Portfolio in KADK by wenyu wu

portfolio in kadk Master Program

2013-2015

Wenyu Wu

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ,Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation

THESIS-A design-led enquiry into techniques of performative folding Type:Independent Tutor:Phil Ayres Date:02/2015-06/2015 This project investigates varieties of techniques of perfomative folding which will be applied on pop-up architecture.The reason why i want to investigate is folding has both structural and aethestic capacity.Pop-up architecture has deep architecture quality and it is radical in design even though it is temporary. It gives the oppotunity to apply the techniques of perfomative folding on.The methods of investigation will be in these aspect: material, physical model, computation simulation, architecture content .

computation simulation Grasshopper plug-in Kangroo could simulate the behavior of folding as long as we have the unfolded plan. Further exploration is to give load to it to get the ideal shape we want.

top

perspective

side

top

perspective

side

unfolded plan

original folding

one scale of folding transfoming to another scale

one scale of folding transforming to another scales in deffererent level of folding

COMPUTATION SUMULATION

perspective

unfolded plan

side

top

PHISICAL MODEL EXPLORATION

d e p l o ya b l e plan

SCENE OPENING

SCENE closed

DEPLOYABLE PLAN

LIGHT EXPERIMENT

3 TYPE OF STAGE

chinese shadow puppet

string puppet

puppet

Junction exploration

100 mm

200 mm

insert into the cut

junction

REDUCE the scale of fold REDUCE the thickness of the paper REDUCE the size of junction

cut

easy to fold EASY to break KEEP aestheticity

material: paper 270 gsm

difficult to fold EASY to break KEEP aestheticity

material: paper 240 gsm

100 mm

insert into the cut

junction

REDUCE the scale of fold REDUCE the thickness of the paper REDUCE the size of junction

cut

Junction exploration

100 mm

200 mm 100 mm

REDUCE the scale of fold

cut

easy to fold EASY to break KEEP aestheticity

material: paper 270 gsm

holes for string to go through

easy to fold NOT EASY to break KEEP aestheticity

string

material: paper 270 gsm

Junction exploration

+ holes for string to go through

+ string

Lengthen the stich length

easy to fold NOT EASY to break KEEP aestheticity SAVE TIME to stich

material: paper 270 gsm

easy to fold NOT EASY to break KEEP aestheticity

material: paper 80 gsm

holes for string to go through

string

the clay rockit Tutor: Phil Ayres, Paul Nicolas Date: 09/2014-10/2014 Partner: 3 person

THE PRESSURE

0 4 / CA L I B R AT I N G T H E P R E S S U R E

0 5 / t e st # 1

-pressure: 1 bar -plastic bag containing the clay

upgrade the tool

0 5 / t e st # 2

-pressure: 1 bar -no plastic bag containing the clay

By making variety of tests on the extruder, we realize where the problems the tool have and start to upgrade the tool.

0 2 / S P EC U L AT I V E E N Q U I R E S

Path Speed

200 g

249 g

Pressure

416 g

412 g

0 2 / S P EC U L AT I V E E N Q U I R E S

I N T E RC O N N E X I O N B E T W E E N E L E M E N TS 01

0 2 / S P EC U L AT I V E E N Q U I R E S

400 g

QUIRES

258 g

401 g

I N T E RC O N N E X I O N I N A C O R N E R 01

I N T E RC O N N E X I O N I N A C O R N E R 02 I N T E RC O N N E X I O N B E T W E E N E L E M E N TS 02

SPECULATIVE digital model

physical model

385 g

0 8 / D ES IG N I N T E N T

ag g r e gat io n t e s t s ( m a n ua l )

SPECULATIVE digital model

physical model

C O N TROLLED S HA P E S DE S I G N I N TE N T

C O N TROLL I N G THE OUT C O M E S HA P E

DE S I G N I N TE N T

constructing structure Tutor: Mark West, Phil Areys, Paul Nicolas Date:11/2014 Partner: 8 person This is a three week workshop. The focus will be on strategies for the design and construction of thin-shell masonry spanning and boundary elements. The primary purpose of the workshop is to develop a critical appreciation of the ways in which the consideration of construction influences design methods and proposition.

