Headpiece Project
The technique of digital fabrication was explored in this module. Stages in this process include engender, digitize and elaborate, and fabricating. These stages frame the development of digital fabrication in SketchUp and the eventual product of a headpiece prototype. The software in SketchUp exhibit the potential of fabrication that has been used in rapid prototyping by building specific parts which can be integrated into open sourcing. Open sourcing digital fabrication allows users to have the freedom, control and independence to design and fine-tune. This process recycles the materials and components assisting in localised production in the case of benefiting oneself with attaining useful products while also embracing creativity. Rapid Prototyping, a software that is related to computer-aided manufacturing, transforms a digital model into a model that can be built physically. This process involves information being translated from the digital model into a prototype. Fabrication information modelling reduces site manufacturing costs and ensures uniformity. The onset of rapid prototyping and computer numerically controlled (CNC) fabrication has redefined areas of physical construction and manufacturing. Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) fabrication available in SketchUp, and rapid prototyping should certainly be integrated in future designs as it is capable of promoting physical representations of digital models. Rapid Prototyping & Open Source Digital Fabrication. Source <http://www.digitecture.org/index.php/tag/rapid-prototype/> Source <http://blog.cat.org.uk/2011/06/08/open-source-digital-fabrication/> Source <http://www.mas.caad.arch.ethz.ch/mas1112/tag/cnc-fabrication/>
Nuragic and Contemporany Art Museum, Cagliari,
The new Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum in Italy by Zaha Hadid, is a landmark commemorating Cagliari arriving from the sea. The interconnectivity within the structure enables the building to blend into the surroundings of the site. This organic and contemporary structure is a freeform surface that requires a smooth union between ruled strips while negatively curved areas require an optimization procedure to calculate a smooth ruled strip model using the Gaussian curvature. This structure composed from developable strips is likened to a D-strip model. The inception of parametric modelling and fabrication has led to achievable elegant and feasible tessellations for double-curved surfaces. A modelling tool such as this produces the ability to manipulate surface strips whilst accommodating the behaviour of curves of the design surface. The innovation and experimentation with spatial concepts by Zaha Hadid creates futuristic and dynamic designs which contribute to advancing architectural discourse.
Nuragic and Contemporany Art Museum, Cagliari, Italy. Source<http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1000%20Zaha%20 Nuragic%20water%20level%20view.jpg> Source<http://www.homeandarchitecture.com/Nuragic-and-Contemporary-Art-Museum-Cagliari-Italy.htm> Source<http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/nuragic-and-contemporary-artmuseum/> Source<http://www.evolute.at/technology/scientific-publications/35.html> Source <http://www.geometrie.tugraz.at/wallner/arch-imn.pdf>
Architecture As A Discourse
Architecture As A Discourse
Zaha Hadid
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain represents contemporary architectural art. The structure is constructed of a steel frame wrapped by a sleek titanium alloy skin which encompasses organic contours and undulating shapes. The design approach involved comprehensive physical modelling at numerous scales. Development of the structure is aided by a refined 3-dimensional modelling program, Digital Project, that has been produced by Gehry Technologies, Inc which provides users to thoroughly document designs and justify construction and fabrication processes. Most significantly, Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA), a Computer Aided Industrial Design (CAID) software was embraced. CATIA models with locating all points with precision so accurate cross-sections can be cut at any location. Dimensional data in electronic form can conveniently transfer to physical models and reduce time consumption. CATIA engages in sculptural explorations and allows complicated geometry to be modelled. During this progressive avant-garde period, Frank Gehry has reconstructed the discipline and accustomed the architectural and urban environment to the socio-economic age of post-fordism whilst advancing the union of aesthetics and programmes. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain. Source<http://www.bestourism.com/items/di/438?title=Guggenheim-Museum-inBilbao-Spain&b=184> Source<http://www.artdirectors.co.uk/preview.php?id=00482182>Source<http:// www.flickr.com/photos/hanskool/5398680777/> Source<http://larrybarrow.com/assets/dissertation/Vol-2-back/A4-FOGA.pdf>
Architecture As A Discourse
Frank Gehry