UTAS Design Studio 7 2011, Assignment 2, student work

Second assignment is now done and dusted, so i have uploaded a few images of some of the work.

utas ds7 – assignment 1

Have upload a bunch of images from my students at utas, design studio 7.

The first assignment is basically a form finding exercise on a site in Launceston, Tasmania.

The projects will be converted into parametric models int he coming assesment tasks over the next 2 months.

slideshow after the click

free form modelling semester 2 2009

Continuing on from first semester 2009, second semester saw me lecturing in a new Free-form modeling elective @ utas.  Stepping away from concrete, this semester we dealt with plywood as a medium, attempting to embody material properties into the digital model.  The first few images are of the proof of concept.

In groups of 4 students first laminated 4 sheets of 1200x2400x25 plywood together creating a 100mm think slab.  this allowed for the rhino surface to be milled to a maximum depth of nominally 80mm.  The images below show some of the final results.  Interestingly, this class was my first venture into teaching grasshopper in a studio environment.  It has proved to be more difficult that I imagined, requiring a larger step in skill set from the students.

free form modeling – results

i’ve been super busy doing about 100 other things recently (2 actually, but that is another story) so finally I’m uploading a bunch of images from the class I taught last semester at Utas.  I posted a few previous images of the proof of concept, but these are the final products.

Rhino3D was used as the modeling program, with visualMill being utilized for the CNC milling processes.  The ideas was for students to develop a skillset in free form modeling, in addition to developing an understanding of the implications of ‘organic’ architectural expression.  Emphasis was placed on the embedded properties of the material mediums (expanded polystyrene and concrete) and how they were influenced by the machining process, not to mention that the mould is in reverse and the pattern is positive.

The assessment task was influenced by a project that I completed at IaaC while undertaking my Masters, but the addition of concrete to the mix (bad pun!) added a more permanent element to the UTAS project.  The final objects, 13 of them, currently sit proudly outside the School’s front door!

If i ever get the chance I will write a more detailed description of the project I will, otherwise these images speak for themselves.

free form modeling – proof of concept

One of the classes I teach focuses on the integration of digital processes in architecture and fabrication.  The final assignment for the class it 3D mill a mould from polystyrene and then pour concrete into it to create a solid ‘pattern’.  I needed to prove to the students how quickly this could be done, and that it actually worked so here are some images of the proof of concept.  A bigger post will follow once the class is complete.

a cold start

An early start awaited me this morning for the 6am bus to Launceston. Fresh snow on the mountain and ice on the windshield.  All I was thinking about was the sun and the sand (i lie actually, i like the cold better than summer).