material modeling

I modeled a section of my material in Rhino. In doing so, I will be able to manipulate the members and modules to examine new connection possibilities. I'm thinking at this point that the school will be constructed out of the material I have engineered.

Rather than having a module with changing typologies and morphologies, I want to keep the module the same. The field can be printed in large quantities satisfying an economy of means. It is within the connections and spaces created that typologies will begin to emerge. The connection typologies and spatial typologies generated through varying assembly logics will have the most emphasis placed on them, not the behavior of each module.

The flange width of each module can be changed through a script. I intend to keep this process and its products as they have proven beneficial in design. Porous and nonporous spaces are important in my design concept.

The heights of spaces and the locations of raised and lowered areas are determined by the program overlaps and "height field" procedure in Rhino. Some design intervention occurs in certain areas where my own desires shape the space.

In short, all of the aspects of the building have been taken care of in this first phase of propositions. The SEM-related module, the assembly system, program areas, circulation, height, and volumetric configuration have all been approached logically and are ready for critique.

I've also been experimenting with the V-Ray rendering program in preperation for Media class next semester. Here is my first ever rendering of the material I modeled in Rhino.









more to come.