PORTFOLIO YUQING SHI B.Arch. Harbin Institute of Technology 2012 - 2017 M.Arch. The University of Tokyo 2017 - 2019 Email: useko515@qq.com Tel: +86 15804608975 LinkedIn: YUQING, RACHEL SHI
SHI
YUQING
M.Arch student in the University of Tokyo
PROFILE Architectural master’s student, currently studying in G30 program in the University of Tokyo. Interested in architectural design, structure design, visual design and computational fabrication.
EXPERTISE Architecture design Concept design Visual and grapgic design
Photography and documentation Video editing Scheme planning
EXPERIENCE Internship | Sep.- Nov. 2016
Architectural Design and Research Institute of H.I.T.
Involved projects: - Design of Personnel Training Center in Changchun Finance College in Changchuan, China; Graphic design of hotel and campus planning. Internship | Nov. 2016 - Mar. 2017
MAD Architects
Involved projects: - Paris Montparnasse Tower Competition: 3D modeling, 2D drawings, Photoshop, Illustrator and Renderings; - Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center (Construction Phase): 3D modeling, 2D drawings, Photoshop, Landscaping and Renderings; - Quan Zhou Convention Center: 3D modeling, 2D drawings, and Landscaping. Part-timer | Mar. 2018 - now
TeamLab
Visual Team Mainly in charge of 3D rendering by Maxwell
AWARDS First Prize
D3 Natural System competition
Honorable Mention
Evolo Skyscraper Competition
Excellent Work Award
AUTODESK_REVIT Cup National Sustainable Architectural Design Contest for College Students
Top 100 Candidate
New Architects of Asia in China
Outstanding Assignment Work Award
National Higher Education Teaching Plans Contest for Architectural Design Students
2015
2015
2014
EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture | 2012-2017
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- GPA: 91.35/100 - Ranking: 3/101 As an architectural student, I have lots of experience in architectural design and conceptual design, winning multiple international competition such as 2015 Evolo Skyscraper Competition, 2015 D3 Natural System Competition etc. Exchange student | 2015-2016
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan - GPA: 90.0/100
Master of Architecture | 2017-2019
The University of Tokyo, Japan
- Currently studying in G30 program of The Advanced Design Studies Program (T_ADS) at The University of Tokyo’s Department of Architecture. Mainly research on the integration of digital technologies in design and construction processes being used for expressing personal tendencies through the creation of new architectural practices as well as novel aesthetics.
TECH SKILLS Rhinoceros Grasshopper Sketchup Maxwell Rendering Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Premiere Pro Adobe After Effects Adobe InDesign
2014
CONTACT
2013
Email: useko515@qq.com Tel: +86 18004615086 LinkedIn: YUQING, RACHEL SHI
UPDATED IN APRIL 2018
THE SHALE NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER AND THEATER IN YUELONG MOUNTAIN Pengyang County, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China
[ THEATER / ARCHITECTURE DESIGN ] INDIVIDUAL WORK Scale: 8600 square meters Year: Senior Time: March-July, 2016 Awards: Excellent works award of National Higher Learning Commission of China
Yuelong Mountain sits in a landscape which is formed gradually eroded by triburates of Yuelong River, exposing layer after layer of roke and shale. Located on the south side of the mountain, the site adjoins the government offices in north and scenetic river park in south with an altitude difference of 18m. Throughout the concept of the flow of people eroding different altitude ·of architecture volume, this project intends to provide easily accessible service of various cultural performances and public-available multi-function spaces both indoor and outdoor by creating interactive landscape volumes.
