Studio Exercise 5.

1. Find a classmate to pair up with, who has a mock-up proposal which responds to the same environmental factor as you.

 

Present to each other your design proposal then discuss and take notes in pairs, covering the following points:

 

• Does the design proposal fulfill the basic requirements of the brief?

 Elliot's design:

- Yes- responding to the sun

 

• Is the design proposal a thoughtful and well- thought-out response to the brief?

- Responds to different seasons and environmental factor. 

 

• What strengths and weaknesses can you identify of each other’s proposals?

 Strengths:

- Walls expand- allowing for natural airflow and more space.

Weaknesses:

- During summer- it has the potential to overheat 

- Exposed- unwanted items may enter the shelter.

 

• Compare the design proposal to the examples shown in last week’s lecture. Are there similarities?Are there difference? Are these differences significant enough such that it is not an limitation? Is the design proposal innovative?

 Elliot's design is quite similar to the 'Dynamic facade “Kiefer technic showroom”' by Kiefer Technic, Ernst Giselbrecht + PartnerArchitektur because it has an exterior part that extends in and out to shield the sun. The difference is that Elliot's design the whole wall opens in and out, exposing more of the interior of the shelter.

2. Export your grasshopper document [File > Export Hi-Res image] and post it on your blog.

 

 

3. Create a new viewport setting that you will use to prepare your 3D animation.

 

Independent study:

4. Prepare an animation for your poster. 

Watch Andrew Heumann’s video on recording data from slider components in Grasshopper [http://vimeo.com/39730831]. Then: 

•  Modify Heumann’s definition to suit your dynamic architectural response (animating a control knob? Animating a Boolean toggle? Rotating a different object compared to a cube? Have more than 4 variables?)
•  Record a sample demonstrating your dynamic architectural response.
•  Export the animation images, ensuring you change the file extension from .bmp to .png [right- click the slider bar > animate].
•  Animate the results using the video editing software to compile the images into a video, e.g. in Adobe Premiere, import the images, change all their duration to 1 frame, and use the "make new sequence from clip" tool.
• Post the resulting animation onto your blog (feel free to add some sensible music and captions).