M3 Pattern vs Surface: From Design to Life

Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE Jingjie Yang (May)

(Student ID: 981076) Kristen Wang Studio 05

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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) Cylinders, cones and tangent surfaces of space curbes. A cylinder is created by a number of parallel lines meeting at a same profile curve. A cone has a sole vertex where all lines join to. As for tangent surface, its curves are intricate and it is formed by combination of series of polygons, which form the shape.

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) It is critical to understand the developable surface considering that it enables architects to find the form of design in the real life. During design, it can cause mistakes when apply digitally designed idea into reality if we don’t consider the practicality of designed objects. Therefore, the importance of understanding developable surface.

A example of it is the Greenhouse by Plasma Studio,. Composed of multiple triangular glass panels,it is easier to constructed as the panels can be manufactured seperatedly and joined later instead of constructing a single peice of too-large glass.

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PANELLING PATTERN

2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular

3D Panelling, Pattern: Pyramid1

3D Panelling, Pattern: Wedge

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VARIABLE 3D PATTERN

Design 2: 3D variable pattern using 5

Design 2: 3D variable pattern using 1 attract point

Design 2: 3D variable pattern using 2 attract points

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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE

#Examples of selected panels

#From design to reality

There are four different pyramids with various angle,height and directions in green, red,yellow and pink colors. the two blue ones are both trapezoids but has different height and angle. In this graph, each pattern has its own color.

Comparing the graphs on this page,the photo on the right hand-side display the six patterns of panel in the same way in the left screen capture. The two graphs suggest the transformance between design and reality. #From 2D to 3D

Focusing on the photo, the upper lines displays the 3D folded panels which wait for joining while the lower lines suggest the shape of its unroll surfaces.

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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 the generation of design by computer programs and machinery of construction.

It simplifies the process to bring a designed idea into life as enables greater precision What’s more, it reduces constrains that will limit and impact design choices with analogue design methodes..

Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) It is typical to transfer 2D surfaces into 3D shape by folding. Here are two of the reasons. One is that it enlarges the extensive distance of a 3D shape, self-supported, with rigitity and strength provided by folding matierials. The other is that it uses less matierial than use two or more separate pieces and thus is more economically friendly.

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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING

To develope the landscape, many patterns of panel has been tested and six of them are chosed finally. There are four different pyramids with various angle,height and directions in green, red,yellow and pink colors. the two blue ones are both trapezoids but has different height and angle. In this graph, each pattern has its own color and the singles patterns at the right down corner not only show more details of the panels, but also can be a reference to identify the organisation of panels on the landscape.

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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL

Insert your annotation #Half of the unrolled panels

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PANELISED LANDSCAPE #landscape details

The main part of this photo shows one of the two trapozoids shape panels. The photgraphed one is sky blue color marked.

#The final landscape

The final landscape is created by combing the seperate panels with glue stick and stamples. The side that the faces of the panels are sticked are used as a reference when consider which face of the single panels to be the front. More details about skills and tips are mentioned in ANNOTATION part.

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APPENDIX

#Set up work space

To cut and connect panels, the matierials and equipments needed are: rule, PVA glue stick, stampler, scissors, 290gsm ivory card, printed unrolled panels, tape, cutting mat, pencils #Unroll panels

To simplify unrolling the 100 panels, the total is divided into 2 parts: the first part include the first five lines and most of the panels are unrolled singlely, the second include 6-10 lines with all the 50 panels unrolled singlely. Each panel has its own code to refer its location on the landscape. The color of panels are kept to help identify the location of them and decrease the risk of making mistakes.

#Join seperate panels together to get a 10*10 landscape

When join the single panels togther, glue stick and stamples are used. while glue stick provides cleaner view of the backface, stamples connect panels better and is less likely to have “break� later.

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