MODULE 3 FABRICATION

Uyen NguyenStudent number: 635891 Semester 1/2013 Group 8

Virtual Environment

IDEATION REVIEW

The analytical drawing describes the movement through circle shapes. This recipe was applied for the paper and clay models. Recipe: 1. Divide a circle into two semi circle2. Place them next to each other, keep on building by rotating them along to form a circle.3. Scale the semi circle down as building the next layer overlap the front layer.

CLAY MODEL: THE MAKING PROCESS

My recipe involves three main concepts: rotating, scaling and overlapping. I placed each of the semi circle overlap on each other as its rotating along an axis to form a circle. As it's moving to the right, it's getting smaller.

1. Rotate the overlapping bases 2. Scale it down 3. Overlap the smaller shapes on top of the bigger along the axis shape.

CONTOURING: CLAY TO RHINO

Tracing the 3D Clay model Lofted surface

I used method 1 : Producing contours by tracing the profile curves to produce my 3D model in rhino. I was able to achieve the basic shape of my clay model, however I couldn't produce the semi circle layers on my model. Overall, this contouring method was very successful in transferring the 3D clay model into a basic digital Rhino model.

FULL SIZE PROTOTYPE 1

The properties tested against the prototype were the the paper thickness, lighting effects, assembly strategy. The panel were cut on the 300 gsm white card. I found some problems prevent me from perusing this design:-With the thickness of the card, the force of 25 didn't give a perfect score fold line so the folded line did not fold perfectly, I should change to a larger force.-The inner taps were too small, I couldn't glue it properly and it was hard to bend to two glued strips.-The size of this prototype is way too small.

FULL SIZE PROTOTYPE 1: LIGHTING EFFECT

In terms of lighting for this prototype, I think it did not achieve its objective in producing lighting effect. I found that the offset surfaces are way too big so the light bulb is shown. I need to change my panel to get a different effect.

PANELISED MODEL

There is only one panel incorporated in this design. This custom 3D panel represents my overlapped pattern as each panel has a illusion ò falling over to the front panel. The scaling of my panels are getting smaller as it were theme in my recipe.

UNROLLING & CUTTING

For the cutting process, I placed each unrolled trips in a rectangular box size 900 x 600 to make it easier when set window for printing.I manually created my tabs because I find that grasshopper did not work for me. I chose red to be the score lines and black to be the cut lines.Some cut lines were replaced by the score lines to prevent the cut shape from being dragged along with the cutter and ruin the whole process.

FULL SIZE PROTOTYPE 2

The second full size prototype explored further about the scaling, construction process and lighting effect. The thickness of the card is 300gsm, once again I used the force 25 for the score line so the lines weren't easy to fold at all.

TOOLS AND ADHESIVES

Uhu: quick dry, very strong and

not wet the card

Pva is too wet & soaks the cardsglue dried, tab winkle and deformNot to good for model making

FINAL MODEL: CONSTRUCTION

FINAL MODEL: LIGHTING EFFECT

LED light used

The lighting effect was achieve by placing the LED lights inside the lantern. After many failed attempts, I was satisfied with the position of the LED inside the lantern and the lighting effect produced ( Defused and direct lights)

Switch position

FINAL MODEL

READINGS RESPONSEDigital fabrications: architectural and material techniques / Lisa Iwamoto. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2009.This reading explores the methods architects use to calibrate digital designs with physical forms. The book is organized according to five types of digital fabrication techniques: tessellating, sectioning, folding, contouring, and forming.Each type of digital fabrication -sectioning, folding, contouring and forming- is explained clearly and then illustrated through description, driving people smoothly to the final result of their experiments. It is possible to transfer designs made on a computer to computer-controlled machinery that creates actual building components. Innovation truly broke into architecture with the use of three-dimensional modeling, allowing architects to energise design thinking and expand the horizons of building forms and construction. The fabrication process and the digital model effect my lantern construction. I was able to applied all the techniques in transferring my lantern from a virtual form into an actual 3D form.