starting from two parallels lines(red), the two main arches (black),i.e. catenaries, are generated by relating the endpoints of each lines,and by parameters that allow the control of scale, hight and gravity.

starting from two a. parallels starting linesfrom two parallels lines (red), the two main arches (red), (black), the two main arches (black), i.e. catenaries, are generated i.e. catenaries, by are generated by relating the endpoints of relating each lines, the endpoints of each lines, and by parameters thatand allow by parameters the that allow the control of scale, hight and control gravity. of scale, hight and gravity. for optimizations, we subdivided the surface in longitudinal sections, generating a set of curves to be analysed and optimized, one by one.

for optimizations, c. we subdivided for optimizations, the we subdivided the surface in longitudinal sections, surface in longitudinal sections, generating a set of curves generating to be a set of curves to be analysed and optimized,analysed one by one. and optimized, one by one.

first brick model of the "flipped" surface, in 1:5. for it was used two cardboards sheets as falsework, hdf blocks as bricks and a mixture of white glue and corn starch as mortar. no guide was used. except eyes and intuition.

by projecting the two arches on ground, we have a centered crosspoint, in which a vertical straight line raises, connecting both arches and working as reference to the surface be constructed through sweeping.

by projecting the two b. arches by projecting on the two arches on ground, we have a centered ground, we have a centered building the vault: after the three first brick lines, we realized that would be falsework materials: set of three plywood arches, fixed on ground, using ropes as bricks guides. crosspoint, in which a vertical crosspoint, straight in which a vertical straight better to have more guides. silvertapes were added to solve this problem. line raises, connecting both line raises, archesconnecting both arches and working as reference andtoworking the as reference to the surface be constructedsurface throughbe constructed through sweeping sweeping

using Galapagos Evolutionary Solver, each curve is optimized to best fit bending (fiberglass rods). in detail, we can see the differing curvatures, with the original curve in red and the optimized in green.

using Galapagos Evolutionary d. using Galapagos Solver, Evolutionary Solver, each curve is optimizedeach to best curve is optimized to best fit bending (fiberglass rods). fit bending (fiberglass rods). in detail, we can see the in differing detail, we can see the building differing the vault: as the bricks length doesn't fits the curvature very well, some critical points start to appear. curvatures, with the original curvatures, curve with in the original curve in red and the optimized inred green. and the optimized in green.

building the vault: ...and going up...

the bricks were oriented from the base line, perpendicular to the higher curvature, to the top, and directed from the higher to the lower one. as we can see in the picture, the bricks that reach the lower curve are not parallel to this one.

first brick model of the "flipped" surface, in 1:5. for it was used two cardboards sheets as falsework, the brickshdf were blocks oriented from the base line, perpendicular to the higher curvature, to the top, and directed from the as bricks and a mixture of white glue and corn starch as mortar. no guide was used. except eyes higher and to intuition. the lower one. as we can see in the picture, the bricks that reach the lower curve are not parallel to this one.

building the vault: on top, the two arches need to overlap each other.

building the vault: improving the surface to optimize the overlapping with more defined edges.

building the vault: overlapping completed.

building the vault: ...last line of bricks...

this means that the tangent length of each brick on the lower curve is bigger then on the higher one. since both arches has the same length, we can realize that there will be a gap on the bottom of the vault. AND THAT IS A PROBLEM, MAN!!! this means that the tangent length of each brick on the lower curve is bigger then on the higher one. since both arches has the same length, we can realize that there will be a gap on the bottom of the vault. AND THAT IS A PROBLEM, MAN!!!

architecture condition

variety of surface

cobination of variety of surface

concrete bean

concrete colunm

Infinite Methods of treating clay Tutor: Phil Ayres, Paul Nicolas Date: 09/2014 Partner: 3 person

