DD design

Reflection:

In the Digital design study, I learn many new things and design skills from lecture and workshop, such as 3D print, the use of grasshopper and unreal engine. Furthermore, the guidance of tutor and teacher in workshop help me a lot to understant and using those software. Thoese skill also is great helpfull for my other course, and I believe that the development of those skill has positive impact on my future architectural learning. Overall, in this course, I gain various useful and new skill and knowleged within a short timeframe, and I am pleased and quite satisfied with the my performance during this semester. In the furture learning, I will make persistent efforts.

Diagramming Design Precedent

The exterior of Serpentine gally pavilion is a very simple enclose retangle structure, and in its centre has a interior open garden. The design of the roof is projecting inwards from the walls, and there are benches under the roof for visitors to have rest.

In the process of my modelling, I mainly adopt loft and offsetsurface to make the module in Rhino.

The key concept of this project is to learn the importance of therehold. The threshold in this architecture is an important parts. It connects one space to another. For example, in this architecture, pathway between exterior doors and interior doors has play the role of threshold.

Isometric view

Circulation

This diagram shows the circulation space and circulation path

Compone of architecture

This diagram shows the main compones of pavillion, such as roof, threshold, pathway, bench and foundation

3D of roof

3D of threshold walls

3D of pathway and foundation

Final module

Generating Ideas Through Process

Every single 2D pattern has 4 hollowing out triangles on its surface, and those little triangles can allow the light to come the waffle structure

Surface and Waffle

This side is made by 3D pyramid-shapped patterns

Every single pyramid-shaped pattern has two sides hollowing out triangle patterns that also let the light to enter the structure

This side is made by 2D patterns which have a contrast with 3D patterns in another side

My final surface decision is 1.1 and 2.4 and others are test for my decision. For the panelling, the final decisionis 3.4 which is the combination of 3.1 and 3.2, and befor that I print the unrollsrf of 3.3, since the patterns is too complicate and small, and also some part is hard to fold and stick, so I did not choose 3.3 as my final model pattern.

Design Matrix

Those two groups of grasshopper are making the two different patterns of surface

Those three groups of grasshopper are making the two different shape of surface

The series of grasshopper is making the waffle structure

Those are part of my waffle structure and plannel patterns laser cut. I use 20mm tabs for my patterns, since big tab is esay for me to make the pattern.

Laser Cutting Linework and Process

Laser cut of my waffle structure

Test of 3.3 pattern in Task 01 Matrix

Laser cut of my paneling pattern and the process of folding

Detail of Physical Model

Photograpgh of Task 1 in top view and details

Platonic octahedron is used as main pattern of the 3D model. The exterior of booleaned geometry is simple square that can make a large and open space

The exterior of the 3D print structure is “L” shape

This is a 150x150x150 bounding box, and it shows that the size of the 3D print model is approximately 8% of the box

The interior structure of geometry create many darker surface

Solid boolean using 3.4 morph itteration

The final decision of grid Manipulation for my 3D print model is 1.4, and others are test for my model. For the platonic octahedron distribution, I perfer the regualr geometry distirtudion so I finally choose 2.4. I also choose 3.4 as my final modle, because the size of every octahedron varies from big to small on the regular basis compare with 3.1, and the distribution is very regular and concise compare with 3.2 and 3.3.

Design Matrix

The firest group is to set up a cub

the second main group is making the interior Platonic Octahedron distribution

according to platonic Octahedron distribution, this group mainly is making the interior polygons

Step1-bake the cube and octahedron from Grasshopper Step2-using Booleandifferent to boolean the interior polygons

Step 3-using another box to booleandiffernet

Step 4- Get half cube shape from step 3

Step 5- same process of step 3

Step 6- final boolean geometry 3D model

Queen Victoria Garden Pavilion

This pavilion have three main different highth entres which show the hierachy, and can allow visitors coming different direction .The exterior surface is consisted by different size of close and hollowing hexagons which can provide vistors with different light and visual effect. Inside of the pavilion has differenet seating place for people have rest , and centre of the avilion provide a place for an evening quartet performance. The pavilion has waffle structure to support it.

This pavilion adopt three main materials(glass, timber, marble). The exterior is made by white painted wood which give poeple a light feeling, and waffle structure is use woodcolored wood. Between the exterior surface and waffle structure has glass level. It can be a good measure for water proof and still keeping light effect. seatingplace and ground are made by white marble.

Primary Circulation

Circulation Paths

Thresholds

The lowest entre of pavilion

The exterior surface is consisted by different size of close and hollowing hexagons which can create different light and visual effect

The medium higth entre of pavilion

The highest entre of pavilion

between the exterior surface and waffle structure has glass level. It can be a good measure for water proof and still keeping light effect

different hight seating places

The ground pattern refects the exterior surface pattern.

Those llittle patterns help three thresholds make good transition between outside landscape and the whole pavilion.

It alos can show a way for vistors coming

Design Iteration

The grond pattern is using unreagular hexagons, and the hollowing out place can grow grass

This is the final desicion. The ground pattern refects the exterior surface pattern. Those llittle patterns help three thresholds make good transition between outside landscape and the whole pavilion. It alos can show a way for vistors coming.

The series of grasshopper is using MD silder to make surface

This small group is to make mesh waffle structure

The big group is make the waffle structure of the surface

This small group is to make mesh waffle structure

Set up attarcting line to control the distribution of HEXA

Set up a cub to cut the extract part of surface

laser cutting of Waffle structure and ground pattern of pavilion Time estimation of 3D print of 1/5 part of pavilion in MakerBot Print