MODULE three

fabrication

VIRTUAL environments 2012 semester 2

Wendy Zhang 586019

UNROLLING

The lantern was divided into two sections, left side and the right side. This grouping made the construction of the model simpler and clearer to distinguish.

UNROLL

Then 10 pieces were formed in sequence so that it would be obvious and easier for constructing the model afterwards

TAB

Did not do double tap because wanted to create a pattern and also by making several small tabs it holds better

Prototype Scale 1: 1.6

The prototyping process was aimed to determine whether the unrolled surfaces would connect and hold together.

Although the structure held well together but as the detailed photos below, on edges especially on very thin surfaces, they didn’t look neat at all, the card’s surfaces were peeling and etc.

Prototype

Precedent

A monolith of light and shadow The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York/USA.

I was particularly interested in the light and shadow used for this building, “Where there is light, there is also shadow”. Some corners were intentionally left in shadow which dramatizes the building. For further experiment I was thinking only to put the LEDs in the place where there would be space rather than small corners to create contrast.

Lighting

This picture depicts the positions of the LEDs will be placed in further experiments

Precedent

Holocaust Memorial By US architect Peter Eisenman in Berlin

The intersecting lighting had me specially drew attention to. As my design had surfaces on various directions thus it would be interesting to have several lights shine on one surface and create this cross lighting.

Changes made NEST

After I got my prototype Fablab file back I realized a great amount of space was wasted and the pieces were actually smaller on the card than it looked to be in rhino. Therefore I tried to use up more space to avoid wastage.

From the initial rhino model there were small errors and unwanted surfaces that made the whole constructing process harder and affected the finished look

Constructing process D

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Cotton tip for applying glue

After I received from Fablab, most edges were for some reason not cut. Therefor I had to manually cut the pieces out

Used ruler (lost metal ruler) and utility knife to cut the edges

the first glue I used was a normal craft glue, after failing with that I tried this super glue that came with a pack for wood, plastic etc. it worked very well, however because of the liquidity it had, stains were left which would affect the finish look as shown on above photo.

At first, out of the intention for having neat surfaces and edges, double sided tape was used. Even though for each piece after applying the tape, I held the them together for nearly a minute, however at the end it was still not working.

Used clear tape to reinforce the bonding

Creating different panels

In progress

Front half done

Back half done

Even though there still are edges that needed to be neatly done, but it looked much better than the prototype. Two reasons being: firstly small surfaces were deleted and secondly surfaces were larger.

The image above showed a piece with tabbing mark, therefore I decided to stick another layer on top to cover it

Lighting

Switch electric soldering iron soldering tin

Wire battery holder insulating tape

Parallel LED

Process of connecting lights

Soldering LED with the battery holder using solder tin

Connecting wire to the switch

Successfully lit

Used tissue paper to wrap up the lights and wires so that they are not as obvious in the lantern and also to create a “hazy beauty”.

Final project

With lights