GRAPHICS 01KIRAN RAI
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1. ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS
2. precedent drawings
3. transformative explorations
4. site mapping immaterial flows
5. image manipulations
6. visual coding and algorithmic manipulation
7. surface articulations
8. data driven assemblies
9A. fabrication tools: measured contexts
9B. articulations
9C.. documentation for construction
orthographic projectionsAn exploration of orthographic drawing in translating a three-dimensional object in to a two-dimensional drawing, and how to communicate hierarchy in a comprehensive manner.
Deliverables:
• All preliminary sketches of your object• The sketch outputs of the in-class assignment• One (1) plan drawing of your object• Two (2) section drawings of your object• Two (2) elevation drawings of your object• One (1) axonometric drawing of your object
In-Class Assignment: Trade your drawings and allow for your partner to attempt to understand the sketch by illustrating a different angle.
precedent drawings
Using a precedent house, called the Moriyama House in Tokyo, Japan, scaled drawings were produced.
Deliverables:• 4-10 sketched orthographic drawings• Plans, Sections and Elevations scaled at 1/8″=1’0″
Floor Plan Level 1
East Elevation
Section AB
Floor Plan Level 2
North Elevation
Section CD
transformative explorations
An exploration of the digital processes of transformation, using a part of the precedent, Moriyama House, and manipulating it in order to bring about a new reading of the resultant object.
Deliverables
• 1 Axonometric Drawing/Rendering of the original house chunk you selected and modelled.• 3-8 Axonometric Drawings/renderings that show the process of transformation.• 1 Section, 1 Elevation & 1 Plan of the object in the context of an urban alley downtown.•1 Composite Drawing/Rendering of your object that combines multiple drawings into one, gives it a context and scale
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site mapping:immaterial flows
Approaching a way of communicating non-static information. We explore the process in documenting and analyzing a site by recording time-based information and representing it through a physical model.
Deliverables:
• Diagrams that describes the process of documenting the site and making the model.• The resulting model
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IMMATERIAL MAPPING
OVER A PERIOD OF 3 DAYS, DATA WAS CONSISTENTLY COLLECTED AT 23 SAMPLE POINTS, AND THEN AVERAGED TO GIVE A REPRESENTATION OF THE SOUND QUALITY AT THE SITE. THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAMS DEPICT THE AVERAGE NOISE LEVEL AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SITE.
SOUND PENETRATIONS
AN ABSTRACT MODEL WAS CREATED TO REPRESENT AN AVERAGE OF THE GENERAL NOISE LEVEL WHICH IS EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE SITE. THE MODEL DISPLAYS THAT THE PENETRATING SOUNDS ARE MORE CONCENTRATED AT ONE AREA OF THE SITE THROUGH OVERLAP AND COLOUR OPACITY.
image manipulationsThe selection and manipulation of an image through a self-produced algorithm to produce out-puts in a variety of programs, and emphasize the variability through the methods used.
Deliverables:
• A graphic describing your pseudo-code;• From Photoshop: Sequence of images illustrating the distortion/manipulation produced through the implementation of your strategy.• From Illustrator: Sequence of vector drawings illustrating the distortion/manipulation pro-duced through the implementation of your strategy.• From Rhino: Sequence of line drawings illustrating the distortion/manipulation produced through the implementation of your strategy.• One composite image or drawing that situates your final output(s) within an “appropriate” urban context.
IMAGE MANIPULATION
ROTATE 30° ORIGINAL SHEAR 30° SHEAR 45°FLIP VERTICAL FLIP HORIZONTAL
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RHINOCEROS
visual coding and algorithmic manipulation
A precedent project is replicated and augmented in order to understand the geometric manipulations undergone to achieve the final result. The process is diagrammed and the variability of the process is explored.
