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MEMBRANE SPACES studio course AHO fall 2008 aptable membrane AHO The oslo school of architecture and design membrane spaces fall`08 adaptable membrane membrane spaces aho studio course fall 08 professor in charge: michael hensel additional staff: birger sevaldson dafne sunguroğlu s t u d e n t s miray oktem liam rote-hahre chen group project/ individual project

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MEMBRANE SPACES studio course AHO fall 2008

adaptable membrane double layered membransystem-controlable permeability

yü chen // professor in charge: michael hensel // additional staff: birger sevaldson and defne sunguroglu

AHO The oslo school of architecture and designm e m b r a n e spaces fall`08

adaptable membranemembrane spaces aho studio course fall 08professor in charge:michael henseladditional staff:birger sevaldsondafne sunguroğlu s t u d e n t s miray oktem liam rote-hahre yü chengroup project/individual project

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ELASTIC MEMBRANE

PHYSICAL MODEL

DIGITAL MODEL

DIGITAL MODEL PROBLEM

DEVELOPING FROM FOR-MER PROJECTS

1. BASIC p04

2. LINKED MEMBRANESp05

3. PROPERTIESp.08

4. SYSTEM OF MEMBRA-NES p.09

5. CONTROLLING FALLING OBJECTS

p.09

6. BASIC EXPERIMENTp.10

7. FORMFINDINGp.16

STIFF MEMBRANE

CONTENT

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TwO LAYER

GEOMETRY

1:?MOTION

MOVEABLE SURFACE

CUTTING PATTERNRESEARCH

VISUAL PENETRATION

wIND FLOw

SHADOw ANALYSIES

SCALE

8.iNDIVIDUAL PROJECTAPPROACH

p.20

9.SHAPEp.22

10.RESARCHp.30

11.PERFORMANCEp.32

12.SPATIAL EXPLORATIONp.39

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a

b

c

d

BASIC KNOwLEDGES ABOUT MEMBRANES

A membrane is in general a thin, synthetic or natural,material and it`s structer belongs to the group of Tension Structures.Def:Tension Structures are only loaded in tension, with no requierments to take compression or bending forces.

Behavior of slim/thin elements in diffe-rent force conditions aI tensionbI compressioncI bending

ADVANTAGES OF MEMBRANES:

- light- slim- structural efficiency- good performances in case of fire

DISADVANTAGES OF MEMBRA-NES:

The biggest problem of a memb-ran structure is it`s low resistance against aerodynamic excitation (wind fluttering).Solving this Problem leads to the basic shapes of a membran struc-ture.

4 methods to prevend membrane structures of fluttering:

aI application of massbI double, in transverse dirctons curved surfacescI application of tensiondI forming a convex and a con-carve surface and holding them in tension against each other

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a. adding massb. double curvaturec. application of tensiond. convex and concarve surface

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THE TwO BASIC FORMS

The saddleshape and the cones-hapeare the most commonly used double curved surfaces to make a construction stiff. They are also minimalsurfaces, which means that the structure, completly loaded in tension, is working on it utmost efficiency.

To understand the characteristics of membranes we created a basic saddle and a basic cone shape (a). after this started to manipulate it to find the limits of the material, how much tension may be applied and in which directions, before it wrinkles.

In the next task, we were suppo-sed to create three interconnected

membranes to understand how it changes the tension in all the sys-tem and effects all the membranes

in the system when one of the cont-rol points in the system is chan-ged. (c) During this experiment,

we understood that manipulating a membrane by changing even

a single control point changes all the system. So it is hard to change the place of a control point without

getting any wrinkles

a. saddle shape

b. cone shape

c. membaren with 5 control points

d. enclosed membrane

e.moving of a membrane system

b

c d

ea

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way of grapes in different size through a membrane sytem. frames of a videofilm.

top view

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After understanding basicly how membranes works, we decided on two ways to investigate more on membran properties. One was to look closer on the shape (see p.8), and the other was to learn more about its reaction to other object.This membrane system is deve-loped in order to catch a drop-ping object (in this case different grapes) and reflect them to another membrane and in this , influencing the fall of the objects.we suspended the membranes according to falling direction of the grapes from the former membrane.

