Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE
Bethany Cherry 888218 Gumji Kang, Studio 23
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WEEK 6 READING: SURFACES THAT CAN BE BUILT FROM PAPER IN ARCHITECTURAL GEOMETRY Question 1: What are the three elementary types of developable surfaces? Provide a brief description. (Maximum 100 words) Cylinders, cones and tangent surfaces of spaces cones are the three basic types of developable surfaces discussed in the reading. These developable surfaces are characterised by the property that they can be mapped isometrically into a plane. An example is the surface of a cone. When unrolled a cone consists of parallel lines called ‘rulings’, which map out the length of the curve. The height of the cone and the directions are labelled known as parallel extrusions. The profile curve (known as p) creates an s shape and if it lines on a plane normal to r, then p is known as a normal section.
Question 2: Why is the understanding of developable surface critical in the understanding of architectural geometry? Choose one precedent from Research/Precedents tab on LMS as an example for your discussion. (Maximum 100 words) The key to understanding the importance of developable surface in architecture is to think about both form AND function. Developable surfaces allow architects to create geometric facades and interiors using materials that without basic understanding of developable surfaces, would not be possible. Take Huyghe and Le Corbusier Puppet Theatre for example. The planes of the exterior, put together, create a stable and strong construct. They were eay to assemble and efficient. This was because of their surface being known as ‘developable’. The panels slot or bolt in with each other, creating a curve, yet secure surface. As seen in the photos of this theatre, these hundreds of interlocking panels work together to defy physics and support each other. This allows architecture to recreate shapes never before seen in architecture and never thought possible, especially with the materials and ease they are put together with.
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PANELLING 2D PATTERN Many apologies, due to some technical difficulties, i could not recover my Rhino file. unfortunatly, i could only draw the pattern)
2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular
2d Panelling, Pattern: choose your own
2d Panelling, Pattern: choose your own
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VARIABLE 2D PATTERN
3D Pattern variation - closed top triangles and open top triangles of varying height
3D pattern variation - triangles of varying heights with tops cut off
3D pattern - changing the centre point of the triangle to generate movement
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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE
Above are the cut out templates i experimented with. Due to some technical difficulties, i could not display the digital versions.
The landscape grid
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WEEK 7 READING: DIGITAL FABRICATION Complete your reading before attempting these questions:
Question 1: What is digital fabrication and how does it change the understanding of two dimensional representation? (Maximum 100 words) Digital fabrication is, in simplest terms, ‘a way of making structures that uses digital data to control the fabrication process’. Usually the ‘last step in design and construction process’, digital fabrication has enabled modern day designers and architects to create an ‘aesthetic of their own’, even allowing non-professionals, such as students, to bridge the gap between ‘the design and the making’. In the modes of model making, techniques are limited and the physical making have their own set of rules about the ‘does’ and ‘don’t’ for a seamless, successful design. Digital fabrication completely changed this idea of two dimensional representation. The digital environment in digital fabrication allows architects and designers to take control of the building process. Before where it was necessary to have both a physical model and a digiTal representation to show the ‘system fit’, digital fabrication represents the 3D depth of a construction on a 2D surface. It has armed architects with the ability to show clients a way through not just the model but also the making. Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) There are many reasons to suggest why folding is extensively used in the formal expression of building design, but two of the main points are structure and support the folds provide and the visual appeal they create. Modern architecture have certainly embraced folds, using them to create continuous surfaces, spaces and forms that share the sharp and clean line a fold holds. The formal expression of a building consists of the formal elements that will the express building. The other reason to suggest why folds are used in the formal expression of a building is the sound structure they take, while still creating fluidity and multi functionality with the continuos surface.‘When folds are introduced into otherwise planar materials, those materials gain stiffness and rigidity. Buildings today have create a new generation of architecture that used geometry to couple structural performance and enclosure.
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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING
Rhino landscape with 3D panels. 5 different types of triangles were used, all varying in height, centre point and hole size (or whole at all) The idea behind this design was to complement the organic structure of the landscape with the geometric shapes. I wanted to create a symmetrical design to support these two opposite, organic and geometric. The largest shapes make out the edge, suggesting sloping hills into the valley.
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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL Using colour coordination, the cut and fold lines could be differentiated making the process much faster and more efficient. Originally, with the extra triangles that were unrolled and printed, i had wanted to create a second layer of pattern, with triangles hovering over triangles, but due to time constraints this was not done.
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PANELISED LANDSCAPE
Final Landscape; as a whole
Close up view of detail:
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APPENDIX
The Rhino landscape design before and after views of designing the flat panels
Work in progress. To the left, an almost finished model. The flat panels were stuck in last. To the right-above is a single flat panel
Cutting out the templates and scoring very lightly on the inside so the paper would have a sharp bend. Used double sided tape to stick the tabs together
The middle section of the landscape was made up of 14 panels on the same sheet of paper. This connected centre gave the landscape more strength 11