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...
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Oliver Haigh
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Fabricate 2020 book
As an update to the blog post on the Fabricate 2020 conference from a few days ago, I have found out that the Fabricate 2020 book has...
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 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
Feb 12, 20206 min read
Context Symposium – Practising Displacement: Modes of Engagement and Representation
The Context Symposium, organised by tutors architecture tutors Mohamad Hafeda and George Epolito, was one of the best symposiums that I...
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...
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...
Oliver Haigh
Dec 16, 20192 min read
Context Studies: Thesis – written submission
Submitting my Thesis concludes my Context Studies for the whole of this degree, after completing Stasis in the second semester of first...
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...
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...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 20, 20195 min read
Context Studies: Thesis – presentation
About four weeks before our final Context: Thesis written submission, we were required to present our work so far in a ten minute...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 14, 20191 min read
Geodesic physical model: applying formwork
The second module to construct was the formwork applied to the bamboo. To make this, I first of all laser-cut the net in mountboard. I...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 17, 20193 min read
First Pomona Island site visit
After a period of a couple of weeks of undertaking precedent studies for design philosophy, methodology, and process [see blog post Oct...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 13, 20193 min read
George Haydock film: 'Pomona Island' (2014)
"It's waiting, but I'm not quite sure what it's waiting for." ––– Luke Bennett [00:49] George Haydock's 2014 film Pomona Island is a...
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