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Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2018 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE Charlie Reinhardt

996815 Anneke Prins + Studio 1

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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) As stated in Architectual Geometry, “developable surfaces are characterised by the property that they can be mapped isometrically into the plane”. There are three basic types of developbale surfaces: cylinders, cones and tangent surfaces of space curves. A cylinder is ‘formed by a family of parallel lines’.

Prisms are used to form th shapes of the cylinders. Cones can be generated by a central extrusion meaning the surface is made of pyramids. Lastly, tangent surfaces of space curves allow intersecting surfaces to be simplified by using tangents.

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) Understanding developable surfaces allows us to create complex geometry’s in architecture. Through the use of panels these complex surfaces can be neatly folded out onto a plane creating a unique space.

Madison Architect’s Cloud Canopy further expresses this point of creating unique spaces through the use of complex geometry. The honeycomb like structure creates an outstanding roof/cover for people to sit under and admire the incredible construction. Similar to Module 3, developable surfaces are panelised onto a form creating a much more complex and appealing structure.

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PANELLING PATTERN

2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular

3D Panelling - Basic trianular shape us

3D Panelling - Offset points away from one attractor point placed at the corner of the surface .

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VARIABLE 3D PATTERN

3D Panelling - One Variation

3D Panelling - Three Variations

3D Panelling - Complex Shape

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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE

Unroll Surface - Basic triangular shapes used for prototype, modelled in Rhino with different coloured lines representing cut lines and fold lines.

3D Panel Prototype - Progress stage of prototype being built with the use of ivory card, glue, a cutting knife and bulldog clips

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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 uses ‘computer driven machines’ to build a model which has been designed through computerised data and is generally used in the final stages of design.

Digital fabrication allows designers to flow through ideas and reach the final stages much more informally as it eliminates intermediate steps from start to finish. Designers have endless oppurtunities to prototype and make scaled designs of their models to develop their designs. The rapid-prototyping machines allows this.

Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) The powerful technique of folding turns a flat surface into an interesting one without the need of structural materials. The stiffness and rigidity in the material allows this and has the ability to create complex shapes that may not have been thought of otherwise.

Furthermore, folding is visually appealing and can be used at different scales providing architects with an efficient form.

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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING

3D Panelling - Three variations placed into the surface using a curve attractor point running across the top of the surface and using the towards tool to create a valley.

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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL

Unroll Surface - In total there were 23 surfaces that were unrolled to make up the final design. Through the help of numbering tabs and colour coding, surfaces cannot be mixed up and the construction process is much more straightforward.

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PANELISED LANDSCAPE

Paneled Landscape - Light

Paneled Landscape - Dark

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APPENDIX

Surface - The surface that was given to me had a valley like shape and was also on a slope. This gave me a lot to do with the attractor points and offset grid.

Constructing - I printed out the unrolled surfaces onto A3 plain sheets and proceeded to cut each shape out one by one.

Offset Grid - Due to the valley liked shape running down the centre of the surface, I used an attractor curve when offseting my grid. The offset points were set towards the curve allowinig the outer most grid to be the highest points.

Constructing - Using a cutting knife, bulldog clips and rulers the shapes were stuck onto the ivory card and were cut with precision.

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APPENDIX

Constructing - Once the shapes were completely cut out I proceeded to fold and glue my shapes together.

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Constructing - Final stages of construction.

All surfaces are finally coming together with the help of bulldog clips and PVA Glue.

FINAL LANDSCAPE

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