Digital Design - Module 01 Semester 1, 2020 Ria Sharma
(1035954) Dingwen Bao - Studio Number : 1
Week One
Reading: Zeara Polo, A. 2010. Between Ideas and Matters.
According to Zeara-Polo, the diagram does not play a representational role in the design process but provides an organisational and can have a performative quality depending on how it is deployed. Explain how Diagram is different from Signs and Symbols? (100 words Maximum)
Unlike Signs and Symbols, Diagrams do not specifically exhibit a relationship with their dynamic object. Even though diagrams are reductive in nature, they do not signify a lack of control. The practical workers of the modern age now use diagrams as a part of the process which consists of all the mediating tools required. These tools not only ace in developing a result as a part of the process where people can describe new relationships, but it also stipulates performance in space. Diagramming is a way to keep discovering possibilities of a specific project by keeping a track of every minute progress.
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Week One
Precedent Analysis
I started off by placing the respective elevations and plans of the MoMa PS1 Afterparty Pavilion. The images were imported in Rhino using the command ‘picture’ and since the pavilion had to be modelled to scale so the images were scaled before progressing any further. To make these “cone” structures in rhino, I placed the plan horizontally in order to trace the mid circles of the cone structure that were supposed to be on the height. So after having traced the circle from the top view, I shifted to the front view for referring to the elevation heights of every top end. After attaining the desired height, I changed the view back to top to trace the lines back to the circle in order to complete the “cone” structure. The walls were also modelled around the same time to have a sense of heights and relatability. One of the cone structures, that is the last one, is placed over the wall and so having a modelled wall helped with gauging relative heights.
This image of MoMa Afterparty Pavilion helped me identify correctly what heights were the conical structures at. The image also help me study the manner in which people utilise this space. Various people prefer standing outside the sheter spaces whereas most of them preferred sitting on the seats provided.
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Week Two
Reading: Hertzberger H. 2005. The in-between and The Habitable Space Between Things, from Lessons for Students in Architecture. Herzberger discusses how design should not be extreme in its functionality. Use your precedent study to explain how the pavilion allows for an appropriation of use. (100 words Maximum)
Hertzberger describes the idea of increasing the “accommodating potential� which can help maximizing the use of form which can meet peoples needs in various situations. If one limits the design by making it extremely functional, he is missing an opportunity to exploit the place to its full potential causing a waste of the materials, making it inflexible. In the Moma Ps1 Pavilion , there is an idea of In-between space which divides the pavilion into zones which also consist of seats at different angles. This altogether provides an extra quality to the surrounding rather than restricting the use of space.
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Week Two
Isometric
About the Isometric Diagram After importing the images on Rhino, I also glanced at images of the Pavilion online to have a broader view of the different parts of the pavilion. This pavilion consisted on 16 circularly shaped “cone structures” that provide Cooling air which is drawn across concrete troughs of water and upwards through the chimney-like structures. People usually come to this place to spend time in summers in order to sit under the shade. What is interesting about these structures is that they divide the area in public and semi-private area where people can not only enjoy their privacy and self-company but also feel highly comfortable. After having made the framework of the structure, I started off with marking the openings of every structure. Since every structure was connected to each other the task of making precise openings was tricky because the elevations only showed some openings and not all. So, I glanced through a few other images of the plans and elevation to online and then traced the openings. After the openings were modelled, which remained was creating the circular meshed surfaces to enclose the structure mand make it look like it does. The meshing of the surface was the most time consuming of all the steps. I first split the top circular end of the chimney-like structure and selected the lines that cut the circle through in order to split it from the areas that the line touched it on. After the lines were split, I choose the ‘surface cascade’ option and made surfaces. This command required me to select four sides of the enclosed surface area and hitting enter to complete the surface. I also experimented with other commands such as ‘Patch ‘and ‘Sweep 2’for the surface making. What followed next was making the support at the bottom for the rods running through the structures. I gave the support pipes a radius of 20 and the entire structural pipe a radius of 15. Finally after setting the NW - Facing Isometric view from Rhino viewports, I exported the linework to illustrator to fill in colours and perform furthur editing.
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Week Two
Diagrams
Surface Surface as threshold
Expected Crowd Density in Summers ( yellow) and Winters ( pink)
Seats forming threshold
Circulation Paths
Framework - Skeleton of the structure (pipes)
Circulation Diagram
Threshold Diagram
These three circular diagrams show how people function in the space. The diagram on the top shows
In the MoMa PS1 Paviion, the thresholds are mainly defined my the in-between spaces created by the
the outer structure of the pavilion which basically consists of seats underneath it. These seats can be
door-like openings of every concical structure. The act like an open area of transition between more
suspected to be a major visitor attraction and therefore the areas surrounding it are expected to be
open to semi-public spaces. Moreover, the seats inside the area also act as thresholds. The seats are
mostly crowded. The seats are expected to have higher crowd density in summers as opposed to the
broader that the regular size and hence can be used to sit or sleep. The diagram on the top showing all
open areas outside the shades. The diagram below highlights areas where the crowd density is sup-
three thresholds , i.e., walls+seats+the surface.
posed to be the maximum in summers ( depicted in yellow) and winters ( depicted in purple ) . The last diagram shows the expected circulation of people around the space.
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Appendix
Process
Step 1 : Importing pictures of plan and elevation to Rhino andscaling it to the right scale. I then placed the images of plan and elevation side to side to guage the height of every conical
Step 3 : After tracing the circulat rings, I changed to the “Front” view to designate the right height of the ring and back to “Top”view to join the lines to the circle which is now on a height.
Step 2 : After scaling the plans and elevations to scale, I started off by tracing the top openings of the “conical “structures in the “top” view. I tried to be as precise as I could in tracing the circles.
Step 4 : As there were a total of 16 conical structures, I divided them by making respective layers so that I could work on them meticulously while assigning respective surfaces in the future.
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Appendix Process
Step 6 : I then used “Split”command to cut the circle from where the line touches it. After the circle was cut I used “surface from network curves” commond from the Surface Cascade options on the left hand side.
Step 5 : After having finished the framework, opeing had to be assigned to the structure. I used the “interpolate curve”to manipulate openings in the structure since they were irregular in form.
Step 7: I found out two other ways to form the mesh in the surface aside from using the “surface from network curves”. The first one was using “Patch” command and the second was by using “Sweep 2”.
Step 8 : After finishing making the outer surfaces, I picked up the most suitable view for the importing it on Illustrator. The Isometric view that suited my model the most was “North West”.
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Appendix
Process
Step 9 : It was now time to complete making walls and the seats. These were traced from the top view and were set to appropriate height with reference to the elevation picture.
Step 11 : After finishing basic modelling, the work has to be exported to Illustrator and for that, I made a “Make2d” of the selected view.
Step 10 : Since the framework was made of circular pipes supported in the metal piece at the bottom, the lines were given a Radius of 15 while the metal rings at the bottom were given a Radius of 20. I used “pipe”command for the process.
Step 12 : The “Make2D” view had to be saved as a .DWG File for it to be opened on the Illustrator where colors along with extra notations were to be added.
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Appendix Process
Step 13 : After importing the file to Illustrator, All the stroke colour was changed to Black. I selected the “Make”option from the top menu and selected the option of “Making live Paint”.
Step 15 :I imported linework of “directions” from rhino but to add arrows , I used “Stroke”command and changed Uniform line to Dashed line.
Step 14 : I could fill colours to the diagram by using “eyedropper “tool and pressing “k”key on the keyboard. I used “Pen”command to form irregular shapes around specific areas while diagramming.
Step 16 : Finally after finishing every diagram, I aligned them on Ilustrator using dashed lines.