DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION SM1, 2016 M1 JOURNAL - EXPANDING FILE
Zhiyin Wang
736938 Matthew Greenwood SWeminar 4
30mm
260mm
SECTION / SCALE 1:2
30mm
ELEVATION / SCALE 1:2
260mm
PLAN / SCALE 1:2
140mm
140mm
Measured Drawings
BEFORE OPEN 20
40
60
80
100
90mm 145mm
220mm 260mm
PLAN / SCALE 1:4
My choosen object is an expanding file. Because it can not stay open without holding, Scanning seems to be not a good way to draw it. Therefore, I just took different picturres of it using one hand wihle held its shape with the other hand. When I did the drawings, I put the expanding file on the paper and used pencil to follow its edge. I measured its size and recorded numbers when I was drawing. After scaned, I used InDesign to mark its dimension.
145mm
ELEVATION / SCALE 1:4
AFTER OPEN 40
80
120
160
200
Analysis
ELEVATION / CLOSED
ELEVATION / PARTLY OPEN
ELEVATION / FULLY OPEN
Movement and folding: CLOSED: All the panels stay together. PARTLY OPEN: Side sheets open like a fan. They keep stay together at the bottom while sheets on the top become wide. FULLY OPEN: When the expanding file is entirely opened, the maximum degree that it can reach is 170°, not 180°, as the top part of side sheets has length limitation.
( MAX 170° )
ELEVATION / PARTLY OPEN
Element
Twist
Connect
PHOTO OF SIDE SHEETS
PLAN / PARTLY OPEN Element
Twist
Connect
In summary, the elements of expanding file has two kinds of ways to connect each other. Not only folding, but also twisting.
DETAIL OF SIDE SHEETS
Digital Model PERSPECTIVE
PLAN
ELEVATION
ELEMENT
RIGHT
DETAIL
Sketch Model
FRONT
BACK
TOP
LEFT
I cut the parallel sheets along the edge of cover panel.
Finally it has spiral lines.
I hold one side of the parallel sheets and try to twist it.
Sketch Design #1
TWIST / CURVE / GROW / WEMEN / TOW SIDES
I am interested in curves and want to use the method of twisting. In order to create second skin of people. The body could be regarded as a column. And a line grow from the bottom to the top.
Sketch Design #2
FAN/ BUTTERFLY / FREEDOM / THIN
I was inspirated by the fan. And when I saw arms, they just like the side of fan. But a single fan is no changable, so I considered the shape of butterfly. When lifting arms, the person is just like a butterfly. It could give me a sense of freedom.
Sketch Design #3
SPIRAL/ CONCH / SECRET SPACE/ THINKING
According to sketch model, the back view of the moel is just like a conch. The space in conch gives people sense of secret and safe. It could help you to focus on your own spiritial world and prevent disturbing from others.