Module 2

DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION SM1, 2017 M2 JOURNAL

Hui Yuan Koh & Zhiyin Wang 799168 & 736938 Matthew Greenwood Seminar 4

Personal Space Analysis INFORMATION OF THE USER Physical:

female, young girl, 165cm, normal body size

Character:

shy, introvert, antisocial

background: victim of domestic violence / school bully personal space: Head

- do not want to get close with strangers - avoid eye contacts - scare of people - socializing will drain her energy

Upper body - protect user from sexual abuse - sense of security

extreme personal personal stages

very personal personal safe distance

Sketch Design Development

can be made

not realistic optimization

too long

From Sommer’s Personal Space, he stated that personal space is a boundaries around a person’s body which intruders may not come in. From this reading, we also understand that personal space varies from person to person and have different stages. Therefore, we have made a design which aims to protect female users who are uncomfortable around people because of their unfortunate past.

The design we came out with at the beginning is the combination of 2 chosen designs from M1 journal. The key characteristics from each design are integrated together based on the personal space analysis. It consists of an expandable hood structure that covers area around the head and a fan structure that ties to the arm. The hood can be expanded when the user feels insecure around strangers or crowd to block out any contacts with them. As the user raises her arm, the upper body and the sides of the body which is more sensitive will be covered by the fan structure.

easy to move

Refine Sketch Model

In the process of design developing, we have taken the fan element from the document file and researched about various kind of folds. Fan structure is interesting in a sense where they can unfold at different degree and we have implemented this mechanism in our following designs. By folding at different angle and pattern, the fan structure will expand and bend into different shapes which occupy different amount of volume.

Making sketch paper models also made us realise that an exact curve on the hood is not feasible so several angle folds are made to produce the similar curve around the neck.

Furthermore, instead of covering the whole arm with the fan structure we focus down to just the forearm as that will be more correspond to the personal space analysis we did.

2nd Skin proposed design V.1

ELEVATION

PLAN

ISOMETRIC

l Process of rhino Model

This design is inspired by ruff, a fashion item in Europe during Renaissance period. It was a symbol of status and wealth, as it is a highly luxurious item.

Therefore, this design of the second skin does not only act as a firm barrier between people, it also encourage the user to be more proud of themselves and confident to face the society. Furthermore, the curve in the structure preserve the elegancy of the female user. The angle of the fold is made in such a way that the structure fits the body shape of the user.

OVERVIEW

2nd Skin proposed design V.1

safe distance

STAGE I

personal

STAGE II

very personal

STAGE III

extreme personal

STAGE IV

l Details of Rihno Model

OVERVIEW

The diagrams above show the stage of personal space and how the second skin varies in each stage. Instead of attaching an external system to fix the expandable hood at each stage, we tried to use the panel and fold system. That is applied by pushing out the edge of the panels which folds inward as shown in stage 2 to 4. The tension of the panels pushed against each other, hence support the whole structure.

2nd Skin proposed design V.2

PLAN

ELEVATION

ISOMETRIC

l Process of Rihno Model

l Details of Rihno Model

OVERVIEW

For the design of alternative second skin, we decide to try and switch the pivot point of the hood which is the main structure of our expandable second skin.

We think that it will be easier for the user to unfold the barrier this way.

2nd Skin proposed design V.2

safe distance

STAGE I

STAGE II

l Development of proposal design

easier to open OVERVIEW

personal

text

very personal

extreme personal

STAGE III

STAGE IV

Precedent Research Name of precedent and designer: Veasyble by GAIA

Concept of the precedent: Isolation – Collapsibility –Intimacy – Communicative - Wearable

l Description of the precedent: This project is about isolation, intimacy and ornamentation. It has the folding system much like the one we are working on. The ability of fold make them transform and collapse. The aim of Veasyble is emphases on the change of mood in people, the search of both separation and companionship at different situation. This is because the project remind us to always look for the beauty within ourselves and share connection with others in the surrounding. We have notice Veasyble has this 3 forms we called them: ‘the bag’, ‘the hood’ and the mask. All of them can expand to different extend. The big volume of ‘the bag’ can even fits 2 person.

