Natural growth as inspiration for site development
At the end of DS3, I had used the growth of bacteria in a petri dish as a visual analogy for how the site could develop in phases. Of...
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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 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 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
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...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 10, 20192 min read
Testing temporary to permanent ideas with geodesics
To test the idea of using bamboo for creating temporary structures and for the structural basis for casting permanent parts of the site,...
Oliver Haigh
Nov 8, 20192 min read
Bamboo for construction: a means rather than an end?
Up until now, I haven't particularly considered or tested bamboo in terms of how it would create the structures on the site, as I have...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 30, 20191 min read
Developing the site: grid based on historical development
So far, most of my design development has been around the programme and materiality. Whilst I am only near the beginning of the project,...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 28, 20192 min read
Site-grown materials: bamboo
Having adopted agroforestry and permaculture as principles for the food-production programme on the site, I am now beginning to think...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 26, 20191 min read
Representing time: slides box idea
As my project is going in the direction of food production and possibly using site-grown materials for developing parts of the site, it...
Oliver Haigh
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Fruitful Futures: Imagining Pomona
Visiting the site for the first time really emphasised for me the importance of the nature and ecologies present on the site, so I then...
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