Charting food and material flows
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...
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Oliver Haigh
May 3, 20203 min read
Technology DSIT C submission
I have just submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology C (DSIT C) report. This is the second component that makes up the MArch2...
Oliver Haigh
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Working under continued lockdown
By this stage, the university and department have fully accepted that the closure of all campus facilities will continue until the end of...
Oliver Haigh
Apr 15, 20205 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: 1:10 column process model
By this stage, I have conducted a fairly substantial amount of research and investigation into most aspects of the construction process...
Oliver Haigh
Apr 6, 20203 min read
Video call with Peter Corbett of Corbett & Tasker
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...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 19, 20202 min read
Bamboo bracing studies: physical models
Having roughly devised a strategy for bracing the bamboo against the tension of the fabric and the weight of the cast material, based on...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 16, 20202 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: different fabric tests
For the next phase of physical testing, I wanted to look at how different types of fabrics or membranes would affect the casting process...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Semester 2 interim review
For this latest review, Nick had invited Ian Fletcher, a tutor in undergraduate architecture, to be our guest critic. Joe Mills...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Grasshopper as a tool for showing time and process through animation
Over the many hours spent putting together Grasshopper definitions to create the forms that I am proposing, including the indentations...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 6, 20205 min read
Video call with Chris Matthews of Atelier One
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...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Rhino, Grasshopper and Revit tutorial with Adam Atraktzi
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,...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 2, 20201 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: variables to test
For the last couple of weeks, I parked my physical modelling tests whilst I focused on pulling together my DS3 portfolio for the draft...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 15, 20201 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: iteration one
For the first fabric formwork physical modelling iteration, I elected for a full, uniform grid of bamboo – equally spaced and all of the...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: creating an adaptable base
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...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 13, 20204 min read
Technology DSIT B submission
I have now submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology B (DSIT B) report. This is the first of two technology modules which make up...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 11, 20202 min read
Formwork: fabric instead of rigid?
My explorations into using living bamboo as scaffolding to support rigid formwork for casting concrete have helped advance my project,...
Oliver Haigh
Dec 4, 20191 min read
Living bamboo physical model: reflection and drawings
Alongside the computer and physical models, I have also produced a series of sectional drawings to further illustrate this concept that...
Oliver Haigh
Dec 2, 20192 min read
Living bamboo physical model: assembling the formwork
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...
Oliver Haigh
Dec 1, 20192 min read
Living bamboo physical model: making the base and the cut bamboo forest
Once I had completed the Grasshopper definition, I took the cut patterns that it generated and laser cut the model pieces. The base and...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 30, 20191 min read
Living bamboo physical model: computer modelling process
After spending quite a few hours in Rhino and Grasshopper, I have managed to write a Grasshopper definition which: Gives me cut patterns...
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