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Microscopic view of spiderweb

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WEB O F C O M P LTITLE EXITY PROJECT Y I N G WLASTNAME A I J O H N A T H O N, Y I P FIRSTNAME, Forvolorempora inspiration, I looked into theventia surrounding nature particularly in It ni blatas con re iliquia autatur biomimicry, a process of examining nature, its model, systems, adi berchil es vendunt emosanditia sint liquia vellupt processes, design and elements to draw inspiration from and solve atquatur, latur repudis nim qui temped eate ever-growingvolest human problems.

To further broaden my visual ideas, Iperesecatio. viewed imagesNam, on the odionem web and paid closevenes attention to the nessed structure sunt iusam, of a spider web and glass fibre as it stimulates my interest. It is elia quo tomi, as the eatem quidetails qui one dolenimint officium fascinating realise intricate would see under close examination.

I am sequati also amazed by theullam patterns and complexities aut et vellauta onsequi exerrum quassi that it creates under a microscope. Hence I want to capture those quam ium vende voluptatur, odigenecerro officiusa intricacies and apply them into my design of the hexagonal tile.

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suntur? At que magniant volupti beaque cor abore It is interesting to note that the sameofficiatiis level of complexities are re evident velibus dandest, sit magni id quidis lati within a microscopic view of a spider web and in glass fibre despite the od quaecus eatiuritatur asand dolorita molorro differences in material substance structuralaliquae composition.

I want to these ideas of 'entangling' properties the fuga. spider odimerge quam retwo nonest quae voluptam aturfrom sunt web and the complex nature from the glass fibre to form the concept Nam, archilitas vel ipsandi omnimporum, totatus ius, of my 'ceiling tile'. Evidently, the interlacing of these lines are almost coruptatur? dempori ssunti sinof cuptatus like it has been Aximpeles fabricated together to create a web complexity that not only 'captures' your sa attention but places your mind into a et eum serehen ditatur saecatem aut veressendem 'tangling' labyrinth of bewilderment. It is under a microscope that nienecernam, sam of sandunti one can appreciateeum the beauty nature in avelias whole est new faccaturia perspective. nitatur minti repudi nis ratatem consed mil eariani.

Often I am unaware that when something appears simple and ordinary on the outside, can in fact be filled with surprises and perplexity waiting to be discovered and unravelled.

Thus it is derum this process that Ratecto motivates FIG. 1 dolupienisto cum qui fuga. and intrigues me into creating something dynamic and unique.

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eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien Iventius have chosen these four images to draw inspirations from isiminv because they show great level of details and exhibit the close interconnection enderov itatur? between the fibres. I am particularly in favour of the third image FIG. 2 it shows Quidipsam elit quos space moluptatur re pro because a three dimensional that can potentially be an architectural volume imuscil and be enveloped a web-like tiled debit modi ipsantio et as dibycorum exped ceiling. I hope to use some of the ideas I've gained from this molende lentio beatet aut mo cuptas distiur, qui bea experience and apply them into my works throughout the course. consequiam everrovitate odis volupta spedis mos For the model, I will be using white foam core and paper to create the endus. effect of interlacing strings similar in a way how glass fibre interlock FIG. dolupienisto cum quiI willderum closely3 to oneOvitium another. Since paper is a versatile material, be using it to create complexeum and interesting and linesea for my The fuga.

Ratecto re quasshapes dolorepra nemodel. quidele idea of the model is to superimpose layers of web-like papers on top of ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem one another with foam core in between to generate a complex web tile. rercien itatur?

FIG. 4 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum fractal design of are spider webdolorepra ea ne quidele FIG. 1 ARatecto fuga. eum quas FIG. 2 A microscopic view of glass fibre ndendebit utclose ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem FIG. 3 Complexut and interconnection between glass fibres rercien isiminvmicroscopy enderov scan itatur?