SITE PLAN
BACKGROUND
Pengyang County sits almost in the middle of China, where the altitude belongs to the second stage of China’s geography. Located in the middle part the hilly and gully region of Loess Plateau in Pengyang County, ,Yuelong Mountain belongs to loess hill landforms. The terrain has a feature of higher northwest altitude and lower southwest landforms. Pengyang County in Ningxia Autonomous Region was first established in 1983, and now entering a new circle of urban development, with our site as a cultural center and civic plaza serving nearby citizens. The stratum of most of the piedmont regions is formed through the erosion of the loess and sedimentation from the transition of river to lake. Therefore, the landform of Pengyang County varies from erosional landform, tectonic denudation landform to erosional accumulation plain.
North-to-south section space order
CIRCULATION DESIGN
The circulation system
SECTION
The circulation of site
The circulation of the main volume
The circulation of subsidiary and multi-function building
SOUTH ELEVATION
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up up
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multi-function hall � Autodesk � � � � � � �
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up
up
up
multi-function hall entrance lobby
up down
multi-function hall meeting room
women’s bathroom
meeting room
multi-function hall
men’s bathroom
down
down
VIP lounge
office
down
office office
men’s bathroom
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lounge
entrance hall
equipment entrance
Women’s bathroom
VIP lounge down
stage back hallway upper space
down down
women’s bathroom
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up
VIP lounge
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service lounge
office down
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office office
down
stage back hallway
Men’s bathroom
dressing room dressing room
dressing room
elevator
under the stage area
down
dressing room
up
fire control room
dressing room
stage
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dressing room
equipment entrance
down
side stage
side stage
down elevator
down
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dressing room
lounge upper space
entrance lobby upper space side stage upper space
up
down
up
up
entrance hall
up
orchetra pit upper space
hall entrance
down
tool storage
up
hall
down
down
hall upper space
side spotilght room
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up
orchetra pit down
down
stage upper space
down
down
up
hall entrance down
side stage upper space
stage upper space
side spotilght room
up
side spotilght room
side spotilght room
lounge upper space
lounge upper space
hall upper space
up
up up
small music hall down
up
equipment space
up
down
down
up
hall up
women’s bathroom
down
down
up men’s bathroom
up
down
down
up
up
dome
light control room
lounge upper space
sound control room
lounge
lounge upper space
men’s bathroom
women’s bathroom
exhibision hall lounge
down
Ground Floor Plan
STRUCTURE ANALYSIIS
4.700m Floor Plan
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AUDITORIUM STRUCTURE
MULTI-FUNCTION ROOM STRUCTURE
8.650m Floor Plan
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-3.300 m Floor Plan
MAIN STRUCTURE
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The main structural support is steel frame structure. In order to support the inclined volume of lobby space, the overhang structure is achieved by bracket columns.
The whole outline of the auditorium is campaniform. The balcony has 356 seats. The number of the seats located on the first floor is 589.
The seats in orchestra situate in a 18 meters long and 7 meters wide orchestra pit.
Roofing adopts thin shell structure.
The stage roof also adopts truss-work structure.
The wall’s supporting structure adopts batter posts on the top of periphery beam.
The lobby is integrated with exhibition function and has four elevation: 0.000m; 3.500m; 7.500m; 12.500m
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Due to the long-span space characteristic of auditorium, it adopts trusswork structure.
On the south side is a batter wall whose upper side clings to the north, optimizing the sound environment of the multi-function room.
The main structural support is steel frame structure.
The overhang stage is supported by horizontal lenticular beam and vertical variable cross-section beam.
The whole outline of the auditorium is campaniform.
Columns are divided into two types including ones that directly support the roof and ones conveying beams’ weight to the ground.
In order to achieve perfect visual and audial performance, the ground of the floor is lifted gradually.
The lobby volume of mul-function rooms is indented to further emphasize the volume above.
The batter posts which support roof’s periphery beam directly sit on the ground
Utilizing altitude difference to create outdoor audience seats.
The stage and office spaces that locate in the northern part are intended to balance the inclined south-side lobby volume.
