Prototyping Nature by zaqi fathis

PROTOTYPING NATURE recent project 2007-2014

ZAQIFATHIS

ZAQI FATHIS I am born and raised in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.I work well alone as well as with a team of creatives. My ability to think visually and good technical skills enable me to use my knowledge of design and architectural principles. January, 25th 1989 Indonesian e: zaqifathis@gmail.com c: +62 856 257 003 7 Bahasa Indonesia | Mother tongue English | ﬂuent in oral and written

EDUCATION 2007-2012 |

Bachelor of Architecture Universitas Gadjah Mada | Yogyakarta, Indonesia GPA : 3.50 of 4.00

Project presentation, “KRONOLOGIDISASTER” OUTPOST 39: KRONOLOGIDISASTER at Independence Archive and Resource Center, Singapore. SKILLS

WORK EXPERIENCES Internship at Budipradono Architects. Researcher at HONFablab Researcher and Founder of DORXLAB [non standard architecture laboratory in Dept. of Architecture, Universitas Gadjah Mada] Research assistant in “ Alternatif Penggunaan Inspirasi Batik dalam Pembentukan Geometri Bangunan : Studi Skema dan Komposisi Batik Jawa”. Research assistant in “ File to Factory”. Research assistant in “ Application of Augmented Reality in Architecture”. Adjuct assistant : Introduction of Architectural Fabrication Parametric workshop instructor at Universitas Negri Surakarta Parametric workshop instructor at Universitas Gadjah Mada EXPERIENCE ABROAD ISAGA Summer School Program “The Future of the Past”, 2013 at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. guest artist at 13th Istanbul Biennial “Mom, am I Barbarian?” at Istanbul, Turkey.

software: Rhinoceros 5 Grasshopper | Kangaroo , Fireﬂy Skethup Pro 8 / 2013 Vray for Rhino + Sketchup Autodesk Autocad 2013 Coreldraw X6 Adobe Photoshop CS6 Adobe Illustrator CS6 Adobe InDesign CS6 Microsoft Ofﬁce | Word + Powerpoint hardware: Vinyl cutter Laser cutter Big Milling Machine

| Roland CAMM Servo GX-24 | Spirit GE-24 | CnC router shopbot

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DESIGN - SYMBIOSIS - ANARCITY! RESEARCH - DIAMAGNETIC SPECIES - STRING OF NATURE

COMPETITION - KRONOLOGIDISASTER - IN BETWEEN

DESIGN

SYMBIOSIS This is an undergraduate thesis project that explore forms of creative space generated by various architectural elements, such as lights, envelope, and shape. Through these elements users are expected to imagine the future form of interaction. Symbiosis is a digital media laboratory or incubation space, Located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, that promote a new interaction between human and digital matters. This project aims to trigger both formal and informal interaction between artist and scientist, and to enable an open platform to develop research-based collaboration.

instructor : Kurnia Widiastuti | Design thesis : 2012 | Location : Yogyakarta, Indonesia

model photo

Monstrous form are intendedly different from the surrounding context. It aims to attract attention and generate question that created from the dialogue between building and user, and/or building and landcsape. The primary program such as analog lab and audiovisual lab are randomly spread both vertical and horizontal. Then the other program are placed around them. Through the exploration of solid and void such as porous form, each room has a 360 degrees view overall while gives the user a different experience in every space.

educational fasilities

site analysis

cultural fasilities

program diagram

elevation

main program distribution

POROUS SPACE: - in between space; Triggering informal interaction that attract the function to burst out, blend with the movement, then questioned the boundary of the space.

porosity

interior view

exterior view

administration

analog laboratory artist residency

audiovisual lab

cafe

multipurpose hall lecture theater analog lab media laboratory

parking

exploded axonometric

DESIGN

ANARCITY In this studio, we were asked to imagine and design the future Jakarta in 2050 with the dystopian scenario that Jakarta will sink and all systems that support will be paralyzed. Rather than organizing program in order, Anarcity explored the concept of anarchy by tried to free up space from the function. This function will appear when space is activated by movement that causes the event. So, space will be free, undeďŹ neable, and formed by the user.

