Ffion Griffith: Origami Fash-ion. 2013. Ffion Griffith: Origami Fashion. [ONLINE] Available at: http://ffiongriffith.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/ori-gami-fashion.html. [Accessed 04 November 2013].

1:5 SCALEVARIOUS FORMS, WHEN OBJECT EX-

PANDS AND COLLAPSESShorter piece of wood.Serving as a brace to avoid collapse when the object has extended, this piece is attached on only a single axis, giving more movement (360) without affecting the rest of the sys-tem.

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General pieces of the system are usually con-nected to the rest on three points and have been arranged in a repet-itive pattern, causing for the angles and tilt of the wooden pieces to collec-tively change.

1:1 SCALEDETAIL

The investigation conducted during the first few weeks of ideation was centered around the ‘skin and bones’ system, which was studied in a garden fence system, shown to the right. Movements operated by this system is analysed in the following slides.

MODULE 1 IDEATION MODULE 1 IDEATION

Compressed form the object. As can be seen, the object collapses into a tiled formation and gives a compact appearance.

At the most aesthetically pleasing extension, when all angles become (90), already a greater

collapsed form. Each wooden component have become more lateral and the height of the ob-ject has shrunk as a result of this.

At the point where the form can be extended the most, although not as dramatic as the previous comparison, the length has still extended and height shrunk.

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MODULE 1 IDEATION

PERSONAL SPACE

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MODULE 1 IDEATION PRECEDANT STUDYuse of materials

The precedant studied for the skin & bones

housing residence) hinged facade which

the purpose of being able to be adjusted for

whim of the residents (DesignBoom, 2011). The structure was created by French architect, Stephane Malka, compiled using the material of hinges shipping pallets, reused under the belief of sustainability and ecology.

As a skin and bones system, by joining the wooden pallets on a hinge, as mentioned

in the second picture. Thus through this prece-dant, and the wooden fence object that was

of skin & bones mechanisms may be ob-

range of mechanisms to work with for this pro-

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Ame-Lot facade by Stephane Malka

From these investigations, an initial set of designs were generated, some of which were used in the final model eventually. If I was to reflect on this designs, the third option was developed further. Not only so but fence system investigated in ideation was also explored as the week progressed.

‘objectifying one’s self’ Exerting dominance Solidifying one’s personal space

MODULE 1 IDEATION MODULE 2 DESIGN PRECEDANT STUDY

As shown in the lecture, Ned Khan’s Articulate Cloud

housing the PIttsburgh Children Museum (2004) inter-

ested me as a skin structure. The rippling effect of the

facade, seemingly changing the appearance of the

building reminded me of an idea that i had come up

with thataimed tochange the colour of the project. The

concept of usin gmany small components to create a

changing effect is one that i would like to consider.

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In the lecture, a particular series by Muricio Velasquez Posada named the Geomorphos (2010) was shown, which I felt could be referred back to when creating the project as

the creations seem to distort and alter the original bodily form.

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MODULE 2 DESIGN PRECEDANT STUDYuse of materials

Responsive Wood Architecture

solid and fairly stiff material can be seen to be applied like fabric as the skin of the project, by simply

Responsive Wood Archi-tecture

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WOOD RESPONSIVE ARCHITECTURE

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similar mechanism was create using straw and pins once

of materials, maybe indicating a sturdy yet simple form.

With a reference to the Exploding Ball -

due to the delicacy of the straw material and non-stiffness,

wood. It should be noted that this attempted had turned to be fairly successful most likely due to the material used..

similar mechanism was create using straw and pins once

of materials, maybe indicating a sturdy yet simple form.

Series of prototypes were created in response to the Exploding Ball as we deemed it a useful system that could be integrated. (Photos to the left). No only so, but as the idea of opening and closing was being investigated, an umbrella was also prototyped (Photos below)

MODULE 2 DESIGN

Combining the precedants with the generated concepts of personal space, the initial idea was generated that utilized

components (shown in drawing to the right) falling to a pre-determined position at release.

INITIAL IDEA

MODULE 2 DESIGN RHINO MODELlatest model

-jects that made use of the mechanism not unlike the Exploding Ball.

