gt_2p creates creates curvilinear table using parametric software

Chilean digital design and fabrication studio gt_2p created this curvilinear table using parametric software. The table is part of a series of furniture created using software called SECTION. The software adapts the parameters of the table according to what material is selected and its associated characteristics. What the software essentially does is create 2 dimensional sectional layers to create an overall shape. The program uses grasshopper to efficiently integrate design and digital fabrication together. It is made of layers of interlocking plywood and a tempered glass overlay.

Its not that hard to make this type of a table using rhino. All it takes is the contour function and a laser cutter, really… I think whats innovative about this project (and overly worded by the firm) is that they are attempting to make a program that can automatically prepare the drawings to be cut for any form that one puts into it, without having wasting time contouring and figuring how one piece ‘locks’ into another.. You simply provide a form, and the program figures out the rest… Now a bad idea, but why limit this to only tables?

SLIDING LATTICE

This screen system is an aggregation of a modular unit based on the four foot by eight foot size of a standard sheet of plywood. In order to reach the full 10’-1” height of the faculty center, there is a 30”x48” stationary shelf put together with slab inserts to connect three sheets to create shelves and add structural integrity. The movable wall is placed on the stationary shelf on a track to allow a shift to create a barrier and allow access into the desk area. The movable wall is three sheets of plywood that is laminated together using wood glue and metal fixtures. The imposition of a rotated grid each sheet of plywood creates a system of apertures which can be both scaled and shifted to create variable sizes and densities of penetration in the screen to suit site and programmatic needs. The gridded apertures are cut out by a water jet cutter.

To meet the programmatic considerations for the faculty center wall installation, we diagrammed areas of acoustic density as well as sight paths. Based on the need for a physical barrier between the hallway and workstations in the faculty center, the plan location of the screen is fixed in the plane of the beam which runs parallel to the hallway. Runners are mounted in this plane on both floor and ceiling in order to be able to slide the screen so that it can function as a barrier while still allowing access. The acoustic and optical considerations are developed in elevation in conjunction with the sectional structural needs of the screen.

The elevation was developed into three integrated zones. Zero to three feet high accommodates an additional programmatic element in the form of shelving. Three to six feet high is the area of highest acoustic and sight line density based on the height of people both sitting and standing, and thus has the smallest and greatest density of apertures. At approximately six feet high to the ceiling, apertures are larger and less dense in order to allow more air and a lesser intensity of sound through the screen. In section, the shelving at the bottom is the thickest accumulation of plies in order to provide surface area for the shelving. The top section of the screen is also thicker than the middle in order to provide the necessary structural integrity at the points the screen is hung from.

New York City and Paris ‘Map Cuts’

http://ffffound.com/image/865d60a38efc2859305ceed21c5cb369ae67eb32?c=4200976

By removing the unnecessary, this New York City map-cut reveals the “paths, nodes, circles, boulevards, parks and streets” of the greatest city in the world.

http://matsysdesign.com/2009/11/19/diploid-lamp-series/

The Diploid Lamp series explores multiple patterns inspired by nature such as scales, honeycombs, and barnacles. Using parametric modeling, scripting, and digital fabrication, the light’s geometry is created, refined, and produced. Each lamp is custom designed and hand assembled from digitally fabricated paper components. The series is composed of five individual lamps and is an ongoing project.

this project really took everything that we touched up on this semester and made it into a project, a very successful project.

interior of a tea shop in Copenhagen, Denmark

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/23/t-magi-by-we-architecture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+dezeen+(Dezeenfeed)

Hey look...this is awfully familiar to my original wall proposal. Great minds do think alike!

and just for kicks...my idea

which lead to...

A Parallel Image

http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/12/10/a-parallel-image/
“A Parallel Image” is an electronic camera obscura, made by Gebhard Sengmüller, in collaboration with Franz Büchinger. It is an interactive sculpture which can capture and display images. On one side is a camera made of 2500 photo senser which are mounted on a 1 by 1 meter board. On the other side there is the monitor with 2500 light bulbs to display to image. In between each sensor and light bulb there is a 3 meter long copper wire. The resolution of this sculpture is of course quite low, but the aesthetic of the device is very nice.

Light+Sound

Through an analysis of the light and sound conditions of the faculty center a wall surface was generated. This surface was then perforated with continuous parallel apertures of varying densities. While the form of the surface itself responds to mappings of the existing lighting and sound conditions, the variation of apertures respond to programmatic needs as well as the opportunities in blocking or allowing of views. Some of the possible functions of the wall are portfolio storage or bookshelves. Books can be arranged by the user in order to block unwanted views or create privacy.