Next Semester FLUX Description

Exhibition: FLUX ARCHT-509-01
Andre Caradec / Kory Bieg W 9:00 – 3:00 SANF 141
Prerequisite: Junior Standing or above
The goal of this interdisciplinary studio will be to digitally fabricate and install the international design
exhibition “FLUX”. Students will be exposed to digital milling techniques and fabrication procedures that
will translate design work, produced in the previous semester, into an efficient building system.
“FLUX” will be the first exhibition on the West Coast to focus on the use of computational techniques such
as parametric modeling and scripting within the architectural field. It will consist of drawings, models, and
computational code used in the development of the projects and will include designs from well-established
firms such as Foster & Partners, Arup, and Zaha Hadid, and emerging practices such as Aranda/Lasch and

Jury Review #2

Jury Review #2 Project 4

Jury Review #2 Project 15b

Jury Review #2 Project 15a

Cool Nurbs Relaxation Script

After the conversations about hanging chain models and efficient surface shape in today’s pinup, I though this link might come in handy for some of you. David Rutten (reconstructivism.net) has a plugin that will calculate the optimal shape for any single NURBS surface (he’s got one for meshes too). This could be an in-road to a Frei-Otto or Gaudi-style form finding exercise.

http://www.reconstructivism.net/index.htm?surfacerelaxation.htm

Bowtie Logic

Basic idea behind the bowtie unit is that it always interlocks with itself while allowing manipulation in the X, Y, and Z directions and allowing scalar variation.

Amazing collection of speakers on video!

Team# 15b Catalog Beginning

I have started to compile a catalog.  As I began to do this I gather a list of rules, differences and what the rules and differences create.   They are:

Rules:

-overlapping triangles must be the same depth

-hour-glass connection edge must be the same

Differences:

-x axis scale

-y axis scale

-z axis scale

These rules and differences cause:

-changes in size

-placement of overlap

-angle of hourglass connection

This is just the beginning of what I have discovered.  If anyone has any ideas of what I am missing, please let me know.  There is more to discover!

Included are three examples of the x,y, and z.

October, 02, group 15

So… I was looking at our module last night and I remembered that last year, when we studied structure, there was this type of connection, a pin connection, the weakest one. Coincidentally, today was Thursday, structure day, so me and Madeline went on and asked our structure teacher to give us his critique. He was very nice and kind and this is what he said:

1. He liked our thingy. He liked that it moves and stucks the way it does ( it was before I told him that this is exactly where our problems are).

2. He suggested to reinforce that weakest point with something else, another module, a weird one, for example. Or a cube, a parallelogram, a rod,  etc.

3. We can thread our modules with rod, or system of rods.

4. We can use suspension cables to create such net that supports our system from collapsing.

5. Another suggestion, cast a module from, say, gypsum, and, as connecting element use flexible material which won’t brake.

5. He also gave an idea of changing shape a little bid by cutting of acute angles of the module and putting flat platform there ( I am attaching a picture of his diagram here). That will be really strong!

Hope the ideas will be helpful, make us think outside our thoroughly explored circle.