how they link toghther .
in my years through architecture here in the American University in Cairo, it had a huge impact on my life. Although it is very stressfull and requries alot of hard work and time, it teachs you alot about everything. An architect is a jack of all trades but a master of none. and in my senior year i was introduced to parametric design studio.It was a new realm for me that u explore more about design and yourself as well.
A photo that gives us an idea about how ants build and link togther to each other.
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3 The unbreakable links of limbs between ants that helps them to construct forms.
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Links in Their Limbs
here i demonstrate how the ants talk togther and communicate. they form very strong links with there limbs to hold the stucture they form togther. We studied these links to understand the mechanism of the ants, and there is an enlarged picture of thr joints between them and what makes these joints very strong. On the limbs there is very smal hair fibers that ives it stron fricton between the ants to hold them togther. Portfolio
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Fire ants are known for their ability to organize into remarkable macroscopic structures. They can link their legs together into elastic solids that can resist macroscopic applied loads or self-assemble into rafts to survive floodsv
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9 We expermented with magnatic balls to get the feeling of how can small modules create a structure that is built on the connection of small modules between each other. It helped us in getting the language of the fire ants and their mechanism of movements
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11 I started to think how the link between the limb can be translated as stucture. it was like a truss structure thet the joints between the limbs are like the joint between trusses. its and abstracts representation demonstrating the joints between ants
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moving from the ants joints and space truss, i started to form this concept into modeling. i started to make truss members and to connect between them differently to create different ittrations and forms.
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The courtyard is a bit enclosed in between the SSE building it is commonly used for 250 projects and gatherings.v
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Community gathering between courts for students and staff of SEE
Courtyard acts as a large atruim for the building
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Set backs for windows and voids in the fascade of the courtyard
Breaks in the elevation of the building surroundings
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An abstract represntation of the decenterlized body on ants with joints between the members. that was a key abstraction for my form.
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25 in order to translate the ants dynamics ointo surfaces Rhino was used. These are ittrations that demonstrate the members created and the links in between them (nodes).
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a shot showing the shape shifitng element in the building
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Biblography
Wachkoo A, Bharti H (2015) Taxonomy and distribution of the ant Cataglyphis setipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4447 v Figure 3a from: Deltshev C (2016) A new spider species, Heser stoevi sp. nov., from Turkmenistan (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10095