component acting as a stair system

a rendering of one section shown below

generative section: building envelope

here the mesh from an earlier paper model is contorted to fold over itself instigating the development of flat planes which may be occupied.

inhabitable components

Shown here are some potential ways in which a large scale component could be inhabited.

component

The left two drawings in the top row depict the logic regarding the manner in which the cephalopod's muscular tissue causes the the epidermis to texturize. Right two drawing show how this logic can be applied to the component. shown in the middle of the page are seven basic variations that the component can take. Many more variations are possible. at the bottom is an explanation of the 5 variable that work to control the form of the component. These variables are now assigned arbitrary numerical values, but have the potential to take their inputs from programmatic, structural, environmental, or any other needs or demands.

generative sections

Here, I take a lateral, longitudinal and plan section. The three sections are then placed relative to one another in three dimensional space. The lines are manipulated in three dimensions rather than two. By working on all three section simultaneously and within relative spacial context to each other, I have a conscious understanding of the spacial relationships of the sections during the manipulation process. In this plate the sectional object is viewed from the top, the left and the front so that the transformation, and its consequences with regard to the other sections, may be understood. Next to each step in the transformative process is a representation of the surface created from lofting the lines at that step. In the final step of the sectional object is scaled in the x, y plane leaving the z dimension untouched.

Alien Model

The class Cephalopoda contains the nautilus, squid, cuttlefish and octopus. shown here is a longitudinal section through an octopus and a sectional detail of the muscle tissue and epidermis. The muscle formations have immediate architectural implications. First, these muscle systems have the ability to change the shape of the octopus's exterior envelope, and at multiple scales. Second, these changes are in response to both external and internal conditions, creating a fluctuating boundary between inner and outer zones. finally these systems are modulated to cover the body, and adapt accordingly to move skin in the appropriate manner with respect to there position.



here is juvenile squid displaying a spotted pattern with underlying green and purple.

Paper Models: Surface Continuity

PAPER MODELS





Model 1:
Joined in 3 places, this model displays moments of surface continuity in two different modes. In the first and simplest iteration, edges of one cell from each sheet are joined so that the outside surface of sheet B becomes a continuation of the inside surface of sheet A, and vis versa. in the second method, 2 acute forms of each sheet extend towards each other while turning to form 2 different connections. The first juncture reconnects the inside of A with The inside of B making a finite path. The other juncture does the inverse of the first moment of continuity, making the inside of sheet B the continuation of the ouside of sheet A and thereby completing the circuit.








Model 2:
in this model both sheets are cut along a line following the most dense area. this provides the opportunity to bend the two acute forms in that area to a greater degree and in doing so, the match up to a similarly bent edge on the other piece. these connections reach diagonally across each other to connect to the opposite side and the natural stress of the mesh pulls the two sides together forming a very dense node of connectivity. the topological nature of the surface is such that a continuos loop can be traced from (front A) to (back B) to (back A) and finally to (front B.) this is done by using both homogeneous and heterogeneous connections between surfaces. two connections each, four total.