Materials Model

Once we figured out what the new design would look like, our next task was too define what each plane was and decide a material for each of those planes. The model also starts to join planes so that it becomes one unified "roof", or "ceiling". Our next task is too model this in sketch up, which i have already started. The exploration in sketch up will try to make a concrete building form, so we can begin to find out how this structure will stay and be constructed. I know we are not suppose to figure all of the engineering in detail, but it would be nice to show diagrams of how we see this building being built in real life. Is it even possible? The new design is a bit more realistic but it still has its unique features that makes the structure complex and attractive.

We Got It all Figured Out!!!!

Individual : Wayfinding & Signage

Transmetamorph: Building Models

Something I found on the TABLE.

The times that I am in studio, I find random things laying on the tables. One day i found this piece of mesh and thought about our building skin/form. I realized that this piece of mesh had an inside...where our programming stuff could lie or be placed in. I guess that idea did not last very long because I forgot about this piece of mesh and never talked about it in any of our group meetings. I would like to point out that I did not make this, but who ever did....kudos its an awesome form.

ETFE: ethylene tetra fluoro ethylene

It turns out our skin idea might not of being an idea that was difficult to accomplish or far from reality reach. The Watercube, Beijing's National Aquatics Centre uses a structure that could be sturdy enough to have some floor plates and structures be attached to it. Of course, it would not be by a string. In some of the construction drawings for the wall cavity of the watercube, it shows the thousands of connections that needed to be made to hold up this structure. Those same connections could be made to hold tons of steel and concrete in our skin design.