TUTOR: ADAM & FINN

CONTENT

Introduction 4

PART A. CASE FOR INNOVATION A.1. Architecture as Discourse 8 A1.1 Precedent: Centre Pompidou 9 A1.2 Precedent: The Hinging Tower 10

A.2. Computational Architecture 13 A2.1 Precedent: Wood Pavllion - Wing Hui & 14 Lap Min Wong A2.2 Precedent: Differentiated Wood Lattice 16 Shell - Jian Huang & Minhwan Park

A.3. Parametric Modelling 19 A3.1 Precedent: AA/ETH Pavillion 20 A3.2 Precedent: Urban Adapter - Rocker 21 Lange Architecture

A.4. Grasshopper Exploration 23

A.5. Learning Outcomes and Conclusion 27

PART B. EOI II: DESIGN APPROACH

B.1. Design Focus 32 Material Testing: Veneer 33 Matrix Exploration 36 B.2. Case Study 1.0 40

B.3. Case Study 2.0 42

B.4. Technique: Development 44

B.5. Prototypes B5.1 Prototype I 48 B5.2 Prototyope II 50

B.6 Technique Proposal 52

B.7. Learning Objectives and Outcomes 55

B.8. Appendix - Algorithmic Sketches 57

PART C. PROJECT PROPOSAL

INTRODUCTION

Hi, my name is Jovita and I come from Indo-nesia. I have been staying in Melbourne since 2010. I am doing my third year first semester now, as I got in the middle of the year intake. For computational program, I don’t really have a lot of experience using grasshopper, though I have used Rhino software for Visual Communication in my first year. Sometimes, using software can limit my design when I do not understand it well. I will try harder for this subject and I am hop-ing that I can use the computational program to create such a design I wanted.

The last project in Virtual Communica-tion, using digital computation for the design. The idea come from morning glory that were transform into 3 words abstraction, which is focal point, modu-lar and sensitive as the main ideas. After i finalised the idea, I started to explore the design using Rhino to do the main shape, loft, patterning, mesh and unroll. It is quite hard and challenging for me

JOVITA HALIM

PART A:CASE FOR INNOVATION

“The architect is a special kind of artist who works in three dimensions, but unlike the sculpture, he … works to enclose space as

well as simply making objects in space.”Richards William

A.1. ARCHITECTURE AS DISCOURSE

Architecture is hard to define, it can be said a pro-fession that relates art to building, urbanism and town planning (William 2005). It is not a quick process to be an architect, experiences, technique and training are needed to achieve. For some case, Architecture is more philosophical, and engages with visual culture.

As an architect, critical thinking is needed to be able to evaluate previous projects for improve-ment.

Architecture as a discourse is important to push to the next level. In the discourse of architects, the new meaning of design is drawing appliances., in which architecture is not only about building, but about drawing, text and concept that brings harmony and balance. It also being influenced by the client, preference, site and another variables.This ‘new architecture’ explore of a new geometric and amorphous shapes, concepts, color, lighting and technological aspects such as computation (Sebestyen, G. & Pollington, C. 2003).

One of the trend of architecture which is ‘Blob’ concept, as an example using technology and digitation to create a form of spaces in tectonic discussions. It also suggests another strategies of structural organization and construction to provide a new way to relate the homogenous or general to heterogeneous or particular (Greg, L. 1998). Blob concept is used in film making, but the concept and systems can be applied for archi-tectural.

Centre Pompidou - Metz by Shigeru Ban and

It was designed by Shigeru Ban from Japan and Jean de Gastine from France. Shigeru was trying to use tectonics form to create space under the roof.

To find the form Shigeru and Jean used computational form-finding software to find the appropriate and suitable de-sign. They chose wood as the strcutural elements because it is an inexhaustible and easily recycled material. They tried to meet the environmental quality and sustainable development criteria.

From the picture 2, it can be seen that the design looks quite similar with University of Melbourne Union House North Court, using synthetic mate-rial, it directs the water to flow down. I think it is a good solution to manage the water for tectonic shape, so that the water in the lowest position can flow away from the building.

The undulating laminated timber roof structure.

The roof structure was construct by intertwine or plait six beams into a hexagon

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/02/17/centre-pompidou-metz-by-shigeru-ban/ http://www.arcspace.com/features/shigeru-banjean-de-gastines/centre-pompidou-metz/

From ‘The Hinging Tower’ project in Singapore, Ana Maria Flor Ortiz and Rodia Valladares Sanchez adopted mathematical approach for the design as mechanics to control the form and possibilities of random and not pre-dicted influences.Computational generates and explores the potential form or pattern for the design faster and more accurate and reduce the uncertain key by finding the formula.

