Thesis portfolio: Building An Interactive Architecture - Tung Bui

THESI SPROJECT

Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

THESI SPROJECT

Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

I ntroducti on Toappl yCyberne capproachi narchi tecture,Ia empttobui l dani nterac vearchi tecture,named gl oWorm.Myproj ecthas2mai nparts: I .Vi rtualgl oWorm:Crea ngasi mul a onmodeltotest thebehavi ouraswel lasthepoten al i nterac onbetweenthestructureandpar ci pants.Al so,themodelwi l lshow theopera onto readersand they can actual l y pl ay wi th thi smodel .The vi rtualgl oWorm wasbui l tby usi ng Processi ng-acomputerprogram.

I I .Physi calgl oWorm:Bui l di nganactualgl oWorm whi chcani nteractwi thhuman.I nthi spor ol i o, Iwi l lshow theprocessofmaki ngthePhysi calgl oWorm throughthesesteps: +Desi gn3Dmodeloncomputer +Researchonmateri al +Prototypesofgl oWorm

SENSEOFMOVE

SENSEOFVI SI ON

SENSEOFGl OWI NG

SENSEOFCOLLABORATI ON

SENSEOFCOMPETI TI ON

gl oWorm i snotani mmobi l eobj ect,i tcan real l ymove.gl oWorm usesthi ssenseto i nteractwi thotherobj ect.gl oWorm coul d becal l edanar fici all i vi ngorgani sm

gl oWorm candetectanobj ecti nf rontof i t.Any mei tseesanobj ect,i tstartsi ts opera on.

A erdetec ngobj ect,gl oWorm emi tsa gl owi ng col ouredl i ght.Thecol ourof thel i ghtcountsoni tsemo onalstatus.

gl oWorm wi l lsharethei rknowl edgewi th eachothertomai ntai ntheconsol i da on ofwhol esystem.

I nsomecases,gl oWorm coul dcompete wi th othergl oWorm to achi evei tsgoal .

Changei tscol ouror vi bra ngtoa ract humancometoseei t.

L i g hton

L i g htoff

S ens esofgl oWor m i ngul t r a s oni cs e ns or ,g l oWor mc a nde t e c tpe opl ewho Byus s t a ndi nf r ontofi t s .A e rde t e cngpa rc i pa nt s ,g l oWor mt ur n i t sl i g hton.

Ae rmov i ngba c kt ot he i ror i g i n, i tt ur nst hel i g htoff.

Anymeg l oWor ms e eapa rc i pa ntwhos t a ndsi nf r ontoft he m, t he ymov et owa r dt ot ha tpe r s on.Whe nt he yr e a c hc l os e e noug ht he ymov eba c k .

Ope r aona l L oopofg l oWor m De t e cngs i g na l of s e ns or1

De t e cngs i g na l of s e ns or2

Mov i ngdi r e con

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

Bef orebui l di ngthephysi calsystem,thecomputa onalsi mul a oni sai ndi spensabl estep.I tspurposei stestthebehavi ouraswel lasthepoten ali nterac onbetweenthestructureandpar ci pants.Al so,themodelwi l lshowtheopera on toreadersandtheycanactual l ypl aywi ththi smodel .Theso warewasusedi sProcessi ng–anopensourceprogrammi ngl anguage

S i ngl egl oWor m I ntheveryfirstmodel ,gl oWorm onl yi nteractswi ththemouse.

I tmeansthemovementofgl oWorm rel atestotheposionofthe mouse.gl oWorm f ol l owsasi mpl e setofrul e,whi ch are onl y moveswhenthemousemovesandstayi nthecurrentl yposion i fthemousegoesoutsi dethewi ndow.

F l ocki ngWor m V. 1 Theai m offlocki ngWorm v.1i screa ngagroupofgl oWorm.Themovement sl ldependontheposionofthemouse,whenthemousemoveal ongthex axi s,gl oWorms bend themsel ves.Al lgl oWorm i n the flock move f orward/backwardatthesame me.