instructor : Budi Prayitno | Design Studio : 2010 | Location : Jakarta, Indonesia

All function are freely placed under one extremely big continous shell structure with various different height. The function slowly changed and emerged from the differences of feelings and experiences of space when occupants passing through the shell. Anarcity seeks for the spatial opportunity for the all community to engage in the social interaction. The giant landscape on the ground level gives the maximum openness of the public space, inviting all people to gather and play.

model photo

view from ground level

path pattern analysis

green area analysis

existing pattern

solid void

zoning analysis

view from above

RESEARCH

DIAMAGNETIC SPECIES Is it possible to translate a plant mechanisms to create an artiďŹ cial organism? what types of elements can we explore from it? This is a collaboration project between architecture and new media art developed by Dorxlab [ digital architecture laboratory] with Honf [new media art laboratory based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia] for the 13th Istanbul Biennial in Turkey. The concept of this project is how to use digital technology to form a new language from a mechanism carried by plant. In another perspective the plant is viewed as a collection of codes that can be rearranged, combined, reshaped.

13th Istanbul Biennial | Location : Istanbul, Turkey Team : venzha, zuardin akbar,dhoni yudhanto Responsibilities : conceptual, digital simulation, prototyping

installed at Istanbul Biennial

machines

Those codes are divided into three stages :

SYNTHETIC NATURE

LIFE FORM

In the ďŹ nal step, the sound data will be converted again into a kinetic installation. with so/by then we create an artiďŹ cial organism that likely breathes based from the amplitude changes from the generated sound data.

The water distribution process from the roots will cause humidity in each branch. the sensor will then read the humidity and translate it into a data that will be processed in the next step/stage. NEW LANGUAGE The humidity data will be converted into a new language of graphics and sound oscillators, this step uses arduino board for the transforming process.

SYNTHTIC NATURE: Phase 1 Pattern Studies Patterns and form studies were explored through the use of mixed media, such as analogue form-ďŹ nding models with papers, as well as digital simulation using Grasshopper and Kangaroo plugin.

fold line

mountain fold

pattern studies

analog studies

folding simulation

valley fold

phase 2 Digital and Physical Simulation Through digital and physical model, this installation mechanism was developed. The sound readings from the sensors are processed by a FireďŹ&#x201A;y plugin which interprets the data and sends the instruction to the servos via arduino board.

simulation

grasshopper deďŹ nition

arms servo

folding paper

gear base

arm structure

detailed axonometric

perforated metal steel frame

wooden structure

material detail

RESEARCH

STRING OF NATURE [S.O.N] Biomimicry is a nature obeservation in physical, model, systems, process, and elements that inspired or replicated to solve human problem. Through a very long process, nature has gone through a process of trial and error to improve the living organism and has proven its ability by time. The design that emerged from biomimetics has created latest technology developments in both macro scale and nano level technology. The aim of this research is to develop a surface that can applied as wall or building skin which spatial conďŹ guration respond to changing weather conditions, people ďŹ&#x201A;ows and human communication, enviromental factors and ecological considerations.

Instructor : Agus Hariyadi | Location : Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta Team : DORXLAB-zuardin akbar,dhoni yudhanto,ivan majid Responsibilities : conceptual, digital simulation, prototyping

installation

This research was inspired from the natural behaviors exhibited by the mimosa pudica plant whose leaves will close when exposed to touch. Through this observation, this research tried to mimic the behavior and using it to respons the light levels. A number of experiments were developed by physical and digital simulation. The result is a set of ribbons consisted of 250 pieces ithat arranged vertically.

