Blooming Weed

Blooming Weed 2021 S2 ARC80004 Fabrication & Creative Processes PROJECT 2 : Coir Block Architecture Forhad & Aishwarya

1.1 Background Design Brief Sub-heading: Fabrication &Melbourne creative processes tree The public can experience Victoria's up-and-coming floral designers' skills, imagination, and creativity.

Inside the Royal Exhibition Building, an installation is proposed in a 10m × 10m exhibit space that will serve as the centerpiece.

Design Inspiration Allium Triquetrum/ Three corner Garlic / Onion weed Allium triquetrum is a Mediterranean bulbous flowering plant belonging to the genus Allium (onions and garlic).

Onion weed is a noxious weed in agriculture, but it is often used as a decorative plant in horticulture.

Biomimicry Regeneration of Onion Weed Petal

Interation 01

Interation 02

Interation 03

Interlocking of tri-petal

Overlapping of tri-petal

Blending of tri-petal

Form Exploration Elevation 02

Top View Elevation 01

Elevation 01

Elevation 02

Background Melbourne’s Urban Forest

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More than trees are maintained by the City of Melbourne. The image provides information about the location, species, and lifespan of Melbourne’s urban forest by precinct.

68% out of around 600,000 tones wood waste is More than

generated each year from Melbourne city area.

Research Tree Fork Architecture With the possibilities of 3D-scanning and Computer Tomography, the anatomy of wood can be activated and exploited as a design driver for spatial structures closely related to the material logic.

Digital nature

Aggregation principles

Joinery

Structural evaluation

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Digital nature Aggregation principles Joinery Structural evaluation

Structural Exploration Tree fork aggregation

Simple form

Aggregation within Arch shaped structure

Complex pattern

Connection plane

Physical Prototype

Raw materials Locally acquired tree fork Re-use

Recycling/ Energy recovery

Life cycle

Deconstruction Fork Structure

Robot fabrication

Scanning the branches

Form Exploration Design Iteration 01

Form Exploration Design Iteration 02

Material Exploration Coco coir

coco coir block manufacturing process - Bing images

Material Exploration Mycelium & Funicular Shell Structures

Sean Miller

Funicular shell structures optimize material performance through careful exploration and analysis of material placement. Traditional wall and beam techniques require extremely strong materials to withstand both compression and tension across spans..

SeanMiller_OfFungusAndVaults.pdf (squarespace.com)

Structural Exploration Snowfall Mounting

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Design Iteration 1

Design Iteration 2

Digitizing the Tree Fork

Scanned tree branch using Photogrammetry

Contouring the tree fork

Identifying the central Nodes and axis

Finding the connection plane

Connection Details

Perpendicular Pinned Joinery

Angular Dowel Joinery

Structural Analysis Understanding of Load distribution in Tree fork

0.5M

Granular Jamming Gripper By using universal grippers that can lift objects of any shape. In order to efficiently lift heavy objects with granular jamming, the granular material must be compressed sufficiently. Pressure difference between environment and the sealed pouch, filled with granular material, must be correct. With this setup, gripper based on granular jamming can be able to lift objects with various shapes; and weights up to 120 kg

Gripper softened on approach

Gripper confirms to object

granular jamming gripper (buys1080.top)

Gripper vacuum hardened

Object is secured

Pick & Place Station Picking Assembly station position Jamming Runner griper

Picking position

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Fabrication Lab