FIG. 4 An electron of filamentous web-like material

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Images 1. http://curvatureofthemind.com/2012/11/04/spider-web-fractal/ 2.http://ssingh2301.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/fibres.html 3. http://euobserver.com/china/31955 4. http://harmonybluesky.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/sem_of_angel_hair/

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WEB O F C O M P LTITLE EXITY PROJECT Y I N G WLASTNAME A I J O H N A T H O N, Y I P FIRSTNAME, Forvolorempora the model, I used accessible It niseveral blataseasily ventia con rematerials iliquiawhich autatur include foam core, beading thread, and glue. The first step of the adi berchil es vendunt emosanditia sint liquia vellupt process was to cut out a border for my hexagonal tile. I then sewed atquatur, volest the thread into the tile.latur repudis nim qui temped eate

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peresecatio. Nam, odionem sunt venes iusam, nessed Through my experience with different glue during model making, elia quothatmi, quigun quiwas dolenimint officium I realised theas glueeatem from a glue a great source of adhesive to closelysequati replicate the web-likeullam strandsexerrum of a spiderquassi web. aut et vellauta onsequi When the glue is applied onto a surface, it produces a very small quam ium vende voluptatur, odigenecerro officiusa strand of glue that connects between the surface and the tip of suntur?

At Hence que magniant voluptiand beaque the glue gun.

I used this technique applied itcor ontoabore my model.

Interestingly, glue gunre haslati velibus dandest,my sitfrustrating magni experience officiatiis with id quidis turned out to be a benefitting knowledge as it provided me with a od quaecus as effect dolorita aliquae new technique toeatiuritatur create a webbing for the model. molorro odi quam re nonest quae voluptam atur sunt fuga.

Making the model was time consuming especially in the process of Nam, vel ipsandi totatus sewing archilitas the threads together.

I hadomnimporum, to repeat this process severalius, coruptatur?

Aximpeles dempori ssunti cuptatus times until the threads were close enough for me to sin use the glue gun.

The easiest partditatur of the model making process was simply just et eum serehen sa saecatem aut veressendem squeezing the glue onto the model in different directions. nienecernam, eum sam sandunti velias est faccaturia It was also interesting to note that dew-like dropletsmil of glue were nitatur minti repudi nis ratatem consed eariani. created when applied to the model creating an effect that is quite similar to the way how water is held on a spider web. I am pleased with result of my model. has allowed to FIG.the 1 overall dolupienisto cumThis quitask derum fuga. me Ratecto explore the different techniques and ways of creating intricate eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut works using simple materials.

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FIG. 2 Quidipsam elit quos moluptatur re pro debit modi ipsantio imuscil et as di corum exped molende lentio beatet aut mo cuptas distiur, qui bea consequiam everrovitate odis volupta spedis mos endus.

FIG. A closeOvitium up view of the interconnectioncum betweenqui the glue and FIG.1 3 dolupienisto derum the threads. fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ventius a cusania veratem FIG. 2 This is a ut picture of the model before id theunt gluelandit was applied onto the model. rercien itatur?Here you can see that the threads converge into various location within the tile.

FIG. 4 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga.

Ratecto eum how re quas quidele FIG. 3 An image showing I applydolorepra the glue ontoea thene model using the glue gun. ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem ndendebit rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

FIG. 4 Final presentation of my web-like ‘ceiling tile’

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WEB O F C O M P LTITLE EXITY PROJECT Y I N G WLASTNAME A I J O H N A T H O N, Y I P FIRSTNAME, After scanning my tile the ventia MS Kinect for re Xbox 360, the model It volorempora niusing blatas con iliquia autatur did not turn out to be visually engaging or as close to what I had adi berchil es vendunt emosanditia sint liquia vellupt hoped or expected. The scan had produced a rather more irregular atquatur, volest latur repudisopposite nim qui temped and bizzare form which is completely to my original eate physical tile.ThisNam, was probably due sunt to the venes large number of gaps peresecatio. odionem iusam, nessed and the thin interlacing of threads that are barely detectable by elia quo mi, as eatem quidetects qui dolenimint officium the scanner.

Instead, the scanner more noticeable objects such as vellauta the bulgingsequati clusters of dried super glue. exerrum quassi aut et onsequi ullam

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quam ium vende voluptatur, odigenecerro officiusa Using the Meshlab was something unfamiliar and exciting as it was suntur? magniant volupti cormodel abore a software At newque to me.