INTERIOR DESIGN ENTRANCE HALL INTERIOR
AUDITORIUM INTERIOR
dark emulsion paint for entrance overhang dark emulsion paint for entrance ceiling
down
wood texture GRG panels
metal mirror panel
down
Entrance hall
side stage
down
Half translucent synthetic resin board with LED inside
up down up
Second floor lounge
ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS (PLAN)
ENTRANCE HALL INTERIOR MATERIALS Beige stone panel
men‘s restroom
Rosewood color furniture LED light bar
Wood texture Fire and sound proof door suspended ceiling Dark stonepanel Half translucent synthetic resin board with LED inside
Glass balustrade
ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS (SECTION)
VISUAL ANALYSIS
Wood texture suspended ceiling White GRG suspended ceiling Half translucent synthetic resin board with LED inside
absorption placed at the rear of the hall
performance area
depression angle of 20 degrees
reflectory front stage area panels
sound source
reflection compensation for balcony area
stall area acoustic reflection analysis balcony area acoustic reflection analysis
performance area
A reflectory front stage area provides strong early reflections while absorption is placed in seating area and rear of the hall.
direct acoustic wave for stall and balcony area
reflection compensation for back of the stall area
sound source
This provides proper level of acoustic gain and avoid recognizable echo. The reverberations of each frequency are approximately from 1.03s to 1.65s
depression angle of 19 degrees
elevation angle of 10 degrees
curtain line elevation angle of 45 degrees
depression angle of 7 degrees
This provides proper level of acoustic gain and avoid recognizable echo. The reverberations of each frequency are approximately from 1.03s to 1.65s
EAST ELEVATION
LOOP OF HILLS MEMORIAL SPACE DESIGN OF ZHAOJUN TOMB PARK Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Province, China
[ EXHIBITION / ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE DESIGN ] INDIVIDUAL WORK Scale: 106.7 hectares Year: Senior Time: March-June, 2017 Awards: Excellent Graduate Design of School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology
The design theme of the graduate program is Hohhot Zhaojun Tomb Park Design Research. Under this background, the theme of my graduate research and design based its motif on the measures used in memorial feature of the spiritual space in the religious architecture in Hohhot, and mainly attempts to apply those measures for site planning, architectural concept and structural design in the planning of Zhaojun Park and hope to first create a promoted Zhaojun Park, integrating the need of Hohhot city, the mingle of Han culture and Hu culture that existed concurrently in Hohhot, as well as the expected infrastructures for tourism.
URBAN BACKGROUND GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
URBAN LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT
THE ROAD OF HISTORY AND CULTURE
Sta te R oad
POPULATION DEVELOPMENT AND CITY TIMELINE
General Suiyuan City General’s Office
URBAN LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT
The North Mosque
The Great Mosque
Hohhot has a long history and splendid culture. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, and also the frontier of the merging of nomadic civilization and agricultural civilization, as well as the forefront of culture communication and integration. In Qin period, King Zhao Wuling set its caputal here as Togtoh County in the southwest of Hohhot site. During the period of the Republic of Suiyuan Province, Mengyi after the merger, Hohhot became the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
ZHAOJUN CULTURE IN HOHHOT Christian Church Five Pagoda Temple
URBAN CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
Xi Li Tuzhao
Jokhang Temple Zhaojun Tomb
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For visitors who first come to Hohhot, Zhaojun Tomb is the door to the culture and history of Hohhot, and therefore, it is essential to further develop its cultural value .
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LARGE SCALE SITE DESIGN
LARGE SCALE SITE PLAN
LARGE SCALE SITE DESIGN ANALYSIS
Architecture in Zhaojun Park is divided into historical and cultural center building in central area, and the historical and cultural center of the building and landscape are mainly unified as “the LOOP of mountain” approach of design.
SITE PLAN
Park Plaza’s planning is mainly based on the central axis. Walking to the north along the central axis, people pass through the service buildings to reach the historic centre of the Zhaojun Tomb Park.
