MArch: Reflective Journal

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

This tandem physical modelling and computer modelling and drawing process has been a really useful way of initially testing the concept...

The final modules to do were to test and demonstrate the casting on formwork process. For this, I used a card formwork/mould, built from...

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...

The first module that I made was the bamboo structure. This is something which could be clad in some form of sheeting or textile to be...

To test the idea of using bamboo for creating temporary structures and for the structural basis for casting permanent parts of the site,...

As my project is going in the direction of food production and possibly using site-grown materials for developing parts of the site, it...