I think there are another variables, such as site, function and program used contributes to the final form of the design. These variables need to consider the program required, type and function of the building suitable in the specific character in the site. As Singapore is a modern city, Ana and Rodia started the challenge to build a skyscraper by extrude and stack the floors.

The project start, with a loop, twist diagram consist of combination of sinusoidal, continuous and periodic functions.

The Hinging Tower - Ana Maria Flor Ortiz and Rodia

The application of Fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) reduces the discontinuity of the complex three-dimensional geometries develop surfaces simply.

Catalogue of distinctive spaces, qualita-tively and quantitatively being provided, through the simple repetition of the square plan, the diagram of the tower aims to generate new organizational potentialities capable of producing difference. The con-nected areas of the ‘towers’ form critical spatial diversity, by using the program, it automatically generates the most suitable spot for the connection.This tower is not being built in real, as the circulation is very poor. The inclination of the building makes the lift cannot connect all the levels within one line. Though the design looks amusing, it still needs to con-siderate some basic principle of design. The forces flow, the arrangement of material in space, the pattern of distribution, directly influences the efficiency of the flow of forces and direction of flow and the intensity give some effects to the design formation (Kot-nik, T. & Weinstock, M. 2012)

Along the same lines, the in-tegrity of the square plan gives efficiency and simplicity. In mathematical terms, square is equivalent to a ‘coarse’ circle plotted within 4 points (Ana & Rodia 2011).

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A.2. COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURE

COMPUTERIZATION VS COMPUTATION

Most of architectures is using computer as a visual board and easier to edit the design and it called computerization (Peter, B. 2013). For example, software for rendering being used to create a 3D draw-ing, some improvements to the design can be add or eliminated, and using the computaion, we dont need to redo all the drawing, just need to correct the wrong part. It makes the design produced better.

According to Menges, A. (2012), computational provides a strong relation between informing the design process through material behaviour and characteristics, in different scales based on feedback with the environment. Computation means using computer to pro-cess information that is expressed as alogarithm.

Wilson, Robert and Frank (1999), algorithm is a recipe, method or technique that is made up by a number of operations set systemati-cally that is clear, precise and simple to follow. Algorithms being used as the language of inputs and outputs functions, mathematical system to be the tool that allows the generation of the ‘proto-power’ diagram of the project.

As the development in technology, computation helps architect to generate the form of the design by decreases the number of failure and time needed.

The last few years, digital design has been popularly used with in-formation manipulation of NURBS-geometry in a computational environment without considering much to material aspects. How-ever, in design process, form cannot be treated separately with ma-terial. The properties and characteristics of material can influence the ability of the material to create the shape.

Wood Pavillion - Wing Hui and Lap Ming Won

Wing Hui and Lap Ming Won are trying to find the equilibrium of precise con-trol and natural response of the intrinsic wood capacities and aims to transform an everyday life material and methodol-ogy.

The pavilion is made up of several laminated strips of wood that have been bent in the middle and joined together, forming a diamond-shaped lattice-work

In my opinion, understanding the char-acteristic of material, in which in this case is a wood, they tried to cover the disadvantages with maximize the ad-vantages.

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/07/07/wood-pavillion-by-wing-yi-hui-and-lap-ming-wong/

They tried to perform its intrinsic properties, innova-tive and suistanable methodology of architectural pro-duction to be emerge as a natural response.Wood can be deformed due to moisture they used to create such a shape they desired. Using the digital computation can help to imagine and explore the pattern and shape that suitable with the function. However the performance of the material will gives some varying effect. “The computational tool pre-dicted the approximate dimensions, global geometry and compositional curvature while physical tests are carried out to combine the material performance with computer-generated data for further evaluations( Hui & Wong 2010).

Adding moisture to the thin wooden elements resulted in them curving across the grain, this increasing their structural capacity. Further research has been done on the hygroscopic perfor-mance and anisotropic be-havior of wood that influence the surface moisture result in curving across grain and in-creases the structural capac-ity of a flat piece of wood.

The using of plywood give a huge distribution for the success of this project, using another type of wood or ma-terial will be hard to bend and create that shape. A spe-cial treatment also need to be tested and researched to achieve a significant mois-ture the wood needed.

http://archdoc.mr926.com/wood-pavilion-wing-yi-hui-lap-ming-wong-archdoc/5898/

Differentiated Wood Lattice Shell by Jian Huang & Minhwan Park

This project tried to explore the extend possi-bility of lattice geometries based on the bend-ing behavior of oversized sheets of plywood with varying cross sectional dimension along their length.

