MArch: Reflective Journal

Due to the current circumstances of the university lockdown, in lieu of the semester 2 final review with external critics we have just...

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...

After testing out bracing, I've now moved back to the main set of physical testing, focused on fabric formwork. The latest aspect of the...

As well as carrying out my own physical modelling tests, I knew that I could also learn a lot about the fabric formwork process by...

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,...

The initial two fabric formwork tests were both based on hanging the fabric loosely from a frame and then draping the material over...

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

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....

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

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,...