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ASSIGNMENT 1 : CASTING ITERATION ONE SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
IN THIS ATTEMPT WE WERE STRIVING FOR AN ANGULATING FACADE. THIS WAS MADE THROUGH CREATING AN ANGLED SURFACE WHERE THE VARIANCE IS ACHIEVED THROUGH RANDOM PLACEMENT OF MODULES. THE MOLD WAS DEVLOPED SURROUNDING THE CREATION OF THE ANGLED SURFACE WHERE SLICES ARE REMOVED TO CREATE PUNCTURES. AFTER THE BASE WAS CREATED FOR THE MOLD, THE PUNCTURING PIECES GREW INTO SEPERATE PIECES THAT HOLD TO THE THIN ADJACENT BORDERING WALLS. PROBLEMS THAT AROUSE AFTER THE CASTING PROCESS WAS MAINLY EFFECTED BY THE MINIMAL POUR OF MATERIAL INTO THE MOLD. THE VARIANCE OF DEPTH WITHIN THE CAST EXPANDED INTO ISSUES WITH REMOVING IT IN A DELICATE WAY. ULTIMATLEY THE CAST SNAPPED WHERE IT CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE PUNCTURING PIECES. MOVING FORWARD WE ARE WANTING TO EVOLVE OUR MOLD INTO ONE THAT WILL CREATE MORE DEPTH WITHIN THE FACADE DESIGN. WE ALSO WILL NEED TO CONSIDER THE THICKNESS FOR MATERIAL STRENGTH AND EASE OF REMOVING FROM THE MOLD.
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ASSIGNMENT 1 : CASTING ITERATION TWO SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
T H I S EFFORT WE STRIVED TO ANALYZE A DIFFERENT A ND CONT R A ST I NG FORM FROM OUR FIRST EFFORT. I T ER AT I ON T WO WE CONS IDERED EXP ERIMENTING WI T H C U RV I T U R E AS A VARIATION TO S COOP LIGHT T H R OU G H T H E FACADE MODULES . OUR MAIN I NSPI R AT I ON CA ME THROUGH THE ORGANIC FORM OF T H E LET T ER S W HICH THIS S HAP E ALLOW S FOR A B U LB OU S G EOMETRY. THE MOLD IS COMP RIS ED OF T WO PI EC ES THAT HAVE OP ENINGS ON EACH END I N OR DER TO REDUCE THE EAS E OF REMOVING T H E CA ST S. I N COMPARIS ON TO OUR P REVIOUS T R I A L, T H I S I T ERATION DRASTICALLY REDUCED T H E 3D PR I NT I NG TIME AND CREATED A CLEANER CONFI G U R AT I ON. DURING OUR CASTING ATTEMPTS WE EVA LUAT ED DIFFERENT WAYS TO S EAL OUR MOLDS WI T H T H E MOST S UCCES S FUL BEING W HERE WE SEA L T H E MOLD FROM THE OUTS IDE INSTEAD OF B ET WEEN T H E MOLDS . IN OUR UP COMING AT T EMPT WE A R E WANTING TO TEST CREATING A SEA MLESS T R A NSI TION ON THE CAST W HERE THE T WO MOLDS MEET AND FOCUS ING MORE ON THE SH A PES I NT ER LOCK INTO A STRUCTURAL FACADE.
