Arch 218 Rhino Midterm Portfolio
William Zhou
Multi-View Drawing Axon Multi-View Drawing
Planar Objects and Drawing
Axon - Elevations Perspective - Exploded Axon - Multi-View Drawing
Table of Contents
Boolean Objects
Axon - Exploded Axon Top Elevation - Technical - Bottom Elevation
Grafting
Axon - Contour Axon - Process Multi-View Drawing - Exploded Axon Perspective
Mashrabiya
Axon Process Exploded Axon Various Perspectives
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Multi View Drawing Beginning and understanding how Rhino works. This was a great refreshing exercise in learning how past programs learned relate and how their engines work in similar ways. As a beginning exercise, there was a great simple freedom in exploring some of the quicker capabilities of this program.
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Planar Objects and Folding In learning about planar surfaces, we explored using different ways of creating and altering surfaces to fold upon or around. It was extremely fascinating to understand how to create and fold a 3D object from a 4-sided planar surface. There were no presumptions prior to the project and the results were perfectly pleasant.
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In reanalyzing this project, the one thing I would attempt to change would just be to fold a larger variety of angles. I became very interested in creating the valleys and hills using the one planar surface just from seemingly simple angled folds. Foreseeably, there would be a large difficulty in actually create a physical folded model of the project.
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Boolean This project was extremely insightful in understanding how surfaces in 3D objects met up and coincided to create space. It gave me an understanding that surfaces could be created in a great variety of ways, and creating spatial voids can be just as important as the surface areas.
Fortunately, our project came out very quickly and met our expectations up until the point of constructing the physical model. Creating the necessary tabs at the right areas for the right meeting points involved a more planning and visualizing.
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After completing the 3D physical model, we came to a better realization to how the pieces connected. This changed our mindset in not only how to unroll the surfaces but also how to separate pieces in order to add the necessary tabs. I am interested in testing out a greater variety of shapes and objects to use boolean with, perhaps creating greater dynamics and further enhancing the spaces created.
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Grafting Curves, which I previously struggled with on many occasions on a variety of programs, came very easily with Rhino and in this process of learning. I learned how curve points worked and the importance of placing them properly and neatly. It was fascinating being able to create an almost original curve derived from two other distinct curves.
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We actually went through several iterations in this project. In creating the second set of curves to intersect with the first set of perpendicular curves, we had great difficulty. We were unable to turn them tangent and intersecting, creating curves that did not flow well.
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This project was difficult to understand at first, but as we were able to continue exploring and experimenting, the curves became more and more familiar. It all became a matter of practice. I would be very interested to see if grafting to surfaces that had both planar and curved surfaces would give similar results. I predict that in attempting to merge the two would cause my tangent intersections to be very skewed.
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Mashrabiya This was by far the most alluring and heart-wrenching project thus far. In creating a design that could mesh well with itself, we spent a lot of time struggling to find something minimalist, simple connections, but dynamic in visual aesthetics. It taught us a lot in creating 3D protruding surfaces, or facades. This allowed me to understand the detail that went into creating these decorative and functional elements.
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After the initial construction of our final component and finding a proper and visually appealing way to connect this component, we thought our design a bit simplistic. It was visually appealing but it was difficult to fully portray what we wished to show. In an attempt to create an interactive layout, we pushed for a nebulous atmosphere and look that did not quite translate toward our goals.
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Being that variety was our goal, we discovered that in stacking our model and rotating the faces would give us completely different dynamics and intriguing patterns.
In attempting this project again, I would pursue a completely different design and process. We did not have such a linear approach in our creating our concept and played with a variety of designs. Rather than just creating one type of “face� per angle, I am interested if I could create varieties of patterns per angle of sight.