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HughStanford

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IntroducBon

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Asanaturalphenomenonprogressesthroughnature,itproducesahighlyvariedform.Thisformproducesmanyvisibleandnon‐visibleshapes.Theseshapesaremirroredthroughoutnature,whetheritbebetweenspecies,ororganismsandtheirphysicalenvironment.

Likewise,mymodule1designhasgonethroughavariedprogression.StarBngasacomparisonbetweenadeer’santlersandthepaMernatreebranchmakesasitgrows.thedesignprocessmadeajourneythroughtheformsofourbotanicalcounterparttofinishasacomparisonofvariedlocomoBonbetweenhumansandaprimaterelaBve,theGibbon.

ThispresentaBonwillproceedthroughmy3naturalprocesses,focusingonmyfinalproposal.ItwillcommentontheissuesandvictoriesIhadthroughoutthedesignprocessaswellastheinspiraBonIdrewfrompreviousarchitecturalandarBsBcwork.

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Proposal1:NaturalProcess

IniBallythenaturalphenomenonItookinterestinweretheantlersofadeer.Iwasintriguedbytheideaofamainbranchsubsequentlybeingdividedintosmallerbranches,alltheBmemaintainingitsdirecBon.

ThisnoBonwasfurthersupportedbytheshapeofatreebranch,whereabifurcaBonoccurredatintervals,notalteringthemaintrajectoryofthelimb.

InanaMempttoincreasethevarietyofexamplesofthisnaturalphenomenon,IstumbleduponthenoBonofthemassshapeofariversystem.Unliketheantlerortreebranch,theseparaBonofalimbisnotapermanentfixtureintheanatomyofariver.InsteadofamainchanneldictaBngtheflow,thecombineddivergenceandconvergenceofsubdivisionsdirectedtheriveralongit’smainroute.

Liketheriversystem,thevascularanatomyofthearmpossesstheoverallfuncBontotransportfluidandindoingsodeliverandremovelifegivingsubstancestoandfromthecellsororganismsrelyingonit.Ittherefore,unsurprisinglyhasasimilarbranchingsystemastheformenBonedriver.

ThegroupofsketchesdisplaysthesimilariBesinformbetween4naturalphenomenon’spresented.TothetopleWofthesketchesthereisthecoredesignofmyfirstproposedidea.AmainbranchwithidenBcalcurvature,arrangeininverse,mirroredsymmetry.

Proposal1:Modelidea

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IniBallanterndesign

Revisedmodeldesignincludingre‐convergingbranch

MyFirstProposalcontainedelementsofall4previouslymenBonednaturalphenomenon's.Themainbranchhas2inverselymirroredcurvesthatcontainthesamecurvature.ThiswasdonetoproduceacoremathemaBcsymmetry,fromwhichunsymmetricalbranchescoulddiverge.Thismainbranch,withit’sopencircuitsubdivisionswasinspiredbytheformofthetreebranchorthedeerantlers.TheanteriorofthemodelalsopossesaclosedcircuitchaininiBalisingwithabifurcaBonofbranchesonoppositesidesofthemainstem.Thiswasinspiredbytheclosedcircuitnatureofthevascularandriversystems.

TheiniBaldesigndidnotcontainthesubsequentre‐convergingbranch.

However,similartotherevisedmodel,ImadeanaMemptnottohaveallthebifurcaBonsmove

inanupwarddirecBon.Ifeltthiswouldmakethemodelhavetoomuchofatree‐like

appearance.Instead,byhavingsomeofthesecondarydivisionsmoveinadownward

trajectory,IstroveawayfromaliteralrepresentaBonofatree.

Proposal2:NaturalProcess

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Formysecondnaturalprocess,IstroveawayfromtheoriginalnaturalphenomenonsanddrewsolelyfromthegrowthofatreeforinspiraBon.AWerhavingtheimpossibilityofproducingmyfirstdesignbroughttomyaMenBon,IhadtorealizeanotherwayofrepresenBngthedivisionoftreebrancheswithoutthemseparaBngfromthemodel.IstartedtothinkaboutthepaMerninwhichbranchesbifurcatedfromeachother,specificallywhytheyseparatedwhentheydid.UponinvesBgaBonof10treesinvaryinglocaBons,Ifoundthatapproximatelyat27%oftheverBcalheightofthetree,theiniBalbifurcaBonoccurred.ThispaMernwasalsooccurringonindividualbranchesofthetrees.

