MArch: Reflective Journal

Fabric formwork physical modelling: variables to test

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 30, 20202 min read

DS3 draft submission

Handing in DS3 marks the end of semester 1's work. Overall I was fairly happy with the work that I handed in for this draft submission....

Oliver Haigh

Jan 26, 20202 min read

Third Pomona Island site visit

I returned to the site a week after the previous visit, with the primary aim of attaining the photos for the photographic site sections...

Portfolio formatting ideas: accordion fold

Oliver Haigh

Jan 18, 20202 min read

Portfolio formatting ideas: accordion fold

Thinking ahead to the need to physically print out and bind my design work into portfolios, I have been weighing up different formats...

Oliver Haigh

Jan 17, 20203 min read

Second Pomona Island site visit

With the Technology module out of the way and the DS3 draft hand-in coming up imminently, it has felt like a good time to really...

Fabric formwork physical modelling: iteration two

Oliver Haigh

Jan 16, 20201 min read

Fabric formwork physical modelling: iteration two

In the second iteration, the variable that I changed was the heights of the bamboos. I retained equal heights around the perimeter, but...

Fabric formwork physical modelling: iteration one

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...

Fabric formwork physical modelling: creating an adaptable base

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 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,...

'Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes + Eco-Warriors', book by CJ Lim and Ed Liu

Oliver Haigh

Dec 29, 20193 min read

'Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes + Eco-Warriors', book by CJ Lim and Ed Liu

As it is the Christmas break from teaching,I decided to take some time to read the Smartcities book that I bought at the end of CJ Lim's...

Oliver Haigh

Dec 12, 20192 min read

Semester 1 final review

For the final review of the semester, I presented a few key conceptual things which had been present in the interim review, and then...

Oliver Haigh

Dec 6, 20193 min read

Representing time: film

Having decided a couple of weeks ago that my printing experiments hadn't provided the best solution for representing time, I wanted to...

'Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes', CJ Lim lecture

Oliver Haigh

Dec 4, 20192 min read

'Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes', CJ Lim lecture

This Wednesday concluded the Open Lecture Series for this semester, with CJ Lim coming to talk about his and Ed Liu's book Smartcities,...

Living bamboo physical model: reflection and drawings

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...

Living bamboo physical model: casting in the formwork

Oliver Haigh

Dec 3, 20192 min read

Living bamboo physical model: casting in the formwork

Pleased that the first phases of the modelling process had been a success, I then wanted to push it further and try and cast in the...

Living bamboo physical model: assembling the formwork

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...

Living bamboo physical model: making the base and the cut bamboo forest

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...

Living bamboo physical model: computer modelling process

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...

Oliver Haigh

Nov 29, 20192 min read

Living bamboo physical model: idea

As with testing the geodesic ideas, I want to use computer modelling, physical modelling and drawing side by side as a linked process....

Oliver Haigh

Nov 28, 20192 min read

Living bamboo as falsework

Using geodesic domes as the form for some initial computer and physically modelling speculation led me to testing the idea of bamboo...

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