F l ocki ngWor m V. 2 flocki ngWorm v.2i sa3Dversi onofflocki ngWorm v.1.I nordertotestthe poten albehavi oursofflocki ngWorm,Itransf erredthemodelfrom al i mi ted 2Dversi ontoaneasi l ymani pul atedpa ern.

Duetothel i mi ta onof me,IhavenotmanagedtheCompe vebehavi our .

Theref ore,thedevel opmenti nfuturei sachi evethethatbehavi our .Thereare 2 op ons,firsti schangi ngthe col ourofgl oWorm and second i svi bra ng whentheworm seeausercomestoi tsnei ghbour .

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and Vi rtualModel s Fl ocki ngWorm V. 2 I nthephysi calsystem,gl oWorm shoul di nteract wi thpar ci pants,hencei nthevi rtualmodelI have to create the i nterac on between gl oWorm and an agent. The orange panel namedpersonrepresentsanpersoni nreall i f e. gl oWorm no l ongeri nteractswi th the mouse, i tsmo on pertai nsto the l oca on ofperson. gl oWorm thenrespondstotheagent–sothat thegl oWorm’ sangl ei srel a vetotheproxi mi ty ofthe agent.So the angl e decrease asthe agentgetscl oser ,i ncreasi ngasmoveaway.To check the di stance between gl oWorm and person,Isetup a func on f orgl oWorm.The func onsi mpl yi s“whenthedi stanceequalto 500pi xel s,startbendi ng”.However ,thereare normal l y3–4gl oWormsmoveatthesame me becausetheyal lcheckthedi stancesi mul taneousl y

Fl ocki ngWorm V. 2 I nthi s“sketch”(thewordi susedbyProcessi ng userstorepl ace“model ”),gl oWorm i snotonl y rel a ve to the proxi mi ty ofperson butal so movesi ndi vi dual l y.Thebl uel i nerepresentsthe vi si on ofgl oWorm,i tmeansi fgl oWorm onl y movesi fperson standsi n frontofthem.

The purpose of thi s behavi our i s crea ng the i ndependentcognionofeachgl oWorm.

Due to the l i mi ta on of me, I have not managedtheCompe vebehavi our .Theref ore, thedevel opmenti nfuturei s achi evethethat behavi our .Thereare2op ons,firsti schangi ng thecol ourofgl oWorm andsecondi svi bra ng when the worm see a user comes to i ts nei ghbour .

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture

2nd Physi calPrototype

Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

3D Model l i ng Thefinalresul tofmyproj ecti sacompl etephysi calgl oWorm,i nordertobui l dthemodelIhaveto desi gni tonthecomputerfirst.Foreverymodelwhi chIwi l li ntroduce,Icreateacorrespondi ngphysi cal model .Thereasonf orshowi ngmanymodel si sexpl ai ni ngwhatIl earntaswel lastheprobl emsIf aced from thethose.

1st3D Model

TOPPLAN SCALE 1:1

FRONTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:2

BACKELEVATI ON SCALE 1:2

RI GHTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:2

LEFTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:2

BOTTOM PLAN SCALE 1:1

BOTTOM PLAN SCALE 1:1

FRONTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

BACKELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

RI GHTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

LEFTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

TOPPLAN SCALE 1:1

2nd 3D Model WhenIgottheworki ng1stPrototype,Itri edtobui l dthe4segmentsgl oWorm cal l ed2ndPrototype.However ,a erassembl eal lcomponents,themodelwas notconsi stent.Iused3servostoconnect4segmentswi theachotherbutthe materi alwastooweaksoi tcoul dnotstandi tsel f .Then,Iassumedi twasnot abl etomove.

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

3D Model l i ng WhenIgottheworki ng1stPrototype,Itri edtobui l dthe4segmentsgl oWorm cal l ed2nd Prototype.However ,a erassembl eal lcomponents,themodelwasnot consi stent.Iused3servostoconnect4segmentswi theachotherbutthemateri alwastooweaksoi tcoul dnotstandi tsel f .Then,Iassumedi twasnotabl eto move.

