Blooming Weed 2021 S2 ARC80004 Fabrication & Creative Processes PROJECT 2 : Coir Block Architecture Forhad & Aishwarya
1.1 Background Design Brief Sub-heading: Fabrication &Melbourne creative processes tree The public can experience Victoria's up-and-coming floral designers' skills, imagination, and creativity. Inside the Royal Exhibition Building, an installation is proposed in a 10m × 10m exhibit space that will serve as the centerpiece.
Design Inspiration Allium Triquetrum/ Three corner Garlic / Onion weed Allium triquetrum is a Mediterranean bulbous flowering plant belonging to the genus Allium (onions and garlic). Onion weed is a noxious weed in agriculture, but it is often used as a decorative plant in horticulture.
Biomimicry Regeneration of Onion Weed Petal
Interation 01
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Interation 03
Interlocking of tri-petal
Overlapping of tri-petal
Blending of tri-petal
Form Exploration Elevation 02
Top View Elevation 01
Elevation 01
Elevation 02
Background Melbourne’s Urban Forest
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More than trees are maintained by the City of Melbourne. The image provides information about the location, species, and lifespan of Melbourne’s urban forest by precinct.
68% out of around 600,000 tones wood waste is More than
generated each year from Melbourne city area.
Research Tree Fork Architecture With the possibilities of 3D-scanning and Computer Tomography, the anatomy of wood can be activated and exploited as a design driver for spatial structures closely related to the material logic.
Digital nature
Aggregation principles
Joinery
Structural evaluation
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Digital nature Aggregation principles Joinery Structural evaluation
Structural Exploration Tree fork aggregation
Simple form
Aggregation within Arch shaped structure
Complex pattern
Connection plane
Physical Prototype
Raw materials Locally acquired tree fork Re-use
Recycling/ Energy recovery
Life cycle
Deconstruction Fork Structure
Robot fabrication
Scanning the branches
Form Exploration Design Iteration 01
Form Exploration Design Iteration 02
Material Exploration Coco coir
coco coir block manufacturing process - Bing images
Material Exploration Mycelium & Funicular Shell Structures
Sean Miller
Funicular shell structures optimize material performance through careful exploration and analysis of material placement. Traditional wall and beam techniques require extremely strong materials to withstand both compression and tension across spans..
SeanMiller_OfFungusAndVaults.pdf (squarespace.com)
Structural Exploration Snowfall Mounting
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Design Iteration 1
Design Iteration 2
Digitizing the Tree Fork
Scanned tree branch using Photogrammetry
Contouring the tree fork
Identifying the central Nodes and axis
Finding the connection plane
Connection Details
Perpendicular Pinned Joinery
Angular Dowel Joinery
Structural Analysis Understanding of Load distribution in Tree fork
0.5M
Granular Jamming Gripper By using universal grippers that can lift objects of any shape. In order to efficiently lift heavy objects with granular jamming, the granular material must be compressed sufficiently. Pressure difference between environment and the sealed pouch, filled with granular material, must be correct. With this setup, gripper based on granular jamming can be able to lift objects with various shapes; and weights up to 120 kg
Gripper softened on approach
Gripper confirms to object
granular jamming gripper (buys1080.top)
Gripper vacuum hardened
Object is secured
Pick & Place Station Picking Assembly station position Jamming Runner griper
Picking position
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Fabrication Lab