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The sculpture design aims to create multitude of experience along the walkway to classes. Along the first floor, it provides a different perspective towards the architecture studio and on other floors, students can experience the gradual change in size of triangles as they climb up the stairs. Putting one s head into the sculputure triangulates the framed views providing a whole new perspectiive of the campus. { Gh G aGy
Triangle Input
Loft
Offset triangles scaled base on area
Spring system (Minimum Surface)
Triangulate positive side of mesh
A MILLION CUTS : circles from lines
The negative space concept of using lines to create circles.
The overlapping lines creates density. Repetition of overlapping lines
Gradient and scale brings in the notion of propogation and growth.
Repetition of overlapping lines with a scale factor
We rebuild the circles that we drew in Rhino and connected the lines between the division points of the two circles to form one modular unit that assume a spiralling form.
Modular unit
Prototype 1
Prototype 2
Final Laser Cut Design
Form development: Computational Geometry
Setting out parameters of Ellipse (controlled parameter)
Dividing Ellipse to 32 control points to vary coordinates
Translating control points using Sine Curve to vary the heights
35m
17.5m
weaving louvers
The list was deconstructed and oset by 2 points to create a weaving facade pattern
Perspective Section
Conceptual Mass
Short Section
Digital Fabrication: Grammar Logic
Incorprating the use of grasshopper to create the scaled and rotated eect, an important consideration for this exercise was to include the intrincsic qualities of cement. Hence, textures and patterning experiments were the key to this design. Rendered Prototype
Creating texture with dierent styrofoams
Testing of Cement with Rubber Grid, Satay Sticks, Fuji Apple and Aluminium Foil
Final prototype Isometric view
Final prototype top view