It is starting by exploring of the sheet material and manipulation of its bending properties by controlling the number of layers of ply and the fibre direction. Creating layers that the fibre being laid in paralel to the bending can create stronger systems, as the fibres in plywood is quite easy to crack , so the direction of cutting need to be noted.

I think by using machine to cut the wood it will produce an accurate size and shape wanted. It also reduces the cross section without dam-age the perimeter fibres, and the risk of split-ting during the subsequent bending process. The type of the timber used has different level of elasticity and stiffness, which influence the shape or form of the timber. I think the explo-ration of the type of timber need to be done to achieve the possible form that we would like.

http://www.achimmenges.net/?p=4339

This project needs to do lot of research and prototype to find the suitable and appropri-ate size, length and thickness that can maintain dead and live load and the bent needed to achieve the design idea. I do believe by using compu-tational it helps in the design process, so the process will be much faster and easier, and the designer or architect can think out of their limitations. The connection they used for the system needs to be con-sider, so that the ply able to be bent as the design concept. For me myself, I will not create such a design like this without the help of comput-erization and computation. Computation and algorithm contribute a lot in architecture world. By using computation, it is possible for architect to made more variety and inter-esting design.

http://www.achimmenges.net/?p=4339

“Post modernism and deconstructivism were mere traditional episodes” and parametricism will be “the great new style after modernism”

Schumaker 2010

Architectural projects are being criticized and assessed by comparing to other projects. The idea of unified style, in which constituency, ambitions and value are used to create a construc-tively competition rather than battle over fundamentals (Schumacher, P. 2010). Based on Zaha Hadid prediction the trend style in 21st century will be parametricm. Para-metricism is a new style after modernism and still able to manage classical, modernist, post-modernist, deconstructivist and minimalist. Parametricism indicate the transformation of classical and modern geometrical fugures to be more dynamics system like ‘hair’, ‘cloth’, blobs’ and ‘meatballs’ that reacted to attractors and resonate with each other with the formula (Schu-maker, P. 2010).

Parametric is a new type of aesthetic expression that is made possible using computer model-ing software (Mayer, A. N. 2012). It uses variables and algorithm to generate a hierarchy of mathematical and geometric relations that we can generate a certain design and explore the whole possible solutions. I do believe that using parametric in computation helps people de-signing and undertand the design. Using one term of programing language universally so that everyone able to understand.

A.3. PARAMETRIC MODEL-

AA/ETH Pavilion, Zurich

Lightweight structures are associated with membrane and pneumatic construction. EmTech Programme (AA School) and the DARCH (ETH Zurich) explored the use of lightweight to work as structural design. The exploration of plywood sheet and the manipulation of its bending properties by controlling the number of layers of fibre direction of these layers were the starting point of the design process.

Cutting within the sheets influence the bending resistance of the sheets, enable a larger spatial enclosure and reduced wind load acting upon the structure, and additionally produces a shadow pattern on the stairs that are used as seating area during summer time. I think by locating one edge in higher level helps to reduce the bending before it deforms.

Based on the characteristics of plywood, it is the best to explore by scoring, cutting and bending to create a creative interested design. They also used computation to define the shape and the pattern to play with the lighting created why the light pass it. Doing prototypes can help to see the strength and bend ability of the wood. I like the idea how they tried to attract people pass the pavillion, as it is built in open space and creat-ing a ‘guide’’ path for people to walk pass under it and can work as a shelter as well.

“No material is without form and no form ex-ists without materialisation”.

Kotnik & Weinstock

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In this project, we can simply change the pattern such as cylinder, cube, pipe or specific pattern that can be applied to the surface has made to achieve different design. By trial all the pattern, we can decide the pref-ference pattern.Thinking about the material also need to be consider, I think using another material will suitable for this fur-niture, however the pattern and design concept can be found by using wood.

Urban Adapter - Rocker-Lange Architecture

This project used a holistic design problem and is based on a digital parametric model. The core of the model to utilize the explicit site information and programmatic data to react and interact with its environment. That way the model’s DNA structure is ca-pable of producing a variety of unique fur-niture results.