Precedent applied to design l Influence of precedent to design: After evaluating our present designs, I found out that even though the second skin execute different stages depending on the situation, we did not explore the volume that project out of the body to show the different distance of each personal space stages away of the body.

By implementing some key ideas such as complete isolation and wearable characteristics from the precedent, we develop our design into an enlarged hood structure that sits across our body with its end hook to a support system. The expanding hood indicates the personal space user needed at different situation such as day and night. The support system holds the hood structure so that the second skin is wore stably on the user’s body. The length of the rod on the support system also define the personal space distance away from the user body.

This changes then solves our problem of personal space not thoroughly explored and shown.

Design development - Version #1

PLAN

ELEVATION

ISOMETRIC

l Process of Rhino Model

OVERVIEW

The keywords we have taken from the the precedents into this design is isolation and wearable. They have evolved our design into 2 big hood structure hanging of the center of the user’s chest from the support system. As the user become insecure and nervous in the crowd, she will expand the hoods and it will narrow her vision down until complete isolation when the both hood is closed. In the previous design, we did not consider how the second skin is fixed to the user’s body. Therefore, the design is improved by adding a support system into it. The support system model is made by a few commands we learned in the rhinoceros intensive workshop such as MeshtoNurb and BooleanDifference.

Design development - Version #1

safe distance

OVERVIEW

very personal

personal

extreme personal

Design development - Version #2

PLAN

ELEVATION

ISOMETRIC

l Process of Rihno Model

l Development of Model

OVERVIEW

As we develop the last design while referring back to our personal space analysis, we discovered that by varying the size of the hood, the boundary of each stages can be shown more clearly. The pictures of the Veasyable project showing the models at different environment had give us the idea of camouflage. Since our user is an introvert person who dislike socializing, she would like to blend in the crowd and camouflage when she is in an unfamiliar places. Therefore the colour of the hood is black and white in colour. The white and smaller one is to be used during the day time; the black and the smaller one is to be used during the night time when most of the dangerous situations happen.

Design development - Version #2

safe distance

OVERVIEW

very personal

personal

extreme personal

Prototype We have tried different types of paper such as tracing paper, cartridge paper and watercolour paper during the sketch model making and decided that thicker paper is more suitable in making the hood structure of the second skin as it will be more rigid. We have selected the 240gsm heavyweight coloured card which has both white and black colour. As we made our full sized prototype, we encountered the problem of paper size. Single A1 sheet is not enough to made the whole structure so we have to fold a few hood elements and connect them together using double sided tape and cellophane tape.

Folder rings is then insert into the holes which are punched at the end of the hood structures to connect them to the support system.

Our attempt to make the support system is not very successful because the material we have chosen to use. We used aluminium wire as it is malleable and easy to shape but without sufficient material to support itself, the wire frame support system collapsed under the weight of the paper hood structure. This brings us to the conclusion of using increase the amount of wire in the wireframe support system or use another material for the support system. l Process

Support & Joints l Details of Rihno Model

Testing Effects Define where to wear: PUT UP - social situation (school, gathering, party) PUT DOWN - alone/familiar places/with people who she is close to

As we develop the last design while referring back to our personal space analysis, we discovered that by varying the size of the hood, the bou nda ry o f e a c h s t a g e s c a n b e shown more clearly. The pictures of the Veasyable project showing the models at different environment had give us the idea of camouflage. Since our user is an introvert person who dislike socializing, she would like to blend in the crowd and camouflage when she is in an unfamiliar places. Therefore the colour of the hood is black and white in colour. The white and smaller one is to be used during the day time; the black and the smaller one is to be used during the night time when most of the dangerous situations happen.

l NIGHT TIME

l DAY TIME