MArch: Reflective Journal

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...

I have just submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology C (DSIT C) report. This is the second component that makes up the MArch2...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I have now submitted my Design Studio Integrated Technology B (DSIT B) report. This is the first of two technology modules which make up...

My explorations into using living bamboo as scaffolding to support rigid formwork for casting concrete have helped advance my project,...

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...

Using geodesic domes as the form for some initial computer and physically modelling speculation led me to testing the idea of bamboo...