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ASSIGNMENT 1 : CASTING ITERATION TWO TESTS SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
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ASSIGNMENT 1 : CASTING ITERATION THREE SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
A ft e r c o mpl et i ng iteration tw o, w e reflected u pon t he f o rm and i nt egr ity of each modu le th at h ad been de vel o pe d. U l t i mately w e deter min ed th at iteration t wo bro ught mo re ch allen ge an d u n iqu en ess th at w e want e d t o expl o re f u rth er. Th rou gh ou r oth er iteration s, we e s t abl i s hed t hat th e best mold con sisted of tw o pi ec es t hat we re f i xed on top of on e an oth er w ith each e nd be i ng o pen. S ome issu es th at w e fou n d n eeded t o be addre s s e d were th e stability of th e pieces w h en s t ac ke d o n t o p o f on e an oth er an d th e ease in w h ich t he c as t i s re mo ve d from th e mold. In order to evolve t he de s i gn, we f e l t th at th ere w as a n eed for a n ook t o be c reat e d t hat w ou ld allow each piece to be in set wi t hi n o ne ano t he r. Th is w as accomplish ed th rou gh al t eri ng t he c urve o f th e “S ” an d adju stin g th e projected s i des t hat generat ed a more stable con n ection poin t. A no t her c o nc ern t o be modified w as th e design of t he mo l d due t o l imited amou n t of flex ibility w ith in t he f o rm. Thi s was accomplish ed th rou gh a th ick n ess reduc t i o n o f t he m old an d by improvin g ou r castin g t e c hni ques . We deter min ed th at in order to ach ieve t he hi ghe s t qual i t y piece, it w as vital th at w e sealed t he mo l ds o n t he ou ter portion an d u tiliz ed a h igh er c o nc e nt rat e o f o i l to loosen th e cast from th e mold.
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ASSIGNMENT TWO CNC + CASTING : ITERATION ONE SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
WH EN WE FI R ST AP P ROACHED THIS ITERATION, WE WA NT ED TO CREATE A TILE THAT COULD BE R EPEAT ED WH I LE ALS O HAVING A VARYING PATTERN. T H E B A SE DESI G N OF THE TILE IS A PARALLELOGRAM T H AT I NCOR POR ATES A CURVED AND LINEAR EDGE. T H I S I T ER AT I ON I NTEGRATED THIS TO CREATE A C U RVAT U R E WI T H IN A GEOMETRIC FORM. THE OV ER A LL T I LE I S 4” X 4” AND REACHES TO A DEPTH OF 1. 75”. A FT ER EACH STAGE WAS COMP LETED, W E DET ER M I NED T H AT W E COULD S CALE THE CAST S IZE DOWN TO R EDU C E THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL US ED WH I LE ST I LL B EI NG ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE S AME EFFECT. A NOT H ER IS S UE THAT W E WANT TO ADDRES S WI T H I N OU R NEXT ITERATION IS TO HAVE THE CASTS B E A B LE TO B E FI XED IN DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS TO C R EAT E MOR E VARIETY IN THE OVERALL DES IGN.
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ASSIGNMENT TWO CNC + CASTING : ITERATION TWO SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
WI T H I N T H I S I T ER ATION W E WANTED TO ADDRES S T H E I SSU ES T H AT W ERE CREATED FROM OUR FIRST I T ER AT I ON. T H E MAIN IS S UE THAT W E WANTED TO FIX I S T H E SCA LE OF OUR MODEL W HICH WAS TOO LARGE A ND OU R MOLD US ED MORE S ILICONE THAN W HAT WA S NEEDED. I N ORDER TO DEVELOP A NEW MODEL WE A DJ U ST ED T H E S HAP E OF THE P IECE AND MADE T H E B A SE SMA LLER. THIS MODIFICATION ALLOW ED FOR T H E C NC MOLD TO HAVE NO NEED FOR A STEP TO R EAC H T H E B OTTOM OF THE MOLD. THIS NEW ITERATION ALSO ALLOWED FOR UNIQUE OPENINGS TO B E C R EAT ED WH EN THE TILES ARE P LACED TOGETHER. T H I S NEW I T ER AT I ON WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE SA M E T EXT U R E T HAT W E HAD IN THEE P REVIOUS WH I C H WA S A G OAL W E HAD W HEN DES IGNING. I F WE WER E TO A LTER THIS ITERATION W E WOULD T RY TO C R EAT E A BAS E S HAP E THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR M OR E V ER SATILITY W HEN P IECED TOGETHER.
