Module Two, Generating design through digital processes, was composed of two parts. The first required the working with surface and laser cutting techniques to create a series of panels attached to a waffle structure. The second task worked with 3D printing technologies.
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Each task was completed using a range of Rhino, Grasshopper and Adobe Suite skills.
Generating design through digital processes was created in 2018 for a second year Bachelor of Design subject.
Throughout the process of generating designs for task one it was important to ensure a coherent design was achieved. While the waffle and surfaces may be viewed as separate objects, they are not, and as such each detail is considered, from the type of panels used, to the direction and angle that they faced.
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There is a twisting motion occurring in the chosen surfaces and resulting waffle structure that was carried through to the panels. Using attractor points, it was possible to have the tip of each shape lead not only toward the attractor point but flow with the contour of the surface.
The process of generating ideas began by altering the centroid locations for each shape, to stagger the geometry throughout the volume. It was important that existing centroids were not used as this would have created a uniform aesthetic within the final outcome.
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In addition, a simple square was transformed through lengthening, stretching and scaling to again alter and create greater range of moments.
Finally vertical elements were added and the 27 horizontal, and 27 vertical shapes were multiplied to generate greater overlap.
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From here the final mass was subtracted from the original surface to gain the end result.
