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Bamboo-bam
-a free form space structure-
Type: Workshop - Pavion
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Year: May 2021 - November 2021
Location: Tehran, Iran
Area: 73 m²
Status: Completed
Held By: Digital Craft House, University of Art in Association with Bamboo Research Group, School of Architecture & Design, Virginia Tech
Supervisor & Tutor: Dr. Ramtin Haghnazar, Seyyed Ali Derazgisoo, Mehran Masoudi, Danial Keramat & Jonas Hauptman
Brief:
This 3 month-long workshop was related to designing a free-form spatial structure using non-standard bio-materials with the concerns of sustainability. During the workshop, we were divided into small groups and the process included material study, sustainability, computational and structural design, form-finding, and digital fabrication.
Contributation to the project:
Idea Development, Construction
Modeling: Rhinoceros 7.0, Grasshopper
Rendering: Rhino Render
Presentation: Photoshop 2021, Premiere Pro
Material Study
Four types of bamboo were tested according to assessing their quality, geometrical and mechanical studying and workability. In the end, a native species of bamboo was preferred over the others.
Form Finding
One code for each method was prepared to let students easily use and play around with those tools. Methods studied included force density, dynamic relaxation, graphic statics, and layout optimization.
System Development
The candidates were then prototyped to experience the fabrication process for each system. Some prototypes had undergone little changes compared to the suggested ideas while fabricating. Finally, an evaluation process was done based on various criteria to come to conclusion what are the pros and cons of each system.
Polyhedron
Reconfigurable geometric shape based on the extrusion of each surface of a polyhedron along the normal direction.
Material Testing:
Different types of mechanical tests and other methods have been done on bamboos.
