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...
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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 20, 20202 min read
Working under continued lockdown
By this stage, the university and department have fully accepted that the closure of all campus facilities will continue until the end of...
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, 20201 min read
Fabricate 2020 book
As an update to the blog post on the Fabricate 2020 conference from a few days ago, I have found out that the Fabricate 2020 book has...
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
Apr 2, 20202 min read
Fabricate 2020
As I sit and write this blog post from my flat in Leeds, I was supposed instead to be in London attending the Fabricate 2020 conference....
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 16, 20202 min read
Fabric formwork physical modelling: different fabric tests
For the next phase of physical testing, I wanted to look at how different types of fabrics or membranes would affect the casting process...
Oliver Haigh
Mar 11, 20202 min read
Technology lecture and tutorial with Rosemarie Andrews of Bryden Wood
Keith Andrews organised for Rosemarie Andrews from Bryden Wood to come and talk to us and then give us each individual tutorials on our...
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
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 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...
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