Small grapes jumped through the hole onto the next membrane

Bigger grapes skiped the hole and jumped only twice between the membranes

Medium Grapes where hitting more edges and jumped more rendomly

Conclusion:The bouncing angle depends on the the size(mass of the object.Discovering that different sized grapes (or with different mass) would go different ways we thought about a system to asort objects.Since we dind*t had enough know-ledge about the parameters which influences the way of an object through oure system, we decided to do deeper investigation on the bouncing properties of a simple membrane. This leeds to the experimentseries on p.XX.

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To learn more about membranes, we decided to work with them in a different way.By producing stiff membranes using a polyester and fiberglass, we created an antic-lastic non-elastic object with a minimal surface. we can preserve some properties of the membranes even if it does not work as a memb-rane anymore. we painted different shaped membranes with polyes-ter and we also put fiberglass to some of them to make it stronger. we tried this method on saddles, cones, barrels and even membrane systems with more than one mem-brane and minimal holes.

PE and hardener.

membrane painted with polyester

membrane coated with fiberglass-math and polyester

USING STIFF MINIMALSUR-FACES FOR A COMPRESSION STRUCTURE.

The membranes all kept their shapes very well. The one coated in fiberglass where extremly strong and rigid.Discovering this, we thought that it could be a way for finding material efficianed compressing structures, similar to buildings like Sagrada familia (gaudi).

The catenary is the theoretical shape of a hanging flexible chain or

cable when supported at its ends and acted upon by a uniform gravi-

tational force (its own weight) and in equilibrium. It is mathematicaly

seen also a minimalsurface. Turned upside down it shows the ideal

shape for an arch in almost pure compression while suppoting

it*s own weight without bending moments in the material.

Since a membrane in a full loaded tension shows similar properties,

(minimalsurface, equibilirium of forces) We wondered if a memb-rane shape used in the other way around could also show this ideal

performance loaded with the same amount of compresson forces as it`s counterpart in tension forces.

Also we were perfectly aware of the fact, that if it as we thought than certainly someone on the world

would already using this, we liked the idea of a membrane minimal

surface as a rigid object used as an compression structure. Thinking of saddleshaped stiff object we made

two design proposals.

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As we progreesed in the membra-ne-bounce research, we replicated a former model. we created a completely rendom layered cluster as an intend of prolonging the balls flight. after many experiments that conclude the cluster being very uncontrollable, it evolves into two other clusters. One enclosed and one vortex.

The enclosed cluster is an inter-connected set of equal size memb-ranes. when we drop the ball from above as we had done in all the models, it bounces horizontally as well as vertically.

we could easily see that the ball would bounce more randomly in this pre-selected and systema-tic cluster than in the randonly built one. In the vortex, there was another factor which became very clear; speed. when the ball entered the vortex shaped cluster, it accele-rated quickly and had random exits.

We tried to visualize the reflection path of a ball in ne of our memb-

rane systems. we took a series of photos while we dropped the ball

to see if we can record the path but it was not helpful, because of the coulers in the environment it was

too hard to see only the path of the ball.(d)

So we decided to use a fluoresant ball and record it with a video ca-

mera under blacklight.(c) Through testing and recording

results with video and photo, we chose to concentrate on one mem-

brane at a time.

The task was to create 12 or similar membrane patches that are con-nected ot each other with a system and harmony. Before starting this task, we wanted to choose our-selves an aim, in order to explore membranes from performance point of view. we wanted work on a membrane system which works as a reflection path and reflects objects in a certain way that we would be able to direct different objects in different paths according to their size, weight or speed. we talked over ways of doing that over sketches and then started building a membrane which would collect falling objects but not direct them. we thought of this as a way of understanding how membranes re-acts when objects ofdifferent sizes fall on them. we created 2 groups of 6 membranes that are intercon-nected and another half group and assumed that our system is end-less.