ARCHITECTURE VOLUME GENERATION
The greening is divided into the entrance greening, the landscape into the park center for is the second greening ring, and then we will reach the core of the park landscape greening.
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN F1 FLOOR PLAN OF 0.00M ELEVATION
F2 FLOOR PLAN OF 5.500M ELEVATION
B1 AND B2 FLOOR PLAN
F2 FLOOR PLAN OF 4.200M ELEVATION
SECTION
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STRUCTURE STUDY
EXHIBITION FUNCTION AND CIRCULATION
PLAN A PERSPECTIVE AND ASSESSMENT original curve / surface
PLAN B PERSPECTIVE AND ASSESSMENT
original curve / surface
original curve / surface vector to split surface
vector to split surface
vector to split surface
rib’s original curve rib’s original curve
generation of V-shaped steel groyne arch
PLAN C PERSPECTIVE AND ASSESSMENT
Main volume span and steel groyne arch section height
Main volume span and steel groyne arch section height
rib’s original curve
rib’s curve point extraction
generation of V-shaped steel groyne arch
Main volume span and steel groyne arch section height
rib’s curve point extraction
generation of X-shaped steel groyne arch
Due to the long span of the architecture, which in some places can reach up to 50 meters, I firstly considered several options of structures that might affect the indoor space perception of the architecture, and used parametric method for research.
SOUTHWEST FACADE
NORTHEAST FACADE
SOUTHEAST FACADE
NORTHWAST FACADE
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN 4.200M PLATFORM STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
5.500M PLATFORM STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
EXPLODED VIEW OF INTEGRATED STRUCTURE
The main detail design includes the structural design of the platform of 4.2m and 5.5m, as well as the detail joint design of the main intersection, double arch structure and the roof and glass curtain wall.
EXHIBITION SPACE
LOUNGE
WEST ENTRANCE
AIR MONUMENT ATMOSPHERE BACKGROUND DATEBASE
[ SKYSCRAPER / CONCEPT DESIGN ] GROUP WORK (main concept, modeling, and diagram) Year: Junior Time: February, 2015 Collaborator: Yifei Hu, Zifeng Sheng, Juntong Zhang, Yanan He Awards: HONORABLE MENTION, EVOLO, 2015 http://www.evolo.us/category/2015/
Nowadays, there is growing problem in global climate. Studies on atmosphere components provide possibilities for people to learn the law of climate changing. However, detected datum don’t include all the components of the atmosphere. We hope Air Monument is capable of getting atmosphere samples automatically throughout or even beyond human civilization, and store the samples with self-functioning system. With time passing, the building will become a library to study atmosphere components changing with the most resources. In the meantime, future techniques will allow more thoroughly studying atmosphere, providing better ways to respond to climate change.
BACKGROUND
The significance of atmosphere components study
Air samples are more important than datum
Caution of scientific management
Since the industrial revolution, global atmosphere has changed observably, leading to problems like global warming, ozone depletion, and so on, which put huge threat to human development. Therefore, the observation and study of atmosphere components is quite important. Carrying on long-term steady observation of atmosphere components and its relevant qualities is essential for learning atmosphere components and its changing process.
There is limited datum from detecting existing air samples. And there is possibility that some unknown substances make much difference during climate changing process but could not be detected for now. Therefore, air samples are the most comprehensive data resources. Today’s scientific researches often need early air samples. Modern advanced techniques also helped discover atmosphere component like hydro fluorocarbon, which were not paid attention to before.
Human behaviors have large impacts on atmosphere components and global climate change. In the 21st century, even if governments and scientific institutes have shown growing concern on environmental problems, without public consciousness of protecting the environment, it’s still not so optimistic of improving atmosphere pollution. There is reason that scientific approaches of improving the environment is too far away from everyday life. Thus, to show scientific work to the public in a better way, is essential to alarm them.
CONCEPT
In the process of atmosphere research, compared with insufficient data collection from current tests, direct air sampling owns more significance over the aspect of a comprehensive research on the existing circumstance.