mimosa pudica

Digital simulation: All the digital simulation were processed in Grasshopper and FireďŹ&#x201A;y plugin. test 1: Through the simple simulation, the light levels was assumed as a certain distance between point and surface. The closer the distance between point and surface, the larger aperture that will be generated by the surface. test 2: Real time simulation are developed using camera as a photo-sensors. Then, the data from the sensors are processed in Processing to have the black and white image with the different level of lights. After that, Grasshopper and FireďŹ&#x201A;y are used in the last process to interprets the data and sends corresponding instructions to the servos.

digital simulation

grasshopper deďŹ nition

panel

structure

installation

exploded axonometric

construction process

COMPETITION

KRONOLOGIDISASTER Technology is a force of nature. it is the force of human presence in the world - Paul Sepheard Kronologidisaster is a research program collaboration project between art, architecture and science to create life form mechanism deďŹ ned by communities with organic method as medium to build the communication behaviour and ecosystem supporting who living in Hazard-Prone Areas. KRONOLOGIDISASTER attempts to describe a complex mechanism through an open platform that was developed through organic method to build the dialectic between human and nature, human and human by build together (D.I.W.O; Do It With Others) a life form of the ecosystem that would later become a survival mechanism when the natural disasters happened and undermine the basic components of life such as water, food, and energy supply.

YCAM competition | International Team : HONF- ratna juwita ; DORXLAB-zuardin akbar,dhoni yudhanto Responsibilities : conceptual, digital simulation

Indonesia geography and demographic have its unique biodiversity. They are formed due to subduction zones of three main active tectonic plates: the Eurasian Plate, PaciďŹ c plate, and The Indo-Australian Plate. In a term of natural disaster countermeasures, Indonesia has undergone story after The Tsunami in 2004, earthquake in 2006, and the latest is Mount Merapi Eruption in 2010.

research lab

In response to this natural phenomenon, every community group or society has its own knowledge and ways to deal with the environment for the sake of survival. The mechanism in the face of the incident are formed from experience, knowledge, expectations and problems that occurred in surrounding areas. We begin to divide the mechanism into 3 phase : pre-disaster, disaster, post disaster.

activity diagram

pre disaster activity

disaster activity

post-disaster activity

food producing : [medication; food; energy] hacking satellite playground workshop warehouse new ecosystems

food gathering : [medication; food; energy, water] physical healing mental healing hacking satellite [weather information]

public laboratory re-build existing re-cycling material re-communicating re-deďŹ ne new form of life

growth possibilities

608 frames

120 frames

Using Grasshopper to simulate the distribution possibilities that will happen when the whole mechanism is functioning properly. A simple simulation using swarm system, by combining a simple logic that applied to each particle swarms that acts as human colony. The particle moves from base point and spread in all direction. Created various path pattern which is then connected to the lines that will be the structure of the building.

digital digita dig itall simulation ita simu simu imulat lation lat ion

view from inside the structure

COMPETITION

IN BETWEEN architecture is formed by communication while space is a medium that produces and/or produced by the interaction. Nowadays, the form of communication has changed or shifted physically. Electronic technologies such as telephone and internet has forced us to re-form and reconstruct the social patterns at all aspects of our personal lives. In between is an installation that tries to respond these shifting social pattern by pulling out the virtual interaction space into our physical space.

AFAIR UI | National Team : zuardin akbar,dhoni yudhanto,anggita dewayani,andin Responsibilities : conceptual, digital modelling

installation on the street

Paradoxical intervention in the topography of the city is formed between the real space - virtual space, private - public, social - antisocial, which produce new layer known as cyber space.

urban cyber topography

Paths, walls, windows, buildings, and other elements in this layer seemed to fused into inďŹ nite networks that are connected to each other. This installation works by responding signals coming out from mobile phone which is then be transformed into lights that placed at web. The more people interact with their phones, the more light will light up.

scenario

geometric study

installation at urban park

net st cable structure

LED lamp lamps electric electricity cable signal ssensor

reďŹ&#x201A;ector ecto string ballast

installed installe installation installa LED glare glar

exploded axonometric

PROTOTYPING NATURE zaqifathis portfolio 2007-2014