Whi l eItri edtosol vetheprobl em wi ththeconsi stence,Ikeptdevel opi ngthe3Dmodel . Gl owi ngi sonesenseofgl oWorm,soItri edtoaddupsomeLEDi ntothe model .Thereare403mm LEDonthemodel .I nteres ngl y,therewasani deaensuedfrom fixi ngtheconsi stenti ssue.Thati susi ngaflexi bl emateri al .A erdoi ng someresearchonl i ne,If oundamethodtomaketheflexi bl ewood.

2nd 3D LED Model

BACKELEVATI ON

FRONTELEVATI ON

LEFTELEVATI ON

RI GHTELEVATI ON

SCALE 1:50

SCALE 1:50

TOPPLAN SCALE 1:1

BOTTOM PLAN SCALE 1:1

SCALE 1:50

SCALE 1:50

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and ResearchonMateri al Bel ow are al lthe fl exi bl e wooden pi eces whi ch was made.To make them,Idrew the cutti ng pattern on computer by AutoCad, then sent them to the Laser Cut Machi ne.

Afterthat,Itested the fl exi bl i ty of every pattern to fi nd the sui tabl e one to bui l d mygl oWorm.

Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

Type 5

Type 6

Type 7

Type 8

Type 9

Type 10

Type 11

Type 12

Type 13

Fi rst,Istartedwi ththe2segments cut. There were 13 typesofpa ern,type10 and 12weresel ectedf orthenext test. I t di d not mean the otherswerenotflexi bl e.Some ofthem were flexi bl e,some notbutIhad to consi derthe stabi l i tyaswel l .So,i fanytype wasflexi bl ebuteasytobreak, i twasshutout.

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and ResearchonMateri al Next,Iused the 10 and 12 to create 4 moretypes,whi chwere type14,15,16 and17.Then,If oundoutthesi zeofthe pi eceswasal so an i mportantf actorbecausethewei ghtofmodel srel atedtothe si zeofthem.And,thewei ghtdeci dedhow goodthemovementwas.

Type 14

Type 15

Type 16

Type 17

Type 18

Type 19

Type 20

Type 21

Type 22

Type 23

Type 24

Type 25

Type 26

Type 27

Hence,Imadesomemoreful l si zedpa ern.From type18to 25,thethi cknesswas3mm,i t sl lmadethepanelal il ebi t weak.Thetemporari l yacceptabl e panel swere 20 and 25.

A erthe experi ments,Iused thepa ernofthe20and25to cutnew panel son6mm wood andthenIf oundouttheywere the perf ect apperance of gl oWorm,thatwere26and27.

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Type 9

Type 10

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

ResearchonMateri al

Type 1

Type 9

Type 2

Type 10

Type 3

Type 11

Type 4

Type 12

Type 5

Type 13

Type 6

Type 14

Type 7

Type 7

Type 15

Type 8

Type 8

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

ResearchonMateri al

Type 11

Type 12

Type 13

Type 14

Type 15

Type 16

Type 17

Type 18

Type 19

Type 20

Type 21

Type 22

Type 23

Type 24

Type 25

Type 26

Type 27

Type 28

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

Physi calModel s

S i ngl egl oWor m The purpose of1stPrototype i sse ngthe el ectroni ccomponentsan tes ng the code.

The modelhas 1 servo and 2 ul trasoni c sensors. The bo om sensor’ s duty i s detec ngobj ect,i nthi scasei smyhand.A er detec ngmyhand,i ttransf ersthei nf ormaon to the servo to make i trotates.Then, duri ng the movement,the sensorchecksi f there i ssomethi ngi n frontofi t.I fno,the servo keep rota ng.I fyes,theservo stops.

The i nten on of top servo’ s opera on i s mai ntai n the stabi l i ty of gl oWorm.

Par cul arl y,i fthere i s anythi ng bl ock the movementofthegl oWorm buttheworm do notknow that,i twi l lkeepmovi ngandbreak the model .Duri ng the devel opmentofmy proj ect,the1stPrototypewasal waysusedto amend the code, addi ng or removi ng func ons.

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and Physi calModel s

GearModel

BACKELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

FRONTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

gl oWor m wasr equi r edt ohas3s er vost ooper at eon each.Cons i der i ng t he cos taswel last he oper at i on,Ideci dedt os i mpl i f yt hes t r uct ur eofgl oWor m.

