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
May 3, 20203 min read
Technology DSIT C submission
I have just submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology C (DSIT C) report. This is the second component that makes up the MArch2...
Oliver Haigh
Apr 25, 20202 min read
Arup engineers correspondence
As one of our two sessions with engineering consultants for technology was cancelled in the run-up to lockdown, and as we have been...
Oliver Haigh
Apr 15, 20205 min read
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...
Oliver Haigh
Apr 11, 20205 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: reinforcement strategies tests
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...
Oliver Haigh
Apr 6, 20203 min read
Video call with Peter Corbett of Corbett & Tasker
About a month on from having a discussion with Chris Matthews, I've now had the opportunity to run my scheme past another engineer, Peter...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 27, 20203 min read
'Fabric Formwork', book by Alan Chandler and Remo Pedreschi
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...
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 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
Mar 6, 20205 min read
Video call with Chris Matthews of Atelier One
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...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 21, 20202 min read
Rhino, Grasshopper and Revit tutorial with Adam Atraktzi
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,...
Oliver Haigh
Feb 16, 20203 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: tensioned fabric models
The initial two fabric formwork tests were both based on hanging the fabric loosely from a frame and then draping the material over...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 16, 20201 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: iteration two
In the second iteration, the variable that I changed was the heights of the bamboos. I retained equal heights around the perimeter, but...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 15, 20201 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: iteration one
For the first fabric formwork physical modelling iteration, I elected for a full, uniform grid of bamboo – equally spaced and all of the...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 14, 20202 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: creating an adaptable base
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...
Oliver Haigh
Jan 13, 20204 min read
Technology DSIT B submission
I have now submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology B (DSIT B) report. This is the first of two technology modules which make up...
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
Dec 4, 20191 min read
Living bamboo physical model: reflection and drawings
Alongside the computer and physical models, I have also produced a series of sectional drawings to further illustrate this concept that...
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 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...
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