Using parametric design help to explore the shape by dig up all the pattern. Sometimes I do feel stuck when I tried to find some in-spiration, by using parametric, it can help architect to get some inspiration or general idea for the design. It also makes the pro-cess faster, rather than drawing by hand or calculating one by one using mathematics formula, using parametric design we can put the algorithm in the computation.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/new-parametric-urban-street-furniture-for-hong-kong/

GRASSHOPPER EXPLORATION

Using Loft and Bake

Triangulation Algorithm

Using ‘Divide Surface’ Using ‘Divide Surface’, ‘Plane Normal’, ‘Surface Curvature’ and Cylinder’.

Creting a surface, using contour, projecting, loft and unroll all the plane using reference plane and set the points with x and y grid.

Using Contour, Divide Curves, Plane and Orient.

Understanding Geometry, Transformations and Intersections.

ChairExploring to create a furniture by using loft, section and pipe in grasshopper, the first attempt the pipe cannot cover the whole surface. By playing with slider, it can create change the number of density of the pipe. This was inspired by my last precedent Urban Adapter- Rocker - Langer Archi-tecture.

Creating a gridhshellTrying to create a lgorithm with sphere

Using Brep Component

CONCLUSION & LEARNING OUTCOMES

Become an architect is not an easy, it needs a lot of experience, reading a lot to open the mind, be creative and critical thinking. Analyse the past projects and thinking critical can help architect to im-prove their design. Through this process, I understand the system and important of computerization and computation. Back there, I missunderstood computation as computerization and vice versa. It is become clear now. Through the first part, I also realise that digital computation has been used a lot in architecture. Using digital computation and algorithm can helps architecture to pour the ideas into the computer and make it easy to be edited.

In this subject the mainly focus is using Rhino and plug in Grasshopper, I realise that without practise and trial i will not be able to create a design I want.

Beside computation, other thing such as material need to be researched and noted, it can influences the design shape. In this case I am interested with wood. Wood, has its own unique pattern that is naturally grow. However, it need time for a tree to grow as big as the size we want. Doing prototypes can be a good way to test the material.

PART B:EOI II: DESIGN APPROACH

“Architetcure is really well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space…

On one hand it’s about shelter, but it’s also about pleasure.”Zaha Hadid

After forming a group of two, we tried to understand and experiment with the material we chose in Part A, which is timber. Exploring and applying some interesting concepts have been used from the precedent, we found out that the bending system of the timber is very interesting. It makes us want to focus on the ‘‘Material Performance”. Using the timber advantages and disadvantages in order to generate the pattern and whole design.

In the post modernism, ornament transmits affect and sensation, that is being emerged from the material substrate, the expression of embedded forces through processes of construction, assembly and growth (Moussavi, F. 2006). Peter Eisenman (Kolaveric, B. 2008) said “affect is the concious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes” that gives physical environ-ment a sensation. Material performance is being a new architect discourse, in which it becomes the fundamental in order to form the shape.

TIMBER WYNDHAM CITYCOMPUTATION =+

Wyndham City located between Melbourne and regional city of Geelong. The local government area tried to show their existence by developing this area by specify their focus 3C, which are “City. Coast. Country.”

Wyndham City tries to achieve the environment and sustainability, in which I believe that using timber for this gateway project will give the best solution. Using the material performance to gen-erate the form will produce a natural and culture form that can represents Wyndham City.

The development and modernisation that is growing in this city will be show by the computa-tion and technology being used in the process and fabrication of the installation. This installation enhances the physical environment that has visual art component will represent the identity of Wyndham City.

B.1. DESIGN FOCUS

The ability of the veneer to bend is being influenced by the thickness, width and length of the venner.Veneer is more elastic compare to plywood.

Material Testing: Veneer

From my previous precedents in differentiated wood lattice shell by Jian Huang & Minhwan Park. They mention about the direction of the grain or fibre in the wood influences the strength and abil-ity to bending. We think that same direction with bending will make the veneer more elastic, how-ever it makes the veneer crack easiliy. Using perpendicular bending with the fibre makes the veneer stronger.

We tested it using different size of width and length and narrower the width and longer the length improve the elasticity and decrease the wood from crack or broken.

Soak the veneer takes more time rather than cook it. By giving moisture to veneer, that is men-tioned in my previous precedent in part A, wood pavilion by Wing Hui and Lap Ming Won. Adding moisture to the thin wooden elements resulted in them curving across the grain that increase their structural capacity. Shaping the wet veneer can hold the shape after it is dry. In our experiment we put in a marker and it keeps on the shape when it is dry. However, it is quite hard to control the shape for bigger size.

