Sibyl Trigg http://www.diploma-unit-9.net/Sibyl/ en Copyright 2008 Tue, 23 May 2006 23:42:32 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss more.... Having integrated too much into the terminal, tried (too) many ideas... now going back to some of the stuff I was looking at earlier on in the year (went fast, the last 2 weeks)... Directionality through surface/structure.. laser cutting scripts. Basically the idea is to go into the building in a bit more detail, retaining the form as it is... This is a screenshot of the interior of the arrival hall/lobby as it is now.. Making the 3d model more detailed forces more decision making... the direction right now seems to be selectively exposed structure to create directionality. The difficulty seems to be the geometry of the cladding panels - naturally non directional.

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This is the current state of affairs.....


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Basically i've just been lofting sections, the interesting part now is to see what kind of geometries can be used to make up the cladding. ETFE cushions are a possibility, I am quite looking forward to making tesselating patterns at different scales. The pictures of the cushions below are from the Allianz Arena in Munich by Herzog and de Meuron.


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Which explains why you can draw a parabola in Rhino but not a catenary, I suppose because there is no gravity in the digital world therefore it it irrelevant, as long as they look the same? I guess it is easier to calculate the y = x^2 rather than the hyperbolic cosine....

Welcome any more helpful maths hints....

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After google acquired the software company @LAST, maker of the 3D modeler SketchUP, they now come up with the 3D Warehouse.

This is an online library of free 3D objects, originally intended as a database for GoogleEarth Buildings, it is now filling up with all sorts of objects.
They are all in the proprietary SketchUP format .skp (and we all hate sketchup...).... but can easyly be exported in almost all other programs like Cinema 4D, FormZ, 3D Studio, Rhino and the like….

So now you can begin to populate your 3D Scenes with some fancy International or historical Architecture or just get the model of a bed for your interiors.

As a bonus Google released a free version of SketchUP, so that every one can upload his building to the database of GoogleEarth.
SketchUP free is available for PC only at the moment (so i cannot tell you where the cutbacks are), but the full Version is available for both MAC and PC.


from www.republish.org

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finally i worked out a way of photographing the model- it actually starts to give an idea about the building structure.. more to come!....

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i am getting used to seeing my flat upside down....
now that i have experimented a little with using the chains i can go about it a bit more logically. this is a model of the first, most basic system. lets see where it goes next...

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This pier is a station for the commuter and tourist boat services on the Thames. It receives regular useage everyday from the city clipper commuter services which go to the Tate Modern/Britain. It is also the place where the boat drivers have their lunch-breaks.

Because of the mechanism which allows the floating pier to rise up and down with the tides without changing position, the character of the pier doesn’t change noticeably between high and low tide.

The structure mediates between the land and water with a flexible bridge which changes angle according to the water height. At high tide the pier is practically level with the bank, and the bridge is horizontal or even slightly upward sloping. At low tide the pier is 5 or 6 metres lower than the bank, and the bridge slopes steeply downward.

The pier deals with the tidal change using two vertical piled columns, one at each end. These are the only parts which are fixed to the river bed. The pier itself is held between the two columns, and can slide up and down them on casters, like a vertical curtain rail.

]]> http://www.diploma-unit-9.net/Sibyl/2006/04/informingtransformingperformin_1.html http://www.diploma-unit-9.net/Sibyl/2006/04/informingtransformingperformin_1.html diploma project Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:04:40 +0000 site model Andrew Taylor and I spent a couple of days getting a model for each site ready to be lasercut... These are some sketches and some renders for the convoys wharf model, the victoria deep water site will appear on Andys blog tommorow. We're aiming to send out some files to get quotes from the laser cutting companies tomorow. Making a model like this really makes you realise the complications involved in actually constructing something- it's almost another world...

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using hanging chains to create the sectional form of the building (above). but what i have now realised is instead of using single chains it would be more interesting to use a net type structure, like nox did (below). i'm not really a fan of nox actually, so i was quite surprised. there is more on the building at we-make-money-not-art

but if a net is used, does it still conform to the mathematical definition of a catenary curve?

some people at MIT made a program which does exactly that! (above)

so.... this is the new can of worms....

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the beginnings are quite basic, experimenting with how much weight is needed and what deformations that gives. The differences in ceiling height relate back to the flows through the building and the various functions.

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architectural paintings by martin kobe

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