Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE William Rudd
915733 Ray Ali | Studio 04
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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? The three elementary types of developable surfaces are: cylinders, cones and tangent surfaces. Cylinders are formed using a series of parrellel lines. Cones use a similar method however the lines meet at a point. Tangent surfaces are made using polygons to create complicated shapes.
Question 2: Why is the understanding of developable surface critical in the understanding of architectural geometry? An understanding of developable surfaces is important because to create unusual or curved shapes would be difficult without the assistance of developable surfaces. These curved or unusual forms are very complicated and would be essentially impossible to construct. However, with flat panels or a developable surface these forms can become a reality. An example is the Huyghe + Le Corbusier Puppet Theatre - by MOS as this surface/form is curved and could not have been constructed without panels.
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PANELLING 2D PATTERN
2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular
2d Panelling, Pattern: Wave
2d Panelling, Pattern: Brick
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VARIABLE 2D PATTERN
Custom 2D panel with no variable
Custom 2D panel with point attractors variable
Custom 2D panel with a central curve attractor variable
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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE
Unrolled template of one of my 9 different variables
Image of the variable
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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? Digital fabrication is 3D/2D modelling created on a computer. It is useful in a vast number of aspects from visulisation of buildings and forms to structual analysis to materials. Digital fabrication has changed the understanding of two dimensional representation as it allows something created in 2D to be shown as 3D. However I beleive that digital fabrication should be used alongside traditional 2D sketching and drawing. Also digital fabrication allows for a much higher level of accuracy from construction purposes.
Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? By folding something that is 2D a 3D shape is formed. This is the essential reason why it is used extensively. Folding many shapes together can create very complex models or buildings.
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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING
Exploration of 3D variables and panelling with basic triangles
All the shapes that I used in my exploration process, many turned out to be too complicated to builld.
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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL
All unroll panels shown on A4 pages
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Example of 3 panels unrolled together to create a complecated shape.
PANELISED LANDSCAPE
3D view of paper model showing the curve of my landscape.
Top view of paper model
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FINAL MODEL
Final 3D computer model
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showing the different shapes that made up my model
APPENDIX
Making my original terrain into a workable surface (showing surface and bounding box)
Each cut out unrolled section. Ready to be folded and constructed. (all lines were also scored using a knife to make folding easier and neater
My layout plan for my different variable shapes. I had 3 3D variables each with 3 different variations and a 2D panel. This meant 10 variables in total.
Top view of my computer model
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