Foundations of Design M3 Journal (2017)

Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE Hong Peng Yu 913511 Colby Vexler + 14

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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 Developable surfaces can be mapped onto a plane. Three elementry types are cylinders, cones and tangents. is formed by a series of parallel lines following a “s” curve. Cones are generated by central extrusion that connects a profile curve (p) to a vertex point (v). Tangents connect tangent lines to a curve to form shapes.

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 architects to construct large scale prototypes from smaller developable surfaces that are buildable . Hence it enables large comlex shapes to be constructed. This is shown in the construction of the Plasma Studio in Xi’an, China, where a large complex shape of the architecture is fabricated in order to be constructed.

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PANELLING 2D PATTERN

2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular

2d Panelling, Pattern: Wave

2d Panelling, Pattern: Box

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VARIABLE 2D PATTERN

Pattern 1 shows the use of triangles to form panels that are proposed to be dynamic and fluid

Pattern 2 further explores movement created by different geomtry used in a panel . It also input limtations into the geometry to prevent the panels from moving in a certain direction

Pattern 3 ultilises the the geometric repetition of the panels to form new geometries when the pattern is panellised. The pattern is also intended to create a variety of geometries when the panel is twisted or squeezed

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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE

2. Complexity of the 3D shape resulted in an overlapped unrolled surface. Hence the further developments (3 onwards) were simple geomtries.

3D Panel Plan View and Isometric View

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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 allows prototypes to be modelled digitally with its dimensions and fabricated for construction. Digital fabrication allows seamless patterns to be created, and other various techniques that are hard to achieve by hand.

Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) Foldiing shows different surfaces and expresses a natural form that enables spaces to be created. Folding also creates rigid surfaces that improves stability and some sort of support.

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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING

The image shows 3D Panelling using the same geometry and symmetry as the 2D pattern (3) to achieve a sense of balance and cohesion in th final composition of both 2D and 3D panels. By applying a consistent geomtry, it also hughlights the relationship between the 2D and 3D panels ands its interactions to form a representation of the given terrain.

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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL

unrolled surface for all 3D panels

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PANELISED LANDSCAPE

3D Model Top View

3D Model Details

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APPENDIX

Colour Coding for 2D panels

Colour Coding for 3D panels

Scoring trail

Scoring by cutting dashed lines trial

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