While developing the initial idea on rhino, the base (tiers upon which the limbs would hang) was prototyped into a cage-like form. Reflecting upon this, although seemed a good idea at the time, I would’ve further developed the existing idea rather than spend so much time on an unused rhino model. Nonetheless, it was a good experience in learning further about rhino modeling.

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MODULE 3 FABRICATION

An organic precedent was also introduced, as it was felt that no design inspiration had been developed in the first stages. The concept of an anemone was extremely desirable for our developing model as their nature was very similar to our concept: the movement of ‘opening’ to a familiar presence while abruptly closing in order to protect ones self from invaders. Not only so, but the anemones dangerous (poison) feature was something that we felt could integrate into our model.

PRECEDANT STUDY

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MODULE 3 Fabrication

DEVELOPING PROTOTYPES

THE FIRST PROTOYPE USING BALSAR WOOD. The purpose of this fabrication was mainly to test the different mechanisms explored. However, the use of balsa as a first test could be seen as a wasteful idea as the material was not referred to again afterwards. Nonetheless, by building a model for the first time, a sense of the final project could be somewhat felt. Important to note that a sliding mechanism was primarily explored here.

MODULE 3 Fabrication

Rotational bolt Notch & hinge Combination of mechanisms

In order to further test mechanisms at a smaller scale, card was used. From this systems of bolts, notches and hinges was developed, thus discarding the sliding mechanism which we were finding difficult to mass make.

MODULE 3 Fabrication

INVESTIGATION OF THE SKIN AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISM. Our tutor suggested, after presenting the prototypes, to use real hinges for a more presentable workmanship, which we opted for. Ideas of the skin was also investigated. Two different skins were developed during the process of prototyping, one of which made use of paneling and the other, gluing circles together. Although ideally the permeable skin (shown on the bottom) could have been used to represent that the personal space is not a complete barrier, in the end there was an issue of how long each skin would take to make.

MODULE 3 Fabrication

THE FIRST 1:1 PROTOTYPE

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MODULE 3 Fabrication

Skin and bone system

MODULE 3 Fabrication

SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY KIM DURING VIRTUAL PRESENTATION.

As shown in the photographs, the design operates by manual pushing upwards of the bottom tier to evoke a movement of the ‘limbs’.

MODULE 4 Reflection

MODULE 4 Reflection Throughout this process of designing and creating a model, reflecting back on the assignment a great number of things can be felt to have been learnt from the project. However if this project was to be redone, there are a few things that I would change such as focusing on one idea throughout the whole project rather than changing my mind and attempting to develop a new project from scratch when one aspect does not work out. In my opinion, this was a great obstacle for the process as due to this it was difficult to start creating physical models, which were found to be highly effective in the Fabrication Module, in achieving a sense of how the model would work realistically. As a result of this mistake, not enough time was also spent in investigating how to join the mechanism to the base of the model, resulting in poor workmanship at the joints, even from my perspective and very last minute panicking. Being introduced to using the Rhino program for the first time for a designing process was also a new experience, and one that did change my view of design making. In reference to the reading for Week 10 on digital fabrication in working with rhino I felt that learning about the program was something that would be extremely essential in the future (Rifkin 2011). However, for the project itself in this context, for me and my group mate, we felt that utilizing Rhino would be unnecessarily time consuming as our model would be primarily focused around the mechanism’s movement, which was not testable on a digital format. For this reason, rather than creating digital models, many prototypes were generated in its stead. The use of digital technology was nonetheless, quite attractive in achieving very accurate dimensions and creating the final model, which was cut in the FabLab. Reflecting back however, it would have been a lot more useful to use Rhino in order to obtain a better understanding of the program for future purposes as, as understood in the reading, digital modeling would expected to be more used soon (Rifkin 2011).

Finally, the experience of working together with a group mate, I found to be quite difficult in this situation, especially with a group mate in a different year level than I was. Although we worked together extremely well, both being in busy positions there were not many opportunities for us to collaborate in person. Despite this, even this experience I discovered to be very educational as I look forward to working in teams in the future.

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MODULE 4 Reflection

The quote above, relayed from the reader was one that I took the most importance from out of the Digital Technology article. In a way, digital technology truly does ‘even out the playing field’ (Rifkin 2011) by providing opportunities for those who were originally unable to access the needed resources. In the future, I see digital technology as the very basis for our society in it’s simple yet fairly cheap aspect.

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