With the passage of time, the collection of air samples will increasingly gain significance, benefiting human being in the future.
Air Monument will store the air samples in chronological order, in resemblance with document files, constituting a huge atmosphere data base.
The main volume floats high above human activity zone, with wind power generation and pneumatic structure, supporting its self-function, so that Air Monument will survive any disasters and exist far beyond human civilization.
Thousands of years later, when filled with air samples, Air Monument will finish its mission on collection and the stored air sample will benefit further research on the influence that the atmosphere has had upon human civilization.
DETAIL DESIGN
Suspension devices: The suspension devices are provided by the gasbags inside the circle, filled with helium which is lighter than air, to get enough buoyancy to float.
Auto-run devices: The outer skin is divided into two layers. Through the aerodynamic-formed design of the inner groove, high-altitude wind is led into of the vertical axis wind turbine inside the circle. Auto-run devices guarantee the skyscraper could still function even when human beings are extinct, until the air samples are abundantly collected.
Storage devices: The storage of atmosphere samples involves non-light, steady temperature, steady pressure and other relevant environmental conditions. The storage devices are arranged in chronological order. The air gathering jar is connected by silica gel airway tube and sampling devices, for atmosphere sampling use. According to different atmosphere sampling requirements, there are atmosphere components jar and atmospheric particle jar.
Sampling devices: According to the air assessment from each part of the circle, the atmosphere sampling devices will choose the optimized sampling site. The assessment structure consists of concentration meter, anemoscope, etc. The collecting component includes getter pump and vacuum pump, delivering samples through vacuum pipeline to each storage device which represent a certain time.
THE ROOT
BATTLES AGAINST FLOOD AND LAND EROSION Soil fixation and the restoration of living land in Barisal River, Bangladesh
[ RENOVATION / CONCEPT DESIGN ] GROUP WORK (main concept, modeling, and diagram) Year: Junior Time: Feburary, 2015 Collaborator: Yifei Hu, Zhibin Li, Zongmin Li, Yan Li Awards: FIRST PRIZE, D3 NATURAL SYSTEM, 2015 http://www.d3space.org/competitions/
Growingly aggravating abnormal climate phenomenon and various factors have been eroding precious land of Bangladesh, forcing climate refugees to flee from their own home. This project utilizes the theory of the configuration characteristic and physiological function of natural root system in soil-fixation and hopes to realize its goal by bio-mimic root system with original strong anchoring force and shear resistance of its natural system, thus providing climate refugees with floatable comprehensive infrastructures, all of which are designed to be easily built by local residents.
CURRENT SITUATION IN BANGLADESH
As the abnormal climate phenomenon growingly aggravates, alongside with severe deforestation, frequent invasion of flood and rising sea level have been eroding precious land of Bangladesh, forcing a great number of climate refugees to flee from their own home. As flood often comes quietly at night, poor civilians who live right next to flowing water have developed the habit of packing their requisites into an emergency package right next to their bed for immediate escape, and as a result, they are forced to move every year. Also, with each flood invasion, the waterline merges the cultivated land, and as is often the case, due to insufficient drainability of the land, as long as the field is flooded once, it will be unable to cultivate for several years.
BIOMIMIC
This project utilizes the theory of the configuration characteristic and physiological function of natural root system in soil-fixation and hopes to realize its goal by biomimic root system with original strong anchoring force and shear resistance of its natural system. In aligence with the phsical root system, we provide micro-bio soil fixation system to further solidate soil.
SOIL STRUCTURE WITH BIOMIMIC ROOT SYSTEM
Hydraulic pressure palification
Utilizing the hydraulic pressure drill to facilitate the palification process. Biomimic “root” system has a shorter construction period compared with actual plants.
Hydraulic pressure palification
By dispersing the micro-bot in actinoid directions and routes that lead pipes that will be the bases to forster microbes to solidate the soil.
