Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE Sylvia Marshall
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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.
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.
A developable surface is one that is able to be mapped isometrically, this is to say that the original image will not become distorted due to the flt planes combined with curvature and straight lines. Cylinders, cones and tangent surfaces contain the characteristics necessary to be able to be developed and are the elementary shapes of developable surfaces.
An understanding of why surfaces acn be developed and which shapes can be devloped is necessary for one to be able to understand geometry architecturally. Because of the douvle curvature of developable surfaces, they have the capacity to be built physically, hence, they are a major aspect of architecture - combining design with the built form. Le Corbusier Puppet theatre utilises undevelopable panels by simplification of shapes to achieve the desired structure. This is often done by architects to change undevelopable surfaces into ones that they can manipulate and create.
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PANELLING PATTERN Here are three trials of placing patterns onto a terrain. Using triangular based shapes and also a diamond shape to see how these geometries act upon a surface.
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VARIABLE 3D PATTERN
Before deciding upon my final terrain design, I tested a number of different designs by changing the order of selecting my shapes and also by moving the focal point aroud the terrain, which changed the direction of the shapes. I wanted to be able to trial multiple shapes and patterns to be able to test how these geometries can change the feel of a landscape, and the information and effect they can produce.
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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE
Creating a prototype for the shape to test out the rhythmic flow of the shape and also to ensure that my surfaces were developable.
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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?
Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design?
The intentio of digital fabrication is t simplify the process for a designer between the design process and the creation of the final product. By combining programs used for modelling, such as CAD, the machines are supplied with the information for the production of a design. Thus, the process of design and creation is narrowed. Three-dimentional digital models can now be transfered from software to be made by machines, changing the ways of architectural construction.
Folding shpes is essential to creating structures and compositions within design. Without such foldings, shapes would not be able to become self-sustaining structures, with new interactions and spaces being created with and surrounding them. The use of CAD allows architects to have a new way of experimenting with these concepts.
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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING
Below is an image I took of a Eastern suburbs shopping centre. This is a reference to my idea of using simpler shapes to be able to achieve a complex pattern. I believe that shapes do not have to be complex in order to be effective; often it is the simpler shapes that create the most variety and are aesethtic for the eye as they can be quickly understood.
Imaged retrieved from lecture given by Philip Goad on Roman dwellings and the idea of the courtyard house, from Architecture without architects. This image shows the natural progression of vernacular buildings, while I found the eclectic pattern formed by the courtyard houses to be incredibly interesting. Their simple, unformal geometry gives rise to a new landscape.
FINAL TERRAIN AND DIGITAL MODULES I decided upon having two differing shapes, each with a slightly different sibling. i wanted to be able to create movement and interest in my terrain, while also ensuring that the shapes would be able to move from one another, with a slight variance. i created a variety of shapes, trially each on a terrain, and then decided upon these four to be the best to be able to achieve a simple, slow moving terrain.
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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL
In the end I had 34 strips of modules, which were able to fit onto 3 A1 sheets of ivory card.
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CREATING THE MODEL After finishing the model using Rhino and ensuring that I was content with the design, I then commenced on making the physical version of the model. I opted to print the templates straight onto the ivory paper and then cut them out, to save time and also to achieve a neater result, rather than having to glue the templates onto the card. After cutting the templates out, I used bobby pins to keep the tabs together while they dried. I then laid out each strip to ensure that the pattern and layout was correct.
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PANELISED LANDSCAPE CLOSE UPS My model attained the sense of being a built landscape with natural features surrounding it. I was interested in how we can used simple geometry to create movement within shapes. This idea of simplicity really captivated me and directed what I wanted to achieve within my landscape. Using the four shapes, and a focal point above the terrain, I was able to create a equilibrium between the cut off pyramids and the pointed pyramids.
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PANELISED LANDSCAPE PLAN VIEW
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APPENDIX Process of cutting out templates and gluing them together.
My terrain on Rhino after placing modules on it and individually unrolling each strip, and colour coding the strips.
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