Module 3: Pattern vs Surface journal

Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE Jarel Cheah Kay Young 998651 Tony Yu, Studio 4

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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)

There are 3 types of developable surfaces: Cones, cylinders, and tangent surfaces of space curves.

Cones are made of lines extruding from the top vertex point down to the base. A cylinder has a parallel lines that forms a curve. Tangent surfaces of space curves are made of tangent lines of a curve that form a surface.

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) Developable surfaces are criticical in reducing cost and inproves efficiency in assembling them because they have 0 Gaussian Curvature. Thus, complex, organic patterns can be made cheaply by joining flat surfaces together.

The cloud canopy by Maddison Architects is a good example of a complex, organic roof made out of developable surfaces. It is made out of individual flat panels, forming a beehive pattern.

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PANELLING PATTERN

2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular

3D Panelling, Pyramid 1.

3D Panelling, Pyramid 2.

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VARIABLE 3D PATTERN

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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE

Panels tested and were unused.

Iterations done.

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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 the creation of designs of complex nature whilst eliminating unnecessary steps between 2D sketches and construction of a design. Computerised data makes it easier to represent more accurately, and also allows people to easily generate designs on their own.

Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) Folding is critical in tranforming a 2 dimesional surface to a 3 dimensional object. By generating 2D nets , manufacturingcan be done easily. Because of this, a wall, roof or facade can be made more visually appealing and can also be used to provide a better support.

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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING

The final panels consists of 8 different shapes, with all of them rotated in the opposite direction, forming 8 shapes in total.

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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL

Unrolled templates. Most of them are comprised of 2 panels unrolled into one. These unrolled panels came in varying sizes.

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PANELISED LANDSCAPE

Iso view of the model, showing the 4 corners being highlighted by the panel’s openings.

Close up view from another direction. Openings cannot be seen anymore. The direction of the Pyramid’s tip changes as it approaches the corners.

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PANELISED LANDSCAPE

Top view.

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APPENDIX

Terrain given.

Primary shapes used in the construction of the panels.

Another set of shapes were made in the opposite direction.

Panels made using 4 attractor points.

All of the are unrolled into sets of 2, with the linework changes made in on illustrator.

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APPENDIX 5.

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Annotation. Insert 3-4 images of your work in progress

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Cutouts of template.

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Tabs were used to join them strip by strip.