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After trying to understand the reflection path created by different membrane systems, we decided to go back to basics to be able to understand them on a more primitive level, so that we would be able to build knowledge about them from the foundation. we decided to work with just one membrane and record all the different reactions that membrane gives to objects with a different weight, angle or speed. We recorded the reflection path of different situations to under-stand the basic principles of falling object-membrane relationships.The pictures above are reflection path illustrations of a ball dropped on a flat membrane. in each photo a certain property of the ball has been changed to understand the relationship between these proper-ties and the reflection paths.

we worked with two different size of balls, 3 different speeds (we used the distance the ball went on the dispenser before it hits the membrane to create different speeds) and the angle between the membrane and the ball.By recor-ding this data visually, we created a table of information that allows us to compare different situations and retrieve information on how we should use membranes to crea-te the reflection path we want to create.

three different angles (30,60, 90)three different starting points in each angle

two different sizes of balls

two membranes of different tensions

PROCEDURE SETTING UP THE EXPERI-MENT

RUNNING THE EXPERIMENT 5 TIMES EACH

CAPTURING wITH A VIDEO-CAM

TAKE SEVERAL FRAMES OF EACH EXPERI-MENT

MERGE THE FRAMES TO ONE PIC.

TRACE THE PATH IN A CAD PROGRAMM AND ANALYSE THE ANGLES

COMPARE THE IN-FORMATION GAI-NED FROM THE EXPERIMENTS

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Size/tight-ness

Loose Tight

90 60 30 90 60 30

Fast I

Big A II

Slow III

Fast I

II

Slow III

Almost the same table as on the former page but with the information of re-flecting angles in different conditions.

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Loose - Tight

In a loose membrane, a dropping object bounces higher and with a bigger angle. However when

the membrane is tighter, the ball bounces less, with a steeper angle which sometimes creates multiple

bounces on the membrane. The only exception to that is the situa-tion where the falling angle of the

object is very low and the membra-ne is loose, then it does not bounce

on the membrane but rolls over it instead

AngleFalling angle of the object creates different bouncing patterns. when the angle is 30, it tends to jump out of the membrane directly due to the direction of force applied on the ob-ject. So it is hard to say if the angle has an effect on the ??? when the object is sent to the membrane with an angle of 90, it bounces higher as the power is applied in that parti-cular direction but when the angle is lower, it tends to keep going in that angle.

Slow - Fast

when the ball has a slower speed, it bounces higher but nearer. This causes the ball to stay on the mem-brane longer than the faster one.

Heavy - Light

Heavy object boun-ces higher than the lighter one. d

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suspender fixed

three different falling objects

two membranes of the same properties suspen-ded in an angle of 60 to each other

small ball big ball dummy for a human( ball with join-ted limbs)

Ball 1 - small

Ball 2 - big

Man dummy

Then we decided to narrow down the parameters and do another experiment to see the difference in reflection paths of a small ball, a bigger and heavier ball and a man dummy we created. we wanted to see if having more than one piece connected with joints would effect the fall of an object. The graph on the left shows the reflection paths of these 3 different objects

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Digital Modelling

For digital modelling we used rhino with a relaxation script for surfaces and meshes.The amount of squads define the smoothness of the resulting object. But it takes also calculating resour-ces.parameters we can set is, geome-trical links and tension factor for each point.The modelling of a barrelwith interconected points was a real task for us.To have to points linked but not fixed in the space we have to weld them together and relaxe at the same time. To weld the right point to each othertakes a long time.Also the shapes turned out not to be the way we expected it.we produced a lot of useless shapes, but learned a lot about digital modelling.

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Digital Modelling

For digital modelling we used rhino with a relaxation script for surfaces and meshes.The amount of squads define the smoothness of the resulting object. But it takes also calculating resour-ces.parameters we can set is, geome-trical links and tension factor for each point.The modelling of a barrelwith interconected points was a real task for us.To have to points linked but not fixed in the space we have to weld them together and relaxe at the same time. To weld the right point to each othertakes a long time.Also the shapes turned out not to be the way we expected it.we produced a lot of useless shapes, but learned a lot about digital modelling.

Digital Modelling

we also tried to simulate a droping ball on a surface. For this we used Autodesk Maya.The first problem was to import a surface into maya wihtout kee-ping the bounding box.in our first tries the ball alway drops of the bounding box, wihtout tou-ching the membrane.The second task was to make the membrane a textile. we used the nCloth function.The problem was that the n Cloth scrpit can make a surface reacting like a textile butt not as a elastic textile. The mebrane always starts to flut-ter when we added gravity to it.Also the ball sometime just ignores the membrane and dropes through it.