S peci f i cal l y, gl oWor m onl y needed 1 s er vo t o move.Akeycr i t er i ai ss er voonl yt ur n180degr ee,s o t he opt i on waschos en i sgear s .T he gearmodel s whi chwi l lbes howedi sanef f or tt obui l dgl oWor m eas i er ,cheaperandmor es t abl e.

T he gearcoul d wor ki t s el fper f ect l y howevert o ens ur es er vot ur ns180degr ee,t hes aw t oot ht r ack neededt obel onger .Asi nmycal cul at i on,i thadt o be3t i mesl ongerandt hatmadegl oWor m wast oo bul ky.And,t hatwast he r eas onf orchangi ng t he mechani s mt oanew t ype.

TOPPLAN SCALE 1:1

LEFTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

RI GHTELEVATI ON SCALE 1:50

BOTTOM PLAN SCALE 1:1

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and Physi calModel s

3rd Hand ControlPrototype

3rd MG90SPrototype

Ane x tpa i rofmode l wa s3r dHa ndCont r ol Pr ot ot y pe( r i g ht )a nd3r dMG90SPr ot ot y pe( l e) .

I ma det her i g htmode l byus i ng3hi ng e sc onne cng 4i ndi v i dua l woode ns e g me nt st og e t he r .

T hemode l onl yr e qui r e d1s i mpl ewhe e l wi t has t r i ngwhi c hi se dwi t ht het op s e g me nt .

T hemode l wor k e da sI e x pe c t e dhowe v e ri tdi dnotwor kwi t ht hes e r v obe c a us ei twa st oohe a v yf ort hes e r v o.T he n, I ha dt oc ha ng et hema t e r i a l ba c kt o f oa m.No f yt ha tt hes e ns ori nt hi smode l doe snotwor k ,i tonl ys i mul a t e dt hef ut ur el ookofg l oWor m.Ne v e r t he l e s s ,t heMG90SS e r v owa s3 me smor ee x pe ns i v et ha nS G90S e r v o, t ha twi l l bet oomuc hc os twhe nI bui l dt hephy s i c a l oc k i ng Wor m, onemor e me , g l oWor m ne e de dt o bea me nde d.

T hema t e r i a l wa ssl l t hes a mebutt hes i z eha st ober e duc e dt oha l fs i z e .

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and Physi calModel s

4thSG90Prototype

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

ProcessofMaki ng Model

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

Future Devel opmentofgl oWorm Futuregl oWorm i scombi ned3materi all ayer ,firsti s4woodensegmentwhi chmai ntai nthemovementofgl oWorm.Secondi s10 l arge flexi bl ewoodenpanel thatstayontopofeachother ,thesi zeofeachpaneli ssl i ghtl ydecreased.Lastl ayeri saseri esoftri angul arboxcoverLEDi nsi de,thereare3ki ndsofLEDi nthe boxes,Whi te,GreenandRed

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Bui l di ng AnI nteracti ve Archi tecture Tung XuanBui-MA Archi tecturalDesi gn Supervi sed byDr.Ti mI rel and

Future Devel opmentofgl oWorm gl oWorm atcompl etestatecanchangei tsappearancewhi chrel atesto“emo on”ofgl oWorm.Forexampl e,atanormal mode,gl oWorm onl yemi tsawhi tel i ght,i tturnstogreenwhengl oWorm i nCol l abora onmode.Especi al l y,thel i ght col ouri sredi fgl oWorm i nCompe vemode.

Li ghtOffMode

Li ghtOnMode

Col l abora onMode

Compe veMode

Al thoughthemodelhasnotbeenfini shed,i tappearstobeaverypoten al proj ect.I nmyi magi ne,flocki ngWorm wi l lbecome an i nterac ve archi tecturewhi chcanrespondtothepar ci pantstof orm i tsappearance.Because thestateofeachgl oWorm i ntheflock rel atesto theoccupancyofusers,so any meapersonorevenanumberof peopl ei nteractwi th the flock,they can di rectl ytake parti n crea ngthe archi tectureofthestructure

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