Almost there!!

We're on the final stretch! These are our almost-final drawings that should be about ready for final crit (next Friday), so now we're mainly going to focus on finishing our physical model. It's going pretty well so far, and we're going to work in studio today so we should be in pretty good shape!











Will update soon with more physical model info.

And Final-ish Model

So we've started fabricating/assembling our final model. Of which, at the moment, we only have a couple parts so far. First is the third floor slab.




















Here's the building's skin.

We'll be sure to update as we progress with the model.

Final-ish Drawings

We're starting to finalize our ideas and figuring out all the details, so here are the drawings showing all the new developments! We'll be updating with our final drawings, last sketch models and the final pieces of our project!

New Study Model!

So we've taken a different route with the skin; we've simplified it. Again, to make sure it works, we've come up with another physical study model. It works for the most part but there may still be a few kinks to work out. As you can see in the first picture, it's the skin in its most orthogonal form, and when the front facade is pulled backwards, much of the southern portion of the building then "crumples" including the south and west facades and the roof.

Finally.. some Grasshopper!

So we've been saying along that we're working on our arduinos and Grasshopper, but we have yet to really fully explore the options for modeling our building concept. At last, a video of our Grasshopper/Rhino model! I did not have it hooked up to the arduino (though it does work, with just the push of a button!) so I was just using a number slider to create the rotational motion of the main columns. This is just the start; more floor slab and facade to be added later. Enjoy!

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Cool Folded Building

Allen just found a really neat example of a building that has crumpled floors similar to ours (though it doesn't move!) but it makes some pretty interesting programs out of the forms generated by the crumpled floors. Check it out Here!

Videos!!

We have two videos for your viewing pleasure: The first is a video of our sketch model for the initial concept of our swaying building, and the second is the more fleshed-out design for part of our moving facade. Enjoy!

Swaying Building from Jessica Butler on Vimeo.

Sorry this one is sideways!

Facade Configuration from Jessica Butler on Vimeo.

Moving Facade!

Hey guys-
We've finally started implementing our ideas into a fully moving and functioning facade! Our idea first stemmed from using the idea of the four-bar linkage to create a swaying building, but it has now evolved into a building the crumples! It's all based on the angle of the sun and swaying columns, creating a building the gradually crumples into itself over time. Below are the preliminary drawings of the idea:





The structure of the building is mostly straightforward, but we are currently dealing with the issue of how to configure the skin which will move and crumple with the building. We're really excited about the idea, but now we just have to make it work! Below are some photos of the configurations in study models that we have been working out to help visualize the building and facade.


Floors:


South Facade tests:


West Facade test:



Videos of our mechanized tests will be up shortly!

VIDEO!

Finally, here it is: a video of our working chair mechanism!

Chair Mechanism from Jessica Butler on Vimeo.

Today we started really fleshing out ideas for our building, so we will be posting those in the form of sketches and drawings over the weekend. Let's just say it will be interesting!

Arduino Time!

We have finally completed the final model of our chair in both detail model (full scale) and full chair model at quarter scale. But first, here's our process model that we used to figure out our gears:



So here's the final product!










So it's the same concept as before, Person sits, the seat and racks move down which turn the gears that makes everything happen. These first 2 pictures are the "before" state; here's the chair in its final position.






So we have tested it and it does work; there's only a couple of quirks to work out concerning friction, etc. But other than that, we're excited! It's hooked up to the Arduino and Servo (which was wired and programmed much with the help of Josh and Andrew) with a button so that we can rotate it up and down. It's pretty nifty.

Lastly, the full chair model:

Models to Come...

Hi all, so things have been a bit crazy lately with a class trip to the big apple, but here are some images from our Rhino file of our chair! We're moving on to final models of our mechanism, and then we're going to start working on building-scale applications. We've just started working with our Arduinos and it looks like it will be an adventure.




We met with Richard and Simon last Tuesday and came up with a new iteration of the chair, bringing it out of the "box" haha sorry. Pun intended. Hope you like it!