What I did to improve beaque the computer was first todandest, remove all sit unwanted from the floorreand velibus magnimeshes officiatiis id chair, quidis lati small fragments that were still present in the file. To build more od quaecus eatiuritatur molorro volume into the model, I createdas twodolorita layers andaliquae rotated one of the tiles I then removed of the meshes bothfuga. of odi underneath. quam re nonest quaesome voluptam atur on sunt the models to create flowing organic shapes that fuse with one Nam, vel omnimporum, anotherarchilitas as well as to fill ipsandi up some of the empty spaces.totatus ius, coruptatur? Aximpeles dempori ssunti sin cuptatus Iet would thisditatur to be thesa closest I can get in resembling the eumconsider serehen saecatem aut veressendem original physical model. Even though my computer-modeled tile is nienecernam, eum sam velias est not similar to the physical tile, Isandunti am still pleased with thefaccaturia result. nitatur minti repudi nis ratatem consed mil eariani.

FIG. 1 dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

FIG. 2 Quidipsam elit quos moluptatur re pro debit modi ipsantio imuscil et as di corum exped molende lentio beatet aut mo cuptas distiur, qui bea consequiam everrovitate odis volupta spedis mos endus.

FIG. 3 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien itatur? up view of the model in white wireframe view in Rhino FIG. 1 A close FIG. 4 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum FIG. 2 The original tile inspired by spider web fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut utmodel ventius cusaniathe idmeshes unt landit veratem FIG. 3 The scanned afteracleaning in Meshlab rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

FIG. 4 A close up view of the computer-modeled tile in Meshlab

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WEB O F C O M P LTITLE EXITY PROJECT Y I N G WLASTNAME A I J O H N A T H O N, Y I P FIRSTNAME, Since I was not quitenihappy withventia the result of the model in It volorempora blatas con re scanned iliquia autatur Meshlab and given the permission to use other software to create adi berchil es vendunt emosanditia sint liquia vellupt another tile, I decided to create a cleaner tile using Sketchup. atquatur, latur repudis nim qui temped eate The new tile volest is much simplistic compared to the original one and consists of intersecting lines that resembles a spider web innessed an peresecatio.

Nam, odionem sunt venes iusam, abstract way.

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elia quo mi, as eatem qui qui dolenimint officium Iaut have severalsequati media to onsequi create the ullam rendering of the interior etused vellauta exerrum quassi view. First, I used Autodesk Revit to create the tunnel and added quam ium vende voluptatur, odigenecerro officiusa design features such as the extrusions of wall patterns. I also suntur?

Ataque magniant volupti corceiling abore chose to use reflective surface for the floorbeaque to mirror the above anddandest, provide emphasis on theofficiatiis tiles. I then id used Adobere lati velibus sit magni quidis Photoshop to add people walking and maps on the walls. In the od quaecus eatiuritatur as dolorita aliquae molorro next couple of weeks, I plan to improve the ceiling by adding extra layers and depth to enhance visualvoluptam engagement.atur sunt fuga. odi quam re nonest quae Nam, archilitas velceiling ipsandi omnimporum, totatus The installation for the I have created is in a wave form ius, coruptatur?

Aximpeles dempori ssunti sin cuptatus that moves up and down and expands across the tunnel.

The parametric tiles appear to be floating that separately act as a piece et eum serehen ditatur sa saecatem aut veressendem of art for the ceiling. As the installation is quite low, one might feel nienecernam, eumbeing samenveloped sanduntibyvelias est faccaturia like they're in a cocoon the web-like tiles while walking provide intimate consed experience through the nitaturinside mintiwhich repudi nisan ratatem mil eariani. tunnel.

The project is to create ceiling with a parametric tile FIG.aim 1 of this dolupienisto cuma qui derum fuga. Ratecto that provide communicative information in an underground tunnel. eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut For my design, I would like the ceiling to illuminate as people are ventius cusania veratem rercien isiminv passing bya to respondid to unt their landit presence.

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FIG. 2 Quidipsam elit quos moluptatur re pro debit modi ipsantio imuscil et as di corum exped FIG. 1 A perspective rendering of the tunnel inside. molende lentio beatet aut mo cuptas distiur, qui bea consequiam odis volupta FIG. 2 Top Image: everrovitate A new tile I created using Sketchup spedis mos endus.