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ASSIGNMENT 3 : CERAMIC 3D PRINTING SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
W ithin this iterat i on of t h e proj ect we wan ted to exper i m en t w i t h t h e ext rem e pote n tials that t h e ceram i c 3 D Pr i n t i n g cou ld prov id e. Th i s bei n g by pu s h i n g and pu llin g t h e ou t s i de edge t o f l are at a 30 deg re e an gl e. W h i l e w e k n ow the potte rb ot can creat e u pwards of a 45 d eg re e in cli n e, w e f ou n d t h at arou n d 30 d eg re es co u l d s t i l l provi de a qu al i t y of s tructu re to t h e obj ect t o s t ack i n an orderly fashion . Th i s exper i m en t l ed u s to create a b lock wi t h an organ i c, f ree flowing m otion s een i n el evat i on t h at create s b u lges acros s m u l t i pl e bl ocks wh en s tacke d. We achi eved ou r goal s of ebbi n g and flowing the cl ay t o creat e a geom et r i c block that c on t ras t s t h i s geom et r i c qu ality with t h e f l ow i n g patt er n i n g.
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ASSIGNMENT THREE CERAMIC 3D PRINTING : ITERATION 1.5 SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
Within this iterat i on of t h e proj ect we experiem e n ted wi t h a n on pl an ar des i gn . Throug h this ex per i m en t t h e s h ape w ou l d flow on the x,y, an d z axi s rat h er t h an j u s t the x and y axis . Th e goal was t o gen erat e a shape that is qu i t e di ff eren t f rom ou r first iteration bu t m ai n t ai n ed t h e s am e g oals of stacki n g an d box-l i ke s t r u ct u re. This m od ifcation proved t o be s u cces s f u l in s om e s an d le s s s u cces s f u l i n ot h er s . Th e shape was able t o con n ect vi a a pos i t i ve/ ne gativ e con n ect i on t o creat e a s t abl e stack, b u t lacke d as m u ch di m es i on i n t h e x ad n y axis . If we w ere t o con t i n eu t h i s ite ration m ore w e w ou l d l i kel y adj u s t t h e x and y axis to m at ch t h e m ore dras t i c adju s tm ents w e m ade t o t h e z axi s .
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ASSIGNMENT THREE CERAMIC 3D PRINTING : ITERATION 2 SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
Within this iterat i on of t h e proj ect we adju s ted our i t erat i on 1 . Th i s t i m e w e experim ente d wi t h m or ph i n g ou r des i gn to be m ore organ i c an d h ave a m ore d ras tic an gle. Th i s creat ed m ore vi s u al inte re s t and pu s h ed t h e pot en t i al s of that the potte r bot . We were pl eas ed wi t h the s e adju s tm en t s as ou r s h ape h ad m ore v ariation whe n s t acked an d h ad m ore pu s h an d p u ll incor pat ed i n el evat i on of t h e b ox. We ran in t o s om e di ff i cu l t i es s ett i n g the z axis of th e pott er bot , wh i ch added a clos er layerin g of cl ay at t h e bott om of each form . The l ayer i n g of cl ay at t h e bas e m ade it m ore di ff i cu l t t o s t ack t h e s h ape b u t ne v e rthe les s w as s t i l l s u cces s f u l .
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ASSIGNMENT 4 : FORMLABS VASE SAM GIBBS AND SAM NORDMEYER
Within this pro j ect w e gen erat ed a vas e shape using th e f or m wor ks pr i n t er. Th i s shape was g en erat ed by com bi n i n g 2 d iffe re n t scrip ts t h at w ere previ ou s l y m ade to be use d for t h i s l ab. A l arge adj u s t m en t we m ad e for ou r s h ape was creat i n g a close d b ottom w i t h t h e vas e. In order t o create a clos ed bott om s u cces s f u l l y, i t became more difficult to remove the excess stru cture from t h e res i n pr i n t . Nevert h el es s we were able t o rem ove al l exces s succe s s fully and cu re ou r s h ape i n order to b e com plete d. O u r vas e s h ape h ad on e p in ch toward the t op an d cam e t o a l arger b u lge shape toward t h e m i ddl e. If w e w ere to do this ite rat i on over agai n we w ou l dn ’ t chang e anythin g, w e wou l d s i m pl y m ake an othe r so that we cou l d each h ave on e.
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