Micro-bio soil fixation
SOIL STRUCTURE WITH BIOMIMIC ROOT SYSTEM
FLOATATION MACHANIZM
BEFORE FLOOD
DURING FLOOD In the meanwhile, this project provide climate refugees with a floatable comprehensive infrastructure that include basic living units, dock, instant-assemble road panels, farmland units etc., all of which are designed to be easily built by local residents. In times of flood, the whole community will float with wasted water barrel, saving residents’ lives as well as its livelihood, the farmland.
The tube contains the culture medium of heavy-metal ions’ solidification microbe to solidate soils.
Biomimic root system finish its palification in a very short time cycle.
The whole infrustructure floats alongside the flood through the floatation structure formed with waste water barrels.
UNIT STRUCTURE The roof utilizes local Makoko technology and roofage consists mostly of straw that can be found locally. Structural support is the combination of lightweight steel and wood, minimizing weight load of the flotation layer beneath.
FUNCTION LAYER
For the floor, wood is not only used tu form lattice structure, but also used in the flooring. Flotation layer mainly reuses water tanks to form boyant structure. Each boyant tank is mutually connected by rope and between them is the support structure which also reinforces the severity of the whole flotation system.
FLOTATION LAYER
The perpendicular foundation entrench itself deep into the ground. At the tip of the perpendicular structure, is the drill structure containing pipe system, pully structure and micro-bot launching space.
ROOT LAYER
This project provide climate refugees with a floatable comprehensive infrastructure that include basic living units, dock, instant-assemble road panels, farmland units etc., all of which are designed to be easily built by local residents. In times of flood, the whole community will float with wasted water barrel structure, saving residents’ lives as well as its livelihood, the farmland.
UNIT STRUCTURE
Equipped with alterable table-flap,the commercial unit can transform into a temporary dockyard when flood intrudes,which is able to provide waterborne traffic to local residents .
These undefined platforms can transform for use as temporary aid stations where casualties can stay safely with foods ,water ,health care and accommodation.
In order to protect trees that can’t be removed from waterlogging, we use this unit to provide contact with fresh air with four extendable fences holding back water .
THE BARRACK REBIRTH
HISTORIC COMMUNITY PROTECTION AND RENOVATION Cultural and historic center based on the current inhabitance o f senior citizens, Harbin, China
[ RENOVATION / ARCHITECTURE DESIGN ] GROUP WORK (main concept, modeling, and diagram) Year: Junior Scale: 3000 square meters Time: 2014 Collaborator: Yifei Hu, Wenjun Yu, Yan Li Awards: HONORABLE MENTION, AUTODESK REVIT SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION, 2015
SKELETON BRIDGE DIGITAL BALANCING WORKSHOP Design Fabrication Studio workshop towards Digital Fabrication Lab Pavilion 2018
[ MASTER’S RESEARCH WORKSHOP / SYSTEM DESIGN ] T_ADS, the University of Tokyo Obuchi Lab
INDIVIDUAL WORK Scale: 700MM * 700MM * 700MM Time: February, 2018
Curent 3D-printing technologies continue to emphasize novel form-finding techniques and machine centered precise construction process, failing to adequately critique the process of human who are involved in making process.This project will showcase an alternative vision of “Printing the world.” A radically different view of the 3D-printing process that utilizes new technologies to augment, rather than replace, human labor and intuition in the construction process will be displayed.
/ GEOMRTRY / // STRUCTURE UNIT RESEARCH
Fig. 4 A unit that consists of two compressive components: a triangle and a rod in the center; and tensile strings in between.
Fig. 5 A unit that consists of two triangle compressive components, and forms a triangle prism. Firm in vertical direction, but unstable in horizontal direction.
In tensegrity structure, the unit design is rather crucial for a feasible structure. In this process, I experimented on several unit form and found out that for a triangle based unit, the following component shown in Fig.7 has the highest structural performance.
