1968 1968
S
M
S
M L
L
19
19
Probe_1: Investigations of the wind’s ability to move a structure made of folded/sliced cardbord. Method: - Diagrid of rhombus - One sheet of cardboard Hyposis: An attempt to outline in which ways it can be done and with which effects.
Probe_1.1: Form generating models - different opportunities with folded cardboard with or without openings etc. Material: cardboard
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum Probe_1.2: Different variations of openings in the material - flexibility Material: cardboard Method: A diagrid of rhombus divided to 5 cm modules and sliced it differently to make various flexibility Hyposis: The cardboard will be more flexible/dynamic and thereby able to be formed by the wind concurrently with the cardboard being more sliced.
Result: We found that a structure of a solid material like cardboard, even sliced or perforated and formed in different variations, will have a hard time reacting to the wind and will not be as dynamic and flexible as we are looking for. The only movement the wind could make in the cardboard was a small vibration depending on how the cardboard was flexible/sliced It will have to be dictated by a kind of movable joints (hinges), and that condition would not leave much space for our structural principle to get into play. We therefore decided to make a probe where we used another material with another structure which is more flexible
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum Probe_1: Investigation of behaviour of different structures in the material Material: fabric with props
Method: Using a sheet of fabric and building a different material structure of rhombus diagrid props upon this. Hyposis: The fabric is light and thereby more able to react to wind. The different kinds of structures in the material will make various tectonic qualities to the structures once frozen and even unfrozen in specific positions and make it more or less flexible/able to move in different directions according to and controlled by the pattern of reinforcement
1. structure in material: Fabric with prop as rhombus-elements
2. structure in material: Fabric with prop as a rhombus-grid
3. structure in material: Fabric with prop as a flexible rhombous-grid
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum
Probe_1: Investigation of behaviour of different structures in the material Timelaps of the structure affected by wind - results Structure 1.1:
The structure with rhombus elements moves controlled and in sequences Structure 2.1:
The structure with a grid of rhombus has fluid movements and is more free/flexible but moves merely as a whole and do not give much of a dynamic expression Structure 3.1:
The structure with a flexible grid of rhombus makes it possible to form the structure as you want to, but as this a relatively rigrid material it is only possible to change by hand and not by wind. This structure is able to move in sequences and controlled and it is also stabil and able to stay in a position where there is space underneath it.
This structure is able to move fluid and is flexible/free but it is not determened that much by the grid as the grid is serperated in smaller pieces and therefore the structure almost just moves as a whole but is more able to stay in a position with the grid compared to just a piece of fabric.
1968 1968
S
M
S
M L
L
19
19
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum
Probe_2: Different levels of flexibility -openings and partition Material: fabric with props
Method: A sheet with rhombus-element structure in specific areas cut open around elements so they are only attached in one line. The structure is connected to the ground in one of the corners and to a pole in the opposite corner. Hyposis: The behaviour of the structure will be more dynamic and flexible as the structure gets able to do various of movements because the structure now has elements which can move independent from the rest of the structure.
Method: A sheet with rhombus-grid structure making different levels of flexibility/rigitidy in the structure by extenting or shortened the grid lines. The grid varies from only being divided in two pieces in one corner to beging devided in several smaller pieces in the opposite corner. Hyposis: The structure will be able to be more static/rigrid and stabil in the corner with less partitions in the grid and more dynamic and uncontrolled in the area with several partitions in the grid.
1968 1968
S
M
S
M L
L
19
19
Rhombus-element structure: wind from different directions The structure transists from being open to closed and vice versa due to the windows/openings in the structure which depending on the direction of the wind will be opened or closed. And the structure also gets more flexible as areas of the structure moves independent from the rest of the structure
Rhombus-grid structure: wind from different directions The structure varies from being very dynamic to being more stabil in the area where the grid only is partioned in few pieces which gives possibilities of controlling the flexibility and stability of the structure and thereby intentionally create places of refuge and places of exposition to phenomena
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum
1968 1968
S
M
S
M L
L
19
19
Probe_2.2 Aplying wind and frost at the same time -Rhombus-element structure Material: fabric, cardbord props, (water and dry ice)
The structure gets static by aplication of dry ice, even though it is still exposed to wind.
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum
1968 1968
S
M
S
M L
L
19
19
Probe_2.2 Aplying wind and frost at the same time -Rhombus-grid structure Material: fabric, cardbord props, (water and dry ice)
The structure gets static by aplication of dry ice, even though it is still exposed to wind.
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum Probe_3: Material test - frozen/ unfrozen
Light/reflection
The behaviour of different materials: Cardboard Wood Plastic Parameters: Flexibility Light/translucency Light/reflection
Light/translucency
Cardboard Flexibility
Cardboard
Wood
Plastic
Wood
Plastic
Transitions // Dynamic><Static conditions Erik Christensen Martiny Malene Husum
Probe_3: Material test - frozen/ unfrozen - result Method: Wet the materials and placed them in a freezer in a folded position Flexibility - frozen - static/
All of the materials stay in the position they were frozen in but an significant change happened with the wood as it crumbles when it gets wet which thereby gives the structure a whole new surface appearance.
Translucency
The translucency is the same frozen as unfrozen except for the wood which gets much more translucent when it is frozen. Apart from that the behaviour of the materials is the same both frozen and unfrozen;The plastic is transparent and thereby almost invisible when the structure is eluminated whereas the cardboard and wood makes shadows and thereby the composition of the structure more visible when the structure is eluminated from the front or behind..