Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE
Hoi Ying , Chan
(860368) Anneke + Studio 6
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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) The three elementary types of developable surfaces are cylinders, cones, and tangent surfaces of space curves. All the developable ruled surface is developed under the rule of torsal ruling R. This means the surface has the same tangent plane at all the points of the same ruling R. The cylinder are formed with a group of parallel lines. While the cone carries two families of circle, the straight lines connected the circles.
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) The developable surface has a number of properties that are related to the architectural geometry, which are the strip models of doubly curved surfaces, the strips of paper and the shortest paths on polyhedra and on smooth surface. Those properties help us to unfold an object and to build an architectural model. It also help to make curve in architecture. For example, the curves in Puppet theatre is unfold to a number of triangles. The triangles join together and built up the curve in the theatre.
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PANELLING PATTERN
2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular
3D Panelling
3D Panelling
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VARIABLE 3D PATTERN
The first 3D pattern
The second 3D pattern
The 3D pattern with “S” curve in the middle
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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE
The six test models
The unrolled template of the six models
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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 is a generative medium that comes with its own host of restraints and possibilities . It has the potential to narrow the gap between representation and building, it connect the design and making. The two dimensional representation are changed by digital fabrication , it energise design thinking and expand the boundaries of the architectural form and construction.
Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) Folding is often used in the formal expression of building design because the planar materials in the fold gain stiffness and rigidity. It can span distance, and can often be self-supporting. Folding is materially economical, visually appealing, and effective at multiple scales. It also expands the three-dimensional vocabulary of surface by naturally producing deformation and influence.
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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING
The coloured final models to show the pattern much more clear. The final model. There are a “S’ curve in the middle, most of the higghest models are put in the “S” curve.
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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL
The unrolled template of different individual models of the final moodel.
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PANELISED LANDSCAPE
The part of the middle of the final model. It show different shape of models.
The final model
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APPENDIX
The individual models used in the final model
Different colour is apply to different shape of individual models in order to observe the pattern more clearly.
The clips are used to hold the individual models together.
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