// GEOMETRY SCRIPTS
Input Parameters: - Module numbers - Base curve - Triangle size - Graph mapper adjustments
Base support module
Regular support modules
Front view of skeleton bridge Output Components: - Compressive components' position and angle - Compressive components' length - Tensile components
Side view of skeleton bridge
Fig. 11 Perspective view of skeleton bridge geometry Fig. 6 This is a unit composed of 6 compressive triangles conponents but not very applicable for further development.
The shapes of tensegrity icosahedra depends on the ratio between the lengths of the tendons and the struts.
Fig. 7 Different shapes of tensegrity icosahedra
Top view of skeleton bridge Fig. 15 Three views of skeleton bridge
Fig. 12 The initial parameter of the geometry include module number, base curve and the size of the triangle. And the curve can be of any form, which makes it possible to use the reconstructed curves for regeneration of geometry. Also, the scale of the module can be controlled by graph mapper.
Fig. 16 Due to the nature that lower a module is, more weightwould be loaded onto it, the bottomn modules should be stronger and larger than top ones. According to this feature of the structure, I used graph mapper to adjust the scale so that the geometry would have higher performance in structure.
Fig. 13 The base support module is the first to be constructed and differs from general modules which are costructed by connecting middle points and vertexs.
Fig. 17 Graph mapper adjustments - pattern 1: same scale size through the curve.
Fig. 14 The export components are piped compressive units, their length and tensive strings that connects them.
Fig. 18 Graph mapper adjustments - pattern 3: wider bottom module scales.
// UNIT CONPONENTS Top View
Side View
Parallel View
Fig. 8 This is a module of right helix tensegrity unit. It rotates to stay stable. Top View
Side View
Parallel View
Top View
Side View
Parallel View
Fig. 9 For the general modules which are other than the base module, the compression units are connected from the middle point of bottom triangle.
Fig. 10 For the base module, the compression units are connected from the vertex of bottom triangle.
/ MATERIAL AND TOOLS /
/ WORKFLOW / CONSTRUCTION
OPTIMIZATION
FEEDBACK
grasshopper analysis
POSITION
vive tracker guide
Fig. 19 Compressive material: wood chopsticks with PLA twined ends.
vive tracker bake
CONSTRUCTION LAYER n 3D pen printing
gain GEOMETRY CENTER
keep the geometry center of the end of unit as close to target arc as possible
UNIT ANGLE keep if the geometry center as close to target arc as possible
grasshopper output
New position and angle of the component in LAYER n+1
CURVATURE the curvature of the line that composes of geometry centers should be continuous
Fig. 20 Tensile material PLA and 3D print pen.
According to the nature o`f "Tension + Integrity = Tensegrity", materials for this project are chosen as wood chopsticks ad which has high compressive resisting performances and 3D printed PLA strings that has tensile features.
Fig. 23 This chart shows the workflow of building the tensegrity structure and presents three rules for optimization.
/ OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM / // FEEDBACK SCRIPTS
Geometry scanning: baking the bottom points of each layer to define its geometry center
lighthouse
Fig. 21 Vive tracker for guiding and scanning system geometry center vive tracker
Optimization: regenerate a new guiding geometry
grasshopper monitor
Fig. 24 The script enables vive tracker to locate a certain point in the geometry and bake it in Rhino.
new layer
3D pen
comparison of old target geometry and new target geometry after scanning
Construction: draw a new layer of the geometry using 3D pen
target geometry
Fig. 22 Working space with two lighthouses, guiding and scanning vive tracker tool, caliberation tool and feedback system in grasshopper. Also showing the first layer of construction.
Fig. 25 When the tip of scanning device gets close to target point, it gives back a feedback by making beeping sound.
Fig. 26 The loop of actual work flow, including construction, scan, feedback and optimization.
/ ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS / // CONSTRUCTION
// OPTIMIZATION CONSTRUCTION
OPTIMIZATION
// FEEDBACK
FEEDBACK
CONSTRUCTION
OPTIMIZATION
grasshopper analysis
POSITION
vive tracker guide vive tracker bake
CONSTRUCTION LAYER n 3D pen printing
gain GEOMETRY CENTER
keep the geometry center of the end of unit as close to target arc as possible
UNIT ANGLE keep if the geometry center as close to target arc as possible
grasshopper output
vive tracker bake
CONSTRUCTION LAYER n
LAYER n+1
3D pen printing
gain GEOMETRY CENTER
the curvature of the line that composes of geometry centers should be continuous
Fig. 28 The bases are at first fixed by glue gun.
Vive tracker tool guided geometry positioning and 3D pen construction.
Fig. 29 Construction of the first layer.
OPTIMIZATION
UNIT ANGLE
vive tracker bake
New position and angle of the component in LAYER n+1
CONSTRUCTION LAYER n 3D pen printing
Fig. 30 After first layer of construction, using vive tool for baking.
// RESULT
gain GEOMETRY CENTER
keep the geometry center of the end of unit as close to target arc as possible
UNIT ANGLE keep if the geometry center as close to target arc as possible
grasshopper output
New position and angle of the component in LAYER n+1
CURVATURE
CURVATURE
the curvature of the line that composes of geometry centers should be continuous
the curvature of the line that composes of geometry centers should be continuous
Fig. 31 Gain geometry center using the three baked points.
POSITION
vive tracker guide
grasshopper output
keep the geometry center of the end of unit as close to target arc as possible
keep if the geometry center as close to target arc as possible
FEEDBACK
grasshopper analysis
POSITION
vive tracker guide
New position and angle of the component in
CURVATURE
Fig. 27 Using vive tracker tool to guide each point of the structure.
CONSTRUCTION
FEEDBACK
grasshopper analysis
Fig. 32 Determining the new position of the new module.
After using the vive tracker tool to scan the new geometry, the script automatically generate its geometry center for analysis
// OPTIMIZATION DURING CONSTRUCTION
Fig. 33 Screen monitor of positioning new layer's module.
After the optimization by analysing the geometry center of the target unit, it generates a` new geometry to achieve target geometry and structure.
In optimization process, I used interpolate curve to connect the geometry center of first layer scan points and the rest 9 layers' geometry center in order to generate a new base curve, then generate a new target geometry. Fig. 34 The comparison of target geometry and newly generated geometry from scanned first layer construction.
// DEVIATION ANALYSIS The possible causes of outcome deviation are as follows: 1. The accuracy of Vive tracker tools and lighthouses are influenced by human movements and lights; 2. Human errors causes components to move slightly after positioning; 3. When constructed with 3D pen, the PLA needs to intertwine in order to stick to compressive components and also to each other, which causes the components to move and deviate; 4. The frangibility of tensile material PLA increase the difficulty to construction accuracy.
Fig. 35 Top view comparison.
Fig. 36 Side view comparison.
// CONCLUSION Through construction, optimization and feedback process, we can know the following things: 1. The final outcome, although deviates from original target geometry slightly, has hit the target of a self standing tensegrity arch; 2. The workflow of construction – optimization – feedback and new construction is feasible; 3. Vive tracker tools have small deviations which are around 1~5cm according to the environment condition, so there would be smaller deviation when applied to a larger scale construction.
Fig. 37 Perspective view comparison.
Fig. 38 Comparison of target geometry and each layer’s construction
PHOTOGRAPGY
CITY / ARCHITECTURE / HUMAN / NATURE
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Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
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Old train station, Taitung, Taiwan, 2015
RMIT Lounge, Melbourne, Australia
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Rock district and Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia, 2017 Inter Continental Melbourne, Australia, 2017
Centre Pl, Melbourne, Australia, 2017
Arch Corridor, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2018