The picture on the left, shows veneers, the light colour are dry and the darker one that has been steamed. Steam or soak in water will help to increase the elasticity for the veneer to be bent. However for some case such as plywood in which they use glue to stick the pieces, the heat get rid the glue that make the pieces apart.The right pictures show the cooked veneer has the ability to bend more than the normal dry veneer.

Wider size more difficult to be bent as it needs more point to hold. By cut the middle shape to decrease the wide of the veneer it reduces the compression in middle part and decreases the possibility to crack.

Trying to twirl the veneer in bigger size, the length influences the number of twirls, in which the width of the veneer make it harder to be twirl, the wider the less twirl can be made.

The old preceptions of space was influenced by the expectations of how the familiar material (concrete, metal, wood) should behave.

Matrix Exploration

Practising and learning the Grasshop-per to help our group understand and able to create the shape and design we want to approach. By playing with the attract point, line, arch, curve. Change the number in slider, putting different pattern, setting the input and output, using graft, component function will create varieties of possible outcomes.

The weekly explorations to familiar with Grasshopper system

B.2. CASE STUDY 1.0

CURVE EXPLODE TREE LOFTREBUILD CURVE GEODESIC

SG2012 Gridshell by Herzog DeMeuron is focused on digital tectonic and construction of wooden gridshell, by using straight wood that is being bent along geodesic lines on arelaxed surface. Using parametric tools in digital computation, they tried to develop and analyse to minimise material waste, as well as maximise the architectural presence in the space (Matsys 2012). He also applied a functional approach to ornamentation by understand the physical ma-terial and material performance.

Reverse Engineering. From this Gridshell, we tried to re-diagramming the sentences from the definition provided. Discovering the technological principles, systems, structure and operations being applied there. By understanding the decisions made in order to create that shape able us to understand grasshopper and applying the concept needed for the next stage design process.

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Line

Pipe

Pipe

Box

Using 2 curves that being divide From the definition we get, we applied different type of geometric such as line, pipe and box to get different outcomes. By playing the slider we can control the num-ber of point in the curve, the density of the line that can give a different variety of possible range of design . Using parametric tool, it helps to adjust the design easily and fastly.

The best outcomes that I think can be built and it has a suitable density to present the space and engage with the material performance.

B.3. CASE STUDY 2.0

Differentiated Lattice Shell Pavillion by Jian Huang & Min Hwang Park

Jian Huang & Min Hwang Park tried to explore the extend possibility of lattice geometries based on the bending behavior of oversized sheets of plywood with vary-ing cross sectional dimension along their length.

Based on the experiment of veneer we made, this precedent has the best outcomes and concept for our design idea. In which, we tried to recreate the definition using grasshopper.

http://www.achimmenges.net/?p=4339

These are how does it look like for the panel after being applied to the surface.

Firstly, we made the panel before it being applied into a surface. By setting the line and create the list component to set the output point, it is being connected with slider that has the negatif and positif value to control the opening up and down. Using Grasshopper, it helps us to adjust and control the opening easily.

The initial proposal has a few shape they used, in which they using square for the opening and bending, in which we tried to apply the concept and connection by using a triangle system to bring out a complexly shaped forms. They also creating the overall sheet that needs to be bolt to fixed the connection and to help the bending, in which we cannot unroll all the surface in one go, we need to unroll each single triangle that takes more time for the fabrication.

B.4. TECHNIQUE: DEVELOPMENT

From the case study 1.0, understand the principle they used, able us to apply some part to create the grid. As our main focus is the material performance which is bending. It is better to create a grid for the pannel that will help in the design process and construction fabrication. Inspired from the ICD Pavillion in Stuttgart, I thought that it also has similar concept of the grid that paralel with each other, in which in Gridshell by Herzog DeMeuron, it was perpendicular grid, using x and y axis. Then, we put graft to set the output list that helps us to control easily. We made a triangular planar grid, as we think triangle will be the best shape that can be used to achieve our concept. Triangle also the basic shape for all geometric that is quite simple but able to achieve complex design. Furthermore, using the case study 2.0 that being applied into the surface that would be the best to enhance and integrate with the surrounding landscapes and Wyndham City.

After the exploration and development we made, we decided to choose this as the best outcome that will enhance and suit-able as a installation for Wyndham City.

These showing different view from the final prototype

DESIGNING THROUGH MAKING

FORMING

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION

Generates the form by physical behaviour and material characteristics

B.5. TECHNIQUE: PROTOTYPES

PROTOTYPE I

We struggled a bit for the connection joint. Using a strip with a few squares that being cut in the middle for the opening and bending cannot be done, it will lead the grain to crack and the force working in the edge will be very big. So creating each panel will be the best solution to achieve the concept we are going. After some experiments, adding a circle tab in every edge that using pin to joint them become the first prototype being made here. We also put a small hole using offset and cull command to create a hole for the pin connection.