ThesearetheoriginalsketchesIusedtodiscoverthecorestructureofthetreeIwasmodelingoff(Tree3).TheydisplayasimilarmethodusedbyJamesChin

KahGohinhisassignment,semester2,2011.Goh(2011)tracksthebranchesofacrystalbacktoacentraldistribuBonpoint.Addingontothistechnique,I

visiblymarkedthemajorpointsofthetree.Themajorpointsbeingthedivisions,whetherthebranchremainedaMachedtothetree,orifithadfallen

offleavingbehindastump.

Tree3:showingheightofthetree,separatedintothirds.

Tree1:showingheightofthetree,separatedintothirds.

Tree1:showingheightofthetree,separatedintothirds.

Proposal2:Modelidea

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OnceIhadsketchedthecorestructureofthetree,theissuefromproposiBon1,regardingtheimpossibilityofhavingdivergingstemsonamodel,wassBllunresolved.ThesoluBonIdecideduponwastocoverthegapsbetweenthebranches,aimingtocreatetheillusionofdrapingclothoverthestructurewhilstsBllmaintainingtheunderlyingshape.BydoingthisIhopedthemainpointshighlightedwouldbetheonlythingextrudingfromtheinterior.

UnfortunatelyIwasunabletoproducethedrapingeffect.Insteadthemodelresembledmoreofaspikeddome.AnalternaBveideathatIcouldhavedevelopedwastojointhehighlightedpoints,thuscreaBngtheoutlineoftheoriginalbranch.HoweverIfeltthiswastooliteralrepresentaBonofmynaturalprocess.ThereforeIdecidedtocutmylosesandprogresstoanewdesignenBrely.

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Proposal3:NaturalProcess

AnneBaker’ssemester1,2011assignmentplayswithBmelapseimagesoftheflightpathofabird.ThetranslaBonofkinemaBcsintoasculpturaldesigninterestedmesignificantly.

Baker(2011)“FlightpathofBirds”

ThemechanicalmovementofamonkeysprimarylocomoBvelimbthroughoutbrachiaBonhas3phases.

1.Hanging2.Swinging3.Gripping

Bycombiningthesephases,theadjacentpaMernisformed,thisisagraphicrepresentaBonofthekinemaBcsofaGibbon’sarmduringlocomoBon.

Duetopreviousdesignsofminefollowingabotanicalpathway,myiniBalthoughtwhen

aMempBngtoapplytheideasofmoBonfromBaker(2011),wastouseananimalthatrequiredtreesformovement.BecauseaGibbonistheonlyapethatusesbrachiaBonasit’sprimaryformoftransport(Ninjameys2011),Itwasanobvious

selecBonforcomparisonbetweenbrachiaBonandbi‐pedallocomoBon.

IcametotheconclusionthatasculpturepurelyaboutthekinemaBcsofaGibbondidn’tallowformuchpotenBalwhenmodelingastructure.IdecidedthatmakingacomparisonbetweenthewalkingmoBonofahuman,andthebrachiaBonofanapewouldbeaninteresBngstudyonhowdifferentpathsofevoluBonarriveatsimilarefficientconclusions.

ThissketchedgraphcomparehumanandGibbonlocomoBon.Theyare

inverseofeachother,howeversimilariBescansBllbemadebetween

thepeaksandtroughs.

SketchofasimplifieddiagramofthelimbmovementofaGibbonthroughbrachiaBon

Proposal3:Modelidea1

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WhentranslaBngthenaturalprocessofproposal3intoaphysicalshape,oneideatookprecedenceoverallothers;Iwantedtoshowthedifferentgraphsonseparateplainsofview.ThisseparaBonaccentuatestheideaofseparaBonbetweenspecies.

FrontalviewdisplaysthekinemaBcgraphofbrachiaBon

Topviewdisplayshumanhipmovement.

Duringthisstage,IhadsBllnotdecidedtousehumanfootmoBontocomparewiththehandmoBonofaGibbon.Instead,IwascomparingthehipmovementofahumanwiththearmmoBonofaGibbon;acomparisonIlaterrealizedtobehighlyirrelevant.

AnotherissueIhadwiththisdesignwasthatthetwodiagrammaBcsidesdidn’tcorrelatewitheachotherregardingtheirposiBonintheirindividualmovementcycles.IdecidedthatifIweretomakeacomparisonbetweenthe2diagrams,Iwouldneedthemtoalign.

Proposal3:Modelidea2

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Thesecondmodelinproposalthreefocusedsignificantlymoreonthedirectcomparisonbetweenthetwodiagrams.Fromafrontalviewyoucouldseethe2kinemaBcrepresentaBonperfectlyaligned.KeychangesImadeinthismodelwastoreducethelengthofthebrachiaBonborderofthemodel.Bycumngitshort,itmoreaccuratelyrepresentedasinglearmcycleforagibboninmoBon.However,thismodelfailedtointroducethepriorideaofdifferentplanesofviewfordifferentdiagrams.Furthermore,theviewfromanyangleasidefromthefrontdisplayedthemodelasanunevenandrelaBvelyrandomassortmentofmaterial.