Deliverables:
• All diagrams that communicate how your original pseudo-code was augmented to achieve thedesired outcomes. These diagrams should rely on geometry and illustrate an understanding of how this geometry is operating within the Grasshopper environment.• Five (5) iterations of your model that demonstrate how your pseudo-code produces newvariability within the original precedent project.• For each iteration, include a set of annotated axonometrics that demonstrate variabilitywithin the model.• One (1) rendering that situates at least one of the iterations within an urban context.
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surface articulations
Exploring surfaces and geometry by manipulation of field configurations through attractor points, and analyzing the variability within the code.
Deliverables:
• All diagrams that communicate your pseudo-code and how your original pseudo-code was augmented to achieve the desired outcomes. These diagrams should rely on surface geometry and illustrate an understanding of how this geometry is operating within the Grasshopper envi-ronment.• 5-10 iterations of your model that demonstrate how your pseudo-code produces new variabili-ty within the original project. • One (1) rendering that situates these iterations
surface manipulation
pseudo code
produce curves loft to create surface
split surface MAKE curves ON GRID
OFFSET AND SCALE create attraction point
extrude surface extrude curves and subtract from surface
surface manipulation
produce curves loft split surface
Scale CREATE ATTRACTOR POINTS EXTRUDE SCALED SHAPES
CAP EXTRUSIONS
the original pseudo code was altered in order to extrude scaled curves towards attractor points and create more
variation. the extrusion was then capped in order to create a closed surface.
the iterations of this surface manipulation explored various different grids through which the surface was split, different
lengths of the extrusion and manipulation of the initial boundary curves and the corresponding attractor point
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data driven assemblies
This assignment explores how to derive data from images and deploy them within grasshopper to create variation across a two-dimensional surface, and translate it on to a three-dimensional volume.
Deliverables:
• Your pseudo-code and all diagrams that communicate how your original pseudo-code was augmented to achieve the desired outcomes• One render of the 2D surface study as a site/field condition• One render of the 3D volume as an object in a gallery.
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THE PSUEDO CODE WAS AUGMENTED TO CREATE A TRIANGLE AS A BASE SHAPE. VARIABILITY CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH MANIPULATION OF THE NUMBER OS SIDES THE POLYGON HAS
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fabrication toolsmeasured contexts
The documentation of an existing space in the EVDS faculty and communication of the layout through measured and scaled drawings.
Deliverables:
• Required Drawings (Scope measure and draw to exterior wall surface of the room)• Annotated images, sketches and notes that are to be used to produce the final drawings.• Plan 1/8″ = 1′-0″ (call out all wall sections and elevations)• Wall Sections of each wall condition 1/4″ = 1′-0″• 4 Interior Elevations 1/8″ = 1′-0″• 1 Ceiling Plan 1/8″ = 1′-0″
articulations
Developing an articulated surface in correspondence to one of Antoine Picon’s three features of contemporary ornament; Texture, Pattern or Topology.
Deliverables:
• Matrix of Process Images: Rendered (simple no context)• Final design situated in context: Rendered from a minimum of 2 views.• Description of Project
articulations
warp apply grid scale shapes apply attractor points extrude
ASSIGNMENT 9 • ORNAMENTAL EXPLORATION
THIS PROCESS EXPLORES TEXTURE, PATTERN AND TOPOLOGY AS INVESTIGATIONS OF ANTOINE PICON’S FEATURES OF CONTEMPORARY ORNAMENT. THE STRUCTURE RE-SPONDS TO THE TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS OF THE SURFACE, WHILE ALSO DISPLAYING A GRIDDED PATTERN. TEXTURE IS EXPLORED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS EXTRUSIONS.
documentationfor construction
The development of architectural drawings to communicate the intent of a design through plans, elevations, and sections. Demonstrating the detailing and assembly process for a certain object for construction.
Deliverables:
• 1-2 Renderings of Assembly in Place• Reflected Ceiling Plan ½” = 1’-0”• 2 Sections ½” =1’-0”• Details of Components• 1-4 Assembly Diagrams• Model: ½”=1’-0”
This model is reflective of the assembly process documented and the plans, sections, and elevations of the piece.
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