Using water to add the moisture to the veneer to increase the elasticity of veneer, so that it can be bent easily and using a same size of stick in the overlap position to hold the shape until it is dry. By doing this prototype we understand that the position and arrangement of each pieces should be placed in order, depends on the direction of the bending. As the connection being overlap with another pieces to joint them together.

Using a hand cutting makes the precisition of the shape change and it is very easy to crack.The fabrication of the model with the help of laser cuter, after unrolling the surfaces in grass-hopper. Using the same size and shape, able us to control the tension and compression on the bending. It has a curve in one side of the trian-

PROTOTYPE II

After the first prototype, we were thinking to developed the design, by letting the pattern and bending being shaped because of the material performance. Using the compres-sion and tension from the joint to hold the pattern without adding moisture into the veneer. It has different elasticity compare to the first prototype. We applied a surface we designed from the final design in parametric diagram. Using black card for this prototype, the triangle has different size that creating the bend by itself. It is consist of straight triangle without any overlapping.This structure should be able to stand, that in this prototype, we havent thought about the structural stand.

The shadow created by the lighting go through the model can be clearly seen that will beivone of consideration for the next exploration.

B.6. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL

As mention in Design Focus that Wyndham City tries to achieve the environment and sustain-ability, in which using timber that exploring the material performance to generate the form will produce a natural and culture form that can represents Wyndham City. Using the ‘bending” and ëlasticity”of timber that usually been used for a plywood and thicker timber, try to approach a fresh technique for the bending and conenction panel.

The development and modernisation that is growing in this city will be represent by the compu-tation and technology being used in the process and fabrication of the installation. This installa-tion enhances the physical environment that has visual art component will represent the identity of Wyndham City.

This proposal is meant to be placed in Site A. It tries to deliver a transition from Wyndham City to Melbourne CBD. The installation shows a sign as it will enter the Melbourne CBD area. As Mark says, “The installation will enhance the physical environment through the introduction of a visual art component. It will have longevity in its appeal, encouraging, ongoing interest in the Western Interchange by encouraging further reflection about the installation beyond a first glance.”

The size might be bigger to enhance the people so they can be viewed from car ath 100km/h. The curvy shape in the design tries to show get into space, and the straight long shape is showing it is pointing and will take some distance to reach Melbourne CBD.

The elongated shape able the drivers that passed the area to aware and see the installation. The bending will create opennings in the facade that will create a good lighting pattern, it will have different effects in different daytime. By adding lighting inside the area can work for the installa-tion in night time, that the cars passed by will be able to see the installation.

The fabrication panel should be made using robotic machine or another technology to be more precise and reduce the material waste caused by cracking. In-situ installation can be done on site.

B.7. LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES

Understanding the material characteristics are very important, so that I can understand the ad-vantages and disadvantages that will influence in design shape, pattern and fabrication. I cannot get the same outcomes using another material, I might can but it takes another different ap-proaches to create the model. I think timber is the best material for this concept.

Reverse Engineering is a good system that really helps me to learn Grasshopper. Understanding the principle and system of Grasshopper helps me to create and try as many design possibilty.Now, I enjoy using Grasshopper. I am able to create, manipulate and design using parametric design. However, some problems I still faced for some specific functions that have not been used before. Watching the video and recreate the definiton helped me to understand Grasshopper.

Grasshopper really helps me in the unrolling steps and makes the tabs, I do not need to select one by one in Rhino. Learnt from my previous experience in Virtual Communication, in which my model should be unrolled in strips. I need to select one by one and it takes so much time to unrol the surfaces. Digital technologies helps me to pour my design idea into 3D form.

Doing the prototype really helps to understanding is the model is abele to be fabricate. We tried to applied different joint and connections after we decide to use the circle tab on every edge.For the last stage of this project, we will have a look in active bending as the guest jury recom-mend that might be applied in order to get more flexible joint. Further analysis, experiment and prototype will be needed to achieve the best outcomes.

B.8. APPENDIX - ALGORITHM SKETCHES

POLYGON EXTRUDE SCALECOMPONENT FUNCTION

DECONSTRUCT BREP

Using Polygon and playing the slider can set the num-ber of sides of the polygon. I really like this outcomes. It using simple triangle that can be used for patterning as well. Setting the next output point and distance using component function.

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