Proposal3:FinalDesign

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MyfinaldesignisafarsimplerrepresentaBonofthekinemaBcsketches.ItookinspiraBonfrommyoriginalproposalbyusing2mainbranchesonwhichtobasemyenBrelantern.

Atruehighlightofthismodelisitsmassing.Wherefromoneanglethedesigndoesn’tshowitself(theboMomrightimageforexample),fromanotheritishighlyvisible.Italsopresentsit’smainideaondifferentplanes,andtheviewerneedstolookatitfrommanyanglestounderstandit’soverallmeaning.

Though2/3rdofmymodelworkonahorizontalplane,theother1/3rdworksonbothahorizontalandverBcal.BycasBngalightfromthefrontofthemodelashadowoftheverBcalcomponentiscastalongsidethemainhorizontalbranch.Thisshadowdisplaysadirectcomparisonbetweenthe2limbs,withregardtospaBalandthustemporalalignment.

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DuringtheconstrucBonofmyfinalmodel,anissuearoseregardingtheconnecBonofthetwomajorlimbsofthemodel.OriginallyIaMemptedtomanipulatethehorizontalarmtoconnecttotheendoftheverBcalarm.However,toproduceaconformingfit,theshapeofthehorizontalarmwouldrequirewarping.ThiswouldaltertheaccuracyofthekinemaBcrepresentaBons,contradicttheenBreideabehindthedesign,thereforeitwasnotasuitablesoluBon.Icametotheconclusionthata3rdjoiningpartwasrequired.ThisjoiningparthadtosymbolicallyandpracBcallyjointhe2kinemaBcdiagramsthathadnowbeentranslatedintothe2arms.ThedesignsoluBonIcameupwithwastouseelementsfromthetwospeciesIwascomparing.TheprimarycontactpointinlocomoBonforboththeGibbonandtheHumanarethehandandfoot,respecBvely.ThemostanatomicallynoBceablepartinboththesefeaturesare,theMetacarpalofthethumbforaGibbon,andtheMetatarsalofthebigtoeforaHuman.BycomparingtheanatomicalstructureofarelaBvebodypart,Iworkedtomakemycomparisonhaveafurtherdepthtoit.

Exampleofthetwolimbsbeingjoinedtogether

SketchofMetatarsal(leW)andMetacarpal(right)

DesignPrecedence:Structure

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QV1,Perth

ShoalFlyBySculpture.Docklands

ShoalFlyBy,designedbyCatMcleodandMichaelBellemo,isapartofmyriadofsculpturesalongtheDocklandsforeshoreinMelbourne.McleodandBellemowereinspiredby“flyingshoalsoffish…ripplingthewater”(VicUrban2010).Byseeingthesedesignersinterpretthemovementofananimalthroughit’snaturalhabitat,IwasabletodrawinspiraBonformyfinaldesign.

Originaldesigncenteredaroundacurvedsheetoffabric.

QV.1tower,designedbyHarrySeidler,isawellknownfeatureinthePerthskyline,howeveritistheentranceofthebuilding

thatinspiredmethemost.Theflowingsheetofglassandmetal

hungabovetheentranceofthetowerwasoriginallyinspiredbyafamousseenfeaturingMarilynMonroeandasubwayairvent.ThoughmymaininspiraBonwas

ofnosimilaritytothatofSeidler,theideaofalargesheetofMaterial,withan

undulaBngcurve,wasasignificantinspiraBonformyfirsttwodesignsof

proposal3

Specifically,thewaytheycombinedamixtureofcurveswiththecylindricalpipingused.Thisaidedmythoughtprocess,movingmeawayfromtheprecedingnoBonofacurvedsheetoffabric,andtowardsthemorecylindricallyinspireddesignIendedwith.

DesignPrecedence:Paneling

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TheSupremeCourtofNewZealand,fillsit’sdomeshapedroomwithanintricateandstunningdisplayofpaneling.Thewoodenmaterialusedfirstdrewmetothisspace.ThiscombinedwiththesomewhatleafytextureofthediamondpaMernproducesanillusionofbeinginabotanicenclosure.DuetomydesignprocessbeingoriginallybasedaroundtheaestheBcsofatree,itisobviouswhyIwasaMractedtothispanelingoriginally.

