Carl Lostritto, Instructor
School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
project A
draft-ish
This is a rough draft of where my final board is going. I am looking to add text (abstract) and diagrams in a column on the left, as well as text (title/big idea) on the bottom. the hidden lines reflect a perspective of an section. I wanted to use the section to reveal the layering of cubes set within each other. I”m not sure how well this reads.
Up Close and Personal
Taking advantage of the digital model to receive some interesting points of view that cannot be accessed in the physical model.
permeable surface_translation
This image is composed of perspectival viewpoints taken from the current model. I’m not quite certain if it is more (or at all) successful as either an image or a spatial construct. In order to further expand upon surficial geometries in initial investigations, I have abandoned (for now…) translations of the bitmap “surface.”The final translations have been evolving linearly, however, I am still trying to find ways to incorporate the previous images.
Perspectives.
Taking from Carl’s comment, I have created some perspective views from the previous digital model. In doing this, I have found that the exterior perspectives are easier to capture in FormZ over the interior perspective, because of the dramatic transformation in the construct.
Form to Re-Form
I’ve been exploring the notion of transforming an original form into a reintroduction of the same form. Below is a set of images from the a digital model taken at different angles to demonstrate how transformation can reintroduce an original form, only to leave a permanent deformation or alteration in scale. In this model I’ve also pushed the transformation to an extreme only to find that it is harder to graphically depict the true three-dimensional identity of the model without taking several snapshots at different angles. Maybe this will be the strength of the final physical construct over the imagery and rendering found in the digital model.
Response to BBoback
I did these two quick overlay exercises in photoshop to demonstrate my hypothesis that offsetting/shifting/overlapping/scaling with this pattern was more provocative than the pattern itself. We’re talking about a 2 minute time investment to explore something here… Brandon, now its on you to step it up and refute my claim, take it further, question it… I’m anxiously awaiting your response.
a technical note about patterning in photoshop that will help you immensely: you can select the repeating segment of your pattern (in this case one diamond) and choose (edit->define pattern). once the pattern is defined it is available as a fill when choosing (edit->fill). this may help you not only with 2d investigations but may also be fruitful in making graphics that you can use as transparency maps so its not necessary to model the diamond forms. Dave is using that technique here.
OMG: Ongoing Material Growth, not Oh My God.
Below is digital construct # 1 of what I hope are many to come. I have translated developments from the physical model exploration into a digital form. I am impressed with the complexity presented in the wireframe image, but I am not so impressed with the fully rendered version to the far right. Any suggestions? Should I possibly play with the angle of light or assign certain qualities to each edge condition. Carl and I have discussed the second possibility by playing with color in the digital model and materiality in the physical model.
wrinkle study
alternate manifestation of folding material/ space
Permutation week 2
permutation
Week 2: Volume to Space through the behaviors of folding and adjoining.
The process shown below is a study of how solid can be inverted to void to create space. I chose to start with this initial study because at the moment I am having a hard time visualizing my intentions in FormZ. After completing this process, I feel more comfortable tackling a 3D digital model having resolved the set of behaviors described in my initial abstract, which were “fold” and “adjoin”. Below is just a fragment of what the final construct will be. The idea is to create repetition of this form, which will inform Exercise 5, by scaling up or down this form to create an overarching space.
Occupied spaces are treated as solid. 13 pieces of styrofoam are uniformly cut. This form will become void in the next set of images.
Once the solid is formed, 1 inch strips of chip are wrapped as a skin to create the form of the construct. The styrofoam is then removed to create the void that was once solid.
The final set of images presents alternatives in addressing orientation of the duplicated form to create an overarching space. I am being observant of the wide opening, the perpendicular plane, and the subtle shift in the form to see how multiple duplicates at different scales can be effectively adjoined.
These images attempt to capture the pattern created in a chain link fence, scale the design up and represent the voids between the links as solids. These images show the fence as a way to navigate through as they wind in and out of one another.
