Digital Design - Portfolio Semester 1, 2018 Ningning ZHAN (Tammy) 940752 Michael Mack, Studio 05
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Precedent Study
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Generating Design Through Digital Processes
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Queen Victoria Garden Pavilion
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Education: 2017 - current 2016-2017
Bachelor of Design Trinity College
Work Experience: Student at University of Melbourne Awards / Exhibition: 2017
FOD:R Exhibition, AFLK Gallery
2017
MSDx Exhibition
Skills: email: zhann1@student.unimelb.edu.au
Rhino Grasshopper
Reflection: I was always inspired by natural world in my design. There are many natural objects with the beauty of geometry, with seems sequenced randomly but have a logical order actually. During the design process, while playing with some new functions, I was always inpired by some unexpect but surprising results. During the course, I have learnt to use the most of Rhino with Grasshopper, Lunchbox and Weaverbird. Unreal Engine was introduced to represent the design in a more direct way. In Module 1, I have a better understanding of the circulation and threshold diagram. In Module 2, I have learnt how to fabricate a physical model from the digital data. In Module 3, I have learnt how to creat VR by using Unreal Engine. My aspiration as a designer is to add to character to each design. I hope the concept can be full represented in the design, and the users can feel it during use it.
Unreal Photoshop Illustrator
I realize that time management is the part I need to improve. Moreover, the digital skill need to be improved for me to represent the concept in digital way.
Indesign Fabrication Photography
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Diagramming Design Precedent 4
Isometric View of Pavilion
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2001 by Daniel Libeskind is based on the concept of the origami figure. The whole pavilion consists of six pieces and a base, entitled eighteen turns. The pavilion seems folding itself, which creates the overlapping space. The reflective metallic panel can mirror the surounding and the pavilion itself, which adds the dynamic element of the static structure. Before the pavilion was built in Rhino, the photos of plan view and side views have been traced in Illuatrator. Then, in Rhino, the location and height of each edge of the module can be determined, according to the ground plan and side views.
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Criculation Diagram
Threshold Diagram
The circulation diagram shows how people flow through the space. it shows the part where the upper structure intersected with the base, which means this part is not accessible. Moreover, the weight of the curve varies according the amount of people.
This diagram shows the entrance and the ‘in-between‘ space of the pavilion.
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Generating Ideas Through Process Task 01 7
Design Matrix
Design Matrix for Task 01 8
Surface and Waffle
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Computation Workflow
Task 01 Grasshopper Script Showing input - associate - output
The process is creating a fixed 150X150mm fixed bounding box to produce two srfaces. The edges of the box from the decontruction of the BREP STEP were divided which were used as the parameter of the surface. I have created very curvy surfaces and flat surfaces and tried to find the balance between them. I uilised the point attractor distribution for both base grid and offset points.
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Paneled Srface A
Waffle Structure
Paneled Srface B
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After finished the digital model in Rhino and grasshopper, unrolling the surface to laser cutting achieves the digital model into the physical model. The edges of the unrolled piece were placed in different layers. The waffle structure was cut in 1mm mountboard, while paneled surfaces were cut in 290 gsm ivory card. The waffle structure was unrolled by grasshopper, while the panelled surfaces were unrolled by Rhino.
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Generating Ideas Through Process Task 02 13
SOLID AND VOID
My module is inspired by the stairs looking from the top view. To achieve the model looks like seeing from the top view. All the attraction points and curves were set on the ground. Similar to the stairs, the elements on each layer are same. Because of the point attraction, the space and volume will smaller in size when the layers goes down. There are plenty of empty space exist in my model, which will make the space feeling like accessible.
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Design Matrix
Design Matrix for Task 02 15
Computational Process
Task 02 Grasshopper Script Showing input - associate - output
First,a 150 x 150 x 150 box built in the grasshopper was subdivided into 9 cubes. Point attractor and curve attractor effects were used to manipulate the grid and transform the shape to attempt different shapes and differnet sizes. Weaverbird’s mesh pyramids in grasshopper were used as the internal objects and modified by number of sides and top points. The bounding box and internal objects were baked from grasshopper into the Rhino. In Rhino, the command _booleandifference was used to cut the box.
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M2 Task 2 3D Printing
Animation process of 3D printing and calculation of the time and material
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The initial idea is from module 2 the the triangle is the rhythm of the pavilion. The height of the final pavilion is raised that people can easily access and more surfaces are added to the pavilion. The concept of iceberg is added to the pavilion. There are two kinds of structure in the pavilion. For the smaller surfaces, clear perspex is fitted inside. For the larger surfaces, trusses are added to add the stability of the structure. White perspex is added over the structure to make the external look of the pavilion more sleek. The landscape of the pavilion is manipulated into a step shape. It is not only the path to the pavilion, but also can be used as the seat of the pavilion. There no panel on the surfaces of the pavilion. The internal structure and the shadow created by the glass can be considered as the panel of the pavilion.
The Ice Pavilion
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Isometric
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Design Iteration
The shape of this pavilion is quite nice, but surface of the pavilion is curvy triangle that the panel cannot be added on the surface. Therefore, the pavilion cannot be developed.
The height of the pavilion is not accessible for an adult. The form has been used in tbe final pavilion, but changed in height. Moreover, more surfaces and panel has been added in the final pavilion.
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The shape of this pavilion is too simple and symmetrical. But the idea of internal structure and external panel has been adapted in final pavilion.
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Computational Process
The external Structure
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Fabrication process
The internal structure was fabricated by 3D priniting. To reduce the 3D priniting time, the structure was cut in pieces to make them as flat as possible.
The external panel fabricated by laser cutting perspex.There are two kinds of perpex used to represent different material.
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360 Image Output
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