INTERIM PRESENTATION CHAOMING CHEN 769691
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‘BAN’ PAVILION Computational // Orproject // 2012 // Peking, China The pavilion design drew inspiration from floral petals in the way the shape of the flower is created by it bent petals. It is constructed by bent polymer sheets with simple nut-and-bolt nodes to form a self-supporting structure. Looking from the bottom, the curved elements resulted to direct the viewer’s eye across the structure and into the sky. As a computational precedent project, CNC-milling technique was applied to the thin polymer sheets which marked with identification numbers for assemblage. The precedent project draws my inspiration of this kind of curving, hovering effect produced by simple geometry, as well as its integration of transparent materials with surrounding environments.
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THE ETHICS OF DUST Gallery // Jorge Otero-Pailos // 2016 // San Francisco Two luminous architectural volumes floating in the gallery space which cast with actual dirt and dust accumulated over time on the old United Stated Mint had been extracted. As the artist tended to preserve the material realities of the site, the essence is to remind people critically thinking of current global environmental issues such as the most prolific, neglected and cultural product of pollution standing by ‘dust’ here. The similar concept could be applied to my design project as like through viewing the object that I produced on the virtual museum, the visitor could recall in reality what they might omit and start to pay attention to. Moreover, integration with real site material is another interesting point to be explored while it is also the most difficult point about transferring idea.
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LECTION
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// CERES COMMUNITY ‘CERES’ stands for ‘Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies’, which is a local community that initiating and supporting the environmental sustainability. Importantly, the centre allows thousands of people to learn about the culture and history of the Merri Creek, educating not only locals but visitors on the present local and global issues regarding to sustainability. The site is chosen near to the CERES Community Park where the bike trail is alongside. Many visitors passed by this place taking part in either leisurely or physical activities. Experiencing the virtual museum might also meet their original intention of being here. As we know, the Merri Creek suffered the problems of pollution and degradation for decades. Hence, my design tended to explore the ecological aspect of Merri Creek, aiming the same target with the CERES community for raising awareness of serious environmental problem due to unsustainable behaviour.
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DESIGN CONCEPT
Extract Base Shape
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Extract Cloud Effect
Flow // Continuity // Dynamic // Un
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Interconnectivity between Merri Creek & CERES
Touchable // Fluctuant // Repetition
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PROPOSED DESIGN My design is proposed as a decorative ceiling hanging from the actual structure above, using the material of polypropylene since its flexibility and variation in colours. The overall structure is a kind of representation of the creek which such dynamic, undulating effect. I also want to add some lighting effect to the floating ceiling which performed according to result of the recent water quality test done by the Merri Creek Management Committee. These might provide visual experience to remind people of current environmental issues that people directly facing.
Perspective View
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Top View
Elevation View
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junctions
Split Pins With holes being drilled in advanced, the cotter pin could be passed through the hole to hold the shape in place by springing apart its arms. According to observation, the split pin is strong enough to form the connection with high flexibility to rotate the joining pieces.
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By hammering the pair polypropylene pieces are a the rigid joint formed by pre performed tighter than the s joining pieces moving slight
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of interlocking discs, the attached permanently with ess stud. The press stud joint split pin, but still allowed the tly.
Jump Ring The ring with 8mm in its inner diameter is made by bringing the two ends together without soldering or welding. The joint performed highly inconspicuous compared to the previous, as well as keeping objects together in a loose condition but still strong enough to withstand resisting force. I found the ring junction has high potential in connecting individual modules and producing hanging effects.
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joint test
Split Pins While applying the split pin to hold the shape, it looks apparent which might impact the cleanliness of the overall model. Moreover, the split pin might not strong enough to secure smaller modules while the joining end brought about larger resisting forces.
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Press Studs The prototype module is secured in its position by performing less offensive and more inconspicuous than the split pins. For further development, smaller button could be explored to be less influential to overall appearance.
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