Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM 2, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE Shirley Wu
Junhan Foong Studio 5
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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) The three elementary type for developable surfaces are cylinders, cones and tangent surfaces with space curves. Developable surfaces are surfaces that are considered special ruled surfaces. They have characteristics of a special ruled surface because of the tangent plane always being a tangent to the surface along an entire ruling rather than one single point. They will always in composition with planar surfaces while retaining a vanishing Gaussian curvature. Also, developable surfaces contains only the parabolic surface points or also known as flat points.
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 surfaces is a crucial criteria for the practice in architectual geometry, for that complex forms could be designed with available materials through the use of developable surfaces. And the advantages is that they can easily cover sheets of metal, or any other malleable materials. Using the ‘triangulate’ technique, to allow overlapping nets connect neatly together to form perfect panels. Additionally, the cost for designing a developable surfaces is lower, as they are constructed base on the nature of the materials. And lastly, it creates a geometric pattern that gives dynamic effects as well as elevation on the structure.
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2D PANELLING PATTERN
2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular
2D Panelling: Diamond
2D Panelling: Waves
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VARIABLE 3D PATTERN
3D Custom ideas
Final 3D designs
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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE
Unroll Template Draft
Working progress
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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 procedure of the contruction of physical objects through the usage of computer type machinery intead of by hand. It helps to understand the three-dimensional contruction in a two-dimensional way by unrolling 3D shapes to give it perspective views and then allow us to reconstruct them by hand. Digital fabrication has also given designers many different approaches towards an invention, creative expansice and many possibillities for architects to explode.
Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) Folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building designs because, it creates form and it creates structure with geometric shapes. Material that are non-malleable or not flexible could be folded to allow new structures to be formed with dynamics. Also that it is cheaper, visually appealing and it efficient at all times. Lastly, folding expands the concept of three-dimensional surfaces and that helps to create a continous surface.
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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING
Final Design
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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL
Unroll Final
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PANELISED LANDSCAPE
Final Landscape
Close up of Final
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APPENDIX
Sticking together.
Work in progress
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