TheproposeddesignfortheHarbinTaipingInternaBonalAirport,developedbyHassell,uses

trianglesinadifferentwaytothatoftheSupremeCourt.ThemaininspiraBonItookfromthisbuilding

wastoincorporateafarmoretriangularpaMern(opposedtothediamondpaMernofthesupreme

court)forthepanelingofmylantern.

TheAlibabaHeadquartersinHangzhou,china,isanotherHasseldesignthatinspiredmychoiceofpaneling.ThevariedpolygonalpaMernonthisbuildingsfaçadeappearstobeformedbyfillingintheedgesofeachindividualtrianglethusalteringitsshape.ThisstartedmethinkingonhowIcouldalteraconvenBonalshapetoappeardifferent.

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PanelingConcepts

MyoriginalpanelingconceptoriginatedfromtheNewZealandSupremeCourt.OninterpreBngthisstructureIbrokemypanelinginto3units.

1.  Raisedoverlappingdiamonds2.  Halfdiamonds,resulBnginatriangulargapinthesurfaceof

themodel.3.  Flatdiamonds

The3unitscouldbeusedinseveralways.FirstlyIthoughtaboutusingtheflatandraisedunitsatdifferentpartsofthemodel,withthe2ndunitintermiMentlybetweenboth.IfeltthisideasegregatedthestructuretoapointIwasnothappywith,thereforeIdidnotuseit.

MysecondconceptwastoformapaMern,usingthe3units,andreplicatethisacrossthemodel.ThisideaissBllbeingconsideredformydesign.

Theemptytriangularunitoriginatedfrommyfirstproposal.IwasinvesBgaBngtheformofvelvetdeerantlers.MyaMempttotranslatetheideaoffluffonthesurfaceofantlersledmetothenoBonofhavingmanysmallholesalongtheoutsidesurfaceofthestructure;thiswouldproducetheeffectofhairsoflightradiaBngfromthelanternssurface.

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Currentpreferredpanelingdesign.

ExampleofpotenBalpanelingappearance

TheAlibabaHeadquartersinHangzhou(BothebyHassell),influencedmythoughtprocesstowardsalteringdifferentshapestoproducedifferentpaMerns.

Istartedbytryingtofillahexagonwithgraduallydecreasingsubdivisions.IfoundthiscreatedaversionofaFibonaccispiral,

however,duetolargespacesremainedunfilled,IconcludedthatthiswasanunrealisBcwaytopanelmylantern.

Mysecondideawastosubdivideasquareinthesamemannerasthehexagon.Though

thisproducedaninteresBngpaMern,duetopotenBalrestricBonswhenpumngthefinal

lanterntogether,aswellasinspiraBondrawnfromTheproposed

designfortheHarbinTaipingInternaBonalAirport,Idecidedatrianglewouldbea

morerealisBcshapetoalternate.

ThemethodIusedtocreatethispaMernformypanelinginvolvedfindingasuitablemid‐pointononefaceofashape,thendrawingalinetotheadjacentcorner;thisprocesswasrepeatedonceortwicedependingontheshape.Inthecaseofatriangle,alineacrossthetopneedstobeiniBallydrawn,otherwisetheprocessdoesnotworkasdesired.

Thismethodofsubdividingshapesalwaysresultedinatleastone4sidedpolygonandtheremainingshapesbeingtriangles.ThereforeIsuccessfullyfoundawaytofulfillmyaimofalteringanoriginalshapetoproduceaseriesofvariedpaMerns.

ReflecBon

InreflecBon,Ifoundthehardestpartofthisassignmentwascommimngtoaspecificdesign.Thoughthereisalinkbetweenalldesigns,IwastoocontenttogiveupandrestartifIwasnot100%pleasedwithmystructure.AboveallthisresultedinBmemanagementissues.Alsobyswappingconstantlybetweendesigns,IwasunabletospendasmuchBmeasdesiredonmyfinalproposal.Thatsaid,therangeofnaturalprocessthatinvesBgated,allworkedtowardsmyfinaldesignposiBvely.ThiscreatedamoreholisBcinterpretaBonofmyfinalprocessthanwouldotherwisebepossible.

IfIweretostartagainfromweek1,themainchangeinmyprocesswouldbetospendtwicetheamountofBmeplanningmydesigns.ByjumpingstraitintoconstrucBonofmymodels,IendedupwastedBmeonirrelevantpoints.

WhatIaccomplishedwellwasdrawingonareserveofpreviousknowledgetoproduceanaestheBcallypleasingdesign,whichstayedtruetoit’soriginalpurpose.Also,byconstantlyediBngmy3rdproposal,IwasabletoavoidaliteralrepresentaBonofmynaturalprocess.TheuseofmassingandshadowingonmyfinalmodelIfeelwerehighlightsoftheenBredesignprocess.