MArch: Reflective Journal

One of the aspects of my project that has taken a bit of time to work out is the phases of development, how this correlates with the food...

I have just submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology C (DSIT C) report. This is the second component that makes up the MArch2...

By this stage, the university and department have fully accepted that the closure of all campus facilities will continue until the end of...

By this stage, I have conducted a fairly substantial amount of research and investigation into most aspects of the construction process...

About a month on from having a discussion with Chris Matthews, I've now had the opportunity to run my scheme past another engineer, Peter...

Having roughly devised a strategy for bracing the bamboo against the tension of the fabric and the weight of the cast material, based on...

For the next phase of physical testing, I wanted to look at how different types of fabrics or membranes would affect the casting process...

For this latest review, Nick had invited Ian Fletcher, a tutor in undergraduate architecture, to be our guest critic. Joe Mills...

Over the many hours spent putting together Grasshopper definitions to create the forms that I am proposing, including the indentations...

A few weeks ago, Nick mentioned that a contact of his, Chris Matthews, a structural engineer from Atelier One, may be a useful person for...

Nick arranged for Adam, who had been the guest critic for our final review of last semester, to come and give us some tuition on Rhino,...

For the last couple of weeks, I parked my physical modelling tests whilst I focused on pulling together my DS3 portfolio for the draft...

For the first fabric formwork physical modelling iteration, I elected for a full, uniform grid of bamboo – equally spaced and all of the...

I am wanting to test out the idea of fabric formwork initially through physical modelling. Because it is a concept that I have not worked...

I have now submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology B (DSIT B) report. This is the first of two technology modules which make up...

My explorations into using living bamboo as scaffolding to support rigid formwork for casting concrete have helped advance my project,...

Alongside the computer and physical models, I have also produced a series of sectional drawings to further illustrate this concept that...

With the base and forest in place, I then put together the faceted formwork of the card. Despite all of the pieces being cut precisely on...

Once I had completed the Grasshopper definition, I took the cut patterns that it generated and laser cut the model pieces. The base and...

After spending quite a few hours in Rhino and Grasshopper, I have managed to write a Grasshopper definition which: Gives me cut patterns...