Studio wins Form Z award in Digital Fabrication

Studio receives Form Z award at the ACADIA Conference, honored at the event in the Digital Fabrication category. AutoDesSys awarded the studio honorable mention, for its innovation in using recycled materials and computer driven fabrication methods to create a visually pleasing installation.

Jury comments:
This is a project of an impressive magnitude and complexity, even for a team of 14 students. With such a team, coordination frequently becomes an issue, but this team managed to excel all the way to the end. There are so many aspects for which this work deserves to be commended: as a demonstration of imaginative recycling of old material and keeping the cost under $200; as a successful application of computer driven fabrication methods; as a visually pleasing end result, and many more. Not to be neglected is the enthusiasm with which the students must have approached the project and is clearly reflected in the final result. Obviously that enthusiasm must have transcended beyond the team and appears to have triggered a ‘festival’ for all the students.”

Students in the studio were Chad Harris, Christopher Price, Neil Werbelow, Matthew Archuleta, Luis Marquez, Ben Ortega, Jeremy Jerge, Mara Schweikert, Travis Bunch, Owen Kramme, Nick Byers, Hooman Keyhan Haghighi, Kobi Bauer and Elizabeth Suina.

http://www.formz.com/jointstudy/JS2008_09/awards20082009.html

http://www.formz.com/images/jointstudy/pdf/JS2008_2009/em2Team.pdf

Final Studio Submission DVD

Please turn digital files on DVD:

a. All plans + Sections
b. Fabrication Drawings
c. Renderings
d. Process fabrication photographs
e. Model photographs
f. final installation images

Review Requirements | 04.15.09

Charettee: Phase I

Provide for the reviewers:

1. Theme
2. Circulation
3. Cost Analysis
4. Material Type(s)
5. Spatial Performance
6. Primary Structure

Also each team will provide:

1. Plans
2. Sections
3. Digital Model
a. Installation Perspectives
b. Axon

The comprehensive design will all be modeled in 1/2" = 1'-0" physical model for review (in a comprehensive scheme).

Assignment 2.0 | precedent study

Part I

1. You are to find 2 precedents studies:

Provide two examples that explore modulation and portability.

2. Document the following criteria:

a. Architect
b. Site
c. Program
d. Square footage
e. Plans + sections
f. Short paragraph defining your analysis

Part II

Provide two examples of innovative/emerging materials:

Document:

a. application in fabrication
b. structural capacity


3. Print out your files at 11” x 17” and create a pdf electronic version.

4. Place your pdf files in the temp drive to compile the cd.

Due March 30, 2009 @ 1:00 P.M.

Assignment 1.0 | covert inhabitation

cov·ert (kŭv'ərt, kō'vərt, kō-vûrt')

1. concealed; secret; disguised.
2. covered; sheltered.
3. a shelter or hiding place.
4. concealment or disguise.

Covert Inhabitations


The final project for the semester will be to create an architectural installation that is developed at full-scale and utilizes digital fabrication processes. As the School of Architecture continues to struggle to identify space for prototyping at full-scale, the need to approach the problem as a series of iterations will force us to consider portability, mobility and fabrication efficiency.

Utilizing the courtyard/plaza as a site, we will begin to analyze the situation for fabricating at full-scale. Each team will coordinate with the studio and analyze the space(s) and create measured documentations for the entire courtyard/plaza.

Final site documentation will include:

1. Site Model
a. digital
b. physical

2. 2-d drawings
a. plan
b. sections
c. elevations (interior + exterior)

3. photographs
a. collages
b. panoramic

This is due Monday March 27, 2009

Assignment 0.6 | body prosthetic

Each team will create a deployable prosthetic that begins to isolate a body movement and document or alter its motion. This should be a dynamic compact structure that captures the motion of the body.

Final Production:

1. Analog Model [body proshetic]

2. Delineated Documentation:
a. document movement
b. express kinetics
c. fabrication documentation

This is due Friday March 13, 2009

Assignment 0.5 | motion mapping + force inflection

Part I [motion mapping]

This assignment will focus on mapping body movement and researching
ergonomic spatial possibilities. We will document how kinetics can be utilized to inscribe
spatial conditions through a series of studies. The process will be to take a series of time
lapse photographs documenting three different movements. I would suggest taking a
minimum of 10 photos of each kinetic exercise. We will then utilize Flash to create
vector animations documenting motion flow of each event. Utilizing the onion skin tool
we will then produce a series of motion capsules that will be digital modeled.

1. Document three different kinetic body movements (minimum of ten photos each event)
2. Create an animated vector animation [640 x 480 quicktime]
3. Produce onion skin motion capsules [3 collaged time-lapsed images]

Part II [force inflection]

Create at least three animations that expand on your motion mapping and inflect spatial responses on material surfaces.

Output should be quicktime (640 x480 resolution) or other median (with consultation of instructor).

This is due Monday March 9, 2009

Presentation Format| 02.27.09

Assignment 0.4 | em2: Mutation I

Base on the research that you have completed into template driven processes, I would like for you to consider taking the same process and applying it to a program that you will invent. The program can be a product design, furniture or an installation space. Please consider your program and research it for presentation on Wednesday February 18, 2009.

You are to create a design and produce the follow documentation:

Analog Model
a. scale model in a 18” x 18” x 18” volume

Fabrication Diagrams:
a. templates
b. axon
c. sections

Digital Visualization
a. 2-perspectives [minimum]
b. 1-contextual site perspective

This is due Friday February 24, 2009 @ noon

Assignment 0.3 | Digital Tectonic Model + Fabrication

Tectonic

You are to create two tectonic models that begins to explore the structural implications of your digital models. These should begin to explore connections and analog translation.

Due Monday February 2, 2009

Part 2

Fabrication Documentation

We will have a seminar that looks at template driven fabrication processes. You will then be asked to create a template for fabrication based on one of your digital tectonic models. This will then be outputted on the laser cutter.

Due Monday February 9, 2009

Assignment 0.2 | Digital Capture

Part I

Video/Photo Capture of Haptic Models

Proceed to videotape or photograph your models. Document the model and obtain design rich (i.e. charged with architectural potential) images. Obtain enough footage or pictures to allow for multiple takes. Unexpected views often are the most rewarding. Avoid easy and obvious takes.

Capture digitally several images (at least 15) that you find searching for tectonics, light and space. Work in a reasonable level of resolution if you use digital photography. Keep all the resolution if you are working in video.


Print out on 8” X 11” sheet 5 selected images.

Due Monday January 26, 2009

Part2

3d Modeling and Spatial Exploration

I would like for you to generate three different models in Form Z, Rhino or 3d studio. These models will be derived off of the selected captured images. Once you have completed the models you should generate 10 views (5 interior and 5 exterior) for each model and then produce a PowerPoint presentation. These models should start to investigate the complexity of concept, materiality and tectonics.

Due Wednesday January 28, 2009

Assignment 0.1 | haptic model

Haptic Model

You are to create a series of gestural models related to the topics; velocity, time and network. These models are intuitive models that are quick and responsive to the topic. The selection of materials is very important. You will need to establish some degree of correlation between words and materials. Be creative and not obvious. Avoid all temptation to stop and judge what you are doing. Instead engage in the making fully with your body and mind. You should produce at least 5 total haptic models for each topic.