MArch: Reflective Journal

As one of our two sessions with engineering consultants for technology was cancelled in the run-up to lockdown, and as we have been...

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...

The last week or so has seen a rapid change at the national level and also at the university level, due to the rapid escalation of the...

Having roughly devised a strategy for bracing the bamboo against the tension of the fabric and the weight of the cast material, based on...

For the next phase of physical testing, I wanted to look at how different types of fabrics or membranes would affect the casting process...

Over the many hours spent putting together Grasshopper definitions to create the forms that I am proposing, including the indentations...

This Friday I went on a trip to Liverpool, to see the 'Forest of Fabrication' exhibition at RIBA North, and also to explore some more of...

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...

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...

Alongside the computer and physical models, I have also produced a series of sectional drawings to further illustrate this concept that...

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...

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...

Once I had completed the Grasshopper definition, I took the cut patterns that it generated and laser cut the model pieces. The base and...

After spending quite a few hours in Rhino and Grasshopper, I have managed to write a Grasshopper definition which: Gives me cut patterns...