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.

Memorial Tree

The memorial tree was completed by australian architects M3architecture.

The tree marks the site where the first Australian Labor Party was established in 1891.

The tree is enclosed inside a wooden structure that supports 18ft timber pieces hanging from it. the finishes render the original tree shape that existed in the site. The installation uses a controlled grid that supports the timber pieces. Each timber has a unique cut at the tips that suggest the direction of the original surface that was used to cut the pieces in 3d environment. Installation time and costs and methods are not explained although much respect to the contractor that took upon this endeavor.

Boys and their Toys Exhibition at LOT

The installation follows the idea of taking sound and making it visible. They created a 3D sound surface and then applied it to a array of plexiglass.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/8064/boys-and-their-toys-exhibition-at-lot.html

Infinity Bench by CARL FREDRIK SVENSTEDT

The rings are serial, concentric hoops, like the layers of an onion, cut from less than 3.4 m² of flat furniture-grade plywood using CNC technology.

CNC Tool Path

Developed based on CNC tool path responsive surface milling – cut paths respond to local curvature and allow for surface milling with overlayed surface patterning.

Parametric modeling as a tool for design, not as a final goal.

http://matsysdesign.com/2009/06/25/flux-architecture-in-a-parametric-landscape/

The FLUX: Architecture in a Parametric Landscape exhibition at CCA Architecture/MEDIAlab in San Francisco uses parametric modeling to define an expandable exhibition system. A “complex set of relationships defined by its formal, performative, and fabrication constraints” control a series of ribs that can be expanded by changing the parameters fed into the scripts. In this way the data, in this case student projects, creates a map of itself, separating into eight “digital practices: Stacked Aggregates, Modular Assemblages, Pixelated Fields, Cellular Clusters, Serial Iterations, Woven Meshes, Material Systems, and Emergent Environments.”

By exploiting the technology as a tool to create space, MEDIAlab goes beyond using parametric modeling as a simple representation of data and explores spatial complexities and flows created by the data.

Voronoi Morphologies

http://matsysdesign.com/2009/06/18/voronoi-morphologies/

This is the latest development in celluar aggregate structures. This is an algorithm that is used in many fields including satellite navigation, animal habitat mapping, and urban planning. It was developed using 2D and 3D and a series of points were used to determine the spaces. The actual script was developed to be worked with Rhino and Qhull prepares the geometry for CNC fabrication by unfolding and labeling it.

This project was produced in collaboration with http://www.ezct.net/

http://designreform.net/2009/08/11/ball-state-universitys-imade-exhibition/

Designer reform is a legit site filled with news feeds on BIM, scripts, plug ins, & Rhino stuffs. This article is about an installation done at BALL State using advanced electronics (MorphoLuminesence) with simple fabrication techniques (Laser cut and cnc). I think the result was very successful and interesting as well. The students chose to represent the design through stop motion photography and diagrams. Personally, I didn't ingest enough ecstasy to enjoy the musical score accompanying the video, but whatever.