1 Tile

3x5 Tiles

5x8 Tiles

9x15 Tiles

1 Tile

3x5 Tiles

5x8 Tiles

9x15 Tiles

reapetting

reapetting + scaling

one tool

one tool 120 mm

120 mm

60 mm

30 mm

30 mm 120 mm

15 mm

30 mm

120 mm

15 mm

60 mm

30 mm

15 mm

7.5 mm 7.5 mm

60 mm

7.5 mm

15 mm

60 mm

30 mm

15 mm

7.5 mm 120 mm

30 mm

60 mm

120 mm

reapetting + scaling + different arrangement

reapetting + scaling + different distribution

120 mm

different size of tools

60 mm 60 mm

30 mm 120 mm

15 mm 60 mm

30 mm

15 mm

7.5 mm 7.5 mm

30 mm

15 mm

60 mm

120 mm

120 mm 15 mm

60 mm

30 mm 120 mm

15 mm

60 mm

30 mm

15 mm

7.5 mm 7.5 mm

30 mm

30 mm 53 mm

5 mm 4 mm

7.5 mm 120 mm

120 mm

15 mm 18 mm

60 mm

7.5 mm

9 mm

15 mm

15 mm 30 mm

30 mm

3 mm

60 mm

13 mm

60 mm

2 mm

120 mm

Material DYNAMIC

tutor: Martin Tamke Date: 10/2013 -12/2013

two types of hinge

comparing two types of component

diamond shape

straight line shape

TYPE 1: same level of opening and closing

TYPE 2: DIFFERENT level of opening and closing

moving path

I start to think how to let the hinge move a little but get a big opening.

advantage:

disadvantage:

1.All the thing are symetric,it makes the mechenical system simpler and it is more suitable for modular use.

1.It is too complicated and have too much possibilities.It is hard to find a pringciple to develp in the next step. 2.There is no reason to make the level of opening in a single component different .

material test

plastic 0.1 mm

too soft

plastic 0.1 mm

stand by itself

glass fiber plastic

plastic 0.2 mm

glass fiber plastic

more stable and stronger

The glass fiber plastic helps the compounent automaticlly go back to be flat when there is not ay force to pull it. Because the glass fiber plastic has elasticity.

5 TYPES OF COMPOUNENT FACADE

ILLUMINANCE ANALYSIS IN 5 TYPES OF COMPOUNENT FACADE IN JUNE 21

9:00

12:00

15:00

18:00

COMPOUNENT TYPE A:

I set 5 types of compounent .They are in the same size and all opaque but with different level of opening.I use these compounet in 5 facades ,including the roof.Then i will make tests to see how much illuminace this space will have in every type of comounent facade in four times during a day.

COMPOUNENT TYPE A 263 LUX /DAY

299 LUX /HOUR

520 LUX/HOUR

121 LUX/HOUR

112 LUX/HOUR

534 LUX /HOUR

335 LUX/HOUR

868 LUX/HOUR

178 LUX/HOUR

COMPOUNENT TYPE B:

403 LUX /DAY COMPOUNENT TYPE C:

COMPOUNENT TYPE B 3403 LUX /DAY

4266 LUX/HOUR

4155 LUX/HOUR

4365 LUX/HOUR

COMPOUNENT TYPE A

826 LUX/HOUR

COMPOUNENT TYPE D:

COMPOUNENT TYPE C

9:00 10506 LUX /DAY

868 LUX/HOUR

17715 LUX/HOUR

13329 LUX/HOUR

12:00

18:00

15:00

2350 LUX/HOUR

COMPOUNENT TYPE E:

55 LUX

85 LUX

145 LUX

24715 LUX /DAY

final model

21071 LUX/HOUR

44192 LUX/HOUR

28371 LUX/HOUR

5227 LUX/HOUR

88 LUX

130 LUX

305 LUX

65 LUX

70 LUX

130 LUX

30 LUX

37 LUX

65 LUX