Bottom Image: Manipulation of the tile in Rhino to create

parametric forms FIG. 3 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga.

Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele FIG. 3 Section of the tunnel ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem FIG. 4 A close up view of the ceiling rercien itatur?

FIG. 4 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

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WEB O F C O M P LTITLE EXITY PROJECT Y I N G WLASTNAME A I J O H N A T H O N, Y I P FIRSTNAME, The next step of theni project is toventia create hexagonal openings It volorempora blatas con re iliquia autatur through our tiles to form a grid for an LED panel that emits light for adi berchil es vendunt emosanditia sint liquia vellupt visual communication.

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atquatur, volest latur repudis nim qui temped eate In Sketchup, I created small hexagon an opening in the peresecatio.

Nam,aodionem suntwith venes iusam, nessed middle and extruded it. Each of the hexagon is 25mm in length and elia quo Imi, eatem qui qui dolenimint officium 2mm thick. then as created additional hexagons by copy and paste and the edges to fit perfectly inside a square. aut trimmed et vellauta sequati onsequi ullam exerrum quassi quam ium vende voluptatur, odigenecerro officiusa After creating the hexagon grid in Sketchup, I imported the grid into suntur? que magniant beaque abore Rhino and At intersected my tile with volupti the grid using 'Mesh cor Booleon Difference'.

As a result, grid nowofficiatiis has a form id thatquidis resembles my velibus dandest, sitthemagni re lati scanned tile. od quaecus eatiuritatur as dolorita aliquae molorro The was then imported into 123DMake to generate odi intersected quam retile nonest quae voluptam atur sunt fuga. individual sheets. The laser cutting file consisting of 20 sheets with Nam, archilitas vel ipsandi omnimporum, totatus ius, 121 parts was generated. coruptatur? Aximpeles dempori ssunti sin cuptatus This step serehen also allowed me to learn how to useaut a new computer et eum ditatur sa saecatem veressendem program known as 123DMake. It was a very helpful tool for me to nienecernam, sandunti est transform a virtual eum modelsam into pieces whichvelias can later befaccaturia assembled together.

I hope to use this program moreconsed often. mil eariani. nitatur minti repudi nis ratatem FIG. 1 dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

FIG. 2 Quidipsam elit quos moluptatur re pro debit modi ipsantio imuscil et as di corum exped molende lentio beatet aut mo cuptas distiur, qui bea consequiam everrovitate odis volupta spedis mos endus.

FIG. 3 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien itatur?

FIG. 1 Hexagon grid in Rhino FIG. 4 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum FIG. 2 Sheet plans from 123DMake fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt veratem FIG. landit 3 Perspective view rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

FIG. 4 123DMake 9mm outcome

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WEB O F C O M P LTITLE EXITY PROJECT Y I N G WLASTNAME A I J O H N A T H O N, Y I P FIRSTNAME, This is the 5th step of projectventia that requires putting our digital It volorempora nithe blatas con re iliquia autatur curved surface, tiles and tunnel into CryEngine to gain virtual adi berchil es vendunt emosanditia sint liquia vellupt experience. The CryEngine environment allows us to experience atquatur, volest latur within repudis nim qui temped eate the height and atmosphere the tunnel.

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peresecatio. Nam, odionem sunt venes iusam, nessed I created a tunnel in Sketchup and then imported my curved elia quo astoeatem quimodels dolenimint officium surface frommi, Rhino intersectqui the two together. After trimming off the edges, I imported the whole component intoquassi aut et vellauta sequati onsequi ullam exerrum CryEngine where I then edited the site and walked through the quam ium vende voluptatur, odigenecerro officiusa tunnel. suntur? At que magniant volupti beaque cor abore The original concept ofsit themagni ceiling isofficiatiis to create a id webquidis structure velibus dandest, rebut lati as the scanned model did not produce a close replicate, I decided odchange quaecus eatiuritatur as dolorita aliquae molorro to my idea into a more cave-like environment for the tunnel which seems more appropriate duevoluptam to the irregular shapes my odi quam re nonest quae atur suntof fuga. tiles.

