1b + 1c

Research question: Now having in mind the objective for project 1c, I am asking at what point will a surface become "unmodelable" ie. cannot be made a solid object.  

I began by reexamining my chosen surface for 1b matrical analysis.  By splitting the original object, I was able to focus on a sliver of the curve rather than the entire plane.  

This view shows a portion of the martical analysis revisited.  

I then alined the deformed objects behind one another to see the change in each piece at once. 

Then following images are of different rows and manipulations.   

As some of these curved become more complex, I am careful to chose which ones I will make solids to 3D print.  The answer to the research question: When a surface begins to fold over itself, it becomes very difficult to create a solid figure.    

 Finally, I chose a few surface pieces to create printable solids.  I began by copying and pasting the cruves and creating surface out on the voids between them.  I found it easier to loft the edges of the curves.   I also tired extruding surface curves.  Below are the surface pieces I hope to print.

Versioning and Inchoate

SHoP’s Versioning solidified a few concepts I was questioning for the matrical analysis.   The discussion of versioning begins with a traditional idea of how the term implies replicating an original that can be traced and measured through evolution of one specific source.  In this case, versioning relies on a design agenda and is centered on detailed actions.    The example of the highway system better explains this thought.   It is explained that there is no one basis highway; rather there are various components of highways that are sued to construct a road better for its context.  It is not relied on one prototype, which is unimportant to versioning. 

Side note:I found it fascinating that Brunelleschi used a method of versioning for his Duomo.  Based on the loading pattern, there is not one master brick for the project,   

representation :modelling :: modelling : versioning

This linear expression is in essence our projects for the first half of the semester. 

I really enjoyed reading about the take on versioning in terms of the ‘façade’. The way we see facades has dramatically changed over centuries.  Today we see facades as skins of building.  This stems from not only aesthetic implications, but also structural.  The model of the load bearing Renaissance façade is compared to the invention of the steel frame in which the plan does not have to correlate with the elevation.  This allowed for more design freedom.  Lastlty, the readers are presented with Dieste’s skins and the abstractions behind the geometry. 

Dieste's church in Uruguay 

In Angelil’s Inchoate, we see a method of versioning explained and analyzed in the case of architectural education.   With technology ever changing, the teaching behind this field must adapt quickly.  I find it difficult to work with professors who are resistant to the changing world, whether in concept, theory, technology, etc.