Digital Design portfolio by XIA XINYU

Digital Design - Portfolio Semester 1, 2018 XIA XINYU 873017

Siavash Malek + Studio 18

X I A X I N Y U Email: xxia4@student.unimelb.edu.au

Education:

Reflection

2017 - current Bachelor of Design University high School

From Foundation of Design: Representation to Digital Design, I have learnt a lot of techenical skills, especially in Rhino. When I designed something, I always feel proud of myself, also, those proud include the help and advises from tutors. After the one and a half year, Istarted to throw the old-fashioned ideas and add new concepts into my design, I started to do something creative.

Awards / Exhibition: 2017

FOD:R Exhibition, AFLK Gallery

CasA Exhibition 2018

Printing, Collage and Social Engagement Exhibition

Skills: Rhino Grasshopper

During this semester, I learnt the Grasshopper skills and learnt how to use the Unreal Engine which are both different from the previous studies. Those studies push me into the Architecture to feel the other kind of architecture.

Unreal Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Fabrication

Although I have finished the tasks in this semester, some softwares did not leart very well, I need to improve more on grasshopper which can increase the speed when I design. Also, I am not good at controlling the lineweight, and the presentation is not weel analysed, so, in the future studies, I will more focus on these disadvantages.

Content: Precedent Study----------------------------------------------------------------------4 Generating Design Through Digital Processes-----------------------------6 Queen Victoria Garden Pavilion-----------------------------------------------17

DIAGRAMMING DESIGN PRECEDENT

In my opinion, the most important part in Zahaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pavilion is the openings on the top which have different size and allow sunlight into the pavilion to creat the shadows. The two openings in the pavilion create threshold and circulation for the pavilion.

Circulation

Threshold

First image shows the 3D model with the interior space

Three images represents the sun-shadow at 9am, 12am, 3pm seperately. From these three images, we can find that the shadows all in the similar location which is nerar the entrance. the shadows can be treated as the threshold which lead people to get into the Pavilion.

Second image shows the directions of passengersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; passways Third image shows the density of people in this Pavilion

GENERATING THROUGH

IDEAS

PROCESS

Design Matrix

Lofts

1.1 3

1.2

1.3

1.4

Key

1- 8

1 (150, 150, 0)

Coordinates of each point Grid Points

How the surface going and the Coordinates of them

Location of the point attraction

8 4

Paneling Grid & Attractor Point

2.1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(120, 150, 0) (150, 150, 150) (30, 150, 150) (0, 30, 0) (30, 0, 0) (0, 120, 150) (150, 30, 150) (150, 30, 0)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

2.2

(150, 150, 60) (150, 90, 150) (150, 0, 90) (30, 0, 0) (120, 150, 0) (120, 150, 150) (150, 0, 150) (0, 0, 60)

8 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(90, 150, 0) (150, 150, 150) (0, 150, 150) (0, 0, 0) (0, 150, 0) (0, 0, 150) (150, 60, 150) (150, 120, 0)

2.4

2.3

{Random Arrangement}

Paneling

3.1

{Point Attraction}

3.2

{Direction Attraction}

{Mean Attraction}

3.3

3.4

Design Matrix: 1:3 9

8 1 (5)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(150, 150, 0) (150, 0, 150) (0, 30, 150) (0, 0, 0) (150, 150, 0) (150, 120, 150) (0, 150, 150) (0, 120, 0)

neling

Surface and Waffle

Design Matrix: 1:3

60mm

Exploded Axonometric 1:1

Computation Workflow

Process of choosing sides.

Waffle structure process

Process of choosing points on all sides.

Surface on the left has change in the height of each panel which is increased up the surface, Also, the size in the openings on the panels becoming smaller when surface going down.

The waffle is a conmination of three parts, longitude quadrangle, two latitude strios. The waffle have one large opening and one small opening which can give thesimilar sence of threshold with Zaha.

Surface on the right is pyramid panels which all have hollow triangles in each peace of surface.

This is so easy to get sth. wrong in Grasshopper, in my process of making the waffle, command negative is really hard to be cleared for me. The process of unroll 3D panels are similar to the M3 in fodr, but when I first unrolled the two different panels, one of the panel does not fit the waffle which should be mirrored. This task can be a improved study from the FoDR.

of Rotation {Rotation of two overlapped cubes in random angles}

{Rotation of three overlapped cubes in random angles}

{Rotation of two overlapped cubes in same angles}

Design Matrix: 1:4

Axonometric 1:1.5 0

60mm

When I finished making the cube, I strated to choose which part shoule be 3Dprinted. The reason why I choose this part is because I consider the width of each side of the model and the relationship betwee the nearby parts. This one donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sharp peaces which is less than 1mm and all aurfaces can be supported well by adjacent parts..

{Rotation of three overlapped cubes in same angles}

SOLID AND VOID

Design Matrix Point Attraction

1.2

1.1

1.3

1.4

C D

A {Attract point B :(219, 38, 56)}

{Attract point C :(169, 223, 76)}

{Attract point D :(53, 320, 37)}

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

{No Rotation}

{Partial Ratation}

3.1

3.2

Rotation of cubes

{Attract point A :(32, -104, 67)}

{Y-Z axis Rotation in different angles}

{Random Rotation}

3.4

3.3

Combination of Rotation {Rotation of two overlapped cubes in random angles}

{Rotation of two overlapped cubes in same angles}

{Rotation of three overlapped cubes in random angles}

Design Matrix: 1:4

{Rotation of three overlapped cubes in same angles}

Key A-D

Attractor / Control Points (X,Y,Z)

Computational Process

Creat a set of cubes in different rotation.

Overlap three sets of cubes in different rotation, which can give intersection surfaces between them.

The 1/8 of the overall cube.

M2 Task 2 3D Printing

The impressive shadow created by the openings.

The chosen part give different patterns. Comment on 3D Printing

QUEEN

VICTORIA

PAVILION

GARDEN

The main concept I covered in this module is to show the relationship between the light and shadows, light at different time, in different season are different. Also, after the light passing through different materials, the form of light changed, then different form of shadows is created. The landscape combined the original lawn and the seat places together. The material used in the outer shield is glass, and water is filled into the gap between the two glasses, which can show the reflection and refraction when sunlight passing through.

Threshold and Circulation

Vignette 01

Hightlight the reflection of light, the shadow created and the surrounding landscape.

Vignette 02

Threshold and main entrance of the Pavilion.

Vignette 03

Detailed view of the landscape which shows the place for people to sit and walk.

Computational Process

Add panels onto the surface, Use Booleandifference to create threshold.

Make openings on the top and the side surfaces. Rectangles have variable size but all from the same central point.

Make waffle structure between a semi-sphere and a rectangle.

Fabrication process

Add a opening on the top ten layers of my landscape which can creat a spce for the 3D modle fit in, then the modle can stand on the landscape.

360 Image Output

Digital Design Semester 1, 2018