Nam, archilitas vel ipsandi omnimporum, totatus ius, coruptatur?

Aximpeles dempori sin cuptatus The significant numbers of polygon counts ssunti were a major problem meaning details ditatur had to besa reduced.

I haveaut lowered the polygon et eum that serehen saecatem veressendem counts to a suitable amount of 100000 for a successful export to nienecernam, eum sam sandunti velias est faccaturia CryEngine. nitatur minti repudi nis ratatem consed mil eariani.

FIG. 1 dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

FIG. 2 Quidipsam elit quos moluptatur re pro debit modi ipsantio imuscil et as di corum exped molende lentio beatet aut mo cuptas distiur, qui bea consequiam everrovitate odis volupta spedis mos endus.

FIG. 3 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien itatur? of underground tunnel FIG. 1 Photomontage FIG. 4 Ovitium dolupienisto cum qui derum FIG. 2 Curved surface and tiles fuga. Ratecto eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut view ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem FIG. 3 A close up of the tiles rercien isiminv enderov itatur?

FIG. 4 Walkthrough of the tunnel in CryEngine

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WEB O F C O M P LTITLE EXITY PROJECT Y I N G WLASTNAME A I J O H N A T H O N, Y I P FIRSTNAME,

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Thisniis blatas the final ventia step of the project and It volorempora con re iliquia autatur poster for the course. I have tried my adi berchil espresentation vendunt emosanditia sint liquia vellupt best to incorporate what I have learned throughout atquatur, volest latur repudis nim qui tunnel temped eate the semester in creating a virtual with my scanned tiled-ceiling in CryEngine.

The ceiling, an peresecatio. Nam, odionem sunt venes iusam, nessed information-rich display platform, reveals complex elia quo mi, interconnections as eatem quibetween qui dolenimint officium forms which was based onsequati the initial onsequi idea of a spider web. aut et vellauta ullam exerrum quassi quam ium vende voluptatur, odigenecerro officiusa The technical difficulties that I encountered was suntur? At que magniant volupti beaque corI had abore copying parts of the ceiling to CryEngine. to reduce poly counts to 100000 it could not velibus dandest, sitthemagni officiatiis id since quidis re lati be exported to CryEngine. As a result, large gaps od quaecus eatiuritatur asthe dolorita aliquae molorro are noticeable on ceiling. Precise connections were also difficultatur to manage. odi quam re between nonestparts quae voluptam sunt fuga.

Nam, archilitas ipsandi totatus Thevel ceiling will tryomnimporum, to display two platform signsius, coruptatur? Aximpeles dempori sin cuptatus to guide passengers in thessunti right direction.

I have alsoditatur includedsa wall arts and posters for visual et eum serehen saecatem aut veressendem engagement between people passing by. Calm nienecernam,and eum sandunti velias est faccaturia lightsam colours were applied to walls and ceiling avoid distraction. nitatur minti to repudi nis ratatem consed mil eariani.

Throughout the whole course, I have gained valuable knowledge in using Rhinofuga. for creating FIG. 1 dolupienisto cum qui derum Ratecto complex parametric geometries, Grasshopper eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele ndendebit ut ut script writing, Cryengine and 123D make. I hope ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem isiminv to further enrich my skills in suchrercien exciting fields of architectural computing. enderov itatur?

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FIG. 2 Quidipsam elit quos moluptatur re pro debit modi ipsantio imuscil et as di corum exped molende lentio beatet aut mo cuptas distiur, qui bea consequiam everrovitate odis volupta spedis mos endus. view towards ceiling derum with FIG. 1 Low-angled FIG. 3 Ovitium dolupienisto cumthe qui and information display fuga. Ratecto eumtrain redirectory quas dolorepra ea ne quidele as light ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem rercien itatur?FIG. 2 Y intersection with map display.

Corridor to platform 2cum qui derum FIG. 4 Ovitium dolupienisto fuga. RatectoFIG. eum re quas dolorepra ea ne quidele 3 Corridor to platform 1 ndendebit ut ut ventius a cusania id unt landit veratem FIG. 4 Perspective view with information display on rercien isiminv enderov itatur? walls

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