Net

Individual Academic Work Instructor: Salman Khalili-Araghi University of Toronto Fall 2021

The project explores how spaces and people’s interactions been modified by COVID-19. It keeps people from gathering together. “A net” is demonstrated to reveal the invisible diaphragm in between people. However, it could be reinvented into adaptive infrastructure that help people to accommodate with this quarantine life.

The net is generated by grasshopper and kangaroo. Using different weight and the strength of the rope as parameters, a human-scaled network is generated.

3/8” Twisted sisal rope

Rope knot

3/4” Manila rope

Force (F): 0 N

Force (F): 10 N Acting at the center

Force (F): 30 N Acting at the center

Force (F): 70 N Acting at the center

Force (F): 70 N One corner is pulled up

Force (F): 70 N Two corners are dragged

Force (F): 120 N Dragged toward opposite direactions

Force (F): 120 N Drag one toward y-axis while the other upward

Force (F): 120 N Two corner are toward different directions

112*112 timber post

3-1/2” *3/8” bolt at each column

Norch column at base plate and provide continuous weld

Force (F): 240 N Two corners are stretched toward opposite directions

Force (F): 240 N One corner is dragged upward by a force

Force (F): 240 N Two corners are dragged to twist

Column base.W16 beam cut in half at center of web

Mass concrete footing

Twisting

Individual Academic Work Instructor: Nicholas Hoban University of Toronto Spring 2019

This project mainly explores the functionality and materiality of parametric design. Studying tools of parametric design, the process is consisted of three stages. The first stage is to design the fundamental geometry. And the next stage is designing the supporting structure. The first two stages is to be familiarized with fundamental knowledge of parametric software and the fabrication. The final stage is to advance the skill that to design the façade. 3D printing technique was used in this process and the body structure of the tower is fabricated by laser cutting technique.

Stage one: using a parametric tool (grasshopper) to create the tower from basic surface. It is to familiarize with the parametric design for layering the `.

Stage two: Adding supporting structure to the tower. used the stabs for supporting the weight. To maintain the aesthetic of the tower, the stabs are twisted following the curvy shape of the geometry.

Stage three: To advance parametric skills, this final stage is to design a facade using 3D printing technique. Patterns are projected onto the facade surface by using morph technique.

Study Models