Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE RenqiCao
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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) There are three types of developable surfaces,cylinders,cones and tangent surfaces of space curves.A cylinder surface is formed by a family of parallel lines. We can generate a cone by a central extrusion. Tangent surfaces are obtained by polygon. All of these things have common properties: They are special ruled surfaces beacuse a tangent plane is always tangent to the surface along an entire ruling and not just in a single point.
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) The understanding of developable surface is critical in the understanding of architectural geometry because developable surfaces have great advantages that they can be easily covered with sheet metal. And developable surfaces carry a family of straight lines, which also simplifies their construction. Frank O. Gehry in particular has been using these surfaces quite extensively. For his work, The Walt Disney Concert Hall ,he used a variation of delvelopable surfaces.
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PANELLING 2D PATTERN
2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular
2d Panelling, Pattern: Dense
2d Panelling, Pattern: Mario
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VARIABLE 2D PATTERN
A straight line is used for curve attraction in this one,the mario patterns are varied through the line.
I tried point attraction in this one,the mario petterns seems to vary as they are apart from the points I select.
I tried some crazy curves in this one.The 2d panels still work very well.
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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE
I tried to make some models like this,however the surfaces could not be unrolled properly and there would be too much polylines on each surfaces which could be hard to make the physical model. Although it can still be made,the hollow sections on the model is likely to be distored.
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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 often one of the final stages of architectural process,and it is very much what it sounds like:a way of making that uses digital data to control a fabrication process.Falling under the umbrella of computer-aided design and manufacturing,it relies on computer-driven machine tools to build or cut parts. It replaced drawing with a parallel rule and lead pointer ,but buildings looked pretty much the same. It simply replaced the form of two dimensional representation with three-dimensionalcomputer modeling and digital fabrication to energize design thinking and expand the boundaries of architectural form and construction.
Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) The first reason why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design is that when folds are introduced into otherwise planar materials, those materials gain stiffness and rigidity,can span distance,and can often be self-supporting.The second reason is that folding is materially economical,visually appealing,and effective at multiple scales.
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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING
This is the final model. I create three 3d models with various shapes of the top and different opening sizes between the two component of each.
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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL
Those are all the unroll surfaces of my final model. I separate each model to aviod overlapping as my model is rather complex.
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PANELISED LANDSCAPE
This is the top view of my model.
perspective view of the model
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APPENDIX
set the first grid
folding my first model
3d paneling
gluing the tabs
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