Huaqing Tao_M3

Foundations of Design : Representation, SEM1, 2017 M3 JOURNAL - PATTERN vs SURFACE Huaqing Tao

(900834) Junhan Foong, studio 11

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WEEK 6 READING: SURFACES THAT CAN BE BUILT FROM PAPER IN ARCHITECTURAL GEOMETRY Question 1: What are the three elementary types of developable surfaces? Provide a brief description.

(Maximum 100 words) Developable surfaces can be mapped isometrically into the plane, and they have the same Gaussian curvature as the plane. Developable surfaces can be divided into three basic types：cylinders, cones, and tangent surfaces of space curves. These surfaces are ruled surfaces with a torsal ruling R. More general developable surfaces are compositions of such developable ruled surfaces.

Question 2: Why is the understanding of developable surface critical in the understanding of architectural geometry? Choose one precedent from Research/Precedents tab on LMS as an example for your discussion. (Maximum 100 words) Greenhouse The Greenhouse in Xi’an has an entrance like a prolonged cut, and the entire shape of it looks like water scooping up from the ground, emerging into a light-filled reception space. The fluent shape was transforms into developable surfaces, using glass trangular surfaces. The idea of water-like shape is not able to build without turning the shapes into trangular surfaces.

The design of forming the ehtire shape by developable shapes helps to keep the characteristics of of concept; the whole shape still fluent as flowing water, and the horseshoe plane produce the sense of “scooping up” and overflowing.

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PANELLING 2D PATTERN

2d Panelling, Pattern: Triangular

2d Panelling, Pattern: dense

2d Panelling, Pattern: tribasic

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VARIABLE 2D PATTERN

Custom 2D grid

Custom 2D variable curveattractor

cuntom 2D variable pointattractor: angles are adjusted from 0.1 to 180.

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3D PANEL TEST PROTOTYPE & TEMPLATE

Template 1-8 of 17 templates.

Insert your annotation

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WEEK 7 READING: DIGITAL FABRICATION Complete your reading before attempting these questions:

Question 1: What is digital fabrication and how does it change the understanding of two dimensional representation? (Maximum 100 words) Digital fabrication is a method for designers to realise their inventions and innovation on paper. Digital fabrication can help to calibrate between virtual model and physical artifact, with techniques of sectioning tessellating, folding, contouring, and forming.

Digital fabrication helps to transform 2D images on computer into 3D things in real life.

For example, CAD took 3D-computer modeling and digital fabrication to energize design thinking and expand the boundaries of architectural form and construction.

Question 2: Suggest two reasons why folding is used extensively in the formal expression of building design? (Maximum 100 words) First of all, folding is an materially economical method to produce deformation and inflection.

Secondly, folding can keep the characteristics of the design.

In addition, folding is a relatively straightforward method to trasform things from 2d into 3d, and keep the struvtural, architectural and conceptual characteristics at the same time.

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EXPLORING 3D PANELLING

3D part Three modles are made with different size of squares on the top.

Parabola was used as a curveattractor.

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UNROLL TEMPLATE OF YOUR FINAL MODEL

Template 1-17 of 17 templates.

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PANELISED LANDSCAPE

Top view of the model

details of the model

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PANELISED LANDSCAPE

Top view (black background)

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back of the models (black background)

The 3D part shows the sense of consistency and continuity.

Models in the middle are higher than models on the edge, by using curveattractor when offseting points.

In addition, a parabola is used to be the cueveattractor when commanding 3D custom variable, and as a result, the square on the top of models near the parabola are relatively more larger than that away from the parabola.

The decoration of circles that cut on the 2D panels indicates the dinamic and neutralizes all these squares and straight lines. These circles look like waves on the water when slightly touching the water surface.

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APPENDIX

The loft surface Oset points (curveattractor, attract method: towards) parabola curves as curva attractor

3D panel custom variable

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models in Rhino three types (different size of squares on the top)

APPENDIX

Step 1: cutting the outling

Step 2: cut slightly on the folding line to make it to be folded clearly

Step 3: stick (glue: UHU; clips are used to hold the tabs for a few minutes before the glue becomes dry)

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